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Winter 2017

8 infant mortality:

2016-2018
MCMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A Key Concern in One of athe
Wealthiest Counties in Pennsylvania

Kathie M. Allen
Practice Manager

Stanley Askin, MD

Frederic Becker, MD
Sherry Blumenthal, MD
Charles Cutler, MD

Madeline Danny, DO
James A. Goodyear, MD
George R. Green, MD
Joseph Grisafi, MD
Vice President

Walter Klein, MD
President-Elect

Mark Lopatin, MD
Chairman, Board of Directors

Jennifer Lorine, DO
Secretary

Cheri L. Matthews
Practice Manager

Robert M. McNamara, MD
Mark F. Pyfer, MD
Jay E. Rothkopf, MD
President and Treasurer

Scott E. Shapiro, MD
Immediate Past Chairman, Board of Directors

Steven A. Shapiro, DO
James W. Thomas, MD
Immediate Past President

Martin D. Trichtinger, MD
Chairman, Political Committee

MCMS Staff
Toyca D. Williams, CAE
Executive Director

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Editorial Board
Jay E. Rothkopf, MD, Editor
George Green, MD
Mark F. Pyfer, MD
Scott E. Shapiro, MD
Toyca D. Williams, CAE, Deputy Editor
MCMS Physician is a publication of the Montgomery
County Medical Society of Pennsylvania (MCMS).
The Montgomery County Medical Society's mission
has evolved to represent and serve all physicians of
Montgomery County and their patients in order to
preserve the doctor-patient relationship, maintain
safe and quality care, advance the practice of
medicine and enhance the role of medicine and
healthcare within the community, Montgomery
County and Pennsylvania.

Repeal of the ACA -
A Sure Thing Or Is It?

Features
6 Letters to the Editor
14 "In My Opinion"
The Time is Now:
Repeal the ACA
15 "In My Opinion"
Repealing the ACA:
Women's Health May Suffer
17 Special Tribute
Longtime Family Physician and
Organized Medicine Advocate
Leaves Legacy
18 A Potential Economic Burden:
Adult Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
in the US
19 Passion Outside of Medicine
Just What The Doctor Ordered:
A Fresh Pint of Beer
20 Survival of Physicians
in a Value-Based World
22 Montgomery County Physician
Sworn in as 167th President of
The Pennsylvania Medical Society
23 Landmark Initiative Gets the Green
Light from PAMED's House of
Delegates

24 Adopted as amended
RESOLUTION 16-COW
26 House of Delegates in Pictures
28 Frontline Groups
29 Operational Planning Is A Must
For Any Thriving Practice
30 Physicians' HEALTH Program
The Foundation of the Pennsylvania
Medical Society
30 Years of Change Transforming Lives

In Every Issue
4 Editor's Comments
21 News & Announcements

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