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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appoints Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty member to the state’s Human Trafficking Health Advisory Board in Medicine!
James E. Blessman, M.D., of Orchard Lake, is an assistant professor in the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Michigan State University. Dr. Blessman is reappointed to represent individuals licensed to practice medicine and recommended by the Speaker of the House. He will serve for a term commencing June 21, 2022, and expiring December 31, 2025.
Dr. Blessman has served as the Wayne County Medical Society Medical Public Health Committee Chair for many years. Dr. Blessman, along with Dr. Herbert Smitherman, was instrumental in the production of the society’s educational video, Making the Invisible Visible, an educational documentary instructing physicians on how to spot the red flags of human trafficking in the patients they serve.
The Human Trafficking Health Advisory Board was established to collect and analyze information concerning medical and mental health services available to survivors of human
trafficking, identify state, federal and local agencies that are involved with issues relating to human trafficking, and coordinate the dissemination of information concerning medical and mental health services available to survivors of human trafficking in this state. The Board may establish a program to improve public awareness of medical and mental health services available to survivors of human trafficking in this state.
Please Join Us in Welcoming Uzma Shah, M.D.
Appointed by the Henry Ford Medical Group as New Chair of the Department of Pediatrics.
Dr Shah was heavily recruited and comes to Michigan with outstanding credentials
as a highly accomplished clinician, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Pediatric Transplant Hepatologist, Pancreatologist and academic researcher. She is board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatrics and has served as an examiner for the American Board of Pediatrics as well as multiple leader positions at both national and international medical organizations. Dr. Shah hails from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Harvard School of Medicine. She brings immeasurable expertise in the clinical, academic, and research arenas which include working with major medical schools. She has been tasked with moving the growth strategy forward for the department as a visionary with the experience and expertise she brings from her work in Massachusetts, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and globally. Dr Shah’s vision is to develop a comprehensive care entity that serves to provide the children of Detroit and Michigan a true chance at life. Committed to the development of creativity and innovation and DEIJ, she hopes to be able to create an environment that provides the best care for children and ignites learning and progress.
Trained in Pediatrics in Chicago and in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Boston Children’s hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Dr Shah has served for almost three decades with the medical school in teaching, science, DEIJ, global health and humanitarian initiatives.
Let’s welcome Dr Uzma Shah to Michigan and to the Wayne County Medical Society!
Do you have a new physician in your organization that you would like to welcome? If so, send the information to info@wcmssm.org.
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