Fort Wayne Medical Society

Name

Fort Wayne Medical Society

Legal name

Fort Wayne Medical Society

Website

https://fwms.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1839

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Society Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Owned Physician Networks & Medical Groups (HLAFAAAL)

Keywords

• Professional medical society
• Physician directory services
• Patient referral services
• Medical society membership
• Continuing medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Wayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Professional society membership dues from physicians in the Fort Wayne area. Members receive the quarterly magazine and access to member services.
2. Directory Sales: Sale of the 2024-2025 Pictorial Directory containing contact information of 1200+ physician members. Available for purchase online.
3. Magazine Subscriptions: The Fort Wayne Medicine Quarterly Magazine published quarterly and sent to active members. Also available for individual subscription purchase.
4. Patient Referral Services: Referral service that helps patients find physicians based on specialty and location. This service assists callers in finding new physicians.
5. Advertising: The society accepts advertising in both the Pictorial Directory and the Fort Wayne Medicine Quarterly Magazine.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fort Wayne Medical Society is a nonprofit professional medical society serving physicians in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area. It provides member physicians with a pictorial directory of 1,200+ local physicians, a quarterly magazine covering local medical news and CME programs, legislative advocacy through the AMA and Indiana State Medical Association, and a phone-based patient referral service that helps area patients locate physicians by specialty and location.

Product overview

Fort Wayne Medical Society offers a portfolio of membership support services centered around its physician directory and publications. The primary offerings include the 2024-2025 FWMS Pictorial Directory (a searchable database of 1200+ member physicians available in print or online) and The Fort Wayne Medicine Quarterly Magazine (a quarterly publication providing news and updates on medical society activities, education programs, and medical developments). The society also provides patient referral services and engages in legislative advocacy work with the American Medical Association and Indiana State Medical Association.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 2024-2025 FWMS Pictorial Directory

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Alliance (Fort Wayne Alliance)minorOthersPartner organization whose logo appears on the Fort Wayne Medical Society website. The Alliance appears to be a local women's organization that co-sponsors events such as the annual Legislative Seminar and Reception.
• Fort Wayne Medical Education Partnership (FWMEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partner providing medical residency and education programs. Listed as a category in the physician directory under 'FWMEP'. Society supports the Fort Wayne Medical Education Program through its quarterly magazine coverage.
• Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level medical association that the Fort Wayne Medical Society works with to support positions of organized medicine. The society's Legislative Committee works jointly with ISMA on advocacy efforts. Members have access to ISMA resources and representation.
• Healthier Moms and BabiesminorOthersCommunity health organization focused on maternal and infant health. Listed as a partner organization on the FWMS website, suggesting collaboration on community health initiatives.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Sermo: Digital physician community and discussion platform. Threatens the society's networking and peer-connection value proposition among younger physicians who increasingly prefer online-only professional communities.
• Doximity: Digital professional network for physicians with nationwide directory, news, and CME features. Competes with the society on member engagement, networking, and curated physician information for the same physician audience.
• Healthgrades: Online physician and hospital directory and booking platform. Provides a free, searchable physician-by-specialty-and-location experience that overlaps with FWMS's referral service and directory products.
• Zocdoc: Digital marketplace that lets patients search physicians by specialty, location, and insurance and book appointments online. Disrupts the society's patient referral service and directory offering through a free, real-time digital alternative.

Broad incumbents

• American Medical Association: National umbrella professional association for U.S. physicians. Comparable by mission (physician advocacy, CME, directory) but operates at national scale with a much broader publication, data, and policy product portfolio.

Direct peers

• Indiana State Medical Association: State-level professional medical society representing Indiana physicians. Most directly comparable to Fort Wayne Medical Society by mission, membership model, advocacy focus, and directory/magazine-style products, scaled statewide rather than to a single metro.
• Indianapolis Medical Society: Local county-level medical society serving Indianapolis-area physicians. Directly comparable operating model to Fort Wayne Medical Society — membership dues, directory, referral services, and advocacy — in a peer Indiana metro market.
• Cleveland Medical Society: Local county medical society serving the Cleveland, Ohio physician community. Closely comparable structure to Fort Wayne Medical Society — membership dues, directory listing, referral services, and local advocacy — in a peer Midwest metro.

Regional players

• Ohio State Medical Association: State medical association serving Ohio physicians. Similar professional society/advocacy/directory model to Fort Wayne Medical Society but operating at state scale in a neighboring region rather than a single metro.
• Medical Society of the State of New York: Physician professional society operating in New York with directory, advocacy, and CME offerings. Comparable mission and member-based revenue model to Fort Wayne Medical Society, though at much larger state-level scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fwms

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