MSSNY LEADERSHIP
Meet MSSNY’s Physician Leaders
MSSNY PRESIDENT
Loch Sheldrake gastroenterologist Jerome Craig Cohen, MD, was elected President of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) on April 13.
Dr Cohen previously served as Vice President of MSSNY, as a Trustee of MSSNY, and as Speaker of the House of Delegates of MSSNY. >His responsibilities included overseeing the policy-making business of the state’s principal professional organization for physicians as well as emceeing its official events, such as MSSNY’s annual Legislative Forum in Albany.
MSSNY PRESIDENT – ELECT
David M. Jakubowicz, MD was elected President-Elect of the Medical Society of the State of New York on April 13. When he takes office as MSSNY President in 2025, he will be the first president from Bronx County Medical Society in over 50 years.
MSSNY VICE – PRESIDENT
Dr. Mark J. Adams was elected Vice President of the Medical Society of the State of New York on April 13. A fellowship trained board-certified Radiologist, he is Professor of Clinical Imaging Sciences at University of Rochester Medical Center.
MSSNY IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Paul A. Pipia, MD was elected the 197th President of the Medical Society of the State of New York on April 22, 2023. A board-certified physician, he is Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as the Deputy Medical Director of the Nassau County Medical Center.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR
Nameer Haider, MD
Full bio coming soon…
MSSNY SECRETARY
Dr. Howard H. Huang was elected Secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) on April 13th. Dr. Huang is fellowship trained and board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) with added qualification in Pain Medicine and is in practice at North Country Orthopaedic Group, P.C. in Watertown, NY, now part of Carthage Area Hospital, Carthage, NY.
MSSNY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Bernadette A. Riley, DO was elected Assistant Secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) on April 13. Dr. Riley is currently the Director of New York Institute of Technology’s Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)/Hypermobility Treatment Center and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at NYITCOM where she wrote the curriculum and started the EDS 4th year elective (MTFP 890).
MSSNY TREASURER
Gregory Pinto, MD was elected Treasurer of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) at its annual House of Delegates meeting in Uniondale, NY, on April 13.
MSSNY ASSISTANT TREASURER
Frank Dowling, MD (They/Them/Theirs) was elected Assistant Treasurer of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) on April 13. A graduate of Harvard College, Dr. Dowling received both their medical degree and their residency training from SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine. Since 2004, they have served as Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine. Prior to that appointment, they were Clinical Assistant Professor from 1993-2004.
MSSNY SPEAKER
L. Carlos Zapata, MD, FACEP, was elected Speaker of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) on April 13. He is the first Latino Speaker of MSSNY.
Dr. Zapata is an Attending Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwell Health and practices at LIJ Forest Hills, LIJ Medical Center, and LIJ Valley Stream.
MSSNY VICE – SPEAKER
Jane M. Simpson, DO was elected Vice Speaker of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) at its annual House of Delegates meeting in Uniondale, NY, on April 13.
MSSNY’S FORMER PRESIDENTS
Paul A. Pipia, MD, Nassau, 2023-2024 |
Parag Mehta, MD 2022-2023 |
Joseph Sellers, MD, Schoharie 2021-2022 |
Bonnie Litvack, MD, Westchester 2020-2021 |
Arthur C. Fougner, MD, Queens 2019-2020 |
Thomas J. Madejski, MD, Orleans 2018-2019 |
Charles Rothberg, MD, Suffolk 2017-2018 |
Malcolm D. Reid, MD, MPP, New York 2016-2017 |
Joseph R. Maldonado, MD, Oneida 2015-16 |
Andrew Y. Kleinman, MD, Westchester 2014-15 |
Sam L. Unterricht, MD, Kings 2013-14 |
Robert John Hughes. MD, Saratoga 2012-13 |
Paul Hamlin, MD, Nassau 2011-12 |
Leah S. McCormack, MD, Queens 2010-11 |
David T. Hannan, MD, Wayne 2009-10 |
Michael H. Rosenberg, M.D., Westchester 2008-09 |
Robert B. Goldberg, D.O., New York 2007-08 |
Richard M. Peer, M.D., Erie 2006-07 |
Robert A. Scher, M.D., Suffolk 2005-06 |
William B. Rosenblatt, M.D., New York 2004-05 |
Jeffrey A. Ribner, M.D., Broome 2003-04 |
Ann C. Cea, M.D., Westchester 2002-03 |
Robert Bonvino, M.D., Richmond 2001-02 |
William A. Dolan, M.D., Monroe 2000-01 |
John A. Ostuni, M.D., Nassau 1999-00 |
Ralph E. Schlossman, M.D., Queens 1998-99 |
Duane M. Cady, M.D., Onondaga 1997-98 |
Stanley L. Grossman, M.D., MPH, Orange 1996-97 |
Stuart I. Orsher, M.D., JD, New York 1995-96 |
James H. Cosgriff, Jr.,M.D., Buffalo 1994-95 |
Stanley A. Steckler, M.D., Smithtown 1993-94 |
Morton M. Kurtz, M.D., Flushing 1992-93 |
Charles N. Aswad, M.D., Binghamton 1991-92 |
Robert A. Mayers, M.D., Rye Brook 1990-91 |
David M. Benford, M.D., New York 1989-90 |
Charles D. Sherman, Jr., M.D., Rochester 1988-89 |
Samuel M. Gelfand, M.D., Rockville Centre 1987-88 |
John A. Finkbeiner, M.D., New York 1986-87 |
Daniel F. O’Keeffe, M.D., Glens Falls 1985-86 |
Allison B. Landolt, M.D., Bronxville 1984-85 |
Bernard J. Pisani, M.D., New York 1983-84 |
Richard D. Eberle, M.D., Syracuse 1982-83 |
Milton Rosenberg, M.D., Patchogue 1981-82 |
Ralph M. Schwartz, M.D., Brooklyn 1980-81 |
G. Rehmi Denton, M.D., Albany 1979-80 |
George T.C. Way, M.D., Poughkeepsie 1978-79 |
Carl Goldmark, Jr., M.D., New York 1977-78 |
George L. Collins, Jr., M.D., Buffalo 1976-77 |
Ralph S. Emerson, M.D., Roslyn Heights 1975-76 |
Lynn R. Callin, M.D., Rochester 1974-75 |
Thomas F. McCarthy, M.D., Bronx 1973-74 |
Edward Siegel, M.D., Plattsburgh 1972-73 |
George Himler, M.D., New York 1971-72 |
Walter Scott Walls, M.D., Buffalo 1970-71 |
Walter T. Heldmann, M.D., Staten Island 1969-70 |
Edward C. Hughes, M.D., Syracuse 1968-69 |
Frederick A. Wurzbach, Jr., M.D., Bronx 1967-68 |
James M. Blake, M.D., Schenectady 1966-67 |
S. Waring Willis, M.D., Bronxville 1965-66 |
George A. Burgin, M.D., Little Falls 1964-65 |
William L. Wheeler, Jr., M.D., New York 1963-64 |
Joseph A. Lane, M.D., Rochester 1962-63 |
John M. Galbraith, M.D., Glen Cove 1961-62 |
Norman S. Moore, M.D., Ithaca 1960-61 |
Henry I. Fineberg, M.D., Jamaica 1959-60 |
Leo E. Gibson, M.D., Syracuse 1958-59 |
Thurman B. Givan, M.D., Brooklyn 1957-58 |
James Greenough, M.D., Oneonta 1956-57 |
Renato J. Azzari, M.D., Bronx 1955-56 |
Dan Mellen, M.D., Rome 1954-55 |
Andrew A. Eggston, M.D., Mount Vernon 1953-54 |
Edward T. Wentworth, M.D., Rochester 1952-53 |
J. Stanley Kenney, M.D., New York 1951-52 |
Carlton E. Wertz, M.D., Buffalo 1950-51 |
John J. Masterson, M.D., Brooklyn 1949-50 |
Leo F. Simpson, M.D., Rochester 1948-49 |
Louis H. Bauer, M.D., Hempstead 1947-48 |
William Hale, M.D., Utica 1946 |
Edward R. Cunniffe, M.D., Bronx 1945-46 |
Herbert H. Bauckus, M.D., Buffalo 1944-45 |
Thomas A. McGoldrick, M.D., Brooklyn 1943-44 |
George W. Cottis, M.D., Jamestown 1942 |
Samuel J. Kopetsky, M.D., New York 1941 |
James M. Flynn, M.D., Rochester 1940 |
Terry M. Townsend, M.D., New York 1939 |
William A. Groat, M.D., Syracuse 1938 |
Charles H. Goodrich, M.D., Brooklyn 1937 |
Floyd S. Winslow, M.D., Rochester 1936-37 |
Frederic E. Sondern, M.D., New York 1935 |
Arthur J. Bedell, M.D., Albany 1934-35 |
Frederick H. Flaherty, M.D., Syracuse 1933 |
Charles Gordon Heyd, M.D., New York 1932-33 |
William D. Johnson, M.D., Batavia 1931 |
William H. Ross, M.D., Brentwood 1930-31 |
James N. Vander Veer, M.D., Albany 1929 |
Harry R. Trick, M.D., Buffalo 1928 |
James E. Sadlier, M.D., Poughkeepsie 1927 |
George M. Fisher, M.D., Utica 1926 |
Nathan B. VanEtten, M.D., Bronx 1925-26 |
Owen E. Jones, M.D., Rochester 1924 |
Orrin Sage Wightman, M.D., New York 1923-24 |
Arthur Woodward Booth, M.D., Elmira 1922 |
James F. Rooney, M.D., Albany 1921 |
J. Richard Kevin, M.D., Brooklyn 1920 |
Grant C. Madill, M.D., Ogdensburg 1919 |
Thomas H. Halsted, M.D., Syracuse 1918 |
Alexander Lambert, M.D., New York 1917 |
Martin B. Tinker, M.D., Ithaca 1916 |
W. Stanton Gleason, M.D., Newburgh 1915 |
Grover W. Wende, M.D., Buffalo 1914 |
William F. Campbell, M.D., Brooklyn 1913 |
John F.W. Whitbeck, M.D., Rochester 1912 |
Wendell C. Phillips, M.D., New York 1911 |
Charles Stover, M.D., Amsterdam 1910 |
Charles G. Stockton, M.D., Buffalo 1909 |
Arthur G. Root, M.D., Albany 1908 |
Frederic Colton Curtis, M.D., Albany 1907 |
Joseph D. Bryant, M.D., New York 1905-06 |
Hamilton D. Wey, M.D., Elmira 1904 |
Algernon T. Bristow, M.D., Brooklyn 1903 |
Henry R. Hopkins, M.D., Buffalo 1902 |
Henry L. Elsner, M.D., Syracuse 1901 |
A.M. Phelps, M.D., New York 1900 |
Willis G. MacDonald, M.D., Albany 1899 |
John O. Roe, M.D., Rochester 1898 |
Seneca D. Powell, M.D., New York 1897 |
James D. Spencer, M.D., Watertown 1896 |
Roswell Park, M.D., Buffalo 1895 |
George Henry Fox, M.D., New York 1894 |
Herman Bendell, M.D., Albany 1893 |
Lewis S. Pilcher, M.D., Brooklyn 1892 |
A. Walter Suiter, M.D., Herkimer 1891 |
William Warren Potter, M.D., Buffalo 1890 |
Daniel Lewis, M.D., New York 1889 |
Samuel B. Ward, M.D., Albany 1888 |
Alfred L. Loomis, M.D., New York 1887 |
William S. Ely, M.D., Rochester 1886 |
Albert Vander Veer, M.D., Albany 1885 |
B.F. Sherman, M.D., Ogdensburg 1884 |
Alexander Hutchins, M.D., Brooklyn 1883 |
Harvey Jewett, M.D., Canandaigua 1882 |
Abraham Jacobi, M.D., New York 1881 |
William H. Bailey, M.D., Albany 1880 |
Henry D. Didama, M.D., Syracuse 1879 |
D.B. St. John Roosa, M.D., New York 1878 |
J. Foster Jenkins, M.D., Yonkers 1877 |
Edward R. Squibb, M.D., Brooklyn 1876 |
Thomas F. Rochester, M.D., Buffalo 1875 |
George J. Fisher, M.D., Sing Sing 1874 |
Edward Mott Moore, M.D., Rochester 1873 |
C.R. Agnew, M.D., New York 1872 |
William C. Wey, M.D., Elmira 1871 |
Samuel O. Vander Poel, M.D., Albany 1870 |
James P. White, M.D., Buffalo 1869 |
J.V.P. Quackenbush, M.D., Albany 1868 |
John P. Gray, M.D., Utica 1867 |
Joseph C. Hutchison, M.D., Brooklyn 1866 |
Henry W. Dean, M.D., Rochester 1865 |
Frederick Hyde, M.D., Cortland 1864 |
Daniel P. Bissell, M.D., Utica 1863 |
Thomas Hun, M.D., Albany 1862 |
Edward H. Parker, M.D., Poughkeepsie 1861 |
Daniel T. Jones, M.D., Onondaga 1860 |
B. Fordyce Barker, M.D., New York 1859 |
Thomas C. Brismade, M.D., Troy 1858 |
Augustus Willard, M.D., Greene 1857 |
Alden March, M.D., Albany 1856 |
Frank H. Hamilton, M.D., New York 1855 |
C.B. Coventry, M.D., Utica 1854 |
J.S. Sprague, M.D., Cooperstown 1853 |
Alonzo Clark, M.D., New York 1852 |
Robert G. Frary, Hudson 1851 |
Alexander Thompson, Aurora 1850 |
Alexander H. Stevens, New York 1848-49 |
Thomas W. Blatchford, Troy 1847 |
John McCall, Utica 1846 |
James Webster, Rochester 1845 |
Joel A. White, Albany 1844 |
Samuel White, Columbia 1843 |
William Taylor, Onondaga 1842 |
John B. Beck, New York 1841 |
Sumner Ely, Olsego 1840 |
Laurens Hull, Oneida 1838-39 |
James McNaughton, Albany 1836-37 |
John H. Steel, Saratoga 1834-35 |
Thomas Spencer, Madison 1832-33 |
Jonathan Eights, Albany 1830-31 |
Theodoric Romeyn Beck, Albany 1827-29 |
James R. Manley, New York 1825-26 |
Alexander Coventry, Utica 1823-24 |
Samuel L. Mitchill, New York 1821-22 |
John Stearns, Albany 1817-20 |
Joseph White, Olsego 1815-16 |
John R.B. Rodgers, New York 1812-14 |
William Wilson, Columbia 1811 |
Nicholas Romayne, New York 1808-10 |
William McClelland, Albany 1807 |