Lynda M. Young, MD ’73, FAAP

Lynda M. Young, MD ’73, FAAP, has provided pediatric primary care for 34 years in a three-physician independent practice in Worcester, Mass., and is currently continuing her teaching and advocacy work on the local, state and national levels. She also has served as the pediatric ambulatory physician leader at the Children’s Medical Center, UMass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus in Worcester and as a clinical professor of pediatrics at UMass Medical School.

Young has a long and distinguished record of activity in organized medicine. She is a past president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), serves as chair of the AAP Committee on Federal Government Affairs and is a past member of the AAP National Nominating Committee.

Young was the first woman president of the Worcester District Medical Society. From 2011 to 2012, she served as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and is currently chair of their Committee on Publications. She is a delegate to the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates and serves on their Council on Medical Service.

A native of Snyder, N.Y., Young earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at UB and completed her residency at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.