Stephen R. Permut, MD ’72, JD, FAAFP, FACP, FACLM, Professor and former Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, has been installed as the 160th President of the Philadelphia County Medical Society. Founded in 1849, the Society -- one of the oldest county medical societies in the United States (founded in 1849) -- has more than 5,000 members who advocate for patients, public health, and high professional standards in medical practice and education.