Residency Faculty

Daniel Lasser, M.D., M.P.H., Chairman, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health UMass Memorial Health Care
Associate Professor
State University of New York, Buffalo, 1974
Internship: SUNY/Buffalo, 1975
Family Practice Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center (MN), 1977 

Robert Baldor, M.D., Vice Chairman, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Memorial Health Care
Associate Professor
University of Vermont School of Medicine, M.D., 1983
Family Practice Residency: Hahnemann Family Health Center/UMass, 1986 

Dennis Dimitri, M.D., Vice Chairman, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Memorial Health Care
Assistant Professor
George Washington University School of Medicine, M.D., 1979
Family Practice Residency:  UMass/Hahnemann Family Health Center, 1982

Gerald Gleich, M.D., Medical/Education Director - Hahnemann Family Health Center
Geriatrics Coordinator
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts, M.D., 1984
Family Practice Residency: Regional Family Health Center/UMass, 1987

"One of the aspects of teaching that I enjoy is its constantly changing nature. No two learners are exactly the same and my teaching skills develop as I work with different learners. It is gratifying to see residents and students develop into experienced clinicians, knowing that I may have influenced that development." 

Areas of Interest:  Geriatrics, and the full range of Family Practice.

Jay Broadhurst, M.D., M.H.A., Associate Residency Director
Practice Management Coordinator
Community Medicine/Substance Abuse
Assistant Professor
Medical College of Virginia, M.H.A., 1978, M.D., 1982
Internship: MCV Family Practice Residency, 1983
Family Practice Residency: Regional Family Health Center/UMass, 1985 

Jeremy Golding, M.D., Associate Residency Director
Director, Family Medicine Inpatient Service, UMass
Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve Univ School of Med, Cleveland, OH, M.D., 1987
Family Medicine Residency: Highland Hospital & University of Rochester, 1990 

"Keeping my teaching current, exciting, and learner-centered is my greatest professional challenge.  It is also what I love most about my job.  Having been in the private practice of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine for 10 years before coming to UMass, I feel well-equipped to teach in the Inpatient and Outpatient settings.  Our residents come with diverse interests and needs and are supported by an equally diverse, intelligent, and compassionate faculty committed to resident education. " 

Areas of Interest:  Evidence Based Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Women's Health, Computers and Electronic technology in Medicine

Stacy Potts, M.D., Worcester Family Medicine Residency Director
Ambulatory Woman's Health Coordinator
Assistant Professor
University of Vermont College of Medicine, M.D., 1998
Family Practice Residency: Barre Family Health Center/UMass, 2001 

Linda Clark, M.D., Obstetric Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Eastern Virginia Medical School, M.D., 1995
Family Practice Residency: Hunterdon Medical Center, 1998
Areas of Interest:  Colposcopy, Patient Education, Family-Centered Maternity Care, enjoys the full scope of Family Medicine

Alexander Blount, Ed.D., Director of Behavioral Science
Associate Professor of Family Medicine and community Health
University of Massachusetts @ Amherst, Ed.D., 1976

"We are bulding a program in which clinical collaboration between residents and psychologists is central to the learning experience of both." 

Areas of Interests:  Health behavior change, chronic pain, adherence to medical regimens and family approaches to primary care.  Also interested in bringing behavioral health providers into primary care.