Waltham – March 21st
– Jaya Agrawal, M.D., a physician with Hampshire Gastroenterology in Florence, has
been honored by her physician peers of the Hampshire District Medical Society
as the 2017 Community Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing her
professionalism and contributions as a physician. She received the award at the
district’s annual meeting on March 23 at the Blue Heron in Sunderland.
In nominating her
for the award, her colleagues noted her kindness, compassion, and abilities as
a communicator along with her skills and expertise in providing medical care to
her patients.
Dr. Agrawal is
currently Chief of Endoscopy at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton and a
Founding Member and President-Elect of the Massachusetts Gastroenterology
Association, the statewide association of physicians specializing in
gastroenterology.
A published author
and lecturer on many health topics including colon cancer, liver disease, and
women’s health, Dr. Agrawal received her B.A. in religious studies from Brown
University, her master’s in public health from the Harvard School of Public
Health, and her M.D. from Brown Medical School.
She completed her residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in
gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Active on the
national level in organized medicine, Dr. Agrawal was president of the American
Medical Student Association from 2001-2002, a member of the Board of Directors
for Physicians for a National Health Program from 2003-2007, and a member of
the National Affairs Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology from
2013-2016.
Dr. Agrawal is the
recipient of a number of honors, including the Leah S. Dickstein Award for
leadership in medical school, the Patrician McCormick Award from Brown Medical
School as the top female in her medical school graduating class, and the
Excellence in Teaching Award from Harvard Medical School for teaching residents
and fellows. She was named a Presidential
Scholar in 1993, as a member of the White House Commission on Presidential
Scholars and was elected to the Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society in 2003. She
resides in Florence.
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 who has made significant contributions to his or her patients
and the community and who stands out as a leading advocate and caregiver.
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.
