Westport Resident Named Bridgeport Hospital's 'Physician of the Year'

BRIDGEPORT, CT - Westport resident Dr. Edward Pinto, a cardiologist and internal medicine specialist, was named Physician of the Year during Bridgeport Hospital's recent Physician Leadership Summit at the Fairfield Museum and History Center.

Pinto was "cited for his outstanding patient satisfaction performance, which includes being the physician leader in inspiring philanthropic giving to the hospital through the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Honor Your Caregiver Program," according to officials.

He is part of a family of physicians, as his wife, Marguerite Pinto, MD, is a Bridgeport Hospital pathologist, and their daughter, Michelle Kittleson, MD, is a transplant cardiologist and director of heart failure research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His late brother, Arthur Pinto, MD, was chief of Urology at Bridgeport Hospital.

"Dr. Pinto is a hospital icon," Chief Medical Officer Michael Ivy, MD, said in a statement. "He represents what we all aspire to be – a superb clinician who has a great bedside manner with his patients, colleagues and peers."

He attended St. John's Medical College in Bangalore, India, and served his residency at Bridgeport Hospital. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and at Pennsylvania State University's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

"I've been practicing medicine for over 39 years," said Dr. Pinto in a statement. "It has been rewarding and challenging – and I would do it all over again!"

He added, "I try to comfort the sick and frightened, and I try to be kind to the very ill and old. I want to be part of someone's memory forever – which is only possible with the support of my great office staff and the excellent doctors, staff and facilities at Bridgeport Hospital."

Photo: Dr. Edward Pinto. Photo credit: Bridgeport Hospital