207.938 Term Limits for Committee Chairs The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) adopts a policy to limit committee chair appointments to a maximum of three consecutive one-year terms as chair. Going forward, the same individual should not be appointed as chair of more than one committee simultaneously. (HOD 2024 – 211)
207.939 RFP Process for MSSNY Contract Renewals Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) recognizes the discretion of the Board of Trustees in the review and approval of MSSNY’s contracts including appropriate solicitation of request for proposals (RFPs) and encourages the Board to proactively inform MSSNY Council, when appropriate, regarding review and approval
207.933 Inclusion in Scheduling MSSNY HOD Virtual Reference Committee Meetings and Committee Meetings So No Members are Barred from Live Participation Due to Religious Faith or Practices MSSNY will build upon existing efforts to schedule virtual HOD Reference Committee meetings, in-person and virtual committee, and Council meetings at times that do not overlap with religious
130.923 An Assessment of Unintended Consequences of Value Based Payment Models The Medical Society of the State of New York will ask the AMA to perform a study, including a member survey, to reveal value-based payment programs' impact on physicians and patient care. (HOD 2024 – 204)
85.940 Opposition to Admissions Preference for Children of Alumni, Donors MSSNY will advocate for the publication of data disclosing the past and annual prevalence as well as the impacts of alumni, donor, and faculty relation status in NY state medical school admissions. (HOD 2024 – 202)
207.941 Chat GPT and Large Language Models in Medicine MSSNY will seek through legislation or regulation to require transparency in the use of LLMs in making diagnoses, managing patients’ conditions, educating medical students, writing notes, and publishing research (HOD 2024 -201)
207.940 Chat GPT and Large Language Models at MSSNY HOD MSSNY encourages transparency in the use of LLMs in resolution writing for future MSSNY House of Delegate meetings. (HOD 2024 – 200)
285.979 Rise in Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia/Anti-Middle Eastern Sentiment MSSNY recognizes the harm, both upon our members, our colleagues, and our patients, of the rise in anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Middle Eastern discrimination that have arisen around the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. MSSNY will identify proper emotional support for New York physicians who have been
285.980 Opposing Violence, Terrorism, Discrimination, and Hate Speech MSSNY strongly condemns all acts of violence, terrorism, discrimination, and hate speech against any group or individual, regardless of race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, cultural affiliation, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other factor. MSSNY affirms its commitment to promoting dialogue, empathy, and mutual respect among diverse communities, recognizing
285.981 Islamophobia in Medicine MSSNY opposes all acts of Islamophobic terrorism, violence and hate speech. (MSSNY HOD 2024 – Emergency resolution D)
