Our Mission
The mission of Maricopa County Medical Society (MCMS) is to promote excellence in the quality of care and the health of the community, and to represent and serve its members by acting as a strong, collective physician voice.
In fulfilling this Mission, MCMS will initiate, respond to, and implement efforts through which professionalism in medicine is enhanced; the ethics of medicine are fostered and preserved; the patient's rights and choice are supported; and quality practice of medicine is preserved.
More about our History
Board of Directors
John Prater, DO
Board President
Welcome to the Maricopa County Medical Society!
It is with great pleasure that I serve as the President of the Maricopa County Medical Society (MCMS) for 2021. Our goals are to:
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Produce a strategic plan
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Generate excitement for member involvement
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Produce programs of value to physicians
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Recruit more practicing physicians to join MCMS
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Increase revenue from business services
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Partner with other medical organizations to advocate for physicians
Ricardo Correa, MD
Treasurer
Lee Ann Kelley, MD
Immediate Past President
Karyne Vinales, MD
Secretary
Ricardo Correa, MD
President Elect
Shane M. Daley, MD
Director
Brenda LaTowsky, MD
Director
Gerald Golner, MD
Director
Anchit Mehrotra, MD
Resident & Fellow Director
Morgan Reeve, OMS-IV
Medical Student Director
MCMS Staff
John E. McElligott serves as Executive Director of MCMS.
Previously, John worked for the Arizona Department of Health Services in Phoenix and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health and the Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington, DC.
A graduate of Xavier University in Cincinnati, John served in the Peace Corps in both Côte d’Ivoire and Madagascar. He earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Arizona.
John is an officer in the Army Reserve. John and his wife Leslie live in Phoenix.