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Alice Coombs, MD
Alice Coombs, MD

    Dr. Alice Coombs served as the 2010-2011 president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, as well as a critical care specialist at South Shore Hospital and an anesthesiologist with South Shore Anesthesia Associates. She has also been a member of its board of trustees and house of delegates.

    Dr. Coombs is a member of the American Medical Association’s Commission to Eliminate Healthcare Disparities and has served as vice chair of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine’s Patient Care Assessment Committee. She was also a member of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System, established to evaluate the healthcare payment system and recommend reforms that will provide incentives for cost-effective and patient-centered care.

    Dr. Coombs is the 2005 recipient of the Society’s Henry Ingersoll Bowditch Award of Excellence in Public Health, an annual award given to a physician who demonstrates creativity, commendable citizenship, initiative, innovation and leadership in the public health and advocacy fields. A fellow of the American College of Physicians, she is board-certified in the medical specialties of internal medicine, anesthesiology, and critical care.

    Schedule29 Mar 2024