AMA Medical Student Section,
Brown University
Gene Cone
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)
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. RIMS Officers
2. Councilors at Large
3. RIMS Past-Presidents
4. AMA delegation
5. Constituent district and county medical societies
6. Specialty medical societies
7. Chair, RIMS Public Laws Committee
8. Chair, Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee
9. President, RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation
10. Chair of Board, Quality Partners Rhode Island
11. Resident/Fellow
12. Medical students
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*
• Physician Health*
• Public Laws Committee
• Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee * a peer review committee
Continuing Medical Education
Patrick J. Sweeney, MD, PhD, MPH, Chair
Tosca Carpenter
AMA Medical Student Section,
Brown University
Grayson Armstrong
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)
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. RIMS Officers
2. Councilors at Large
3. RIMS Past-Presidents
4. AMA delegation
5. Constituent district and county medical societies
6. Specialty medical societies
7. Chair, RIMS Public Laws Committee
8. Chair, Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee
9. President, RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation
10. Chair of Board, Quality Partners Rhode Island
11. Resident/Fellow
12. Medical students
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*
• Physician Health*
• Public Laws Committee
• Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee * a peer review committee
Continuing Medical Education
Patrick J. Sweeney, MD, PhD, MPH, Chair
Tosca Carpenter
Glenn G. Fort, MD
Jonathan Gates, MD
Miriam Giles
Daniel S. Harrop, III, MD
Louis J. Marino, Jr, MD
Maria Sullivan
Bernard Zimmermann, MD
Investment
Jerry Fingerut, 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
Alyn Adrain, MD
Anthony Barone, MD
Harvey Baumann, MD
Michael Bonitati, MD
Jeffrey Brody, MD
Anthony Bruzzese, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Fredric V. Christian, MD
Thomas DeNucci, MD
Vera DePalo, MD
Dieter Pohl, MD
Phillip J. Reilly, MD
Mark F. Scott, MD
Michael Souza, DO
Margaret A. Sun, MD
Caroline Troise, MD
Jamsheed Vakharia, MD
William F. Varr, III, MD
Tilak K. Verma, 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
Fredric V. Christian, MD Co-chair
Diane R. Siedlecki, MD Co-chair 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.
Michael A. Silver, MD, Chair
Elaine C Jones, MD, Treasurer
Alyn L. Adrain, MD
Bruce M. Becker, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
Nitin S. Damle, MD
Karl Felber, DO
Arnold H. Herman, MD
Steve Lee
Christopher J. Luttmann, MD
Brandon Maughan, MD
Michael E. Migliori, MD
Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH
Philip R. Rizzuto, MD
Mark I. Schwager, MD
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
Herbert Rakatansky, MD
Jeffrey M. Rogg, MD
Margaret Sun, MD
Tilak K. Verma, MD
Physician Health* Founded in 1978, the Physician 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
Robert Crausman, MD, Vice-Chair
Martin Kerzer, DO, Vice-Chair
Daniel Aghion, MD
Beth Brannan, MD
Nicholas Califano, MD
Robert Champagne, DDS
Raymond Cord, PA-C
Anne Cushing-Brescia, MD
Suzanna DeLaMonte, MD
Dennis DiMatteo, DPM
Joseph England, MD
Christopher Erstling, MD
Alex Etienne, MD
Sophia Fircanis, MD
Greg Frazier, DDS
Maureen Harkavy, MD
Robert Harrison, MD
Petro Karanasias, MD
Steve Karlin, MD
Margaret Klitzke, DO
Robert Lev, MD
Megan McNamara, MD
David Pearson, MD
Patricia Wold, MD
Kathleen Boyd, MSW, LICSW Director of the Physician Health Program 401-528-3287, kboyd@rimed.org
The Physician 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
Brian K. Alverson, MD
Stanley Hoyt Block, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
Joseph C. Cambio, MD
James Carney, PA-C
Jeffrey Chase-Lubitz, Esq.
Steven I. Cohen, MD
Nitin S. Damle, MD
Vera A. De Palo, MD
Karl Felber, DO
John P. Femino, MD
Sarah J. Fessler, MD
Francis X. Figueroa, MD
David R. Gifford, MD, MPH
Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH
Klaus F. Haas, MD
Daniel H. Halpren-Ruder, MD, PhD
Terrance T. Healey, MD
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
Steve Lee
Edward W. Martin, MD
Kelly McGee, Esq.
David A. Moss, MD
Jennie J. Muglia, MD
Timothy P. Murphy, MD
Jason H. Neustadter, MD
Martin R. Papazian, MD
Matthew Reilley
Philip R. Rizzuto, MD
Derrick M. Robinson, PA-C, MS
Alberto R. Savoretti, MD
Steven Schechter, MD
Howard E. Schulman, MD
Mark I. Schwager, MD
Robert H. Schwengel, MD
Michael A. Silver, MD
Margaret A. Sun, MD
Julie Sylvestre
John M. Tarro, MD
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH
Megan E. Turcotte, MD
Harold J. Wanebo, MD
Scott E. Wang, MD
Updated 5/21/13
Glenn G. Fort, MD
Jonathan Gates, MD
Miriam Giles
Daniel S. Harrop, III, MD
Louis J. Marino, Jr, MD
Scott Wang, MD
Bernard Zimmermann, MD
Investment
Jerry Fingerut, 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
Alyn Adrain, MD
Anthony Barone, MD
Harvey Baumann, MD
Michael Bonitati, MD
Jeffrey Brody, MD
Anthony Bruzzese, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Fredric V. Christian, MD
Thomas DeNucci, MD
Vera DePalo, MD
Dieter Pohl, MD
Phillip J. Reilly, MD
Mark F. Scott, MD
Michael Souza, DO
Margaret A. Sun, MD
Caroline Troise, MD
Jamsheed Vakharia, MD
William F. Varr, III, MD
Tilak K. Verma, 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
Fredric V. Christian, MD Co-chair
Diane R. Siedlecki, MD Co-chair 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.
Michael A. Silver, MD, Chair
Elaine C Jones, MD, Treasurer
Alyn L. Adrain, MD
Bruce M. Becker, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
Nitin S. Damle, MD
Karl Felber, DO
Arnold H. Herman, MD
Steve Lee
Christopher J. Luttmann, MD
Brandon Maughan, MD
Michael E. Migliori, MD
Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH
Philip R. Rizzuto, MD
Mark I. Schwager, MD
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
Herbert Rakatansky, MD
Jeffrey M. Rogg, MD
Margaret Sun, MD
Tilak K. Verma, MD
Physician Health* Founded in 1978, the Physician 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
Robert Crausman, MD
Suzanna DeLaMonte, MD
Dennis DiMatteo, DPM
Kate Eldridge, MD
Joseph England, MD
Alex Etienne, MD
Greg Frazier, DDS
Michael Furia, DDS
Robert Harrison, MD
Petro Karanasias, MD
Steve Karlin, MD
Margaret Klitzke, DO
Robert Lev, MD
Sheldon Lidofsky, MD
Steve Maguire, MD
Calvin Oyer, MD
David Pearson, MD
David Stoll, MD
Marshall Taylor, MD
Patricia Wold, MD
Rosemary H. Maher, ACSW, LICSW Director of the Physician Health Program 401-528-3287, rmaher@rimed.org
The Physician 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
Brian K. Alverson, MD
Stanley Hoyt Block, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
Joseph C. Cambio, MD
James Carney, PA-C
Jeffrey Chase-Lubitz, Esq.
Steven I. Cohen, MD
Nitin S. Damle, MD
Vera A. De Palo, MD
Karl Felber, DO
John P. Femino, MD
Sarah J. Fessler, MD
Francis X. Figueroa, MD
David R. Gifford, MD, MPH
Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH
Klaus F. Haas, MD
Daniel H. Halpren-Ruder, MD, PhD
Terrance T. Healey, MD
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
Steve Lee
Edward W. Martin, MD
Kelly McGee, Esq.
David A. Moss, MD
Jennie J. Muglia, MD
Timothy P. Murphy, MD
Jason H. Neustadter, MD
Martin R. Papazian, MD
Matthew Reilley
Philip R. Rizzuto, MD
Derrick M. Robinson, PA-C, MS
Alberto R. Savoretti, MD
Steven Schechter, MD
Howard E. Schulman, MD
Mark I. Schwager, MD
Robert H. Schwengel, MD
Michael A. Silver, MD
Margaret A. Sun, MD
Julie Sylvestre
John M. Tarro, MD
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH
Megan E. Turcotte, MD
Harold J. Wanebo, MD
Scott E. Wang, MD
