WALTHAM - Dr. Mary Beth Miotto, a Northboro resident and pediatrician with Mattapan Community Health Center, has been selected by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) as the 2024 recipient of the Society’s Special Award for Excellence in Medical Service, honoring a physician who has made a distinguished demonstration of compassion and dedication to the medical needs of his or her patients and the general public.
Miotto, who graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine, is president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. With MMS, she serves as chair of the Committee on Student Health and Sports Medicine and is a past president of the Middlesex West District Medical Society.
Miotto has helped the Medical Society expand its efforts to communicate important health care-related information with member physicians, patients, and the public by sharing her aptitude and affinity for social media with colleagues and leads the MMS Communications Advisory Group.
“As the president of the MMS, I have been impressed with (Miotto’s) thoughtful approach to our complicated health care system,” Massachusetts Medical Society president Dr. Barbara Spivak said. “She has been an outstanding and outspoken supporter of care for immigrants, for underserved special needs children and those on the autism spectrum. Her dedication to her patients, to pediatrics and to the MMS makes her an ideal candidate for this award.”
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the statewide professional association for physicians and medical students, supporting 25,000 members. We are dedicated to educating and advocating for the physicians of Massachusetts and patients locally and nationally. A leadership voice in health care, the MMS contributes physician and patient perspectives to influence health-related legislation at the state and federal levels, works in support of public health, provides expert advice on physician practice management, and addresses issues of physician well-being. Under the auspices of the NEJM Group, the MMS extends our mission globally by advancing medical knowledge from research to patient care through the New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM Catalyst, and the NEJM Journal Watch family of specialty publications, and through our education products for health care professionals: NEJM Knowledge+, NEJM Resident 360, and our accredited and comprehensive continuing medical education programs.
