Member Making a Difference, a feature of our member publication Vital Signs, highlights the many ways our members make an impact on their communities, patients, and the medical profession. Meet some of our members below.
Senila Yasmin
Medical Student Senila Yasmin tackles advocacy and equity through groundbreaking new MMS policies, with reach beyond Massachusetts.
To read the full interview from the July-August 2023 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Vincent C. Smith
Learn more about Dr. Vincent C. Smith, the division chief of Newborn Medicine at Boston Medical Center and a national leader in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
To read the full interview from the January-February 2023 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Julie Silver
Learn more about Dr. Julie Silver, a leading national voice and scholar on equity for all health care professionals and patients, especially for women in medicine.
To read the full interview from the November-December 2022 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Joshua St. Louis
Learn more about Dr. Joshua St. Louis, a family medicine physician who finds meaning and joy in advocacy for marginalized patients, leadership in the MMS, and patient care in a Lawrence health center.
To read the full interview from the May-June 2022 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Ellana Stinson
Read about health equity champion Dr. Ellana Stinson, an emergency medicine physician with an entrepreneurial bent who is making an impact in many areas of Massachusetts medicine.
To read the full interview from the January-February 2022 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Fidencio Saldaña
As the dean for students at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Fidencio Saldaña takes to heart the challenges of clinical teaching and administrative support of students.
To read the full interview from the November-December 2021 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Philomena A. Asante
A pediatrician, public health leader and student health expert, Dr. Philomena A. Asante is the chair of the Black Women in Medicine Conference, a virtual event hosted by the MMS.
To read the full interview from the September-October 2021 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Daniel Chonde
Read about fourth-year radiology resident Dr. Daniel Chonde, whose creative portfolio in health equity includes an award-winning language translation app to expedite imaging services during COVID-19.
To read the full interview from the May-June 2021 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Andrew Jorgensen
Learn from Dr. Andrew Jorgensen, CMO at Outer Cape Health Services, about the varied health needs of the Outer Cape during COVID-19, from a sparse winter population to the influx of summer visitors.
To read the full interview from the April 2021 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Simone Wildes
Infectious disease physician Dr. Simone Wildes is making a difference in COVID-19 vaccine policy, vaccine confidence, and racial equity in medicine for patients and physicians in Massachusetts.
To read the full interview from the January-February 2021 Vital Signs, click here.
LaShyra Nolen
Meet LaShyra Nolen, an MMS member with a passion for social justice who is making a difference as an activist, writer, and president of her class at Harvard Medical School.
To read the full interview from the November-December 2020 Vital Signs, click here.
Dr. Jane Lochrie
After 24 years of volunteering at Saint Anne’s Free Medical Program in Shrewsbury, Dr. Jane Lochrie opened and runs a second free clinic at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church in Worcester.
To read the full interview from the October 2020 Vital Signs, click here.
