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DETROIT MEDICAL NEWS
Detroit
T. Jann Caison-Sorey, MD, MBA
Editor
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Susan Hershberg Adelman, MD
Editor Emeritus
Allen Silbergleit, MD, PhD
Sr. Associate Editor
Associate Editors
E. Chris Bush, MD
Allan E. Dobzyniak, MD Melissa Nayak, MD Brooke Buckley, MD, FACS
WCMSSM OFFICERS
Alireza Meysami, MD
President
Aliya Hines, MD, PhD
President-Elect
Steve Daveluy, MD
Immediate Past President
Patricia Kolowich, MD
Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Adelman, MD Edmund Barbour, MD Joseph Beals, MD
E. Chris Bush, MD
Holly Gilmer, MD
Clara Hwang, MD
Edward G. Jankowski, MD Patricia Kolowich, MD Federico Mariona, MD Latonya Riddle-Jones, MD George Shade, MD
M. Salim U. Siddiqui, MD
Neelima Thati, MD
Robyn Torof, MD
Patricia Wilkerson-Uddyback, MD Lucia Zamarano, MD
MSMS DIRECTORS FROM WAYNE COUNTY
Talat Danish, MD, MPH, FAAP
Herbert C. Smitherman, Jr, MD, MPH, FACP
WCMS ALLIANCE
Clara V. Sumeghy, MS, CT
President
Medical
Wayne County Medical Society of Southeast Michigan
THIRD QUARTER 2021
4 Editor’s Column
Features
Third Quarter 2021
Detroit Medical News 3
4 Non-Compliance - Non-Adherence: Isn’t It All the Same?
By: T. Jann Caison-Sorey, MD
6 Legislative Update
6 Physician Advocacy
8 A Legislative Success Story
12 Editorials
12 Vaccine Mandates: Exploring Agency When the World Asks You to Act
By: Brooke Buckley, MD, FACS
20 Centralize, Federalize, and Shudder, By: Susan Adelman, MD
17 Am I Ready to Renew? 2022 Michigan Physician License Renewal Checklist
18 Legal Corner
18 Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Policies: Navigating Medical and Religious Exemptions By: Kathleen A. Westfall, Esq.
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Wayne County Medical Society of Southeast Michigan
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