Family Health Center of Worcester Board of Directors and staff annually honor the contributions of community members and/or organizations for their dedication to the patients and communities we serve. Awards are presented at FHCW's Annual Meeting each year. Congratulations to past and present recipients!
Healthy Communities Award
2019 – Matilde Castilde, MD, Commissioner of Health and Human Services, City of Worcester
2018 – MaryLou Sudders, MSW, ACSW, Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Executive Office of Health & Human Services
2017 – Maureen F. Binienda, Superintendent, Worcester Public Schools
2016 – Mayor Joseph M. Petty and City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr., City of Worcester
2015 –State Representative Mary S. Keefe, Massachusetts
2014 – Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Division of Health Care Facility Licensure & Certification
2013 – State Senator Michael O. Moore, Massachusetts
State Representative John J. Mahoney, Massachusetts
State Representative James J. O'Day, Massachusetts
2012 – Charles F. Monahan, President, MCPHS University
2011 – James W. Hunt, Jr., PhD, President/CEO, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
2010 – Massachusetts State Senator Richard T. Moore
2009 – Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray, Massachusetts
2008 – Neighborhood Health Plan
2007 – Dennis Irish, Worcester City Council
2006 – Joseph C. O'Brien, City of Worcester School Committee
2006 – Barbara G. Haller, Worcester City Council
2005 – Senator Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Massachusetts
2004 – Representative Robert P. Spellane, Massachusetts
2003 - Representative Vincent A. Pedone, Massachusetts
2002 – Janice L. Nadeau, Worcester City Council
2001 – Congressman James P. McGovern
2000 – John R. Ford, Undersecretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
1999 – Bruce M. Bullen, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Medical Assistance
1998 – Representative Harriette L. Chandler, Massachusetts
1997 – David H. Mulligan, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
1996 – Senator Matthew J. Amorello, Massachusetts
Senator Robert Bernstein, Massachusetts
1995 – Representative Kevin O'Sullivan, Massachusetts
1994 – David P. Forsberg, Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Executive Office of Health & Human Services
Dr. Felix G. and Mrs. Anne M. Cataldo Lifetime Achievement Award
2019 – Jane Ashe, BSN, RN, Family Health Center of Worcester
2018 – Daniel Lasser, MD, MPH, Chair and Professor, Family
Medicine and Community Health, UMass Medical School
2016 – Sarah H. Cheeseman, MD, Professor of Medicine,
Pediatrics, and Microbiology and Physiological Systems UMass Memorial Health
Care and UMass Medical School
2015 – Patricia A. Reidy, DNP, Family Health Center of
Worcester
2014 – Lucy Candib, MD, Family Physician, Family Health
Center of Worcester and Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community
Health, UMass Medical School
2013 – Linda Weinreb, MD, Vice Chair, Director of Research, University
of Massachusetts Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center
2012 – Julia V. Johnson, MD, Chair of Obstetrics and
Gynecology UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center
2009 – Warren J. Ferguson, MD , Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community
Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School
2007 – Joseph H. Oyer, MD
2006 – Glenn A. Meltzer, MD
2005 – Leonard J. Morse, MD, Commissioner of Health and
Human Services, City of Worcester