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N.Y. society names new president

NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted May 10, 2004

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William B. Rosenblatt, MD, a plastic surgeon in Manhattan, recently was elected president of the Medical Society of the State of New York at its 198th annual House of Delegates meeting in Rye Brook, N.Y.

Dr. Rosenblatt received his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1973 and earned board certification in both plastic surgery and otolaryngology. He has practiced plastic and reconstructive surgery in Manhattan since 1979.

He served as president of the New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgery and the New York County Medical Society. His commitment to MSSNY has included serving as a member and then officer of its political action committee and as a member of the society's federal legislative committee and medical liability defense board. He is also a New York delegate to the AMA.

Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/05/10/prbf0510.htm.

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