Worcester District Medical Society Officers 2024-2025
President: Alwyn Rapose, MD
Vice President: Michelle Hadley, DO
Secretary: Justin Maykel, MD
Treasurer: Adib Karam, MD
MMS District Meeting Calendar
District Medical Society Cities and Towns
District Medical Society Dues
Contact Information
E-mail:
mwright@wdms.org
Mailing Address: 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608
Telephone Number: (508) 753-1579
District Event/Activity Contact: Martha G. Wright, MBA, executive director (508) 753-1579
About the Worcester District Medical Society
The Society, founded in 1794, remains dedicated to helping physicians serve their patients and maintaining and improving the quality of health care. Worcester District Medical Society is part of the federation of organized medicine which includes the
Massachusetts Medical Society and the American Medical Association serving as an advocate for physicians and their patients. With its offices in beautiful Mechanics Hall, WDMS is the third oldest medical society in the United States and remains dedicated
to helping physicians serve their patients. The Medical Society publishes Worcester Medicine, a bi-monthly magazine focusing on national and local health care issues. Click here to view the current and past issues. If you wish to submit an article, please contact WDMS directly.
The Worcester Medical Library, Inc., was founded by the Society in 1798. Today it exists as a collection of rare books and artifacts that has been transformed into a center for the history of medicine in this region, offering references in medical history. For more information about the library, contact the Worcester
District Medical Society headquarters.
The Worcester District Medical Society is your local connection to organized medicine in Central Massachusetts. Please visit our website, www.wdms.org, for upcoming meetings, community
resources, membership and medical student scholarship applications, membership benefits and publications.
District News
Dr. Kathryn Edmiston honored by the Worcester District Medical Society as 2024 Community Clinician of the Year
Dr. Kathryn Edmiston has been selected as the Worcester District Medical Society’s 2024 (WDMS) Community Clinician of the Year.
Edmiston is the director of the Bob Quinlan Breast Center at UMass Memorial and is known for her leadership on the Cancer Committee and IRB where she was able to advance the modern treatment paradigms for Breast Cancer care and advance new treatments
and trials. Edmiston is a medical oncologist and has dedicated her career to her patients and their families and is considered to be the “go-to expert” in Central Massachusetts.
She received her MD and completed her residency at Pritzker School of Medicine in Chicago. She went on to a Medical Oncology fellowship at Mass General Hospital, Boston and then came to the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial
Healthcare in Worcester, where she has practiced for the past 35 years.
Edmiston is an associate professor at UMass Chan, where she serves on multiple committees, has led a variety of educational activities and mentored countless students, residents and fellows.
Her passion for her work is demonstrated through a variety of grants, published peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed articles, books, and chapters. Her list of honors and awards is impressive, and she has been a member of the Massachusetts Medical
Society and WDMS since 1991.
