Medicine Residents' Posters Win Awards at Mass Medical Society Meeting

January 13, 2015

At the December 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society Meeting, two Internal Medicine residents received prizes for their posters.

Abid Shah MD, PGY2, won second place in the Clinical Vignette category for his poster, "Silent Manifestations of Anti CTLA-4 Therapy in a Patient with Metastatic Melanoma."
Melissa Loh MD, PGY3, won Honorable Mention in the Clinical Research Category for her poster titled, "Antipsychotic Use in the Hospitalized Elderly."

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Greenfield Cooperative Bank Makes Largest Gift in Bank History to Train Family Medicine Physicians at Baystate Franklin Medical Center

September 30, 2021

Greenfield Cooperative Bank recently made a $75,000 donation, one of the largest in the bank’s history, in support of Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s new Department of Family Medicine.

Donning Their White Coats, Medical Students Dedicate Themselves to Caring for Others

September 24, 2021

The Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track’s Classes of 2024 and 2025 were presented with white coats—a symbol of their initiation into the medical profession—on September 17, 2021 from the UMass T.H. Chan School of Medicine.

Baystate Community Faculty Member Beth Cardillo Honored with Healthcare Heroes Award

September 16, 2021

Baystate Community Faculty member Beth Cardillo, MEd, LSW, executive director of the Armbrook Village retirement community in Westfield, is the recipient of the 2021 Healthcare Heroes Community Health Award from Business West.

Scholarships Awarded to Health Careers Students

August 26, 2021

$25,000 in scholarships were awarded to 26 Baystate Springfield Educational Partnership students and alumni to help further their education in healthcare professions.

PURCH: An Immersive Medical School Track Fostering Systemic Change

August 17, 2021

Discover how members of the Class of 2021—the first PURCH graduates—are already making a difference in Massachusetts communities.

Bootcamp for Med Students: Do You have What it Takes to be a PURCH doctor?

August 17, 2021

Rather than 100-mile hikes with 50 lb. packs, students were challenged to think about personal biases, social injustices, and healthcare disparities—and their roles as advocates for their community.

MLK Semester of Service Award-winning Project: MLK Family Services Food Justice Fair

July 22, 2021

MLK Jr Family Services Food Justice Fair was held today in conjunction with the emergency food pantry at the Martin Luther King Jr Family Services Community Center.

Medical Student Volunteers Help Paint Mental Health Recovery Home

July 20, 2021

Medical students in the Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track at UMass Medical School-Baystate volunteered their time to paint a new Mental Health Association’s 8-bed recovery home in Springfield.

Pediatric Mental Health Boarding Crisis in Emergency Departments

July 20, 2021

Marcella Jewell, medical student in the Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track, is conducting research on the true cost of caring for behavioral health patients in Baystate's pediatric emergency department.

MLK Semester of Service Award-winning Project: Gandara Wellness Fair

July 14, 2021

New physician assistant graduate Neha Rana brought her 2021 MLK Jr. Semester of Service Award-winning project to fruition—a Wellness Fair focusing on mental health, substance abuse disorders, and chronic health conditions.

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