Mission Statement
The Purpose of the Worcester District Medical Society shall be to do all things as may be necessary and appropriate to advance medical knowledge, to develop and maintain highest professional and ethical standards of medical practice and health care, and to promote medical institutions formed on liberal principles for the health, benefit, and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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march 2024
27mar5:30 pm8:00 pm28th Women in Medicine Leadership Forum
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Michelle Dalal MD: is a Pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at U Mass
Event Details
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Michelle Dalal MD:
is a Pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at U Mass Chan Medical School. She is currently the Medical Director of University Health and Counseling Services at Northeastern University. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Lifestyle Medicine and has advanced certifications in motivational interviewing and culinary coaching. At MMS, she is Chair of the Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use. Other roles include Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MCAAP) Chapter Oral Health Advocate and WDMS Delegate to the Massachusetts Medical Society.
She recently co-authored the “The Teen Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: The Power of Healthy Living”. Her research has focused on integrating lifestyle interventions into routine care of adolescents and young adults with depression and anxiety and creating an 8 week intensive virtual program for adolescent depression called LIFT Mood -Lifestyle Interventions for Teen Mood. She has spoken locally, nationally and internationally on lifestyle medicine and prevention, management and treatment of chronic disease. Recent national collaborations have included toolkits for clinicians to help address adolescent depression and pediatric obesity through the integration of lifestyle medicine.
HariKirin Khalsa, MD, C-IAYT:
aka Diane Pingeton, started in health care as a nurse’s aide, then a registered nurse who decided to go on to medical school. Midpoint into a busy career as an OB GYN, she found yoga and meditation for her own stress reduction. She became a yoga teacher, then completed medical yoga therapy training in 2019 while contributing as faculty for biomedical content. She serves as volunteer faculty for the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and offers yoga classes and therapy via the nonprofit www.gobinday.org In her lifelong participation in healthcare, Dr. Khalsa has been honored to witness the triumph of the human spirit. Her current mission is to empower this unique inner strength, via awareness, stress reduction, and lifestyle change.
Time
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608
april 2024
10apr5:30 pm8:00 pmAnnual Business Meeting
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Click Here to Register Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP Dr. Baron, board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine,
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Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP
Dr. Baron, board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation. He was a former Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Board of Directors and served on the ABIM Foundation Board of Trustees.
Dr. Baron practiced general internal medicine and geriatrics for almost 30 years at Greenhouse Internists, P.C., located in Philadelphia. Greenhouse was a pioneer in the comprehensive adoption of electronic health records in the small-practice environment. Following that, from 2011 to 2013, he served as Group Director of Seamless Care Models at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, where he led efforts related to accountable care organizations and primary care. Until joining the federal government, Dr. Baron also served on the board of the National Quality Forum and their Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, as well as the Standards Committee of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Dr. Baron served as Chief Medical Officer of Health Partners, a not-for-profit Medicaid HMO set up by four teaching hospitals in Philadelphia, from 1988 to 1996. He was the architect of the Best Clinical and Administrative Practices program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Health Care Strategies, working with medical leadership of Medicaid health plans around the country in learning collaboratives to improve the quality of care for their members. This program reached plans serving more than half of the Medicaid managed care population in the United States. He is currently a member of the Aspen Institute Health Strategy Group.
Dr. Baron received a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard College and his medical degree from Yale University. He completed house staff training at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center and served a three-year commitment in the National Health Service Corps in rural Tennessee.
Time
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Beechwood Hotel
363 Plantation St, Worcester, MA 01605