[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING DR. LYNDA YOUNG

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 9, 2012

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate 
Dr. Lynda Young on her successful term as President of the 
Massachusetts Medical Society.
  Dr. Young has a long and distinguished record of activity in 
organized medicine. She practiced at Chandler Pediatrics in Worcester, 
Massachusetts for 34 years and was Chief of the Division of Community 
Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Children's 
Medical Center for over 30 years.
  During her presidency, Dr. Young expertly and deftly represented the 
interests of physicians and their patients throughout the pioneering 
state negotiations over health care delivery and payment reform. At the 
national level, her expertise and leadership style have frequently been 
recognized as other policymakers learn from the Massachusetts 
experience.
  She has also served as president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the 
American Academy of Pediatrics and has chaired its Committee on 
Continuing Education. A past president of the Worcester District 
Medical Society, she has held every office in the district. She has 
served as MMS President-Elect and Vice President, respectively, and has 
been a member of the Board of Trustees and House of Delegates.
  Dr. Young's dedication to her patients, her family and physician 
colleagues has earned her a number of professional and civic accolades, 
including from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pernet Family 
Health Service, the YWCA of Central Massachusetts, the Montachusett 
Girl Scout Council, Notre Dame Academy in Worcester, and the City of 
Worcester's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women. This year Dr. 
Young will serve as the commencement speaker at the Mass. College of 
Pharmacy and Health Sciences, where she will receive an honorary 
Doctorate of Science.
  In addition to her busy pediatric practice, Dr. Young is a respected 
presence in the Worcester community. She is active in a number of 
Worcester organizations, serving as a member of the Board of Directors 
of the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, the International 
Center of Worcester, the Parent Family Health Service, and the City of 
Worcester Board of Health, among others.
  I have had the utmost pleasure of knowing Dr. Young both 
professionally and personally for a number of years, including as my 
own children's pediatrician. Dr. Young epitomizes the compassionate 
pediatrician. Her exuberance and enthusiasm for her young patients are 
matched only by her expertise and medical knowledge.
  I want to thank Dr. Young for her immense contributions and 
dedication to the pediatric and larger medical community in Central 
Massachusetts, and I wish her continued happiness with her family, Dr. 
Bob Sorrenti, their two sons and daughters-in-law and their precious 
grandson, Jack.

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