Summer 2011 issue (pdf)
Internal medicine physician and geriatrician George M. Lange, MD ’75, was inaugurated as the 158th President of the Wisconsin Medical Society on April 8. He will serve a one-year term.
In his inaugural speech, Dr. Lange encouraged physicians across Wisconsin to complete Power of Attorney for Health Care documents and talk with their family members about their health care wishes.
Throughout more than 30 years as a Society member, Dr. Lange has served many roles, including Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Board of Directors Finance Committee, Chair of the Board of Directors Executive Committee and Society Treasurer.
Dr. Lange cares for patients at Columbia St. Mary’s Westgate Medical Group in Milwaukee and is on the medical staffs at Columbia St. Mary’s Health System and Froedtert Hospital.
A Clinical Professor at The Medical College of Wisconsin, he also serves on the Board of the Wisconsin Hospital Association and volunteers at the Greater Milwaukee Free Clinic.
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