Norfolk South District Medical Society Elects Officers

NORFOLK SOUTH DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 2016-2017

Waltham --- June 13, 2016 – The Norfolk South District Medical Society, with nearly 500 member physicians located throughout the South Shore of Massachusetts, has elected officers for 2016-2017.

Melody J. Eckardt, M.D., a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, has been re-elected as president. A graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Eckardt completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Tufts University in Boston and holds a master’s degree from Harvard School of Public Health. She worked clinically at South Shore Hospital and at Boston University Medical Center. She currently serves as the director of programs for the Division of Global Health and Human Rights in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Also elected as district officers for 2016-17 are: John J. Walsh, M.D., a board-certified emergency room physician at south shore hospital, as vice president; Bartley G. Cilento, Sr., M.D., a retired pediatrician from Scituate, as secretary; and David G. Wong M.D., a board-certified anesthesiologist at South Shore Hospital, as treasurer.

The Massachusetts Medical Society, with some 25,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society, under the auspices of NEJM Group, publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading global medical journal and web site, and Journal Watch alerts and newsletters covering 13 specialties. The Society is also a leader in continuing medical education providing accredited and certified activities across the globe for physicians and other health care professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the country. For more information please visit www.massmed.org, www.nejm.org, or www.jwatch.org. For more information contact Robert Israel, risrael@mms.org, 781-434-7110.