Norfolk South District Medical Society

Norfolk South District Medical Society Officers 2011-2012:

President: John J. Walsh, M.D.
Vice President: Barbara J. Moore, M.D.
Secretary: Bartley G. Cilento, M.D
Treasurer: David Wong, M.D.

Norfolk South District Meeting Calendar

District Medical Society Cities and Towns

District Medical Society Dues

Contact Information

E-mail: norfolksouth@massmed.org
Mailing Address: 10 Riverside Drive, Lakeville MA 02347
Telephone Number: 508-946-0120

• Bartley Cilento, M.D., District Secretary, bgcilento@comcast.net
• Sheila E. Kozlowski, Manager, Regional Outreach

Norfolk South District News

Remarks of Andrew Dreyfus at MMS Board of Trustees: March 30, 2011
Download transcript of remarks | Members Only Document. | (.pdf, 17 pages)

"Smoke Free Kids" Poetry Contest Winners
The Norfolk South District Medical Society recently sponsored a Poetry Contest in conjunction with their 12th Annual “Smoking - Don’t Go There” program.

Walk Away
By:  Angela Campbell, Memorial Middle School, Grade 8
Don’t pick it up
Don’t take a puff
If you’re going to stay
You’re going to pay
Just walk away
Don’t waste your life
Don’t listen to the people that you call friends
Don’t stay there.  What’s the message you’re going to send?
Right away, you’ll get hooked
Right away, your death’ll be booked
Just walk away
Don’t waste your life
If you really do it, what will your parents say?
If you really do it, you want to see that disappointed face?
Don’t be an egg, don’t crack
Don’t be mean to your body, it’ll get you back
Just walk away
Don’t waste your life.

 Please do not smoke
By:  Nicole Dreishpoon, Memorial Middle School, Grade: 6
I love my throat, my jaw, my tongue.
I love my gums, my teeth, and my lung.
I don’t want to be gray, unhealthy, or wrinkled.
I don’t want to smell bad feel weird, or be crinkled.
I want to be pretty, sweet and free.
I want to be handsome nice and me!
I don’t want to blow smoke; I don’t want to be sneezy.
I don’t want bad breath; I don’t want to be wheezy.
I don’t want to be tricked I don’t want to be a fool.
I would rather be healthy then to be called cool.
As a cigarette is smoked the tar inhaled increases.
Then it travels to your brain in small vapor pieces.
Although not as bad as heroin addiction
The pain nicotine causes is beyond fiction.

This poem is to remind all people that cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing compounds and 400 other toxins.  Nicotine is highly addictive, serious, and dangerous.
PLEASE DO NOT TRY TOBACCO!!!

 Think before you smoke
By: Taylor Ford, Memorial Middle School, Grade: 8
Think before you smoke
You can get diseases
Like lung cancer and heart diseases
Think about your health
Before you get addicted
And die young because you were stupid
Be a smoke free kid
It helps your health
And you won’t die young
Be a smoke free kid
Just one cigarette hurts you
Be smart with your choices.
BE A SMOKE FREE KID!

Smelling very gross
By:  Janice Farrell, Sterling, Grade:  6
Money lost
Over one million smokers
Kills you a little everyday
Inside cigarettes are many chemicals
Now do you really want to smoke?
Get cancer
T obacco grows naturally but should be illegal
O h my! So many people smoke
B ad habit
A ddiction
C ough and….
C hoke
O ver time you croak

When you smoke a cigarette
By:  Yorel Drane, Sterling Middle School, Grade:  6
When you smoke a cigarette,
You start to get high,
Your body is weak,
And you’re about to die.

The lungs are black,
Your brain is frantic,
You can’t do stuff,
Like activities and antics.

Smoking is bad,
For everyone,
Do not smoke,
Or your life will be done.

Smoking is not good for you
By:  Mary Hilda Nganye, Sterling, Grade: 6
S moking is not good for you.
M akes you look like a fool.
O ut of control addiction
K eep your health unhealthy
I t will make your life miserable
N ot good for your body
G et a life and don’t kill it.

Stop ruining your body
By:  Jaimie Valle, Sterling, Grade 6
Stop ruining your body
Wasting your Money on something you’ll regret
YOu will get lung cancer
When you start smoKing it’ll be hard to quit.
There mIght be a chance for you to get cancer
DoN’t let someone pressure you to smoke.
Stop thinkinG it’ll make you look cool because it won’t

Norfolk South District Holiday Event
On December 9, 2010,  members and their guests enjoyed an evening of fine dining and entertainment at the River Club in Scituate.  The district sponsored their annual Toys for Tots Program along with the presentation of the Community Clinician of the Year award and Scholarship Awards.

Dr. Bartley Cilento, Secretary and Master Gunnery Sgt. Jack Kincherf USMC (RET)

L-R - Dr. John Walsh, President, Scholarship Awardees, Elizabeth Quinn, Dinesh Kurian, Ashley Peterson, Dr. David Wong, Treasurer & Chair of the Scholarship Program

Dr. John Walsh and Dr. James Everett, Community Clinician of the Year

Norfolk South Sponsors a Women in Medicine Dinner Forum
On November 29, 2010 several women physicians gathered for an annual women’s forum at the Abbey Park in Milton.  The topic of discussion was “Leadership Challenges and Career Advancement” ~Work ~ Life~ Balance Featured Speakers: Alice Coombs M.D., Allison Gustafson, M.D. & Suniti Nimbkar, M.D.

L-R Allison Gustafson, MD & Dr. Alice Coombs

Smoking Don’t Go There
During the week of November 15th several physicians volunteered to spread the word to adolescents about the dangers of tobacco use and cigarette smoking. They participated in the Norfolk South District Medical Society’s Anti-Smoking Program called “Smoking — Don’t Go There.” Now in its 12th year, the program is sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Norfolk South District Medical Society and timed to coincide with the National Great American Smoke-Out in November. Dr. John Walsh, president of the Norfolk South District Medical Society led the program

Pictured Dr. John Walsh

South Shore Students to Learn About the Dangers of Smoking and Tobacco 
12th Annual Anti-Smoking Program, "Smoking Don't Go There" is Sponsored by the Norfolk South District Medical Society. Read the press release ››