On Oct. 24, Edward Koch, M.D., FACOG was inaugurated as president of the Medical Society of Virginia during the organization’s annual meeting at the Westfield Marriott in Chantilly.
Koch, a MSV member since 1985, is a board certified gynecologist with a specialization in menopausal medicine. He has his own private practice in McLean and consults and teaches in the OB/GYN program at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. In addition, he is a clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Georgetown University Medical Center.
He serves as president of the Arlington County Medical Society Foundation and has established a program for uninsured patients to receive breast care through programs associated with the Arlington Free Clinic. Dr. Koch was previously elected as an American Medical Association delegate for the State of Virginia.
Koch received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in zoology from the University of California at Los Angeles, his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and his post graduate training included an internship and residency at George Washington University. He also served as a Major in the United States Army practicing at Walter Reed Medical Center.