Governance

GOVERNANCE

Elected Officials & Nominating Process

PRESIDENT
Jerome Craig Cohen, MD, FACP
Broome County Medical Society Inc.
Gastroenterology

PRESIDENT-ELECT
David M. Jakubowicz, MD, FACS
Bronx County Medical Society Inc.
Otolaryngology

VICE-PRESIDENT
Mark J. Adams, MD, MBA, FACR
Monroe County Medical Society
Diagnostic Radiology

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Paul Anthony Pipia, MD
Nassau County Medical Society Inc.
Physical Med & Rehab

MSSNY TREASURER
Gregory Pinto, MD
Saratoga County Medical Society
Ophthalmology

SECRETARY
Howard H. Huang, MD
Jefferson County Medical Society
Physical Med & Rehab

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Bernadette A. Riley, DO, FACOFP
Nassau County Medical Society Inc.
Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

ASSISTANT TREASURER
Frank G. Dowling, MD
Suffolk County Medical Society Inc.
Psychiatry

SPEAKER
L. Carlos Zapata, MD, FACEP
Medical Society County of Queens Inc.
Emergency Medicine

VICE-SPEAKER
Jane M. Simpson, DO
Jefferson County
Family Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Thomas Lee, MD, MBA

GENERAL COUNSEL
David N. Vozza, Esq

CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2024-25
Nameer Haider, MD
Medical Society County of Oneida
Pain Medicine

TRUSTEE – 2025
Thomas J. Madejski, MD, FACP
Erie County Medical Society
Geriat Med-Int Med

TRUSTEE – 2026
Arthur C. Fougner, MD
Medical Society County of Queens Inc.
Obstetrics & Gynecol

TRUSTEE – 2026
Robert Allan Frankel, MD
Medical Society County of Kings Inc.
Cardiovascular Dis

TRUSTEE – 2027
Bonnie L. Litvack, MD FACR
Medical Society County of Westchester
Diagnostic Radiol

TRUSTEE – 2028
Sana Bloch, MD
Bronx County Medical Society
Neurology

TRUSTEE – 2028
Parag H. Mehta, MD
Medical Society County of Kings Inc.
Internal Medicine

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Thomas Lee, MD, MBA

EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS
865 Merrick Avenue
Westbury, NY 11590
(516) 488-6100
FAX: (516) 282-7099
E-mail:  [email protected]

CAPITOL DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
155 Washington Avenue
Suite 207
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 465-8085
FAX: (518) 465-0976
E-mail: [email protected]

First District
Niraj Acharya, MD Kings (2023-2026)
Scot Glasberg, MD New York (2023-2026)

Fourth District
Natalie Adler, MD (2027)

Fifth District
Robert Kimball, MD Jefferson (2023-2026)

Sixth District
Celeste Johns. MD (2027)

Third District
Jose David, MD (2025)

Seventh District
Hemant Kalia MD Monroe (2023-2026)

Eighth District
Mark R. Jajkowski, MD (2027)

Ninth District
Daniel Gold, MD (2025)

Nassau County
David Podwall, MD (2027)

Suffolk County
Daniel Choi, MD (2025)

Queens County
Penny Stern, MD, MPH (2025)

International Medical Graduates Councilor
Suresh Sharma, MD Herkimer (2023-2026)

OMS Councilor
Charles Lopresto, DO (2025)

Young Physicians Councilor
Jocelyn Young, DO (2027)

Minority Affairs Section Councilor
Realba Rodriguez, MD Bronx (2023-2026)

Resident and Fellow Section Councilor
Anna Heffron, MD New York (2024-2025)

Medical Student Section Councilor
Siddhi Modi (2024-2025)

Womens Physician Section Councilor
Liana Leung, MD (2024-2025)

The election process is started in mid-July when the county medical societies and district branch presidents are contacted to request representatives for appointment to the Nominating Committee. The President of MSSNY is then provided with those nominations and the Nominating Committee is appointed according to the Bylaws Article XI, Section 2 which states:

The Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the president from a list of not less than three nor more than five names submitted by the respective district branches, in conformity with Article V, Section 2, paragraph 3. It shall consist of 11 members, 1 from each district branch and 2 members at large.

In the event that a member of the Nominating Committee who has been selected as the representative of a particular district branch (or an alternate) shall be unable to attend the meeting of this committee, the president shall appoint an at large member from the district branch whose representative is absent, to
represent the interests of that district on the Nominating Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to propose and nominate members of the Medical Society of the State of New York for all vacancies to be filled at the ensuing annual meeting of the House of Delegates. These recommendations shall be made
to the House of Delegates in the same manner as prescribed in Article X, Section 1, paragraph 2:

Annual reports of officers, Council commissions and committees, Board of Trustees, Judicial Council, district branches, and special committees shall be printed at least one month before the meeting of the House of Delegates and sent to the members of the reference committees appointed according to
paragraph 1, for their preliminary consideration.

The Nominating Committee selections of the President are then approved by Council at the November meeting.

Nomination of candidates for election as officers, councilors, trustees, and delegates to the New York Delegation to the AMA, are solicited in early June from county medical societies and district branches. Nominations are accepted until August 31 and a slate of candidates for each position to be filled is created.

This slate of candidates is considered by the Nominating Committee in January of the year in which the election is to be held. The results of that meeting are published as the Report of the Nominating Committee and become the ballot which is voted in the House of Delegates on Saturday (for Officers, Councilors and Trustees) and Sunday (for the New York Delegation to AMA).