Organized Medicine Leader Helps Improve Practice in Pennsylvania
Be a leader of organized medicine so you can help better medical practice in Pennsylvania, advises Gregory Borowski, MD.
“The Pennsylvania Medical Society is the main society that we work through and govern through in order to try to get major accomplishments in the state of Pennsylvania,” says the Scranton endocrinologist, who has a quarter century of organized medicine leadership under his belt.
Dr. Borowski points to recent changes in medical liability law, including change in venue laws, which require cases to be tried where the physician lives, and expert witness requirements, which require expert witnesses to testify in cases only within their specialty.
“That’s just one facet of what the Pennsylvania Medical Society has done,” he says.
Dr. Borowski has two recommendations for physicians interested in being leaders: start with your county medical society and cultivate relationships with other physician leaders. They can both help you figure out the best way to get involved at the state level.
“It’s a very practical way of getting involved with your organization,” Dr. Borowski says.
Dr. Borowski took a similar path to leadership. He got his start as the president of the local chapter of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and quickly got involved with the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Lackawanna County Medical Society (LCMS).
After working his way up the ranks of the LCMS, Dr. Borowski served as president. With his tenure up, he has now turned his attentions to a new project with the LCMS: opening and running a clinic for the uninsured.
“It’s always important to get involved politically with your organization. I know a lot of us physicians have specialty organizations we’re involved in … but don’t cut out the Pennsylvania Medical Society,” Dr. Borowski says.
Last Updated: 2/6/2009