Medical, Public Health, and Patient Advocacy Groups to Hold Press Conference Calling for Medical Exemptions for Vaccines


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For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

MEDICAL, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE CALLING FOR MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS FOR VACCINES 

When:  Monday, May 6, 2019 12:30 p.m.

Where:  Room 130, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY

Speakers at the press conference will be:

  • Joseph Sellers, MD, Secretary, Medical Society of the State of New York
  • Senator Brad Hoylman
  • Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz
  • Linda Efferen, MD, MACP, Chair, NYACP’s Health and Public Policy Committee
  • Shetal Shah, MD, FAAP, NYS AAP, District II, Vice President of Chapter 2, Chair of the Chapter 2 Legislative Committee 
  • Sarah Ravenhall, MHA, CHES, Executive Director, New York State Association of County Health Officials (NYSACHO)
  • Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FNP, FAANP, Executive Director, The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Columbia University School of Nursing
  • Erin E. Jones, Regional Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs, March of Dimes
  • Patricia A. Wukovits, RN, Executive Director, Kimberly Coffey Foundation 

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MSSNY Contact:
Pat Clancy
Senior Vice President, Public Health and Education/Managing Director
Medical Society of the State of New York
pclancy@mssny.org
518-465-8085

About the Medical Society of the State of New York
Founded in 1807, the Medical Society of the State of New York is the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents and medical students of all specialties. Its mission is to represent the interests of patients and physicians to assure quality healthcare services for all.

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