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Dr. Clifford L. Deal III, of Henrico, recently was installed as president of the Medical Society of Virginia at the organization’s Annual Meeting in Hot Springs, Va. Oct. 19.
Deal specializes in reconstructive surgery for breast cancer patients and has more than 15 years general surgery experience. He is affiliated with the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute of Hospital Corporation of America's Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. MSV is the largest physician organization in the state, representing more than 30,000 physicians, physicians-in-training, physician assistants and medical students.
In Deal's inaugural speech before meeting attendees and their guests, he spoke of the special obligation that physicians have to fight for health care that upholds the values of service, compassion, excellence and integrity. His agenda for his presidency, which is during the 200th anniversary celebration of MSV, will uphold the strategies that have been developed by membership, he said.
“It’s an honor and privilege to be invited into the private lives of your patients and to care for them,” Deal told attendees . “Physicians are given the opportunity to make a difference. The opportunity to make the world a better place.”
After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia, Deal completed his general surgery residency at MCV. He is board-certified in general surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Richmond Academy of Medicine and holds a faculty appointment at MCV as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery. Deal has received MSV’s Young Star Award and the Outstanding Resident Physician Leader Award from RAM.
The Medical Society of Virginia serves as the voice for more than 30,000 physicians, residents, medical students, physician assistants and physician assistant students, representing all medical specialties in all regions of Virginia. The association was founded in 1820 and is headquartered in Richmond.
