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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Dr. Ralph Herz elected as Monroe County Medical Society's delegate to the 81st annual Florida Medical Association meeting in St. Petersburg, April 4-6, where policies are set by 141 delegates including scientific addresses by notable speakers.
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Dr. Ralph Herz will be the Monroe County Medical Society's official representative at the 81st annual meeting of the Florida Medical Association being held April 4-6 in St. Petersburg. Dr. Samuel M. Day, the Association's Secretary-treasurer, announced today.
Dr. Herz has been elected by members of the local medical society as a member of the Association's House of Delegates.
Dr. Day stated that Dr. Herz together with representatives of the other 35 county medical societies determine the policies of the Association during a term of one year beginning in April. There are a total of 141 delegates. They convene once every year at the time of the annual meeting.
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Various reports and recommendations prepared by committees appointed by the Association's president, Dr. Duncan T. McEwan, of Orlando, are to be presented to the delegates for their consideration. The action taken is reported by them to their county medical societies for the benefit of physicians who could not attend the session, Dr. Day pointed out.
In addition to sessions of the House of Delegates on April 5 and 6, the program for the annual meeting features 21 scientific addresses being presented by eminent medical authorities from Florida and throughout the country, Dr. Day stated.
Special Speakers
The list of speakers includes Dr. Elmer Hess, Erie, Pa., president-elect of the American Medical Association; Dr. Alton Ochsner, founder of the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans and Dr. Claude J. Hunt, a member of the Hunt Surgical Group of Kansas City, Mo.
Beginning April 2, medical and surgical specialists and physicians who engage in general practice attend annual meetings of the groups corresponding to their particular field.
All members of the Association are not expected to attend the meeting, Dr. Day stated. There are more than 2,600. Those who do attend will make arrangements so that their patients will have adequate medical care during their absence, he said.
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Dr. Ralph Herz will be the Monroe County Medical Society's official representative at the 81st annual meeting of the Florida Medical Association being held April 4-6 in St. Petersburg. Dr. Herz has been elected by members of the local medical society as a member of the Association's House of Delegates. Dr. Day stated that Dr. Herz together with representatives of the other 35 county medical societies determine the policies of the Association during a term of one year beginning in April. There are a total of 141 delegates. They convene once every year at the time of the annual meeting. Various reports and recommendations prepared by committees appointed by the Association's president, Dr. Duncan T. McEwan, of Orlando, are to be presented to the delegates for their consideration. The action taken is reported by them to their county medical societies for the benefit of physicians who could not attend the session, Dr. Day pointed out. In addition to sessions of the House of Delegates on April 5 and 6, the program for the annual meeting features 21 scientific addresses being presented by eminent medical authorities from Florida and throughout the country, Dr. Day stated. The list of speakers includes Dr. Elmer Hess, Erie, Pa., president-elect of the American Medical Association; Dr. Alton Ochsner, founder of the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans and Dr. Claude J. Hunt, a member of the Hunt Surgical Group of Kansas City, Mo. Beginning April 2, medical and surgical specialists and physicians who engage in general practice attend annual meetings of the groups corresponding to their particular field. All members of the Association are not expected to attend the meeting, Dr. Day stated. There are more than 2,600. Those who do attend will make arrangements so that their patients will have adequate medical care during their absence, he said.