May 20, 2025
 

Leading Our Profession Into the Future

Hello fellow YPS Member!

My name is Maria Phillis and I am honored to serve as your Chair of the Young Physician Section of OSMA. I am a board certified obstetrician gynecologist and a maternal fetal medicine subspecialist physician in Cleveland, Ohio. I was born and raised in northeast Ohio, where I then attended Case Western Reserve for my undergraduate education. I am a second career physician, as I first went to law school at the University of Chicago and advocated as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the juvenile division of Lake County Ohio, handling child protection cases. After several years of practice I decided to pursue a career as a physician. I attended Johns Hopkins for medical school and came back home to Ohio for my residency in OBGYN at University Hospitals Cleveland and stayed for fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at MetroHealth/University Hospitals and stayed to practice at University Hospitals.

As a YPS section, we have represented you on multiple issues that pertain to protecting your ability to practice and protecting science and evidence-based medicine. At our recent Annual Meeting, we drafted and passed policy supporting physician-led health care teams, childhood vaccination, and gender-affirming care. We supported protections for free speech and protest by physicians and protections for IVF, as well as preserving our ability to robustly represent you at the HOD, among many other issues presented to our OSMA.

We are also pleased to offer you access to financial and career advice and services. We have an exciting new partnership with resolve, a contract review service to assist our members in receiving timely, affordable legal review of their employment offers and contracts at a 20% discount. Please reach out to Kyle Skinner at kskinner@osma.org for a discount code.

On May 22, we have a fabulous webinar with panacea Financial on Transitioning from Residency to Practice. You can register here: https://lp.panaceafinancial.com/transitioning-from-residency-to-practice-webinar.

As your Chair, I look forward to continuing our work to support you, our YPS section, the future of the OSMA. I hope to hear from you ways in which you would like OSMA to support you, your practice and your patients and look forward to humbly serving you for the remainder of my term.

 

Thank you for your OSMA Membership!

Dr. Maria Ann Phillis MD FACOG

Maria Phillis, MD
Chair of the OSMA Young Physician Section

  N E W   M E M B E R   B E N E F I T :  
Contract Review & Salary Data Services

OSMA YPS members have asked that we provide a service that can help with contract review and negotiations. After extensive review of the marketplace, OSMA is now partnering with:

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Resolve is your top source for physician contract review services and compensation data. Whether you are signing your first employment contract, or renegotiating a current one, their team ensures your terms are fair. *MEMBER BENEFIT: Receive 20% off employment contract review services and salary data from resolve as an OSMA member.  Learn More >   Contact >

  E D U C A T I O N A L   O P P O R T U N I T Y :  
Exclusive Webinar

Transitioning from Residency to Practice FREE
May 22, 2025
8:00 pm ET

In our "Transitioning from Residency to Practice" webinar, we’ll cover the key financial, professional, and personal decisions new doctors face as they start their careers. From evaluating job offers to managing student loans, you’ll gain the confidence and clarity to take your next step.
Learn More & Register >

  M E N T O R S H I P   A V A I L A B L E :  
Are you looking to connect with a seasoned practitioner
on a regular basis for career advice?

OSMA is committed to helping our newest physicians get their practice off on the right foot through a number of initiatives and offerings through our Young Physician Section.

As part of this, we offer our OSMA Mentorship Program. We pair OSMA members under the age of 40 and/or in their first 8 years of practice with a more experienced physician.

We also need young physicians like you to mentor residents and fellows!

Learn More & Sign Up >

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