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GOVERNANCE

RIMS Officers

Constituent Societies

RIMS Council

RIMS Committees

Officers of the Rhode Island Medical Society

President
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH
Occupational Medicine
president@rimed.org

President-Elect
Diane R. Siedlecki, MD
Internal Medicine

Vice President
Vera DePalo, MD
Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care

Treasurer
Mark S. Ridlen, MD
Diagnostic Radiology

Secretary
Margaret A. Sun, MD
Family Medicine

Immediate Past President
Barry W. Wall, MD
Psychiatry

AMA Delegates
Michael E. Migliori, MD (chair)
Arthur A. Frazzano, MD
Peter A. Hollmann, MD (alternate)
Michael B. Macko, MD (alternate)

Councilors at Large
Andrew J. Dowd, MD
General Surgery

Jerald C. Fingerut, MD
Gastroenterology

Gillian Pearis, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Pediatrics

Albert Puerini, Jr, MD
Sports Medicine/Family Medicine


Constituent Societies of RIMS

The Societies listed below were first chartered by the Society in 1904 to represent their members in the RIMS House of Delegates.
Bristol County Medical Society (founded 1946)
Kent County Medical Society (founded 1904)
Newport County Medical Society (founded 1882)
Pawtucket Medical Association (founded 1895)
Providence Medical Association (founded 1848)
Washington County Medical Society
(founded 1884)
Woonsocket District Medical Society (founded 1904)


Rhode Island Medical Society Council

The RIMS Council is the supreme governing and policy-making body of the Rhode Island Medical Society. The Council meets six times a year. Every doctor in Rhode Island is represented by medical specialty, by geographic area, and by the Councilors-at-Large.

Historical note
From June 1904 to May 1997, the House Delegates was the supreme governing body of Rhode Island Medical Society. In 1997, RIMS became the second state medical society to eliminate its House of Delegates.

Rhode Island Medical Society Council membership is comprised of:
1. Officers
2. Councilors at large
3. Past presidents
4. AMA delegation
5. Constituent district and county medical societies
6. Specialty medical societies
7. Chair of the Public Laws Committee
8. Chair of the Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee
9. President of the RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation
10. President of Rhode Island Quality Partners
11. Resident/Fellow
12. Medical students

1. Officers (one-year terms)
Ending September 2008
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH, President
Diane Siedlecki, MD, President-Elect
Vera DePalo, MD, Vice President
Mark S. Ridlen, MD, Treasurer
Margaret A. Sun, MD, Secretary

2. Councilors At Large (one-year term)
Andrew J. Dowd, MD
Jerald C. Fingerut, MD
Gillian Pearis, MD
Albert Puerini, Jr., MD

3. Past Presidents
Barry W. Wall, MD (2006–2007)
Katheen Fitzgerald, MD (2005–2006)
Fredric V. Christian, MD (2004–2005)
Tilak K. Verma MD, MPH (2003–2004)
David B. Ettensohn, MD (2002–2003)
Yul D. Ejnes. MD (2001–2002)

4. AMA delegation (2-year terms )
Michael E. Migliori, MD, Delegate
Arthur A. Frazzano, MD, Delegate
Peter A. Hollmann, MD, Alternate Delegate
Michael B. Macko, MD, Alternate Delegate

5. Constituent District and County Medical Societies
Bristol County Medical Society
Geoffrey R. Hamilton, MD

Kent County Medical Society
Herbert J. Brennan, DO

Newport County Medical Society

Pawtucket Medical Association

Rafael E. Padilla, MD

Providence Medical Association
Patrick J. Sweeney, MD, PhD, MPH

Washington County Medical Society

Nitlin S. Damle, MD

Woonsocket Medical Society


7. Chair, Public Laws Committee
Michael E. Migliori, MD

8. Chair, Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee
L. Anthony Cirillo, MD

9. President, RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation
Peter A. Hollmann, MD

10. President, Quality Partners of RI


11. Resident/Fellow

12. Medical students
Jeremy Boyd
Andrew Brunner
Lauren de Leon

6. Specialty Medical Societies
(Representatives to the RIMS Council)

American Academy of Pediatrics, RI Chapter
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD

American College of Cardiology, RI Chapter

Steven R. Fera, MD

American College of Emergency Physicians, RI Chapter
Kenneth Williams, MD

American College of OB/GYN, RI Section


American College of Surgeons/Providence Surgical Society

Jorge Lagares-Garcia, MD

RI Academy of Family Physicians

Sarah J. Fessler, MD

RI Dermatological Society

Elizabeth A. Welch, MD

RI Gastroenterology Society

Alyn L. Adrain, MD

Rhode Island Medical Women's Association

Alyson McGregor, MD

RI Neurologic Society

Norman M. Gordon, MD

RI Neurosurgical Society

Stephen C. Saris, MD

RI Orthopedic Society

David A. Moss, MD

RI Psychiatric Society

Louis J. Marino, Jr. MD

RI Radiological Society
Jerrold R. Robbins, MD

RI Society of Allergy

Russell A. Settipane, MD

RI Society of Anesthesiologists

Donna Kucharski, MD

RI Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Phillip R. Rizzuto, MD

RISIM/ACP, RI Chapter

Nitin S. Damle, MD

RI Society of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgeons

Martin R. Papazian, MD

RI Society of Pathologists

Noubar Kessimian, MD

RI Thoracic Society


RI Urological Society

Patrick Kelty, MD


Committees of the Rhode Island Medical Society

• Committee for Continuing Medical Education
• Investment
• Maternal Health*
• Mediation*
• Medical Review Advisory Committee
• Medical Services Committee
• Membership
• Physician Competence*
• Physicians' Health*
• Public Laws Committee
• Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee
* a peer review committee

Committee for Continuing Medical Education
Patrick J. Sweeney, MD, PhD, MPH, Chair
Michael B. Macko, MD
Daniel S. Harrop, III, MD
Glenn G. Fort, MD
Scott Wang, MD
Louis J. Marino, Jr, MD
Jonathan Gates, MD

Investment
Mark S. Ridlen, MD, Chair

Maternal Health
John D. Nisbet, II, MD Chair
Marshall W. Carpenter, MD
Doris Costello, MD
Elizabeth Laposata, MD
Andrew Newhauser, MD
Patrick Nugent, MD (Past Chair)
Robert T. O'Neil, MD (Past Chair)
Jan Penkala, MD
Mehmet Pinar, MD
Randall Rosenthall, MD
Mark F. Scott, MD
Serena A. Sposato, MD

Mediation*
Arnold H. Herman, MD, Chair
Louis Vito, Jr, MD
Leah O. Cullen, MD
Jeffrey Feldman, MD
Martin Phillips, MD
Thomas A. Vest, MD
James C. Bass, MD

Medical Review Advisory Committee
Established in 1996 at the urging of the NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company, the MRAC is a peer review committee that serves as a resource available to all professional liability insurers in Rhode Island. The objective is to explore thoroughly and candidly all aspects of a matter from a multidisciplinary perspective as an aid to establishing objectively applicable standards of care.
Peter A. Hollmann, MD, Chair
Harvey Baumann, MD
Richard G. Bertini, MD
Michael Bonitati, MD
Jacques L. Bonnet-Eymard, MD
Joseph Brady, MD
Jeffrey Brody, MD
Anthony Bruzzese, MD
Robert Capalbo, MD
Umberto Capuano, MD
Fredric V. Christian, MD
William G. Cioffi, MD
Thomas M. Drew, MD
Neal J. Galinko, MD
Peter Gill, MD
Donald A Guadognoli, MD
Robert Heinl, MD
Michael Hulstyn, MD
Noubar Kessimian, MDD
Douglas Nisbet, MD
Theodore C. Palumbo, MD
Charles Pattavina, MD
Phillip J. Reilly, MD
Steven Schechter, MD
Mark F. Scott, MD
Joel Spellun, MD
Rochelle Strenger, MD
Margaret A. Sun, MD
William F. Varr, III, MD
Tilak K. Verma, MD
John Zwetchkenbaum, MD

Medical Services Committee
Robert Salk, DO, Chair
Candace L. Dyer, MD
Jacques Bonnet-Eymard, MD
Mel Epstein, MD
David B. Ettensohn, MD
Norman Gordon, MD
Michael Fine, MD
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
Albert J. Puerini, Jr, MD
Stephen S. Falkenberry, MD
Daniel Halpren-Ruder, MD, PhD
To be named: a DPM and a member of the Medical Group Managers Association of RI.

Membership
Diane R. Siedlecki, MD

RI Medical Political Action Committee
Active since 1965, RIMPAC supports the election campaigns of candidates for the Rhode Island General Assembly and for state-wide offices. RIMPAC, which has its own bylaws, shares funds with the American Medical Political Action Committee (AMPAC) and advises AMPAC on its participation in Rhode Island races for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

RIMPAC Board of Directors:
L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, Chair
A. Robert Buonanno, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
James Carney, PA-C
David P. Carter, MD
Karl Felber, DO
William J. Golini, MD
Arnold H. Herman, MD
Michael E. Migliori, MD
Brian J. Pickett, MD
Diane R. Siedlecki, MD
Michael A. Silver, MD
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH

Physician Competence*
Established in 1985 and modeled after the Physicians Health Committee, the Peer Review Committee on Physician Competence is a standing peer review committee of RIMS.
Jeffrey Brody, MD, Chair
Richard G. Bertini, MD
Robert Capalbo, MD
Umberto Capuano, MD
Fredric V. Christian, MD
Stephen S. Falkenberry, MD
Donald Guadognoli, MD
Liudvikas Jagminas, MD
Herbert Rakatansky, MD
Jeffrey M. Rogg, MD
Margaret Sun, MD
Tilak K. Verma, MD

Physicians' Health*
Founded in 1978, the Physicians' Health Committee is a standing peer review committee of the Rhode Island Medical Society. It serves the professional communities of physicians, dentists, podiatrists and physician assistants in Rhode Island.
Herbert Rakatansky, MD, Chair
Martin Kerzer, DO, Vice-Chair
Nicholas Califano, MD
Robert Champagne, DDS
Raymond Cord, PA-C
Suzanna DeLaMonte, MD
Dennis DiMatteo, DPM
Robert M. Dowben, MD
Kathleen Doyle, MD
Joseph England, MD
Alex Etienne, MD
Greg Frazier, DDS
Robert Harrison, MD
Melvin Hershkowitz, MD
Petro Karanasias, MD
Margaret Klitzke, DO
Robert Lev, MD
Sheldon Lidofsky, MD
Steve Maguire, MD
James McLennan, MD
Eric Radler, MD
Louis Sorrentino, MD
Andrze J. Stankiewicz, MD
David Stoll, MD
Charlene Tate, MD
Marshall Taylor, MD
Alan A. Wartenberg, MD
Patricia Wold, MD

Rosemary H. Maher, ACSW, LICSW
Director of the Physicians Health Program
401-528-3287, rmaher@rimed.org

The Physicians Health Program is supported by a fund within the Rhode Island Medical Society Foundation which receives annual support from the following sources:
• NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company
• RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
• United Healthcare of New England
• The Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association of Rhode Island
• Promutual Group
• Rhode Island Dental Association
• Rhode Island Podiatric Medical Association
• Rhode Island Society of Physician Assistants
• All of the hospital medical staff associations in Rhode Island
• All of the hospital institutions in Rhode Island
• Many individual donors

In addition, the Medical Students' Health Council of the Brown University School of Medicine meets regularly at the Medical Society. The Council is advised by Dr. Herbert Rakatansky and Ms. Rosemary Maher, and it is supported by the RIMS Foundation.

Public Laws Committee
Michael E. Migliori, MD, Chair
Stanley H. Block, MD
Joanna Block, MD
A. Robert Buonanno, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
James Carney, PA-C
L. Anthony Cirillo, MD
Steven I Cohen, MD
Karl Felber, DO
John P. Femino, MD
Sarah J. Fessler, MD
Francis X. Figueroa, MD
Kathleen Fitzgerald, MD
David R. Gifford, MD, MPH
William J. Golini, MD
Klaus F. Haas, MD
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
Edward Martin, MD
David A. Moss, MD
Jennie J. Muglia, MD
Timothy P. Murphy, MD
Martin R. Papazian, MD
Albert R. Savoretti, MD
Steven Schechter, MD
Michael A. Silver, MD
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH
Harold J. Wanebo, MD
Scott E. Wang, MD


Updated 7/11/08

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