Academy of Medicine - CME - Medical Society of the County of Kings - Brooklyn NY - Medical Society, medicine society, doctors society

Mission Statement:

To provide opportunities for improvement of education for the members of the medical profession in the County of Kings.
To maintain a medical library or an equivalent international system alone or in conjunction with other educational institutions.
To disseminate knowledge of scientific medicine to physicians, medical students, allied health professionals and the public.
To serve the public interest.

Officers:

Parag H. Mehta, M.D. President	Maurice A. Cerulli, M.D. Associate Secretary
Vacant President Elect	Veronica C. Santilli, M.D. Treasurer
Herman I. Rosenberg, M.D. Vice President	Harold S. Parnes, M.D. Associate Treasurer
Edward K. Chapnick, M.D. Secretary	Randall D. Bloomfield, M.D. Directing Librarian
Steven C. Garner, M.D. Associate Directing Librarian & Curator Mrs. Carole C. Schroeder Executive Director
Mark A. Longo, Esq. Counsel	Owen Petersen & Co., LLP Certified Public Accountants

Standing Committees:

Continuing Medical Education
Chair: Parag H. Mehta, M.D.
Advisor: Leone L. Waltrous, M.D.

Library
Chair: Vacant
Vice Chair: Randall D. Bloomfield, M.D.

Public Interest
No appointments at present time.

Continuing Medical Education:

The Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn in conjunction with Lutheran Medical Center and The Academy of Medicine of Queens, co-sponsored ten CME programs for the year 2003-2004, attended by over 480 physicians, which provided 11.5 hours of CME Category 1 credits.

2003 Programs:	“MANAGING YOUR PRACTICE” – Mr. Robert E. Goff, Jeffrey R. Ruggiero, Esq. “ADVANCEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS PAIN & INFLAMMATION” – Miriam T. Vincent, M.D. “LAWSUITS 101: PITFALLS FOR PHYSICIANS” – Joseph A. Hanshe, Esq.
2004 Programs:	“MULTINODAL APPROACH TO PAIN MANAGEMENT” – Thomas G. Crimi, M.D. “VOIDING DYSFUNCTION AND INCONTINENCE” – Wellman W. Cheung, M.D. “OFFICE MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS FOR MAXIMIZING PATIENT IMMUNIZATION” – Sharon Humiston, M.D. “WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES: MENARCHE TO MENOPAUSE” – Judith H. LaRosa, M.D., Mary Ann Banerji, M.D., Gioia Turitto, M.D., Mark Spitzer, M.D., Marie Lynne Eloi-Stiven, M.D. “HIV UPDATE 2004” – M. Monica Sweeney, M.D. “BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL & NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES: A PHYSICIAN’S EDUCATION PROGRAM” – Richard Peer, M.D., Jonathan Rie, M.D. “INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION UPDATE” – Leonard R. Krilov, M.D., Mr. Frank M. Winter
2005 Programs:	“BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL & NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES: A PHYSICIAN’S EDUCATION PROGRAM” – Kira Geraci, M.D., FACAAI, FAAAI, Lorraine M. Giordano, M.D., FACEP “A COMMON SENSE GUIDE FOR PRIMARY CARE ON STDs, HIV & HBV” – William M. Valenti, M.D.