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Philadelphia County Medical Society
2100 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
(215) 563-5343
www.philamedsoc.org
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Stephen R. Permut, MD, JD
PRESIDENT
Ricardo Morgenstern, MD
PRESIDENT ELECT
Natalia Ortiz, MD, DFAPA, FACLP
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
John M. Vasudevan, MD
SECRETARY
Anthony Rosa, MD
TREASURER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Oneida Arosarena, MD, FACS
Dom Bucci, MD
James L. Cristol, MD
Cadence A. Kim, MD, FACS
Harvey B. Lefton, MD
Dale Mandel, MD
Max E. Mercado, MD, FACS
Curtis T. Miyamoto, MD
Anthony M. Padula, MD, FACS
Andrew Roberts, MD
David A. Sass, MD, FACP
J. Q. Michael Yu, MD, FRCPC
Graeme R. Williams, MD, MBA
Winnie Rao
FIRST DISTRICT TRUSTEE
Lynn Lucas Fehm, MD, JD
PA Medical Society, President
Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD, PhD, FACS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mark C. Austerberry
EDITOR
Andy Andrews
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6 Pandemic, gun violence take toll
on city's emergency rooms
10 Penn Medicine could play vital
role in Tower Health's future
14 Tale of the Hahnemann
bankruptcy
18 Spotlight: Medical resident
Graeme R. Williams
19 Fighting diabetes, obesity a
community effort
22 Hope exists for future of privatepractice
physicians
25 Delivering effective tobacco use
disorder treatment
26 Assessing cognitive care, other
services
27 Society honors award winners
30 Meadow View: Living Resiliently
FALL 2021

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