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How has PCMS helped you in your
career?
PCMS and organized medicine in general
have helped me to network with local and
statewide physicians. Kept me informed
about upcoming changes in medical practice, and whether such changes would be
harmful or helpful to our work and to our
patients, and whether such changes are
indeed necessary. PCMS provides me with
a chain of command along which I could
pass ideas or complaints about medical
practice and be assured of a response from
the profession as a whole. PCMS also gives
me a sense of security! Provides guidelines
for good medical practice and offers peer
support in my work even though I practice
alone! My work is mostly outpatient, so
I miss the fellowship, or what is left of it,
walking the halls and clinical floors of the
hospital. Of course, now, in the age of the
hospitalist, many internists and surgeons do
not see each other or even have a chance to
discuss patients or the state of health care
with colleagues. Yes, specialty societies are
a bit more relevant to what I do every day,
but what is going on in the "wide world of
ever-changing health care" is only available
to me at PCMS and PAMED.

What do you hope to accomplish
during your term as PCMS
president?

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I hope to continue the good works
of the society. The excellent works of our
various committees in defining problems of
health care delivery in the community and
in supporting the daily work of the various authorization" for studies and procedures
nonprofit organizations involved. We must (House Bill 1194), and with CMS in order
also look at the potential problems facing to limit government restrictions and "hassle
employed physicians and the pressure to factors" associated with bureaucratic require"produce." We must consider the implica- ments for payment. We must also support the
tions of Medicare for all and the problems Philadelphia health commissioner's activities
associated with single payer medicine.
to promote effective health practices in our
city.
I want to assure you that our members
We should continue negotiations with
receive
the most value for their dues and their
insurance companies regarding "prior

volunteered time with society activities and
attendance at society events. I am honored to
serve PCMS as president, and I am grateful
for the opportunity. *

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