Essex South District Medical Society Officers 2024-2025
President: Eric Reines, MD
President-Elect: Ihor Bilyk, MD
Secretary: Kelly C. Pajela, MD
Treasurer: Michael Medlock, MD
Contact Information
E-mail:
nero@mms.org
Mailing Address: 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451-1411
Telephone Number: 781-434-7211 or 800-944-5562
District Event/Activity Contact: Waqaas Bhutta, Manager
Email:
wbhutta@mms.org
Regional Office Assistant: Susan Frazier
Email:
sfrazier@mms.org
ESDMS Medical Student Scholarship Program
Philosophy:
To assist in funding the medical education of a student from an Essex South city or town.
Qualifications:
- Residency in an Essex South community for at least 5 years prior to college, with a desire to return and practice in this area. These communities are: Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead,
Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield and Wenham, Massachusetts.
- Current curriculum vitae, which includes the permanent address, high school with date of graduation, and medical school with expected date of graduation.
- A statement of academic standing from the medical school.
- A letter of recommendation from a district society member, if possible.
- A letter that includes a statement of personal goals.
Scholarships will be awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Essex South District Medical Society (usually in April).
Application Deadline:
By January 1 of the academic year
Email Requirements to:
Susan Frazier, sfrazier@mms.org
Contact:
Waqaas Bhutta, Manager, wbutta@mms.org
Susan Frazier,
sfrazier@mms.org
District News
Essex South District Medical Society held its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at Spinelli's in Peabody, MA
Pictured on left: Michael Medlock, MD (President, Essex South District Medical Society) with Harvey Zarren, MD (2024 Community Clinician of the Year); Pictured on right: Michael Medlock, MD (President, Essex South District Medical Society) with Steven
Keenholtz, MD (2024 Lifetime Achievement Award)
2024 Scholarship Recipients Rachel Goldstein and Kyle Kingston with Michael Medlock, MD
Essex South District Medical Society congratulates the winners of the 2024 Scholarship Award
The winners are:
- Rachel Goldstein, UMass Chan Medical School, Class of 2027
- Kyle Kingston, UMass Chan Medical School, Class of 2027
- Amanda Hamze, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Class of 2027
- Venessa Freedman, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2025
Dr. Harvey Zarren honored by Essex South District Medical Society as the 2024 Community Clinician of the Year
Dr. Harvey Zarren has been caring for patients on the North Shore of Massachusetts since 1975. He practiced medicine as a cardiologist and internist for 32 years, and in 2001 he focused his career on wellness, nutrition, and healing through Clinical Hypnosis
and Healing Relationship at the Connected Healing Institute.
Dr. Zarren graduated from Columbia College in 1965 and Tufts University School of Medicine in 1969. After medical school, Dr. Zarren trained in Internal medicine at Boston City Hospital and spent two years in the United States Navy in Washington D.C.
He then completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at New England Medical Center. Dr. Zarren cared for internal medicine and cardiology patients at Lynn Hospital, the AtlantiCare Medical Center and subsequently the North Shore Medical Center.
In 1994, Dr. Zarren was awarded the Physician of Excellence Award at AtlantiCare Medical Center, and he was recently the recipient of the 19th E. Augustus Holyoke Award for professional excellence and community service at NSMC.
Dr. Zarren served as Associate Chief of Medicine at Lynn Hospital from 1982-1984 and 1986-1990. He was director of the cardiac care unit at Union Hospital, Lynn, Massachusetts in 1985 and from 1990-2019 he was the Physician Director, The Healing Connection
at NSMC/Union Hospital.
Dr. Steven Keenholtz honored by Essex South District Medical Society with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Steven Keenholtz was honored with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by Essex South District of the Massachusetts Medical Society. His career spanned 40 years. After finishing his fellowship in Infectious Diseases he opened a practice that was
focused on primary care, specialty consultation, hospital epidemiology, and teaching the next generation of medical providers. He also worked closely with social service agencies, substance abuse providers, and Hospice of the North Shore to develop
a fully integrated care network for patients and families.
Dr. Keenholtz was the first board certified Infectious Disease specialist to practice in Essex County. He was the Hospital Epidemiologist at Beverly Hospital, Hunt Memorial Hospital and J.B. Thomas Hospital. He joined the faculty of Harvard Medical
School and served as a preceptor to 3rd year medical students as part of their Primary Care Clerkship. He served on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine and helped educate residents in the Beverly Hospital Family Practice Residency.
Within his practice Dr Keenholtz developed a Travel Medicine Clinic which offered preventative services to clients embarking on various journey whether for pleasure, education, business, medical emergencies, governmental work, and those visiting friends
and relatives.
During his last 18 months in practice COVID 19 caused a shift from in person to remote platforms. He participated in the Beth Israel Lahey Health committee which developed the protocols to reopen primary care to in person visits 6 months before the
vaccines were available.
