Waltham –
March 27th – Fidencio Saldana, M.D., Dean for Students and Assistant Professor
of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a clinical cardiologist at Brigham
and Women’s Hospital, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as
the 2017 recipient of the Grant V. Rodkey Award, an honor recognizing a
Massachusetts physician for outstanding contributions to medical education and
medical students. He will receive the award, one of the Society’s most
prestigious, at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston on April 28.
Dr. Saldana was nominated for the
award by his students, who recognize him as an “incredible teacher and mentor,
as an inspiration to his patients, colleagues, and medical students, and for
his dedication to students pursuing medical education.”
As Dean for Students at Harvard
Medical School, Dr. Saldana oversees the Office of Student Affairs that
supports and guides students in their professional growth. He also leads the
HMS Wellness and Mental Health Initiative, a student-faculty program created to
develop programs that promote the health and wellness of students.
The Grant V. Rodkey Award from
the Massachusetts Medical Society is the latest of more than three dozen honors
accorded to Dr. Saldana for his teaching and mentoring. Among them are the Excellence in Diversity
and Inclusion Award from Harvard Medical School, an Excellence in Mentoring
Award from the Latino Medical Student Association, the Excellence in Medical
Student Career Advising Individual Award from the Association of American
Medical Colleges, and the Charles McCabe Faculty Prize for Excellence in
Teaching at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Saldana received his
bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, his medical degree from Harvard
Medical School, and a master’s in public health from the Harvard Chan School of
Public Health.
He is a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, and the American
Society of Echocardiography. He is a
member of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Committee on Diversity in
Medicine and is the Northeast Representative on the Committee for Student
Diversity Affairs for the American Association of Medical Colleges. He resides
in Roslindale.
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.
