Dear members, colleagues and friends, due to the current situation, we are taking measures to enforce the safety and health of our staff and others. It is best that you communicate with us via email at ERTripp@QueensMedicalSociety.org, GBurgos@QueensMedicalSociety.org or QMS@QueensMedicalSociety.org . Please do not hesitate to email us regarding your needs. Stay safe.
Next COMITIA MEETING is on MARCH 9, 2021 via Zoom at 8 pm  Feeling the pressure? CDC can help. The @MillionHeartsUS Executive Director and the 2020 #HTNControlChamps will talk about the importance of #hypertension control and strategies that work. Tune in to facebook.com/millionhearts on February 24 at 1 p.m. EST. #HeartMonth
Join MSSNY’s Virtual Lobby Day on March 2! Please plan to put aside Tuesday, March 2 for MSSNY’s Annual Physician Advocacy Day – this time Virtual! To register, click here: Webinar Registration Zoom.Webinar Registration – ZoomThe format will follow previous years formats, where assembled physicians and allies will hear from legislative leaders in the morning (this year via Zoom), and then have virtual visits with their respective legislators in the afternoon. With the Governor and the State Legislature needing to create tens of billions of savings to the State Budget, any number of healthcare programs of interest to physicians could be on the table, not to mention concerns with the numerous proposals to inappropriately expand the scope of practice for various non-physicians as well as numerous proposals to mandate how physicians provide care to their patients. Please plan to join hundreds of colleagues from around the State on March 2!
This Viewpoint from AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD, provides important details and context for this acknowledgement including AMA’s 2008 apology, recent actions by our Board and House of Delegates, and the work underway through the AMA Center for Health Equity. By acknowledging the past, the AMA is embracing a discussion about how to begin to heal past harms.
Keynote Address to the Medical Scholar Pipeline Graduates at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. By Louis-Joseph Auguste, MD. Click Here.
About the Author: Louis-Joseph Auguste, MD, MPH, FACS, Surgical Oncology/General Surgery; Clinical Professor of Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northewell; Chair/Board of Trustees, Medical Society of the County of Queens.
| COVID-19 Vaccine Can be Offered to Patients With The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has issued new guidance effective February 15. Beginning on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, COVID-19 vaccine can be offered to patients with co-morbidities and underlying conditions. These individuals are eligible for vaccination at State-operated mass vaccination sites.  The American Medical Association’s (AMA's) Center for Health Equity, in collaboration with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine announce a call for applications for the inaugural AMA-SHLI Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship. The Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship is a collaborative educational initiative to empower physician-led advocacy that advances equity and removes barriers to optimal health for marginalized people and communities. The fellowship will mobilize physicians to be part of the next generation of advocacy leaders, driving meaningful policy and structural changes that produce equity and justice in the communities they serve.
Application deadline is March 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Click here for more information.
The NSPC HSC is recruiting volunteer judges NOW for the competition. To learn more details READ HERE, visit www.cstl.org/nspc/be-a-judge/ or contact Kevin Sanders directly at nspc@cstl.org or (516) 764-0045. Photos from 2019 Competition
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Guidance for the Distribution of Pulse Oximeters to Patients at Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19. Learn More February Health Awareness Campaigns 
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Fuoco Group presents this information to the members of the Medical Society as a member benefit. Extension and Enhancement of PPP Loans The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, makes available an additional $284 billion in PPP loans. What does the “ACT” mean for you and your practice? Click HERE to learn more. |
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