2013 features first for medical society and husband and wife honors
Contact: Richard Gulla
781-434-7101
rgulla@mms.org
Waltham – April 30 -- Each year, MMS members in the 20 district medical societies select one of their colleagues to be honored as the district’s Community Clinician of the Year, reflecting their professionalism and contributions as a physician. Each year, the number totals 20, but in 2013, it was reached in an unusual way.
In a first for the Massachusetts Medical Society, one physician was honored by two districts, and in a rare occurrence, two physicians - a husband and wife - took co-honors in one district.
Richard A. Gross, M.D. of Lakeville was selected as the Community Clinician of the Year by the Bristol North and Plymouth districts, marking the first time since the award was established in 1998 that one physician has been honored by two district societies. Dr. Gross, who was forced to retire last year due to the abrupt development of cancer, was a primary care physician who served patients in Middleboro, Taunton and the surrounding communities for 34 years.
In the Bristol South district, husband and wife Dr. Wendy Stern and Dr. Jeremy Stern of North Dartmouth were both honored as Community Clinicians of the Year. Dr. Wendy Stern is a physician with Northeast Ear Nose and Throat in North Dartmouth; Dr. Jeremy Stern is an orthopedic surgeon in private practice, also in North Dartmouth.
The complete list of honorees for 2013:
Barnstable, Arthur E. Crago, M.D., Internist, Cape Cod Health Care, Falmouth
Berkshire, Paula J. Aucoin, M.D., Director of Infection Control, Berkshire Medical Center
Bristol North/Plymouth, Richard A. Gross, M.D., Primary Care Physician (Retired)
Bristol South, Wendy Stern, M.D., Northeast Ear Nose and Throat, North Dartmouth, and Jeremy Stern, M.D., Jeremy B. Stern M.D., Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, North Dartmouth
Charles River, Mohammad G. Reda, M.D., Primary Care Physician, Waltham Medical Group
Essex North, David A. Byrne, M.D., Primary Care Physician (Retired)
Essex South, Carl A. Soderland, M.D., M.P.H., Division Chair of General Internal Medicine at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Ipswich
Franklin, Kathleen M. McGraw, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, Vermont
Hampden, Ronald T. Burkman Jr., M.D., Baystate Wesson Women’s Group Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield
Hampshire, Katherine J. Atkinson, M.D., Family Physician, Katherine J. Atkinson M.D. PC, Amherst
Middlesex, Deanna P. Ricker, M.D., Ophthalmologist, Deanna P. Ricker, M.D. PC, Cambridge
Middlesex Central, Robert C. Cantu, M.D. Chief of Neurosurgery Service and Director of Service of Sports Medicine, Emerson Hospital, Concord
Middlesex North, M. Denise Mills, M.D., Family Physician and Owner, Dracut Family Healthcare
Middlesex West, Donald H. Hangen, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgeon, Orthopaedic Associates of Marlboro
Norfolk, Mangadhara R. Madineedi, M.D. M.S.A., Internist and Geriatrician, VA Boston Healthcare System
Norfolk South, Mary Delaney, M.D., Internist and Endocrinologist, Harbor Medical Associates, South Weymouth
Suffolk, Yhu-Hsiung Lee, M.D., Urgent Care Physician, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Worcester, Mariann M. Manno, M.D., Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center, Worcester
Worcester North, Fernando Catalina, M.D., Ph.D., Physician, Medical Associates Pediatrics, Leominster
The Community Clinician of the Year Award was established in 1998 by the Massachusetts Medical Society to recognize a physician from each of the Society’s 20 district medical societies who has made significant contributions to his or her patients and the community and who stands out as a leading advocate and caregiver.
