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Updated: October 28, 2019 On the Move

Movers & Shakers: Oct. 28, 2019

THOMAS BODDEN of Shrewsbury is a new associate on the brokerage team at the Worcester real estate agency Kelleher & Sadowsky. Bodden was previously a technology and sales supervisor at Staples in Connecticut. He has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Westfield State University.

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UMass Memorial Medical Group in Worcester has added pathologist Dr. JENNIFER CLARK, neurologist Dr. MEHDI GHASEMI, clinical psychologist Dr. STELLA LOPEZ, and hospitalist Dr. SARA-GRACE REYNOLDS. Clark earned her medical degree from UMass Medical School, completed anatomic and clinical pathology residency training at the medical school and a breast pathology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Ghasemi earned his medical degree from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran, completed fellowship training in neuroscience and neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland, his neurology residency at UMass Medical School, and a clinical fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Lopez earned her degree from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and specializes in clinical psychology at UMass Memorial’s University Campus. Reynolds earned her medical degree from UMass Medical School, completed her internal medicine residency at the Medical School, and completed a year of postgraduate training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

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PAMELA JIMENEZ of Clinton and KRYSTA FERRY

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of Worcester have joined RemodelWerks, a contractor in Shrewsbury. Jimenez is the new project coordinator and has more than seven years of experience in information technology management. Ferry is the new director of marketing for RemodelWerks and two other entities also owned by Joseph Kupstas, Emily’s Interiors and the nonprofit K9 Mission Inc. She has more than four years of marketing and public relations experience and has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Worcester State University.

Attorneys KATIE DORVAL, JONATHAN HAUSNER and PATRICK TRACEY have joined the law firm Bowditch & Dewey as partners, with the firm expanding three practice areas – estate, financial and tax planning; real estate and environmental; and dispute resolution and trials – and growing its Boston, Framingham, and Worcester offices. Dorval, an estate planning attorney, was previously a senior counsel at a MetroWest firm. She has a law degree from Suffolk University in Boston and a bachelor’s degree in history from Syracuse University. Hausner, an attorney in Bowditch’s real estate and environmental group, was previously a partner in a construction practice group at a firm before joining Bowditch, has a law degree from Suffolk University, and a bachelor’s in political science from Roanoke College in Virginia. Tracey, a U.S. Air Force veteran, specializes in class actions, regulatory investigations, financial fraud and consumer finance matters for financial institutions. Prior to joining Bowditch, be was the head of litigation for a large national bank. He has a law degree from Suffolk University and a bachelor’s degree from Western Connecticut State University.

UMass Memorial Medical Group in Worcester has added orthopedic surgeon Dr. DANIEL MANDELL, dermatologist Dr. MEHDI RASHIGHI FIROOZABADI, family medicine physician Dr. VERONICA TORRES, and obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. JOHN YEH. Mandell earned his medical degree from UMass Medical School, completed an orthopedic surgery residency at the medical school, and an orthopedic joint replacement fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He sees patients at UMass Memorial Medical Center Memorial Campus and at UMass Memorial Orthopedics in Westborough. Rashighi Firoozabadi earned his medical degree from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran and completed his dermatology residency program at UMass Medical School. He specializes in dermatology at UMass Memorial Medical Center Hahnemann Campus in Worcester. Torres earned her medical degree from Boston University and completed a family medicine residency program at UMass Medical School. She specializes in family medicine at the Hahnemann Family Health Center. Yeh earned his medical degree from the University of California at San Diego. He completed his obstetrics and gynecology residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Harvard Medical School in Boston, and his reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School in Boston. Yeh specializes in infertility and reproductive endocrinology at UMass Memorial Medical Center Memorial Campus.

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TIMOTHY HARTIGAN is the new membership sales manager for the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. Hartigan is responsible for managing the chamber’s membership recruitment and retention efforts, with a goal of raising the chamber’s visibility. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mount Ida College in Newton and most recently served as a client advisor for the Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Maserati dealership in Wayland.

Indian Hill Music School in Littleton has hired new faculty for the 2019-2020 school year: CHRISTOPHER THIBDEAU, teaching youth orchestras, who has a bachelor’s degree in cello performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music; SIMON ANDREWS, teaching youth orchestras, who earned his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley and won the 1985 Benjamin Britten International Composition Prize; DARBY MARTIN, teaching early childhood and beginner classes, who is a music education graduate of Gordon College in Wenham and traveled extensively with the Gordon College Choir; TONY WATT, teaching bluegrass, who has performed across the United States and Europe; JEAN MELTAUS, teaching piano, who was educated at Westminster College and the New England Conservatory and serves on the piano faculty at Brandeis University in Waltham; ANNA PYON, teaching piano, who earned a master’s degree in music at the New England Conservatory and has performed across the United States, South Korea and China; TIMOTHY SHETLER, teaching piano, who has a doctor of musical arts degree from the New England Conservatory, who has led concert tours throughout the Eastern United States and 26 countries; DOUGLAS SIQUIERA, teaching guitar and ukulele, who was a professional musician in his native Brazil and now plays throughout New England; and SHARON BROADLEY-MARTIN, teaching voice, who studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and the New England Conservatory and has performed at major jazz festivals.

Dr. DANIEL ROBERTS and Dr. LUKE PENG have joined Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center at Milford Regional Hospital. Roberts, a medical oncologist, earned his medical degree from Loyola University in Chicago. He performed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and trained at Beth Israel Deaconess and Harvard Medical School with a clinical fellowship in hematology/oncology. Peng, a radiation oncologist, received his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. He completed an internal medicine internship at Maimonides Medical Center in New York and a residency in radiation oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he was chief resident.

Dr. J. KEVIN NUGENT

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has joined the board of directors of the Discovery Museum in Acton. Nugent, of Acton, is the founder and director of the Brazelton Institute in the Division of Developmental Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, a lecturer in psychology at Harvard Medical School, and a teacher and researcher on newborn behavior and early parent-infant relations at Boston Children’s. He has a degree in philosophy and a doctorate in developmental psychology from Boston College.

UMass Memorial Medical Group in Worcester has added neurosurgeon Dr. JOHN BERRY-CANDELARIO, neurosurgeon Dr. CELINA CRISMAN, surgeon KATE DINH, and hospitalist CHRIS YAN. Berry-Candelario earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, completed his neurosurgery residency programs at the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina, and his neurosurgery fellowship programs in oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland. He specializes in neurological surgery and spine surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus and at HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital’s Leominster Campus. Crisman earned her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and earned a master’s degree in public health from Harvard Medical School. She completed a neurosurgery residency program at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and a neurosurgical oncology fellowship program at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She specializes in neurosurgery UMass Memorial Medical Center University campus. Dinh earned her medical degree from New York Medical College, and completed a general surgery residency program at UMass Medical School and a breast surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She specializes in breast surgical oncology and general surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center’s University and Memorial Campuses. Yan earned his medical degree from the University of Texas San Antonio, and completed an internal medicine residency program at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York. He specializes in internal medicine/hospital medicine at the UMass Memorial Medical Center Memorial Campus and at UMass Memorial – Marlborough Hospital.

KATIE NAJJAR is the new senior vice president of retail at Leominster Credit Union, overseeing the company’s entire branch network, all deposit products and related services as part of the senior management team. She was previously a vice president and market manager at People’s United Bank overseeing eight branches.

The Fitchburg Historical Society has elected volunteers BRUCE LUCIER and JESSIE OLSON to its board of directors. Lucier, a Fitchburg native, has been volunteering for the society for more than five years. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and has degrees in exercise and sports science and computer information systems from Fitchburg State University. Olson is the membership and events manager with the Fitchburg Art Museum, with knowledge of historic artifacts and collections care from her previous position at the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester.

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