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Pittsfield Doctor Honored by Berkshire District Medical Society
12:15PM / Friday, February 27, 2015
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield physician Michael R. McInerney has been recognized by his physician peers of the Berkshire District Medical Society as the district’s 2015 Community Clinician of the Year, an award honoring his professionalism and contributions as a physician.  

McInerney will receive the award at the District’s annual meeting on March 18 at the Berkshire Hills Country Club.

The Community Clinician of the Year Award was established in 1998 by the Massachusetts Medical Society to recognize a physician from each of the Society’s 20 district societies who has made significant contributions to his or her patients and the community and who stands out as a leading advocate and caregiver. The Berkshire District Medical Society is comprised of nearly 500 physicians who live and work throughout Berkshire County.

Board certified in internal medicine, McInerney has been practicing primary care medicine in Pittsfield since 1985, following completion of his internship and residency at Worcester Hospital that year. A 1978 graduate of Union College with a bachelor of science in biology, he earned his medical degree in 1982 from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.

McInerney has been a member of the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center since 1985 and currently serves as vice chairman of BMC’s department of medicine. He has also served on the center’s Medical Executive Committee, Ad Hoc Committees for Peer Review, and the Patient Centered Medical Home Search Committee. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and is a past president of the Berkshire District Medical Society.

The Massachusetts Medical Society, with more than 24,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society, under the auspices of NEJM Group, publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading global medical journal and web site, and NEJM Journal Watch alerts and publications covering 13 specialties. The Society is also a leader in continuing medical education for health care professionals throughout Massachusetts, conducting a variety of medical education programs for physicians and health care professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the country.

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