Author: BCMS

The following excerpt on the Foundation is from the book, The Baltimore City Medical Society: A History, by Ron and Pat Pilling. Baltimore City Medical Society commissioned the book in 2004, the occasion of its 100th Anniversary as a component of MedChi. When the Homewood Hospitals closed in 1991, the balance in the institutions’ charitable accounts was donated to the Baltimore City Medical Society Foundation to support an annual scholarship. In June, Dr. Ruth Ashman, the last President of the Homewood Hospital staff, presented the Foundation with a check for $75,000 The medical staffs at...

September 22, 2021 As early as 1940, BCMS engaged with Monumental City Medical Society, the membership organization of non-Caucasian physicians, and the local affiliate of the National Medical Association. One of the earliest activities were joint scientific and other medical education meetings, since “Negroes” were excluded from membership in Caucasian organizations, including Baltimore City Medical Society and MedChi. Over the years, BCMS and Monumental have continued to hold joint scientific and other educational programs, and social activities. A December 18, 1948 Baltimore Sun article,...

July 26, 2021 Baltimore City Medical Society Foundation was established in 1972. Later this year, the Foundation will host a “kick- off” event in anticipation of next year’s acknowledgment of the work of the Foundation. Central to this effort will be initiatives to raise funds to assure the Foundation continues its work for another 50 years. The following excerpt on the Foundation is from the book, The Baltimore City Medical Society: A History, by Ron and Pat Pilling. Baltimore City Medical Society commissioned the book in 2004, the occasion of its 100th Anniversary as a component of Me...

Scholarships proved to be the permanent legacy of the Woman’s Auxiliary, [later, just the Auxiliary, still later, the Alliance] continuing unabated within the general structure of the Baltimore City Medical Society until the Baltimore City Medical Society Foundation was formed in 1972. The amounts grew to $1,000 in 1972, when a Hopkins-bound student was chosen by a committee of the Baltimore City Public Schools. The need to raise funds for scholarships made necessary the creation of a 501 © (3) non-profit legal entity that could accept tax-deductible donations for the purpose, and in September...

December 13, 2020 Richard Bruno, M.D., was recently appointed Interim Site Medical Director for the Mt. Vernon Center at Chase Brexton Health Care; and Tyler Cymet, D.O., is the Medical Director for the Field Hospital treating COVID-19 patients at the Baltimore Convention Center.