MARCH EDITION, VOLUME 2024, NO. 3
DAVID HUANG, M.D. – RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 I.B. HARRISON, M.D. HUMANITARIAN AWARD
By Shannon Boyle, CMS Communications and Events Coordinator The Capital Medical Society is pleased to announce Dr. David Huang as the recipient of the 2024 I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award. Each year, this award is presented to a physician who demonstrates dedication to the humanitarian values we associate with the late Dr. I.B. Harrison. These values include compassion, service, respect, wisdom, and integrity. Dr. Huang is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, but at the age of four, his family came to the United States. They moved every few years before finding their long-term home in Plant City, Florida. Upon high school graduation, Dr. Huang traveled 140 miles north to Gainesville, Florida to attend the University of Florida. There, he earned his undergraduate degree in 1982 and his medical degree in 1985. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and to this day strives to live by their motto, “Be worthy to serve the suffering.”
JOSEPH MAZZIOTTA, M.D. – RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 THOMAS L. HICKS, M.D. OUTSTANDING PHYSICIAN AWARD By Shannon Boyle, CMS Communications and Events Coordinator The Capital Medical Society is pleased to announce Dr. Joseph Mazziotta as the recipient of the 2024 Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award. This award honors a physician who has been a leader within the field of medicine and organized medicine while demonstrating clinical excellence and actively contributing to the education of future medical professionals. Dr. Mazziotta is board-certified in family medicine with added certifications in HIV medicine and wound care. Born in Montclair, New Jersey and raised in Nutley, New Jersey, Dr. Mazziotta is the youngest of five children. During his junior year in high school, his family moved to Cape Coral, Florida. In fact, Dr. Mazziotta was in the first graduating class of Cape Coral High School. He then attended Edison Community College (now Florida SouthWestern State College) in Fort Myers, Florida, and the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in biology.
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CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 2024 MEETINGS CALENDAR March 28, 2024 CMS Celebration Awards Dinner 6:30 pm Dunlap Champions Club at FSU
April 16, 2024 CMS Membership & CME Meeting “Periodontal Medicine: Inter-Relationships of Inflammatory Periodontal Diseases and Systemic Health” Presenter: Brian Mealey, D.D.S. 6:00 pm Maguire Center for Lifelong Learning at Westminster Oaks CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 17