Newton Doctor Chosen For Award

From Newton-Wellesley Hospital: Auburndale resident Paul Satwicz, MD, an anesthesiologist, and founder and former director of the pain management service at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, was selected as the Charles River District Medical Society’s 2018 Community Clinician of the Year, an award to recognize his professionalism and contributions as a physician.

Satwicz, also an assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology at Tufts University School of Medicine, is often lauded by his peers for his calm and focused approach to interacting with patients facing surgical procedures. Satwicz, who graduated from the University of Michigan and attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco was nominated for the Community Clinician of the Year award by colleague Heidi Fischer, MD, an ophthalmologist on staff at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Fischer described Satwicz as someone who “displays a genuine value of caring in his routine actions.”

Active in his community and generous with his time, Satwicz volunteers to teach ice skating to children through the Special Olympics and the Bay State Speed Skating Club. He also serves as a volunteer medic at sporting events and has traveled abroad to administer medical care to those less fortunate. Together with his wife, Nancy, a Newton-Wellesley operating room nurse, Satwicz has instilled in his children – a nurse, an accomplished inventor and an Army Ranger - a deep regard for service and selflessness. Satwicz also enjoys spending time with his 3 1/2-month- old granddaughter Katherine.

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.

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 Journal Watch family of specialty publications, and through our education.

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