Stuart
Chipkin, M.D.
Endocrinologist
31 Hall Drive
Amherst, MA 01002
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Dr. Chipkin joined Valley Medical Group in September of 2004.
Before joining VMG, Dr. Chipkin was Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield,
MA and had been on the faculty of
University of Massachusetts, Amherst in
the School of Public Health and Health
Sciences. He is a Board Certified Endocrinologist whose special areas of interest include Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Thyroid Disorders and Care of Trans-gendered Individuals. Dr. Chipkin graduated from S.U.N.Y in Brooklyn, N.Y. He did his residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA, and his research and Clinical Fellowship in the Div. of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of MA Medical Center in Worcester, MA. He is accepting new patients at our Amherst Medical Center.
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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Guests on
a recent program included Stuart R.
Chipkin,
M.D., Chair of the
Massachusetts Medical Society's Committee
on Nutrition and physician at
Valley Medical Group in Amherst, MA.
Follow the link below to read the
article on the Mass Medical Society
website for his work on Obesity.
http://www.massmed.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=17071
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Mercedes Clingerman,
PA
-C,
M.S. Endocrinology
31
Hall Drive
Amherst
,
MA
01002
413-256-8561
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Before
joining VMG, Ms. Clingerman worked in a
community health center in the Worcester
,
MA
area and prior to that with a surgeon in
Springfield
,
MA
. She graduated from Springfield
College
and has her M.S. from Wayne
State
University
in
Detroit
,
MI
.
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