Membership Task Force

Description:
The Membership Development Task Force attempts to development innovative membership recruitment and retention projects with an emphasis on peer-to-peer recruitment.

Members:
Anuradha Khilnani, MD - Chair
Irwin Abraham, MD
Matthew J. Bonanno, MD
Margaret Lewin, MD
Zebulon Taintor, MD

Staff Coordinator:
Natalie Ruoff
E-mail: nruoff@nycms.org
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Continuing Medical Education and Credentialing

Description:
The Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Credentialing coordinates all Society programs, including obtaining CME Category I credits, and discusses issues involving physician credentialing.

Members:
David L. Podell, MD - Chair
James F. Braun, MD
Eric Braverman, MD
Ebby Elahi, MD
Jennifer Kirschenbaum, Esq.
Barbara Phillips, MD
Richard N. Pierson, MD
Daralyn Samuels, MD
Renee Solow, MD
Antonio Urbina, MD

Staff Coordinator:
Cheryl Malone
E-mail: cmalone@nycms.org
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Medical Economics

Description:
The committee on Medical Economics works on issues involving health care reimbursement, including managed care activities in New York.

Members:
Milka Torbarina, MD - Chair
Irwin Abraham, MD
Martin Barandes, MD
Renata Frenkel, MD
Paul Gerst, MD
Clarita Herrera, MD
Liana H. Leung, MD
Kenneth A. Levey, MD
James McNally
Philip Jay Miller, MD
David Musher, MD
Wayne G. Whitmore, MD

Staff Coordinator:
Susan Tucker
E-mail: stucker@nycms.org
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Government Affairs Committee

Description:
The Committee on Government Affairs communicates the Society's positions on legistation and regulations to decision makers. The committee sponsors legislative visits in New York City, Albany, and Washington DC, and works to build relationships with legislators from Manhattan. This committee is a lobbying group.

Members:
Daniel Green, MD - Chair

Staff Coordinator:
Susan Tucker
E-mail: stucker@nycms.org
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Public Relations

Description:
The Committee on Public Relations is responsible for issues related to publicizing physicians and Society issues to the physician community and general public

Members:
Michelle Zweifler, MD - Chair
Norman Bacilious, MD
Matthew J. Bonanno, MD
Philip Jay Miller, MD

Staff Coordinator:
Cheryl Malone
E-mail: cmalone@nycms.org
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Public Health

Description:
The Committee on Public Health focuses its attention on matters relating to geriatrics, children, infection control, environmental health, and other issues that affect the public's health and well-being.

Members:
Stuart Gitlow, MD - Chair
Jeffrey Ben-Zvi, MD
James F. Braun, MD
Eric R. Braverman, MD
Lawrence Brown, MD
Arthur Cooper, MD
Jessica Davis, MD
Joseph C. Dreyfus, III, MD
Suzanne L. Frye, MD
Emanuel Goldberg, MD
Katherine A. Hawkins, MD
Jennifer Kirschenbaum, Esq.
Piotr B. Kozlowski, MD
Naomi Leiter, MD
Margaret Lewin, MD
Martin I. Lubin, MD
Paula Moynahan, MD
Donna O'Hare, MD
Toni Olasewere, MD
Sudha Patel, MD
Mary Psarrou, MD
Alok D. Sharan, MD
Morris Shorofsky, MD
Christos I Stavropoulos, MD
Monica Sweeney
Zebulon Taintor, MD
Bonnie Um
Antonio Urbina, MD
Maria Vasilyadis, MD

Staff Coordinator:
Susan Tucker
E-mail: stucker@nycms.org
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Managed Care

Description:
The Managed Care Task Force explores ways to assist members in areas concerning managed care. The committee is examining both clearinghouse and advocacy roles.

Members:
Robert Goldberg, DO - Chair
Eric Braverman, MD
Andrew T. Cheng, MD
Joseph Dreyfus, III, MD
Scott Einiger, Esq.
Stuart Gitlow, MD
Scot Glasberg, MD
Daniel Green, MD
Milton Haynes, MD
Clarita Herrera, MD
Sarita Kaza, MD
Anuradha Khilnani, MD
Margaret Lewin, MD
George Liakeas, MD
Marlin Mattson, MD
James McNally
Peter M. Mosse
Ashley Mui, MD
Paul Orloff, MD
Sudha Patel, MD
Richard N. Pierson, MD
Malcolm Reid, MD
Jack Resnick, MD
Malcolm Roth, MD
Daralyn Samuels, MD
Alok D. Sharan, MD
Zebulon Taintor, MD
Wellington Tichenor, MD
Milka C. Torbarina, MD
Eugene Weise, MD
Joel Zinberg, MD
Michelle J. Zweifler, MD

Staff Coordinator:
Susan Tucker
E-mail: stucker@nycms.org
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Workers' Compensation

Description:
The Special Committee on Workers' Compensation assists member physicians when problem arise between the physician and the carrier in workers compensation cases. It represents the members' interests in any questions concerning workers' compensation, and reviews applications and makes recommendations for workers' compensation ratings.

Members:
Steven Zaretsky, MD - Chair
Howard Cooper, MD
Jeffrey Kaplan, MD
Jonathan Korn, MD
Liana H. Leung, MD
James McNally

Staff Coordinator:
Susan Tucker
E-mail: stucker@nycms.org
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Parking Review

Description:
Parking Review is a unique service offered exclusively by the New York County Medical Society to its members. The service depends on physician volunteers who review parking tickets recieved by doctors while on medical call to send to the Parking Violations Bureau. Time involved is no more than two hours per month. This is ideal for retired or semi-retired members.

Members:
Heskel Haddad, MD - Chair

Staff Coordinator:
Valerie Davis
E-mail: vdavis@nycms.org
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Young Practitioners

Description:
The Young Practitioners Advisory Committee is open to all young physicians. This group plans networking and other events of interest to those relatively new to practice, whether salaried or out on their own. Miss their events, and you miss out on the fun and the contacts. Monthly networking events are fun for all.

Members:
Anuradha Khilnani, MD - Chair
Alan S. Anschel, MD
Jill R. Baron, MD
Matthew J. Bonanno, MD
Liana T. Dao, MD
Ebby Elahi, MD
Guoli H. Johnston, MD
Alice Ko, MD
Liana H. Leung, MD
Daniel F. Roshan, MD
Nina Shaikh Naidu, MD
Christos I. Stavropoulos, MD
Armin Tehrany, MD
Michelle J. Zweifler, MD