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As a physician, nothing affects you more than the quality of our health care delivery system. It affects your daily practice, your hospital affiliation, your access to current scientific information and the health of your patients. Physicians by their very nature and training are a very inhomogeneous lot. It is this lack of cohesion that has enabled our adversaries to take control of many aspects of the profession. Only organized bodies of medicine have the capacity to be taken seriously. Enrollment in the County and State Medical Society and the American Medical Association is vital if physicians are to retake the leadership in determining the future of the practice of medicine. The events of recent times that are profoundly affecting the personal and professional lives of physicians clearly suggests that there is now a critical need for all physicians to remain united and to give a greater strength, vitality and purpose to the organizations that represent them.

Yes, some may consider that the cost of membership dues is high - but remember, it costs a lot to do the things that only organized medicine can do - legislative action, litigation, communications, media relations, etc. In comparison, it is a relatively small price to pay when compared to the alternative.

• You can't afford not to be a member. Imagine what insurance companies, the government, and others would be doing if the Medical Society of the State of New York and the American Medical Association were not guarding your interests and that of your patients.
• You and I can't monitor the hundreds of legislative proposals put forth each year and prepare responses - organized medicine can.
• You and I can't orchestrate statewide and nationwide responses from physicians in all specialties - we need to unite in one organization as physicians.
  

Full Active Membership: Physicians who have completed all training and have been in practice for two or more years

1st and 2nd Year of Practice: Physicians who have completed all training and are going into their first or second year of private practice.

Resident Membership: Physicians in a residency program.

Membership Applications are available from the Monroe County Medical Society by contacting Ginny Ruderman at (585) 472-4072. We would be pleased to mail or fax you an application. You mail also e-mail Ginny with any questions regarding membership at gruderman@mcms.org

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