President's Blog

Eric Y. Loo, MD was inaugurated as the 191th president of the New Hampshire Medical Society during its 2022 Annual Scientific Conference held at the Marriott Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in New Castle, NH succeeding Dr. Eric Kropp from Bow. Dr. Loo practices hematopathology and molecular genetic... Continue Reading

In my solo practice, I complete the medication prior authorizations, and frankly, sometimes the indignation gets the better of me and my contrarian tendencies emerge. Continue Reading

The second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked retrospectives and tallies of all sorts – in number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and people with long COVID symptoms, as well as the excess mortality from all causes during the pandemic. One elusive number, however, is the number of... Continue Reading

Despite working in solo family practice, I know I’m not alone in my efforts and frustrations with trying to vaccinate the unvaccinated against COVID. If one focuses on the picture painted by the news or social media, it is trench warfare with both sides dug in deeply. But the reality is more... Continue Reading

The turning of the new year usually brings with it a mix of retrospection and hopeful resolution. 2021 was a year that more than a few people would rather wipe off the books. Just watching the Netflix mockumentary “Death to 2021” was causing me to have palpitations. If you are... Continue Reading

Eric A. Kropp, MD, was inaugurated as the 190th president of the New Hampshire Medical Society during its 2021 Annual Scientific Conference held at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, succeeding anesthesiologist Dr. Kenton Allen. In 2016, Dr. Kropp started his solo practice, Active... Continue Reading

This past Monday, the Spring meeting of the Council of New England State Medical Societies was held virtually via Zoom. The meeting is held as a platform to share successes and challenges and to support one another as stakeholders in the public health of our region. Each Medical Society President... Continue Reading

Last weekend marked the third mass vaccination event held at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH. It was the first that I had the privilege of playing a small role in and I was extremely impressed with the organization from start to finish. I’d like to share some of my experience... Continue Reading

It has now been just over one year since the arrival of COVID-19 changed the way that medical care is delivered. Reflecting back at the time of crossing this milestone, I remain impressed not only by the response, but at the speed of the response. Compared to many other industries, the pace of... Continue Reading

Over the course of the past year, the Medical Society has extended the distribution of the weekly NHMS Pulse publication to both members and non-members, as well as the weekend NH COVID-19 Update. We felt this important as it carried current communications related to the COVID-19 response,... Continue Reading

When the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in New Hampshire on December 14, and the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services released the NH Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Plan, healthcare workers were identified as being among the first to be offered the vaccine. The... Continue Reading