Falmouth resident/physician Dr. Marianne Bombaugh is elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society

Waltham, Mass. – Falmouth resident Maryanne C. Bombaugh, M.D. has been elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide professional organization for more than 25,000 physicians and medical students in the Commonwealth. Elected at the organization’s annual meeting April 27 in Boston, she will serve a one-year term as one of the top three officers of the Society.

Dr. Bombaugh is a gynecologist at the Community Health Center of Cape Cod and is currently the Chair of the Massachusetts Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

An active member of the medical society since joining in 1993, Dr. Bombaugh serves on the organization’s Board of Trustees and is a member of its governing body House of Delegates. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Delegation to the American Medical Association.

Dr. Bombaugh was a member of the Committee on Legislation for 10 years and served as its chair from 2012-2016. She has also been a member of the Task Force of Physician-Public Collaboration, the Opioid Task Force, Presidential Duties Task Force, Committee on Strategic Planning, the Committee on Member Services, the Committee on Women in Medicine, the Organized Medical Staff Section, the Committees on Recognition Awards and the Committee on the Quality of Medical Practice.

Prior to joining the Community Health Center of Cape Cod, she was Executive Medical Director of Population Health and Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety at Reliant Medical Group and was Associate Medical Director for Quality for the Steward Health Care Network.

In addition to her clinical work and activity in organized medicine, Dr. Bombaugh also serves on the board of directors of CeltiCare Health and Coverys.

Dr. Bombaugh earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. She completed her internship at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston Texas and her residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, she earned a certification in medical management from the American College of Physician Executives.

A veteran of the U. S. military, she served 12 years in the United States Army Medical Corps, eight years on active duty and four years in the reserves, and completed her military service as the Division Chief of Gynecology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dr. Bombaugh earned an undergraduate degree from Smith College, a Master of Science degree from the School of Public Health at the University of Massachusetts, and her Master’s in Business Administration from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts.

She has also earned a graduate certificate in the Business of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University and is a graduate of the executive leadership programs from the Heller School of Management at Brandeis University, the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Leadership Institute at the University of North Carolina, and the Executive Leadership Program at the Harvard School of Public Health.

The Massachusetts Medical Society, with some 25,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society, under the auspices of NEJM Group, publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading global medical journal and web site, and Journal Watch alerts and newsletters covering 13 specialties. The Society is also a leader in continuing medical education providing accredited and certified activities across the globe for physicians and other health care professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the country. For more information please visit www.massmed.org, www.nejm.org, or www.jwatch.org.