200.977 Full Involvement of Women Physicians in MSSNY Leadership Roles MSSNY will take immediate action to increase the number of women physicians at all levels of leadership. MSSNY affirms its commitment to the full involvement of women in leadership roles throughout the organization, including, but not limited to, officers, councilors, trustees, NY Delegation to AMA,
200.978 Increasing Diversity of Future MSSNY Leadership MSSNY will support, sponsor, and seek funding for leadership opportunities for women and under-represented groups in MSNNY through the provision of mentoring programs, internships, and various educational formats. (HOD 2023-204)
200.999 Discrimination: MSSNY is unalterably opposed to the denial of membership in component county medical societies and the State Medical Society to any physician practicing or residing in the State of New York, because of race, color, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, ethnic affiliation, or national origin. The Judicial Council of MSSNY, pursuant to Section
200.998 CME Requirements for Membership: SUNSET HOD 2013
200.997 International Medical Graduates (IMGs): MSSNY continues to discourage any form of discrimination toward International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and is expanding its efforts to identify and address the issues of major concern to IMGs. In order to encourage IMGs to join the mainstream of organized medicine, MSSNY is sending a loud and clear message that
200.996 Credentials and Election of New Members: MSSNY urges county medical societies to find ways of meeting existing credentialing requirements that do not place the burden of compliance on the applicant, and to use online resources for reviewing applicants’ credentials. MSSNY urges county medical societies to review their credentialing requirements and to remove any that
200.995 Innovative Methods to Improve Membership via Periodic Credit Card Membership Charges: MSSNY will look at innovative ways to reduce the burden of membership dues and that urgent, innovative and aggressive measures to increase membership in MSSNY must be undertaken, including automatically charging membership payments to credit cards on a periodic basis subject to the
200.994 Communications with Non-members and other Health Care Professionals: When MSSNY believes it is necessary for legislators to be contacted on issues of importance to organized medicine or to address specific pending legislation either in Albany or Washington, that communication be forwarded to ALL physicians identified on the MSSNY data base, irrespective of membership status and
200.993 MSSNY Privacy Policy: MSSNY Privacy Statement; MSSNY is committed to protecting and preserving the privacy interests of physicians, and is committed to using data about physicians in a secure and responsible manner. In order to more effectively serve physicians, MSSNY will collect, use and disclose physician data in ways that are determined to be
200.992 MSSNY Minority Physician Mentor Database: SUNSET HOD 2021
