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Westmoreland County Medical Society |
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The WCMS office is staffed from 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Monday through Thursday. There are some exceptions to this schedule because of meetings that are held away from the office and employee schedules that change with work requirements. Our office is located in the Coulter Building at 231 South Main Street (Business Rt. 66 and 119) in Greensburg. We are on the second floor in the front of the building in Suite 207. Directions can be obtained by calling our office. We are located on South Main Street, between Second and Third Streets. We are across from the First Evangelical Lutheran Church and just down the street from the former Troutman’s Store. Metered parking is available on the street or in a parking lot at the corner of Third and Main Streets, across from the First Presbyterian Church. |
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About Us |
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A western land mass, now known as Westmoreland County, was established in 1773. The first physician of record was Dr. Joseph Postelwhaite who came West with General Washington in 1794 to put down the Whiskey Insurrection. He settled in Greensburg. Some of the early physicians were brought “west” by the various coal and coke companies. They served the residents of the “patches” or villages that grew out of this industry. Others were attracted by the early hospitals in the county. In the early 1800’s, there were several attempts to organize the physicians of Westmoreland County without success. On November 15, 1859, a group met and formed the Westmoreland County Medical Society. The preamble of the constitution of this early organization stated that it was for the study of all scientific pursuits, including medicine. As the hospitals in the county increased in numbers, so did the number of physicians who were specialists. The need to send patients out of our county for treatment was decreasing. The spouses of our early physicians established and organized the Westmoreland County Medical Society Auxiliary on May 12, 1925. Their objectives were to further the interest of the WCMS, to promote good fellowship among physicians’ families, and to actively support the Medical Benevolence Fund of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania and any other projects approved by the WCMS. The Board of the Westmoreland County Medical Society hired its first paid part-time Executive Director on May 6, 1980. Dr. Richard S. Cole, M.D., F.A.C.S., continued in that position until his death on November 29, 1997. The current Executive Director is Joanne Bergquist, who succeeded Dr. Richard Cole. Today, the medical landscape continues to change with issues that could not be foreseen at the turn of the century. Hospital mergers, law suits, and scope of practice issues drive the profession of medicine today in the courtrooms and state capitals throughout our country. |
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