Dr. Patricia Turner Is President-Elect of CMSS

Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, ACS Executive Director & CEO, was elected President-Elect of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Washington, DC. She will succeed Sue Sedory, MA, CAE, executive director of the American College of Emergency Physicians, who assumed the presidency at the meeting.

CMSS is a coalition of more than 50 organizations that represent more than 800,000 physicians, with the goal of elevating the role of medical specialty societies in healthcare by providing opportunities for collaboration, offering education and training for health professionals, advocating for shared priorities, and more. Helen Burstin, MD, MACP, is its chief executive officer.

“I look forward to working with Sue Sedory, Helen Burstin, and other thoughtful leaders of CMSS to advance patient care through collaboration with all the engaged specialties,” said Dr. Turner on her Twitter (X) account, shortly after the announcement.

The ACS was a founding member of CMSS in 1965 and has worked closely with the Council in the interest of medical specialists for nearly 60 years.