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| Harvey G. Clermont, MD | |
| Photo courtesy Joyce Maranto of Maranto Studios |
Beloved by patients and students alike, Harvey G. Clermont, MD, has been named the recipient of the Harry S. Cutting, Jr. Award by Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services. The nonprofit community agency established the award in 1990 in memory of the Shrewsbury philanthropist who was one of its founders. Dr. Clermont, assistant professor of surgery at UMass Medical School, will accept the award at the 11th annual SYFS gala on Saturday, Mar. 14, at Saint John’s High School.
Clermont was born and raised in Adams, Mass., and graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and Harvard Medical School. He began practicing in Worcester in 1973 after serving as a U.S. Navy Medical Officer. Retired from his general and vascular surgery practice, Clermont continues to serve as medical director of the free medical clinic at St. Anne’s Church in Shrewsbury, and the Akwaaba and Greenwood Street free clinics in Worcester. He also founded the Medical Clinic of the Central Massachusetts Shelter for Homeless and the CHANGE to improve health care in South America.
In 2012 Clermont was honored with the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Grant V. Rodkey Award, which recognizes a Massachusetts physician for outstanding contributions to medical education and medical students. His ongoing legacy to UMass Medical School includes his unwavering commitment to the greater Worcester free clinics that he worked tirelessly to establish and keep running, and his endless support of the development and education of students, many of whom have sharpened their clinical skills by volunteering beside him at the free clinics.
