Physician
Health Services works with physician associate directors who function as
independent contractors. They provide outreach, intervention, treatment
referrals, clinical monitoring, and assessment for any physician, resident, or
medical student referred to PHS.
The
success of PHS is based on the confidentiality protections that the program
offers to physicians and the personal collegial support that is provided by the
associate directors. The entire program is a partnership between the physicians
who come to us with their health problems and the caregivers who guide them
through treatment and recovery.
Each associate director works within a defined geographic region of the state to establish relationships with hospitals and case monitors. They also organize support groups, lecture at local hospitals and health care organizations, and are available for crisis intervention. Their contributions to PHS have been invaluable.
Philip Candilis, MD
Southeast Region
Philip Candilis, MD, DFAPA, joined PHS
in 2010. He serves in the roles of associate director and assessment director.
Dr. Candilis, a psychiatrist who is board certified in general and forensic
practice, is an associate professor of psychiatry at UMass Medical School. He
completed residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and the
Fellowship in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School and is a product of the
UMass Law and Psychiatry Fellowship. In addition to teaching, Dr. Candilis
treats patients in the UMass system, conducts empirical research in clinical
and research ethics, and consults on professionalism and ethical issues in
medicine.
Gary Chinman, MD
Boston-Central
Region
Gary
Chinman, MD, has been an associate director of PHS since 2010. He is an assistant
professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He graduated from Dartmouth
Medical School and completed his psychiatry residency training at the
Massachusetts Mental Health Center, after which he completed clinical
fellowships at Harvard University Student Health Services and Harvard Community
Health Plan. He has been affiliated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital for over
15 years, and he directs courses and teaches in the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry
Residency Training Program. Dr. Chinman is board certified by the American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and maintains an active private practice in
general adult psychiatry.
Wayne A. Gavryck, MD
Springfield/Western Massachusetts Region
Wayne A. Gavryck, MD, has been an
associate director for PHS since its inception. He graduated from Cornell
University Medical College and completed his postgraduate training at Milton S.
Hershey Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Internal
Medicine and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He currently practices
internal medicine in Turners Falls. Dr. Gavryck is also a certified medical
review officer, and he serves PHS in this capacity.
Ruthann Rizzi, MD
Worcester Region
Ruthann Rizzi, MD has been an
associate director for PHS since 2009 and has served on the PHS Medical Student
Advisory Committee since its establishment in 2004. Dr. Rizzi graduated from
the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse. She
completed a transitional internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in
Syracuse, New York, and trained in psychiatry at Tufts/New England Medical
Center and Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Rizzi is certified by the
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a fellow of the American
Psychiatric Association. She is an assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the Student
Counseling Service at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is a
staff psychiatrist at the UMass Memorial
Medical Center and maintains a private practice in general adult psychiatry.
Judith Eaton, MD
Associate
Director Emerita
Judith
Eaton, MD, has been an associate director for PHS since its inception. She
graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her pediatric
residency at Rhode Island Hospital and her psychiatry residency at Brown
University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She retired from
her private practice of psychiatry in Worcester in January 2008. She was in
practice for 27 years. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology.
Michael S. Palmer, MD
Associate
Director Emeritus
Michael
S. Palmer, MD, is board certified in internal medicine and has practiced both
internal medicine and emergency medicine. He is a clinical instructor in medicine at Tufts University and served
on the faculties of Harvard Medical School and the University of Cincinnati
School of Medicine. He has been working in the area of physician health since
1982 and has been an associate director for PHS since its inception. He
currently serves as an associate director emeritus while working as a full-time
writer of bestselling suspense novels.
