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Worcester District Medical Society Officers 2019
- 2020: |
| President: |
Spiro Spanakis, DO |
| Vice President: |
Giles Whalen, MD |
| Secretary: |
Marianne Felice, MD |
| Treasurer: |
Dale Magee, MD |
| Orator: |
Lynn Eckhert, MD |
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Worcester District Medical Society
SPOKEN HISTORY PROJECT
The Worcester District Medical Society began a Spoken History
Project in 1995 to record the experiences of practicing physicians
through the ages. This project is currently overseen by Dr. Dale
Magee, with the interviews generally being performed by medical
students.
Click
here to view or listen to recordings
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Worcester District Medical Society
Annual Orations Web Page
Visit
WDMS Annual Orations to
view a list of distinguished orators
from 1795 - 2020 with a brief synopsis of
each oration (if available).
A
co-operative effort between the
Worcester District Medical Society
and the Lamar Soutter Library.
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The Union Medical
Association was officially established at Blackstone Village,
Mendon, Massachusetts, on May 12, 1834 by local doctors Hiram Allen,
Abel Wilder, Metcalf Marsh, Ariel Ballou and Moses D. Southwick. The
goal of the Union Medical Association was to maintain and advance
the medical knowledge of its members. This collection includes
reports and transcripts of lectures on interesting medical cases,
new remedies, medical ethics, and statistics created from 1834 to
1858 by the Association’s members. Also included in this collection
are autograph letters of different French, English, and American
physicians dated 1758 - 1836. Currently, the original papers of the
Union Medical Association are the part of the Worcester District
Medical Society collection housed at the Worcester Historical
Museum.
Click here for the digitized version
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Click Here To View Our 2019-2020
Calendar of Events For important information, resources, and
clinical guidance click here: COVID-19
webpage
(link provided by the MMS)
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Being Sent on Behalf of Dr. Michael Hirsh
Dear
WDMS members,
This is
a difficult time for our city, our region, our Commonwealth
and the Nation. Covid19 challenges have caused restrictions
and ordinances like we have not experienced since probably
the age of polio. I just wanted to emphasize that physicians
will find their practices stressed with the worried well,
parents and patients suffering the effects of isolation and
fear, and the elderly facing loss of autonomy, orientation
and continuity of care.
The
City Manager of Worcester, Ed Augustus, directed me as the
Public Information Officer of our Coronavirus Incident
Command Structure, to ensure that our WDMS medical community
is kept abreast of the latest information known about
Covid19 and to also hear what obstacles or problems you are
experiencing. I have attached our Covid19 information
handout. I urge you to access our website
www.worcesterma.gov/health which is linked to the CDC
website.
The
Worcester Dept. of Public Health is helping to staff our
Emergency Operations Center and are working hard to be a
resource for you. We have an Information Line that can
provide support at 508 799 1019.
Thanks
for everything you are doing to keep our community Healthy
and Safe.
One
last thing - the social distancing that everyone is
discussing is in my opinion an inappropriate appellation. We
want physical distancing true, but we want social
connectivity through the internet, social media and phone
calls. Any capability that your offices can provide with
telephone call ins telemedical evaluations or calling hours
will help greatly with reducing the sense of isolation.
Please join our City and our Central MA. Regional Public
Health Alliance to blunt the uptick of these cases and
maintain the social fabric of our community as well as our
medical providers.
Sincerely yours,
Mike Hirsh, MD
Medical
Director of the Worcester Division of Public Health and the
Central MA. Regional Public Health Alliance
For more info please
visit...
www.cdc.gov/COVID19 |
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If you wish to donate to the
WDMS Scholarship Fund, your contribution will help to support
the next generation of physicians.
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Thank you
for helping make the Gala a great success. Click here to
view our video.
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The History of the Worcester District Medical Society (WDMS):
In 1954 Dr.
Paul F. Bergin who was, at the time, the Society's secretary
wrote a history of the WDMS. This consisted of two typescript
copies.
To disseminate
and celebrate our long history, in 1994 Dr. John J. Massarelli,
a past president of the Society, edited the typescript from
which we published the History of the Society 1795-1954 as a
bound book.
Subsequently,
Dr. Massarelli took it upon himself to extend our written
history up to our 200th anniversary year by authoring
the follow up history of 1954-1994. Of some interest, the
original title was "A Fraternity of Physicians" but upon
reflection and especially in view of chapter 25 the title was
changed and the book was published in 1995 as "A Community of
Physicians".
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