WALTHAM – Dr. Joseph
Dulac has been selected as the Middlesex North District Medical Society’s 2018
Community Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing his professionalism and
contributions as a physician.
Dulac is a
physician and founder of Dracut Family Medicine and is affiliated with Lowell
General Hospital, Boston Medical Center and Circle Health Urgent Care in
Billerica, Lowell and Westford.
Dulac, a graduate
of the College of the Holy Cross who received his medical degree from Boston
University School of Medicine, also is an emergency room physician at the East
Boston Neighborhood Health Center. Last year, Dulac was a Rivier College nurse
practitioner preceptor.
President-elect,
current treasurer and former secretary of the Middlesex North District Medical
Society, Dulac volunteers his time coaching youth flag football, basketball and
baseball, and previously coached soccer.
He serves on the
Pinnacle Board and Physician Hospital Organization at Lowell General.
The Community
Clinician of the Year Award was established in 1998 by the Massachusetts
Medical Society to recognize a physician from each of the organization’s 20
district societies who has made significant contributions to his or her patients
and the community.
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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
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on physician practice management, and addresses issues of physician well-being.
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