COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Robert A. Menotti, a retired surgeon from Syracuse, N.Y., has been named to the OHIC Board of Directors, OHIC President and CEO Raymond R. Mazzotta announced today.
“Dr. Menotti brings a wealth of knowledge to our board room, in great part because of his experience in the operating room,” Mazzotta said. “This is a difficult time in the history of our industry. The legal environment in which we work is extremely tenuous. Having board members the caliber of Dr. Menotti will help us through these times.”
Menotti retired from clinical practice in July 2003 after more than three decades as a surgeon in the Utica, N.Y., area. However, he remains active in a variety of medical-related positions.
“I look forward to meeting the challenge of helping OHIC provide the Ohio healthcare community with quality liability insurance for the long term,” Menotti said. “I hope to be able to continue in the fine tradition of this company, bringing value to its insureds at a time of great turmoil in the industry.”
He is currently a member the board of directors, and the executive and claims committees for the Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, OHIC’s parent company. Menotti serves as an independent physician consultant for MetLife at their Oriskany, N.Y., office, conducting disability file reviews for the appeals unit. He is active in the Medical Society State of New York as a delegate and represents the organization as an alternate delegate to the American Medical Association. In addition, he remains active in the Office of Professional Medical Conduct for New York State, serving as a panel member at hearings.
Menotti earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Syracuse University in 1968 and his medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1972.
He is an avid outdoorsman and a first-degree blackbelt in taekwondo.
The OHIC Insurance Company was founded in 1978 as the Ohio Hospital Insurance Company. The company’s mission was to supply Ohio hospitals with affordable medical liability insurance. The company later became the OHIC Insurance Company and is now a subsidiary of the Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company of New York City. OHIC now supplies medical liability insurance to physicians and hospitals in Ohio.
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