Psychiatrist Hiring Key to Adequate Inpatient Mental Health Beds While mental health care providers applauded the state's $118 million 2024-25 budget allocation to fund a range of mental health services, progress toward meeting the growing demand for care has been slow. Psychiatrist Dr. Leslie Marino, a member of MSSNY and president of the Suffolk County
MSSNY Announces Support of Medical Aid in Dying Act The Medical Society of the State of New York passed a resolution at its annual House of Delegates meeting expressing support for legislation that would permit Medical Aid in Dying, provided the physician always retains the choice to opt in or to decline to participate in
Rochester Radiologist Elected to Statewide Post The Rochester Business Journal reports “Mark J. Adams MD was elected vice president of the Medical Society of the State of New York earlier this month. “Adams is a fellowship trained board-certified radiologist and professor of Clinical Imaging Sciences at University of Rochester Medical Center. A graduate of
Patients First and Foremost This week MSSNY President Dr. Paul Pipia and Nassau County Medical Society President Dr. David Podwall stressed the fact that patients are of primary importance to New York physicians. In his Empire Report op-ed, Our Patients Need and Deserve Physician-Led Healthcare, Dr. Pipia addressed MSSNY’s concern with scope of practice legislation
Scope of Practice and CPH Funding in the Headlines MSSNY President Dr. Paul Pipia spoke to Capital Tonight last Friday about the continued push in the executive budget to remove physician supervision requirements from PA practice. Dr. Pipia reiterated MSSNY’s position that PAs are not a substitute for trained physicians, stating that the solution to
Commentary: Changes Must Be Made to Grieving Families Act Before Reconsideration In a letter to the editor of the Albany (NY) Times Union (2/12), MSSNY member Jacob Moalem, MD, FACS, President of the New York Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and Anthony Vine, MD, FACS, Vice President of the Chapter, wrote, “By vetoing
MSSNY Weighs in on Scope of Practice MSSNY President Dr. Paul A. Pipia, MD’s voice on scope of practice was heard loud and clear this week in both a Newsday article and letter to the editor of the Albany Times Union. Dr. Pipia told Newsday, “The physician should be the leader of the team,” and again reiterated
MSSNY President Included In City & State’s 2024 Health Care Power 100 City & State NY published its 2024 Healthcare Power 100 this week, a list of “the most important public officials, health care leaders and other individuals who are seeking out solutions to” healthcare challenges. The 2024 ranking highlights key legislative wins, labor victories,
Kings County Medical Society Board of Trustees Chair Delivers NYC’s First New Year Baby Dr. Sherman Dunn, Kings County Medical Society Board of Trustees Chair had the distinct honor of delivering New York City’s first baby of the New Year at South Brooklyn Health in Coney Island. Coincidentally, Dr. Dunn also delivered the baby’s father
MSSNY Speaks Out on Wrongful Death Legislation MSSNY continues to voice opposition to pending Wrongful Death legislation in letters to the editor and op-eds in multiple New York newspapers. MSSNY President Dr. Paul A. Pipia’s letter to the editor in the NY Daily News stated, “The staggering increases in the cost of delivering care would
