RI Gastroenterology
Society
Alyn L. Adrain, MD
Board of Directors
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.
Rhode Island Medical Society Council
Rhode Island Medical Society Council membership is comprised of:
Historical note
From June 1904 to May 1997, the House Delegates was the supreme governing body of RIMS. In 1997, RIMS became the second state medical society to eliminate its House of Delegates.
Committees of the Rhode Island Medical Society
* a peer review committee
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RI Urological Society
Andrew J. Tompkins, MD
Councilor at Large
Rachael A. Sullivan, MD
Plastic Surgery
RI Radiology Society
Jeffrey E. Silverstein, MD
Past President
Sarah J. Fessler, MD
Family Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics, RI Chapter
Susan Duffy, MD
RI Academy of Family Physicians
Keith L. Callahan, MD
For a detailed review of our leadership and committee members, please see the Busy Physicians' Guide to the Rhode Island Medical Society.
RI Society of Allergy
Russell A. Settipane, MD
Resident & Fellow Representatives
Fatima Zeba, MD
Past President
Bradley J. Collins, MD
Internal Medicine
RI Society of Anesthesiologists
Herb Chen, MD
RI Neurologic Society
Kara Stavros, MD
AMA Medical Student Delegation
Ronald Akiki
Alec Kinczewski
Charlotte Lee
Kevin Tang
RI Neurosurgical Society
Stephen C. Saris, MD
RI Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Richard G. Bryan, MD, PhD
RI Society of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgeons
Martin R. Papazian, MD
President
Catherine Cummings, MD
Emergency Medicine
president@rimed.org
President-Elect
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
Pediatrics
Vice President
Thomas A. Bledsoe, MD
Internal Medicine
Treasurer
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MD, MBA
Internal Medicine Hospital Medicine
Secretary
Kara Stavros, MD
Neurology
American College of Emergency Physicians, RI Chapter
Dina Himelfarb, MD
Immediate Past President
Christine Brousseau, MD, MPH
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Councilor at Large
Keith Callahan, MD, MBA Family Medicine
Councilor at Large
Roberto Ortiz, MD
Endocrinology
Councilor at Large
Dieter Pohl, MD
Surgery
RI Dermatological Society
Helena Kuhn, MD
Council(Includes members of the Board of Directors)
Committee on Conduct at AMA Meetings
Barry W. Wall, MD
Psychiatry
RI Academy of Physician Assistants (Co-reps)
James Carney, PA
Raymond Cord, PA-C
American College of Surgeons, RI Chapter
Marlene Cutitar, MD
RI Society of Pathologists
Councilor at Large
Matthew Vrees, MD
Surgery
AMA Delegate
Alyn L. Adrain, MD
Gastroenterology
AMA Delegate
Peter A. Hollmann, MD
Geriatrics
AMA Alternate Delegate
Sarah J. Fessler, MD
Family Medicine
Chair of the Public Laws Committee
Michael E. Migliori, MD
Ophthalmology
RI Psychiatric Society
Laura Stanton, MD
Councilor at Large
Meena Theva, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
American College of Cardiology, RI Chapter
Ibrahim Elgabry, MD
RI Orthopedic Society
Eric Walsh, MD
American Congress of Ob/Gyn, RI Section
Heather A. Smith, MD
Chair, HealthCentric Advisors
Paul F. McKenney, MD
RI Thoracic Society
Samuel L. Evans, MD
Rhode Island Medical Women's Association
Diane R. Siedlecki, MD
Rhode Island Medical Society
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