WALTHAM – Dr. Naomi Rappaport has been selected as the Bristol
South District Medical Society’s 2020 Community Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing her professionalism and contributions as a physician. In nominating her for the award, her colleagues noted her kindness, compassion, and her unwavering expertise
in providing medical care to her patients.
Dr. Rappaport, a board-certified internal medicine physician, has been in practice for more than 29 years. A member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Bristol South District Medical Society since 1998, she graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical
University. She completed her residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University and joined the faculty there for three years before relocating to southeastern Massachusetts.
Dr. Rappaport was a long-time provider at the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center and committed to serving the underserved patients in the community.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Bristol South District Medical Society had to cancel its annual meeting last March, the highlight of which was to have been the presentation of the 2020 Community Clinician of the Year Award to Dr. Rappaport, with her husband,
family, friends and colleagues in attendance.
In lieu of the public ceremony, Dr. Stephen Kasparian President, of the Bristol South District Medical Society, will present the plaque to honor Dr. Rappaport later in 2021.
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 products for health care professionals: NEJM Knowledge+, NEJM Resident 360, and our accredited and comprehensive continuing medical education programs.
