Foley new president of CT Medical Society
John A Foley, a cardiologist from Waterford, has taken over as president of the Connecticut State Medical Society, the state’s largest physician group.
Foley, 50, practices in Norwich, where he is the director of the heart failure and wellness program at William H. Backus Hospital and an attending physician at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Dr. Foley is a passionate advocate for medical liability reform, which Connecticut physicians cite as the most significant barrier to retaining and recruiting physicians. The American Medical Association continues to rank Connecticut as a “crisis state” because of its extremely high medical liability premiums.
He was sworn in at the group’s annual meeting in Groton. At that same meeting, David W. Parke Sr. of Meriden was presented the Paul K.Maloney, Jr. Distinguished Service Award, the highest award the Connecticut State Medical Society can confer on a member.
Dr. Parke, an ophthalmologist, retired from private practice in 1993, only to begin a second career serving patients in need of Low Vision Rehabilitation, founding a center at the Yale School of Medicine and seven others across Connecticut through the Lions Clubs. More than 1,500 patients, many from underserved populations, receive care through these clinics each year.
Tax Institute honors Glastonbury attorney
Attorney Richard G. Convicer of Glastonbury has been honored by the Connecticut Bar Association’s Federal Tax Institute of New England.
He was selected for his successful dealings with tax controversies and litigation with the Internal Revenue Service and Connecticut’s Department of Revenue Services, and helping to secure Connecticut’s enactment of a limited liability company statute.
Convincer, a long-time member of the bar’s Tax Section’s Executive Committee, chaired the Section’s LLC Subcommittee which authored and monitored passage of the Connecticut Limited Liability Company Act. He is the co-author of Connecticut Limited Liability Companies: Forms and Practice Manual, a resource for lawyers and accountants regarding the LLC structure.
He is the managing partner of Convicer, Percy & Green, LLP, which has offices in Glastonbury, Stamford, and Newton, Mass.
MS Society honors Liberty Bank CEO
Chandler Howard, president and CEO of Liberty Bank, has been honored by the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, with its Executive Choice Award.
Howard was named president and CEO of Liberty Bank, Connecticut’s largest and oldest mutual bank, in 2007. He was previously president and CEO of the bank organizing committee for the First City Fund Corp., a new community development bank in New Haven.
Howard sits on the board of several organizations, including Middlesex Hospital, the Travelers Championship, the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce, Goodspeed Opera House, the Connecticut Bankers Association, and the American Bankers Association.
The Connecticut Executive Choice Awards honor business leaders in the greater Hartford and New Haven counties who have made significant contributions to the community.
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