WALTHAM –
Dr. Julie Johnston has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the
2018 recipient of the Women’s Health Award, an honor recognizing a physician
for outstanding contributions that advance women’s health in Massachusetts.
Johnston is
an attending family physician at Lawrence General Hospital and is a fixture,
leader and mentor at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, where she serves as
coordinator of the women’s heath curriculum and women’s health area of
concentration.
A board
member of the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians, Johnston advocates
for women’s health as a delegate of the Women’s Caucus and promotes maternal
and fetal health and wellbeing as a member of the Massachusetts Peri-natal
Advisory Committee and the Postpartum Depression Legislative Commission.
“Julie is
an expert clinician, with an extraordinary fund of knowledge, serving as a
consultant to all our faculty and residents in this specific area of practice,”
said Dr. Joseph Gravel, Chief Medical Officer for Greater Lawrence Family
Health Center. “Through her work at both our community health center and Health
Quarters, she has devoted her career to ensuring that women receive optimal
care regardless of their socioeconomic status. Many of her patients speak
Spanish, so Julie learned Spanish and uses it daily to enhance communication
and provide patients a more welcoming clinical environment. The cascading benefits from her work in the
lives of her patients and their families are incalculable.”
Johnston
graduated from the University of Michigan and the Warren Alpert Medical School
of Brown University.
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the
statewide professional association for physicians and medical students,
supporting 25,000 members. We are dedicated to educating and advocating for the
physicians of Massachusetts and patients locally and nationally. A leadership
voice in health care, the MMS contributes physician and patient perspectives to
influence health-related legislation at the state and federal levels, works in
support of public health, provides expert advice on physician practice
management, and addresses issues of physician well-being. Under the auspices of
the NEJM Group, the MMS extends our mission globally by advancing medical
knowledge from research to patient care through the New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM Catalyst, and the NEJM
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