WALTHAM – Dr. Annie Abraham, a Shrewsbury resident and an exceptional physician with a distinguished background in internal medicine, has been selected by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) as the 2025 recipient of its Senior Volunteer Physician of the Year Award, which recognizes a senior member of the society who has shown a dedicated commitment to direct patient care volunteerism in Massachusetts and to sharing medical experience and expertise.
Dr. Abraham has been a volunteer at the St Anne's Free Medical Program in Shrewsbury for six years. She is noted for treating patients with impressive kindness and compassion and models and teaches these attitudes to the medical student volunteers from UMass Chan Medical School and medical residents from St. Vincent Hospital.
For the past 15 years, Dr. Abraham has also actively supported Advocates, an organization that serves the disabled population, including building community awareness and improving the lives of the disabled.
Dr. Abraham, a graduate of the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India and is board-certified in internal medicine. She has been a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society for 34 years.
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.
