Med Chi, The Maryland State Medical Society

About This Association

or 217 years, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society’s members have made notable contributions to promote the health of citizens and we stand today among the oldest medical associations in the United States. MedChi’s members have worked together to find solutions to the challenges of healthcare since our inception. Originally named The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland (chirurgical comes from the Latin word for surgical), the society was founded by physicians who were concerned for the welfare of citizens at a time when people were practicing medicine without training and qualifications. The physicians fought against the prevalence of quackery by establishing regulatory and educational standards. In 1799, just south of Baltimore in Annapolis, 101 leaders of Maryland’s medical profession from nearly every county convened to hear whether their petition for a charter for an incorporated society of physicians had been approved. Although the 18th century was a time of medical improvements, many dangerous theories were flourishing, jeopardizing the public’s health.

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