Dr. Richard V. Aghababian, a Southborough resident and the founding chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, was elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society this morning, according to a society press release.

Dr. Aghababian has a long record of distinguished service with the state medical society, the release states, serving as president-elect and vice president in the last two years.

Aghababian chaired the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School from 1994 to 2007, the society said.

A Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, he is still active in education in disaster response and international development of emergency medical systems, it said.

Aghababian has also served as president of the Worcester District Medical Society, the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Emergency Physicians and the Society for Airway Management, the release says. He now serves as the secretary-treasurer of the Society for Chest Pain Centers, a national group that helps hospitals improve management of cardiac patients in an observation setting.

An editor-in-chief, associate editor and contributing author for several textbooks and a widely-published author and lecturer on topics in emergency medicine, disaster response and preparedness, Dr. Aghababian has received honors and awards for his contributions to medicine and the community from the American Red Cross, the Worcester District Medical Society, Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians and the University of Massachusetts the society wrote. In 2007, he was a recipient of the Annual Health Care Heroes Award from the Worcester Business Journal.

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Southborough doctor to head Massachusetts Medical Society