Two Worcester Docs Get MMS Posts
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Aghababian
Two Worcester physicians, Lynda M. Young and Richard Aghababian, have been elected as officers of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Young, a pediatrician with Chandler Pediatrics and chief of the division of community pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Children's Medical Center in Worcester, was chosen as the MMS's president-elect.
Young is heavily involved in a number of professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Worcester District Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She also serves on the boards of directors of the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, the International Center of Worcester, Fallon Community Health Plan and UMass Memorial Health Care.
She has a medical degree from the State University of New York and lives in Worcester.
Aghababian, an associate dean of continuing medical education at UMass Medical School and a professor of emergency medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center, was elected as the MMS's vice president.
Aghababian is a diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has served in leadership positions with the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Airway Management, the International Board of Medical Advisors for Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia, the Central Massachusetts Emergency Medical Systems and the Massachusetts State Advisory Board of Emergency Medical Services.
Between 1992 and 2007, he chaired the Department of Emergency Medicine at UMass Medical Center.
He lives in Southborough and is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
The two will serve one-year terms in their new positions with the MMS.
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