Dr. Christopher Garofalo, a board-certified family medicine physician who practices in Attleboro and co-owns Family Medicine Associates of South Attleboro, P.C., has been selected as the Bristol North District Medical
Society’s 2019 Community Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing his professionalism and contributions as a physician.
Dr. Garofalo, an alternate trustee to the Bristol
North District, was presented the award at the district’s annual spring
meeting March 20 at the Cove Restaurant in Fall River.
He was nominated by colleague Dr. Eric Ruby, a pediatrician in Taunton.
“Chris is being
honored for his service to his patients and the community and for all
his busy committee work within the (Bristol North District Medical
Society), all the while maintaining a busy practice,
being a dedicated husband and father and always involved with his
family and all their activities; not to mention a very loyal and avid
Boston sports fan,” Ruby said.
Upon being presented the award, Dr. Garofalo thanked his peers and highlighted the support of his wife, Dr.
Marguerite Garofalo.
Dr. Garofalo graduated from Northeastern University Magna Cum Laude,
Phi Sigma Honor Society, and received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
A longtime active member of the Massachusetts
Medical Society, Dr. Garofalo serves on the organization’s Committee on
Administration and Management and chairs both the Committee on
Sustainability of Private Practice and the MMS Southeast
Caucus.
Dr. Garofalo is a fellow of the American Academy
of Family Physicians and is active in the American Medical Association
(AMA), where his contributions include serving as an alternate
Massachusetts delegate to the AMA.
He also has held previous leadership positions with Norwood Hospital and Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
