MMS News Releases

Mariann Manno, M.D., a pediatric emergency medical physician and the Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center, has been honored by her peers as the 2013 Community Clinician of the Year of the Worcester District Medical Society. 

Fernando Catalina, M.D., Ph.D., a physician at Medical Associates Pediatrics in Leominster, has been honored as the 2013 Community Clinician of the Year by his physician peers of the Worcester North District Medical Society. The award was presented at the district society’s annual meeting on...

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...

Falmouth physician Arthur E. Crago, M.D. has been honored by his physician peers as the 2013 Community Clinician of the Year for the Barnstable District Medical Society, an honor recognizing his professionalism and contributions as a physician.

Lenox resident Paula Aucoin, M.D. has been honored as the 2013 Community Clinician of the Year by her physician peers of the Berkshire District Medical Society, an honor recognizing her professionalism and contributions as a physician.

In a rare occurrence for the Massachusetts Medical Society, the 2013 Community Clinician of the Year honor for the Bristol South District Medical Society has been awarded to two physicians - Wendy Stern, M.D. and Jeremy Stern, M.D., husband and wife from Marion.

In nominating him for the honor, his colleagues said “Dr. Reda has a long and established record of clinical excellence and outstanding patient care. He is a beloved community leader who exemplifies the heart of the Massachusetts Medical Society values.”

Board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Soderland is Medical Director of the Community Groups Division of Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. From 2000-2012, he was chair of the Division of Community Medicine at Lahey Clinic and served as a member of the Clinic’s Board of Governors from...

Montague resident Kathleen M. McGraw, M.D. has been honored by her physician peers of the Franklin District Medical Society as the district society’s 2013 Community Clinician of the Year, an honor recognizing her professionalism and contributions as a physician.

Longmeadow resident Ronald T. Burkman Jr., M.D., a physician at Baystate Health in Springfield, has been honored by his peers of the Hampden District Medical Society as the district’s 2013 Community Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing his professionalism and contributions as a...

The Middlesex District Medical Society has announced the contribution of $100,000 to each of the four Massachusetts medical schools, in order to establish endowed funds for the benefit of Massachusetts medical students during an unanticipated financial emergency.

While stating its broad support for many of the Department of Public Health’s proposed regulations governing the use of medical marijuana in the Commonwealth, representatives of the Massachusetts Medical Society will focus on the details of specific regulations in their testimony to be...