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Waltham – Dr. Nicolini Mucciardi has been
selected as the Bristol South District Medical Society’s 2019 Community
Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing his professionalism and
contributions as a physician.
Dr. Mucciardi is a pulmonologist in Fall River and is affiliated with Southcoast Charlton Memorial Hospital. He
received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal,
Canada and completed a medical internship and residency at Carney
Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Mucciardi, who was nominated by colleague Dr.
Ken Shamir, served as chief medical resident at Brockton VA Hospital
and was on the consult service at Beth Israel Hospital.
Dr. Mucciardi completed a fellowship in pulmonary
and critical care medicine at the Lahey Clinic and worked on the cystic
fibrosis service at Boston Children’s Hospital.
He has been
practicing in the Fall River area since 1985. His areas of clinical
interests include pleural diseases, common variable immune deficiencies,
sulfite sensitivity, lung cancer, pleurex catheters,
and Yag lasers.
Dr. Mucciardi is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine in both Canada and the United States.
In 1987, Dr. Mucciardi was the first physician in the Fall River
area to be board certified in critical care medicine. He was also
awarded the Best Clinical Case of 1987 by the Massachusetts Thoracic
Society at their Annual Meeting in1988.
In 2007, Dr. Mucciardi received a citation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
“in recognition of doing an exceptional job as a lung specialist
at the Truesdale Clinic.” Over the years, Dr. Mucciardi has earned a
reputation as an exceptional instructor to multiple nurse practitioner
and physician assistant students.
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.
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