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Longtime Wright Center doctor named to Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Board of Trustees


A longtime doctor, executive, and educator at The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Medical Society Board of Trustees.

Dr. William Dempsey, a board-certified family medicine physician, medical director of The Wright Center for Community Health Clarks Summit, and chief population health value-based care officer at The Wright Center, will represent doctors in Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties for a four-year term. The Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Board of Trustees, which meets quarterly, oversees the operations of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Dr. Dempsey

Dr. William Dempsey


Dr. Dempsey joined The Wright Center in 2014, overseeing the expansion of pediatric services at the community health center in Clarks Summit. He also serves as a faculty member and associate program director for The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education’s Regional Family Medicine Residency Program. Additionally, he provides comprehensive whole-person primary health services for entire families and is medication-assisted treatment-waivered for substance use disorder.

The appointment to the medical society’s board of trustees is a special honor in light of Dr. Dempsey’s newest role as The Wright Center’s chief population health value-based care officer. Population health bridges public health and health care, fostering collaboration among health systems, community organizations, policymakers, and others to improve health outcomes for entire communities.

He is also interested in using his time on the board as an opportunity to exchange ideas on new ways to address the addiction epidemic throughout the state and improve collaborative care for patients to better integrate behavioral health, oral health, and other services with primary care. Both topics are vitally important to The Wright Center’s mission to improve the health and welfare of our communities through inclusive and responsive health services and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve.

“Being involved with the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Board of Trustees opens up opportunities for The Wright Center as a whole, both to share what our providers are doing to improve our communities’ health and to learn how others around the state are bringing innovative, life-changing health care to their communities,” Dr. Dempsey said. “I’m honored to be appointed, and I can’t wait to participate.”

The Pennsylvania Medical Society was founded in 1848 by 61 representatives of medical schools and county medical societies across the state to promote community health, relieve suffering, and advance medical knowledge. That goal continues today, as it and its members advocate for physicians and their patients, educate physicians through continuing medical education, and provide expert resources and guidance to help physicians navigate challenges in today’s ever- evolving health care system. Visit www.pamedsoc.org to learn more.

Dr. William Dempsey, left, a board-certified family medicine physician, medical director of The Wright Center for Community Health Clarks Summit, and chief population health value-based care officer at The Wright Center, will represent doctors in Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties as a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Board of Trustees.

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