MedChi
MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
MedChi is the name by which the Maryland state medical society is commonly known. It is a shortened form of "The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland." MedChi is the Maryland state level affiliate of the American Medical Association and its stated purpose is to represent the interest of physicians and protect the citizens in the state of Maryland from unscrupulous and untrained practitioners holding themselves out as healthcare providers.
History MedChi was founded in January 1799 in Annapolis by 101 leaders of the medical profession in Maryland. The physicians who started the organization represented most of Maryland's counties.[1]
The Maryland Legislature approved a petition for a charter for an incorporated society of physicians in Maryland to be known as the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland. (Chirurgical was the common spelling of surgical at the time.)The society became the seventh of its kind in the country. MedChi is composed of 24 component medical societies, plus a medical students' and residents' section.[2] MedChi elects a President every year. The President must be a Maryland Physcian. [3] The current President of MedChi is Murray Kalish, MD.[4]
Current MedChi Staff includes:Link title
Gene M. Ransom,III - CEO
Debra Sciabarrasi - Chief of Staff
Stephen H. Johnson - General Counsel, Director of Law & Advocacy Division
LocationsLink title MedChi has offices in Baltimore and Annapolis.
References
Md Med J. 1985 Sep;34(9):900-12. "Supporting Maryland physicians: the Med-Chi staff". Lehman E. PMID: 3903416
The medical annals of Maryland. 1799-1899. Prepared for the centennial of the medical and chirurgical faculty. by William CORDELL, Eugene Fauntleroy (1843-1913).
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There are several other Medical and Chirurgica Socieites, including one in Nottingham, England that was set up in 1817 more details can be found at:
- ^ Acts of the Maryland General Assembly 1799
- ^ www.medchi.org
- ^ MedChirurical Faculty bylaws as amended
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS186491+09-Mar-2009+PRN20090309