Dr. Patricia Turner Is Inducted as CMSS President

Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, ACS Executive Director & CEO, was inducted as president of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. She succeeds Sue Savory, MA, CAE, executive director of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

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.

“Given the critical role of specialty societies in driving improvements in education, quality, and equity, CMSS is so fortunate to have an innovative, big thinker like Dr. Turner as our new president,” said CMSS CEO Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, MACP.

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.