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Component Medical Societies
Component Medical Societies are those chartered pursuant to written application and they are voted on by the House of Delegates. Each component is responsible for writing their own Bylaws, as long as they do not conflict with the requirements of MedChi. Component Societies are responsible for selecting their own members by making sure that they consider applications from every legally registered physician, which include both doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy, who resides or practices within their geographical area.
Allegany County Medical Society
President — Matt Allaway, D.O.
Treasurer — Reed A. Erickson, M.D.
Executive Director
Deborah Erickson, 107 Jones Court, Frostburg, MD 21532
301-689-5448 Fax: 301-689-1009
Anne Arundel County Medical Society
President — Robert L. Lyles, Jr., M.D.
Immediate Past President — James E. Chappell, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer — Allan R. Rutzen, M.D.
Executive Director
Mary Morin, 714 B & A Boulevard, Severna Park, MD 21146
410-544-0312 Fax: 410-544-0312
Baltimore City Medical Society
President — Anuradha D. Reddy, M.D. President-elect — Steven R. Gambert, M.D.
Immediate Past President — Joseph S. McLaughlin, M.D.
Vice President — Martin R. Linker, M.D. Secretary — Albert J. Aboulafia, M.D.
Treasurer — Robert W. Thomsen, M.D.
Executive Director
Lisa B. Williams, 1211 Cathedral Street, 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
410-625-0022 Fax: 410-385-0154
Baltimore County Medical Association
Chairman of the Board — Gary W. Pushkin, M.D. President — Robert P. Roca, M.D. President-elect — Richard T. Scholz, M.D.
Vice President — Carol E. Ritter, M.D.
Secretary — J. Michael Niehoff, M.D. Treasurer — Neri M. Cohen, M.D.
Executive Director
Neilson Andrews, 1211 Cathedral Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201 410-296-1232 Fax: 410-727-5967
Calvert County Medical Society
President — David Denekas, M.D.
Vice President — Varkey Mathew, M.D.
Secretary — Nancy I. Ulanowicz, M.D.
Caroline County Medical Society
President/Secretary — Christian E. Jensen, M.D.
Vice President — Henry R. Trapnell, M.D.
Carroll County Medical Society
President — Hemalatha Naganna, M.D.
President-elect — Shankar Naganna, M.D. Secretary — Jason Tate, M.D.
Treasurer — Michael J. Scobie, M.D.
Executive Secretary
Brenda Middleton, PO Box 666, Westminster, MD 21158
410-876-8005 Fax: 410-876-3827
Cecil County Medical Society
President — Brian C. DeMuth, M.D.
Vice President — John A. Billon, MD
Executive Director
Dana Brooks, 106 Bow Street, Elkton, MD 21532
410-392-7004 Fax: 301-398-0286
Charles County Medical Society
President — Soma N. Reddy, M.D. Vice President — Dianna Abney, M.D.
Secretary — Guillermo E. Sanchez, M.D.
Treasurer — C. Devadason, M.D.
Dorchester County Medical Society
Frederick County Medical Society
President — John Vitarello, Jr., M.D.
Executive Secretary
Judy L. Paternoster, PO Box 1094, Frederick, MD 21701
301-662-0646 Fax: 301-663-3399
Garrett County Medical Society
President — William W. Pope, M.D.
Harford County Medical Society
President — Maryam Jaberi, M.D.
President Elect — David Hoyt, M.D.
Immediate Past President — David A. Hexter, M.D.
Delegates — David A. Hexter, M.D.; David Hoyt, M.D.; Ben Oteyza, M.D. and Frederick Walker, M.D.
Alternate Delegates — Marianne Cloeren, M.D.; Maryam Jaberi, M.D. and Thomas Jordan, M.D.
Executive Secretary
Kate Buttion, 1211 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
443-243-7294 or 410-879-2932
Howard County Medical Society
President — Earl V. Wilkinson, M.D.
Executive Director
Mary Morin, 714 B & A Boulevard, Severna Park, MD 21146
410-544-0312 Fax: 410-544-0312
Kent County Medical Society
President — James E. Lacey, M.D.
Secretary — Wayne D. Benjamin, M.D.
Treasurer — Lynn K. Bickley, M.D.
Montgomery County Medical Society
President — Robert B. Karp, M.D. President Elect — Betsy Ballard, M.D.
Immediate Past President — John Young, M.D. Vice President — Duane J. Taylor, M.D.
Secretary — Shannon Pryor, M.D. Treasurer — Brent C. Faulkner, M.D.
Executive Director
Susan G. D' Antoni, 15855 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville, MD 20855
301-921-4300 Fax: 301-921-4368
Prince George's County Medical Society
President — Regina M. Hampton, M.D.
Immediate Past President — Benjamin Z. Stallings, M.D.
Secretary —
Treasurer —
Executive Director
Mary Morin, 714 B & A Boulevard, Severna Park, MD 21146
410-544-0312 Fax: 410-544-0312
Queen Anne's County Medical Society
President — Gary J. Sprouse, M.D.
Executive Director
PO BOX 317, Chester, MD 21619
410-827-9541 or 410-974-8384, 301-858-6230 Fax: 410-263-4207
St. Mary's County Medical Society
President — Vacant Vice President — Kiran D. Mehta, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer — Lawrence E. Tilley, M.D.
Somerset County Medical Society
President — Ritchie C. Shoemaker, M.D.
Talbot County Medical Society
President — Adam Weinstein, M.D. Immediate Past President — Paul K. Dyer, M.D.
Delegates — Timothy Schneider, M.D. and Paul K. Dyer, M.D.
Alternate Delegate — Brooke Buckley, M.D.
Washington County Medical Society
President — Matthew G. Wagner, M.D.
Vice President — Andrew J. Oh, M.D. Immediate Past President — Ruth C. Dwyer, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer — Anand Budi, M.D.
Executive Secretary
Karen C. Talbert, 214 Graystone Drive, Boonsboro, MD 21713
301-790-1169 Fax: 301-733-5773
Wicomico County Medical Society
President — John W. Butler, M.D.
Vice President — Jason T. Arrington, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer — Christine Neto, M.D.
Executive Secretary
Yolanda Chaikel, 105 Pine Bluff Road, Stuite 6, Salisbury, MD 21801
240-566-4658 Fax: 301-698-3675
Worcester County Medical Society
President — Andrea Mathias, M.D., MPH
Secretary/Treasurer — Dia Arpon, M.D.
Delegate — Jack Gillesipe, M.D.
International Medical Graduate Section
President — V. Raul Felipa, M.D.
Immediate Past President — Ben E. Oteyza, M.D.
President-elect — Jeffrey R. Kaplan, M.D.
First Vice President — Ambadas Pathak, M.D.
Second Vice President — Larry G. Yap, M.D.
Secretary — Vasant Datta, M.D.
Treasurer — Vacant
Board of Trustee Representative — Jeffrey R. Kaplan, M.D. Delegate — Padmini Ranasinghe, M.D., MPH
Alternate Delegate — James E. Lacey, M.D.
Young Physician Section
President — Michele Manahan, M.D. and Rob Thomsen, M.D.
Resident Component Section
President — Rana R. Yehia, M.D. Vice President — Michael Santiago, M.D.
AMA Alternate Delegate — Arturo Loqiza-Bonilla, M.D.
Delegate — Shaline Rao, M.D.
Student Component Section
President — Katie Fan, JHU Vice President — Stephanie Shmitz, UMB
Secretary — AMA Alternate Delegate — Brian Goldner, JHU