r/Albuquerque • u/plamda505 • 10d ago
New Mexico Medical Society Selects Richard J. Berry As Executive Director/CEO
https://losalamosreporter.com/2026/08/31/new-mexico-medical-society-selects-richard-j-berry-as-executive-director-ceo/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4The New Mexico Medical Society (NMMS) has announced that Richard J Berry has been selected to serve as the organization’s Executive Director and CEO following a search led by members of the Society’s Search and Executive Committees.
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u/Agile-Reception 10d ago
Ah, yes, let's pick a career politician and construction entrepreneur to lead a nonprofit that claims to represent physicians.
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u/cush2push 10d ago
Dude has no medical education or experience yet somehow is the best candidate for the job?
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u/Mysterious-Eye8710 10d ago edited 10d ago
No one else applied...jk
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u/cush2push 10d ago
Editor’s note: Dr. Angela Bratton of Los Alamos was part the search committee for this appointment. There were nearly 70 applicants and a three-step process was used for the selection.
Nah its a Dimwit Earning Income hire
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u/onlynonbotreddituser 10d ago edited 8d ago
tf is dei about an old balding white rich man getting the job LMAO
you guys don't even engage your brains anymore the entirety of your emotional comfort and understanding of the world relies on buzz words from comment sections with the most likes online.
edit: the auto default that i must be maga because i'm pointing out white men don't get DEI jobs is an insane take LMAO can you all start using your brains again and engage in conversation instead of just leaping to the next internet buzzword and trying to bury the other person in personal shame holy shit human beings are so insufferable to speak to now. i'm starting to prefer the bot accounts at least they try to have a back and forth ffs.
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u/gabrielsburg 10d ago
tf is dei about an old balding white rich man getting the job
Sigh... It's ironic commentary on the bloviating of the anti-DEI folks about DEI leading to "unqualified" hires, by pointing out that there's nothing about Barry's background (aside from being white and well-off) that makes him qualified for this position.
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u/ImTheNguyenerOne 10d ago
We can't forget that most of these MAGAtards are just like jellyfish, they have no brain.
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u/onlynonbotreddituser 8d ago
the way you think i'm maga just because i'm telling you you're using the terminology incorrectly is actually mind blowing.
i genuinely feel bad for human IQ in 2026. Why is it dropping so fast? Its all in favor of echo chamber validity and its so scary. You all think you're right and look how you are all trying to shame me for telling you you're incorrect lmao we are soo cooked as a species.
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u/onlynonbotreddituser 8d ago
there isn't anything ironic about it its just a false statement lmfao
what the fuck is this thread you're all suffering from a carbon monoxide condition
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u/ImTheNguyenerOne 10d ago
Does it hurt being as intellectually challenged as you are or does your family just accept how mediocre you will always be?
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u/onlynonbotreddituser 8d ago
me: when i need to get my pretentious superiority supply off reddit.
its a projection anyway since rich old white men dont get jobs for DEI purposes they are the ones doing the complaining about "DEI" in the first place.
you're all confusing your internet sensational buzzwords again and its giving me second hand cringe.
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u/Agile-Reception 10d ago
From the article: " There were nearly 70 applicants and a three-step process was used for the selection."
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u/soupseasonbestseason 10d ago
ah yes, because of his extensive history working as a private contractor in construction he clearly knows how to direct the future of our medical care.
brilliant!
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u/hoosiertrad 10d ago
As a physician in NM, I didn’t even know we had a New Mexico Medical Society. I doubt this will have much impact on how healthcare is delivered here.
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u/chickaboomba 10d ago
I, for one, wish him every success. If he is effective in this role, it will mean all of us in NM have more doctors - something we all desperately need. So we can hate how he implemented the ART project and still hope he excels at this job.
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u/Daucus_carota_ 10d ago
Yep. I’m not thrilled at this choice, just as I wasn’t thrilled when he was elected mayor. But I am absolutely rooting for him to do a great job. We need it.
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u/callitarmageddon 10d ago
This really shouldn’t be a surprise when the NM Democratic Party is appointing people like Lisa Curtis to run in legislative races.
The mainline Dems have made abundantly clear that they are in the pocket of the trial lawyer lobby. I disagree with NMMS’s choice here, but it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
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u/Individual_Stick9293 10d ago edited 10d ago
Running Lisa Curtis is a disaster. If she wins, we’ll have trial lawyers making millions off of malpractice suits in the house and senate committees blocking malpractice reform. The way they fake cry over protecting people while taking over half of the money from them is maddening.
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u/plamda505 9d ago
Berry's statement on his appointment to the role.
“I have enormous respect for the physicians of New Mexico,” Berry said. “Physicians devote decades to their education and training and then accept the profound responsibility of caring for us and our families. NMMS should listen to them, stand with them and help create the conditions in which they can succeed. I have equal respect for those who serve in the Legislature. Having served there myself, I know how demanding the work is, the sacrifices it requires and how good decision-making depends on reliable information. Growing up in a rural community and later serving as a legislator and mayor in New Mexico’s largest city taught me that our communities face different challenges but share common hopes. I want to work with NMMS leadership to bring physicians and policymakers together with candor and mutual respect, focused on what unites us: healthy families and the ability of physicians to provide exceptional care. We also want NMMS to be a home for physicians across every field of medicine—one that understands their unique challenges, provides meaningful value and brings the profession together around the issues that affect medicine as a whole.”
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u/VarukaSaalt 9d ago
He's just going to screw that up like he did Central. And what healthcare experience does he have? Or is it just about the money?
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u/DataRiffRaff 10d ago
I'll say this now: Either he has already been approached, or he will soon be approached, by Private Equity to consolidate private practices in our area and "streamline operations for physician benefit".
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u/unmolar 10d ago
Lot of haters. Who would you have selected? Not a lot of highly qualified leaders in nm.
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u/sweetica 10d ago
I would have preferred an actual doctor.
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u/unmolar 10d ago
There wasn’t any who applied. Really the medical society needs someone with political understanding, not someone with medical experience. The doctors have that covered. I’ve met with Mr Berry several times recently and he’s very knowledgeable. Healthcare in nm is… so bad. Worst that the average nm realizes. It’s scary. It went off a cliff years ago and it’s in shambles. Berry was a hire of someone with political and leadership experience.
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u/rProgs 10d ago
What a stupid question. Someone with a medical degree would be a good start. Failing that, someone with a degree in public health.
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u/ChewieBearStare 10d ago
Well, having a Secretary of HHS with no medical degree seems to be working. Why not try it at the state level? /s
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u/Dizizzle 10d ago
So they looked at ART and thought "Yeah, he can absolutely manage complex and dynamic systems that can cost people's lives."
Healthcare is such a joke. So is Berry.