Massachusetts Medical Society honoring Chipkin

Stuart R. Chipkin, research professor in Kinesiology, is being honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its Committee Chair Service Award, which recognizes exceptional leadership and service to the organization.

The award will be presented at the society’s annual awards luncheon on May 17 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.

Chipkin is being recognized for his leadership as chair of the society’s committee on nutrition, which focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of nutrition, fitness and healthy lifestyles. In his two years as chair, Chipkin has led the committee in exploring ways to improve obesity prevention and treatment and promote physical activity through policy development and advocacy, media relations and public service advertising. He has also been a mentor to the medical students and residents on the committee, encouraging working and mentoring relationships between committee members and students and residents interested in the fields of obesity and nutrition.

A board-certified endocrinologist practicing with the Valley Medical Group in Amherst, Chipkin is also the medical consultant for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Diabetes Control and Prevention Program, is a member of the executive committee of the Diabetes Coalition of Massachusetts, and served from 2004-06 as honorary chair for the American Diabetes Association’s Walk for Diabetes. His research in the area of diabetes has been funded by regional and national organizations including the National Institutes of Health and his work has appeared in journals including Diabetes Care, American Journal of Physiology and the American Journal of Medicine.

The oldest continuously operating medical society in the country, the Massachusetts Medical Society, with some 18,600 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The society also publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the world’s leading medical journals.

May 16, 2007.

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