GOVERNANCE

Elected Officials & Nominating Process
2023 – 2024 OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF

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

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

PAST PRESIDENT
Parag H. Mehta, MD
Medical Society County of Kings Inc.
Internal Medicine

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

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

TREASURER
Mark J. Adams, MD, MBA, FACR
Monroe County Medical Society
Diagnostic Radiology

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

SPEAKER
William R. Latreille, Jr., MD, FACP, AME
Medical Society County of Franklin Inc.
Internal Medicine

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

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Troy J. Oechsner

GENERAL COUNSEL
David N. Vozza, Esq

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES – 2023-24
Robert Allan Frankel, MD
Medical Society County of Kings Inc.
Cardiovascular Dis

TRUSTEE – 2024
Charles Rothberg, MD
Suffolk County Medical Society Inc.
Ophthalmology

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 – 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
Nameer Haider, MD
Medical Society County of Oneida
Pain Medicine

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT – N/A
Troy J. Oechsner

EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS
865 Merrick Avenue
Westbury, NY 11590
(516) 488-6100
FAX: (212) 282-7099
E-mail: [email protected]

CAPITOL DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
1 Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Avenue, Suite 408
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 465-8085
FAX: (518) 465-0976
E-mail: [email protected]

COUNCILORS

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

Third District
Jose David, MD – 2025

Fourth District
Gregory Pinto, MD – 2024

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

Sixth District
Celeste Johns. MD – 2024

Seventh District
Hemant Kalia MD Monroe (2023-2026)

Eighth District
Mark R. Jajkowski, MD – 2024

Ninth District
Daniel Gold, MD – 2025

Nassau County
David Podwall, MD – 2024

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 – 2024

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

Resident and Fellow Section Councilor
Anna Heffron, MD New York (2023-2024)

Medical Student Section Councilor
Elana Sitnik, Westchester (2023-2024)

NOMINATING PROCESS

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).