UMass Memorial Health board appoints first woman chair, first Latina vice chair
UMass Memorial Health has appointed Dr. Lynda Young as its new board chair, making her the first woman to ever lead the board of the largest health...
UMass Memorial Health has appointed Dr. Lynda Young as its new board chair, making her the first woman to ever lead the board of the largest health system in Central Massachusetts. Young is a pediatrician and a professor of pediatrics at the UMass Chan Medical School. She previously served as the chief of the Division of Community Pediatrics at UMass Memorial Medical Center's Children's Medical Center and chaired the UMass Memorial Medical Group Board for eight years. She takes over the board chair role from Richard Siegrist.