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Bartley G. Cilento Sr., M.D.
Waltham, Mass. -- March 7 -- Bartley G. Cilento Sr., M.D. has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its 2016 Award for Distinguished Service to the Massachusetts Medical Society. The honor is given each year to a member of the Society who has made significant contributions to the goals of the organization through demonstrated leadership, member recruitment, and committee work.
The award, one of the most prestigious given by the Society to one of its members, will be presented to Dr. Cilento at the Society’s Annual Meeting May 5 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.
In nominating him for the award, his colleagues noted Dr. Cilento’s nearly five decades of “outstanding dedication and service” to the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Norfolk South District Medical Society. Dr. Cilento has captured wide respect among his fellow physicians, who describe him as a “pediatrician par excellence” and one who “exemplifies distinguished service.”
A member of the Massachusetts Medical Society since 1967, Dr. Cilento has been a member of the organization’s Committee on Legislation for 18 years and its committee on Professional Liability for 12 years. He currently serves on the Committee on Nominations. He has also been a member of the Board of Trustees and House of Delegates and has served as president of the Norfolk South District Medical Society. He continues to serve the district society as secretary, a position he has held since 1984.
Before retiring in July of 2015, Dr. Cilento practiced pediatrics at his office in Scituate. For many years on the active staff of South Shore Hospital, he served as President of the Medical Staff and as a member of the hospital’s committees on ethics, education, and credentials.
Dr. Cilento earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and completed his internship and residency at U.S. Naval hospitals in Newport, Rhode Island and Chelsea, Mass. From 1959-2000, he served in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve, retiring in 2000 with the rank of Captain.
A Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), he has also been a member of the Continuing Medical Education Committee of the Massachusetts Chapter of AAP. He was named to Boston Magazine’s Top 200 Physicians in 1999, named to The Best Doctors in America from 1996-1998, received the Community Service Award from Boston Children’s Hospital in 1999, and was named Community Clinician of the Year by the Norfolk South District Medical Society in 2006. Dr. Cilento resides in Scituate.
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