Press Release: 5/16/2025

Dr. Sarah Kleinschmidt honored by Massachusetts Medical Society with Early Career Physician Leadership Award

 

May 15, 2025

WALTHAM – Dr. Sarah Kleinschmidt, regional chief of emergency medicine for Baystate Noble Hospital, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) as the 2025 recipient of the organization’s Barbara A. Rockett, MD Early Career Physician Leadership Award, which recognizes an early career physician who has demonstrated exemplary leadership in organized medicine, patient advocacy, and mentorship.

Kleinschmidt is an assistant fellowship director with Baystate Wilderness Medicine and is a member and education chair of that organization’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She is a rising leader with the MMS for which she serves as vice-chair of the membership committee and a delegate for the Society’s Hampshire District. 

She is a graduate of Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine.

The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the statewide professional association for physicians and medical students, supporting 25,000 members. We are dedicated to educating and advocating for the physicians of Massachusetts and patients locally and nationally. A leadership voice in health care, the MMS contributes physician and patient perspectives to influence health-related legislation at the state and federal levels, works in support of public health, provides expert advice on physician practice management, and addresses issues of physician well-being. Under the auspices of the NEJM Group, the MMS extends our mission globally by advancing medical knowledge from research to patient care through the New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM Catalyst, and the NEJM Journal Watch family of specialty publications, and through our education products for health care professionals: NEJM Knowledge+, NEJM Resident 360, and our accredited and comprehensive continuing medical education programs.