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Dr. Barbara Rockett, first female president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, dies at 89
By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated April 19, 2021, 2 hours ago
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In addition to her many other accomplishments, Dr. Barbara Rockett was a fine equestrian.
As a surgical resident 60 years ago, Dr. Barbara Rockett was 8½ months pregnant, moonlighting and making house calls for $10 a visit, when she arrived at a Newton house and climbed three flights of stairs to visit a man in distress.
He told her his symptoms, she checked his vital signs, and then called an ambulance after diagnosing a leaking aortic aneurysm.
First female president of Massachusetts medical society dies
April 20, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) The first female president of the Massachusetts Medical Society has died at 89.
The Boston Globe reports that Dr. Barbara Rockett died last week. The Brookline resident was making house calls and serving on a number of boards into her 80s, but her health had declined in recent years.
Rockett served as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society in the 1980s and help lead a successful campaign to curb the rising cost of malpractice insurance in the state, according to the paper.
She was also president of the medical staff at the former Hahnemann Hospital in Worcester and worked at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
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