- Greenfield
physician is honored by Franklin District Medical Society
- as 2012 Community
Clinician of the Year
Waltham
– March 28 – Daniel Zinn, M.D., a pediatrician at the Community Health
Center
of Franklin County, has been honored as the 2012 Community Clinician of
the
Year by his physician peers of the Franklin District Medical Society.
The
Community Clinician of the Year Award was established in 1998 by the
Massachusetts Medical Society to recognize a physician from each of the
Society’s 20 district medical societies who has made significant
contributions
to his or her patients and the community and who stands out as a
leading
advocate and caregiver. The award is being presented at the District
Society’s
annual meeting April 5 in Sunderland.
Dr. Zinn has been practicing
medicine in Franklin County
for nearly 35 years. From July 1979 to October 2010, he was in the
private
practice of pediatrics and has been on the staff of Baystate
Franklin
Medical
Center
since 1979. He joined the staff of the Community Health Center in
November of
2010.
In nominating him for the
award, his colleagues said Dr.
Zinn is “a superb clinician, well respected by his patients, their
parents, and
colleagues.”
For the last 20 years, Dr. Zinn
has been chairman of the
Nursery Committee at Baystate Franklin Medical Center and
was an
instructor for 10 years for the Neonatal Resuscitation
Program. From
1999-2005 he served as a medical volunteer in Haiti.
Dr. Zinn received his
bachelor’s degree in biology from McPherson
College
in McPherson, Kansas
and earned his medical degree from the University
of Texas Medical Branch
in Galveston,
Texas.
He served his internship at the University of Marburg Hospital in Marburg, Germany
from 1971-1972 and was medical officer of the Lassa General Hospital in Lassa,
Nigeria
from 1973-1975. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Children’s Mercy Hospital
in Kansas
City, Missouri
from 1976-1979.
The Massachusetts Medical
Society, with more than 23,000 physicians
and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the
patients
and physicians of Massachusetts.
The Society 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
for health care professionals throughout Massachusetts,
conducting a variety of medical education programs for physicians and
health
care professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously
operating
medical society in the country.
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