Massachusetts Medical Society Alliance (MMSA)

10/19/2025

Beth Israel Lahey launched its heart transplant program in 2023, and last year, it performed 40 transplants. It continues to grow faster than expected.

10/19/2025

“Our Annual Awards are more than a celebration, they are a call to action,” said Angela Ortiz, MHC’s CEO. “Each of the honorees embodies what it means to be a Beacon for the Common Good. At a time when federal actions seek to inflict real harm to our most vulnerable populations, we must join together, leveraging our collective voices and leadership, to safeguard the health of every resident and light the path for the next generation of healthcare leaders.”

Thank you, MassNonprofit News, for amplifying MHC's recent awards celebration recognizing exemplary leaders in public health and health equity: https://ow.ly/Y6W550XcEZ8

10/19/2025

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped.

10/18/2025

Under pressure from the Trump administration, hospitals and clinics across the country have stopped offering minors care such as puberty blockers and hormones that aid gender transition. Now at least two health centers in Massachusetts are canceling medical services for trans youth. The Healey admin...

01/17/2024

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mass-general-brigham-teaching-kitchen-food-prescriptions-medicine-nutrition/

Doctors are helping patients think about food and nutrition in the same way we think about medications and surgeries.

12/12/2023

Building on the success of the inaugural Future Health: Best Practices for Advancing Care conference, we're excited to share that the one-day in-person and virtual event will return on Friday, March 22, 2024. Registration will open in January. Check back then to get our early-bird discount!

The 2024 conference will focus on the nexus of climate change and its growing impact, AI and new technologies to diagnose and treat patients, and the evolving and expanding role of physicians in this rapidly changing health landscape.

Learn more: https://futurehealthbest.org/

10/03/2023

09/28/2023

SAVE THE DATE

Massachusetts Medical Society Alliance Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023
11:00am
MMSA Headquarters, Waltham MA

09/24/2023

08/21/2023

We delivered Welcome bags to the Fort Wayne Indiana University medical students today
We put snacks, coffee pods and maps of Fort Wayne in the bags .
Have a great year everyone !

07/27/2023

Testifying on behalf of MMS and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Mary Beth Miotto spoke to Massachusetts lawmakers today in support of legislation to boost childhood immunization rates and prevent future disease outbreaks.

07/18/2023

AMAA President, Racheal Kunesh, shared an AMA Alliance update with the North Carolina Medical Society Board of Directors in downtown Raleigh.

We are stronger together! AMAA is dedicated to building partnerships and connections to mutually strengthen our voices.