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Waltham -- March 23 -- Kenath Shamir, M.D., a physician with Truesdale Health in Fall River, has been honored by his peers of the Bristol South District Medical Society as the 2016 Community Clinician of the Year, an honor recognizing his professionalism and contributions as a physician. He will receive the award April 19 at the district society’s annual meeting held at the Venus de Milo in Swansea.
Board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Shamir has been a member of the medical staffs of Charlton Memorial Hospital and St. Anne’s Hospital since 1990. From 1999-2003, he served as chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Charlton and since 1999 has been chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He has been a primary care physician with Truesdale Health since 1990, and he has been a member of the Truesdale Clinic Board of Directors since 1998.
Dr. Shamir joined the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1983 and has served the organization in several capacities. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Society’s governing body, its House of Delegates, and has served on its District Leadership Council. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees.
Dr. Shamir received a combined Bachelor of Arts/Medical Degree from Boston University’s six-year program in 1987.
The Community Clinician of the Year award was established in 1998 by the Massachusetts Medical Society to recognize a physician from each of the Society’s 20 district medical societies and recognizes member physicians for their significant contributions to their patients and the community. The Bristol South District has more than 300 physician members who practice in Bristol County.
The Massachusetts Medical Society, with some 25,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society, under the auspices of NEJM Group, publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading global medical journal and web site, and Journal Watch alerts and newsletters covering 13 specialties. The Society is also a leader in continuing medical education providing accredited and certified activities across the globe for physicians and other health care professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the country. For more information please visit www.massmed.org, www.nejm.org, or www.jwatch.org.
