Waltham – Dr. Anna Manatis
has been honored by her peers of the
Barnstable District Medical Society as the district’s 2019 Community
Clinician of the Year, an honor recognizing her contributions and
professionalism as a physician.
Dr. Manatis, a physician
currently with Brigham and Women’s Harbor Medical
Associates. Dr. Manatis had practiced on the Cape for over 20 years
and recently practiced for six years at the Massachusetts General
Hospital with the Bulfinch Medical Group. She has a long history of
service to the Massachusetts Medical Society. She served
as district president of the Barnstable District Medical Society and
previously served as both Trustee and Alternate Trustee to the Medical
Society’s Board of Trustees. She also served as past chairperson of the
MMS Public Health Reference Committee.
Dr. Manatis was co-founder and president of
Cape
Clean Air, a non-profit comprised of Cape-based professionals whose
mission was to educate local citizens on the health effects of power
plant pollution.
She
received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and her medical
degree from New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Manatis later
earned a master’s degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health.
The
Community Clinician of the Year Award was established in 1998 by the
Massachusetts Medical Society to recognize a physician from each of the
organization’s 20 district societies who has
made significant contributions to his or her patients and the
community.
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the
statewide professional association for physicians and medical students,
supporting 25,000 members. We are dedicated to educating and advocating
for the physicians of Massachusetts and
patients locally and nationally. A leadership voice in health care, the
MMS contributes physician and patient perspectives to influence
health-related legislation at the state and federal levels, works in
support of public health, provides expert advice on
physician practice management, and addresses issues of physician
well-being. Under the auspices of the NEJM Group, the MMS extends our
mission globally by advancing medical knowledge from research to patient
care through the New England Journal of Medicine,
NEJM Catalyst, and the NEJM Journal Watch family of specialty
publications, and through our education.
