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The Wayne County Medical
Society of Southeast Michigan, founded in 1849 by Detroit doctors, is the largest and
one of the most active county medical societies in the state of Michigan.
Former Presidents
Melvin Hollowell, MD, Edmund Barbour, MD & Sophie Womack, MD, MBA
The Society offers many services to its members, including a well-established physician referral service and a web site. The Detroit Medical News, the Society’s bi-weekly newsletter, features important information about WCMSSM activities, new members, services, legislative and news updates, historical reminiscences and discussions of current issues. Member services offered through outside vendors include charge cards, pagers and cellular phones, long-term care, disability and HMO health insurance.
WCMSSM is strongly involved in community support and awareness, in particular through its Teenage Pregnancy Task Force and its Violence Reduction Task Force. It also acts as an advocate for the profession in the state, speaking out on matters that impact the future of medicine and of physicians’ rights.
The Society sends 73 delegates to the Michigan State Medical Society’s annual meeting, where they represent the society in debates on resolutions and in MSMS elections. The resolutions, frequently more than a hundred at an annual meeting, often focus on issues of public health relating to Michigan’s Medicaid program, tobacco control, protecting the physician-patient relationship, and defending physician rights in managed care and the scope of practice.
WCMSSM supports a number of charitable and educational activities, including the Charles C. Vincent MD Memorial Scholarship, the Beaumont Lectureship and the Francis P. Rhoades MD Memorial Lectureship. These activities support the Society’s mission to educate its membership and the patients those physicians serve. The
Beaumont Lecture highlights scientific accomplishments, the
Rhoades Lectures tend to feature the societal and economic aspects of the practice of medicine, and the Vincent Scholarship offers financial assistance to deserving African-American medical students from Detroit who attend the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
The Wayne County Medical Society Foundation was established by WCMSSM in 1987 for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes.
The physicians of the Wayne County Medical Society will support through
its Foundation the development of programs directed to: prevention of
domestic abuse; advancement of the health behavior of adolescents; and
improvements of the health status of children.
WCMSSM advocates for physicians and patients through legislative, public health and business initiatives, and it promotes the core values and code of ethics to which members of the medical profession adhere. It is an organization that provides its members with various social activities, a political outlet, and a forum for debate. Most importantly, it is an organization of physicians – men and women of every race and ethnic group – who are devoted to their profession, and are determined to better its condition as they pass it on to future generations.
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