MARIO EMANUEL MOTTA, MD
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS
Massachusetts Aug. 13, 1979
Board Certified in Internal Medicine Sept. 16, 1982
Board Certified in Cardiology Nov. 20, 1985
Nuclear Certification American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,Dec. 1997
Nuclear License user of Salem Hospital and Union Hospital
FELLOWSHIPS
American College of Cardiology1985
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2006
EDUCATION
Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts, Doctor of Medicine May 1978
Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts May 1974
Majors: Physics & Biology; Minor: Mathematics
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, BS
Boston College High School, Dorchester, MassachusettsJune 1970
HOSPITAL TRAINING
Internship, New England Deaconess HospitalJuly 1, 1978 – June 30, 1979
Categorical (Internal Medicine)
Residency, New England Deaconess HospitalJuly 1, 1979 – June 30, 1981
Internal Medicine
Fellowship, New England Deaconess HospitalJuly 1, 1981 – June 30, 1983
Cardiology
WORK EXPERIENCE
Private Practice, North Shore Cardiovascular Associates Inc.
(Now: North Shore Physicians Group) Limited to Cardiology (NSCA) 1983-present
Director Cardiology Physicians Inc., research 1985-2000
APPOINTMENTS
SALEM HOSPITAL, Salem, Massachusetts
Cardiac Care Committee 1988-Present
Credentials Committee 1996-2001
Director, Nuclear Laboratory 1995-2017
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee 1992-Present
Medical Executive Committee 1997-2001
Advisor, Institutional Research Committee 2006-2014
Credential Committee 2012-2014
UNION HOSPITAL, Lynn, Massachusetts
Associate Chief of Medicine Oct. 1991-1995
Medical Executive Committee 1990-1992
Director, Nuclear Laboratory 1990-1994
CARDIOLOGY PHYSICIANS, INC., Salem, Massachusetts
Clinical Research Administrator 1985-2000
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY, Waltham, Massachusetts
Committee on Legislation 1998-2007
Chair 2003-2007
Vice-Chair 2001-2003
Alternate Trustee, Essex South 2002-2007
Delegate, Essex South 1995-Present
Member Interest Network (MIN) Committee 1999-2007
Committee on Pharmacopoeia 1997-1998
Executive VP Search Committee 2000
Chair, Committee Quality and Cost Control 2008-2010
Task force on Medical Liability Reform 2006-2010
Vice President, Massachusetts Medical Society 2007-2008
President-Elect, Massachusetts Medical Society 2008-2009
President, Massachusetts Medical Society 2009-2010
Task force on Health Care Reform (Chair) 2010-2012
Task force on ACO’s 2012-2013
Past Presidents Advisory Committee 2010-present
Long Range Planning Committee 2014-present
ESSEX SOUTH DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY
President 2000-2002
President-Elect 1998-2000
Alternate Trustee ES 2002-2007
Delegate 1995-present
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee AMA elected 2018
Member 1975-present
Student Chapter President, Tufts Medical 1976-1977
Member, New England Delegation 2003-present
Co-Chair, Legislative Reference Committee 2004-2005
Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH) 2008-2016
Executive Council 2012-2015
Delegate, AMA 2007-present
Alternate Delegate 2002-2006
A06 Reference Committee A 2006
USAN Review Board (FDA naming council) 2009-2018
Vice Chair, MMS delegation 2014-2018
GREATER LYNN CARDIAC TESTING
President 1990-2003
SALEM NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
President 1995-2012
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
School Site Chairman for Lower Essex County 1995-1996
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Associate Professor, Medicine 1993-Present
Clinical Instructor, Medicine 1986-1993
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Clinical Instructor, Astrophysics 2012-2014
MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Physicians 1979
Phi Delta Epsilon 1978
Fellow, American College of Cardiology 1985
Fellow, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2006
Massachusetts Medical Society 1975
Essex South District Medical Society 1983
American Medical Association 1975
President, Tufts Medical School Chapter of American Medical Student Association 1977
American Society of Echocardiography 2010
COMMUNITY SERVICE
MEDFORD BOARD OF HEALTH, Medford, Massachusetts Member 1977-1982 Chairman
Energy Committee, Gloucester, Massachusetts 2006-2010
President, Wingaersheek Beach Association 2011-2017
LYNNFIELD SCHOOL SYSTEM, Lynnfield, Massachusetts
Project Astro
Volunteer Astronomy Lecturer 1994-2006
Volunteer Special Teacher
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, Boston, Massachusetts
Planetarium Advisory Board 1994-1996
AWARDS
Boston College Honors Scholarship (4 years), named the “Scholar of Boston College” 1974
“Las Cumbras” Medal from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Community Outreach and Education 2003
Astronomical League “Walter Scott Houston” Award for Amateur and
Professional Collaboration and Work on Light Pollution 2005
Perindello Society Achievement Award for Italian Americans 2002
Stellafane Excellence Award for Telescope Fabrication 1994, 1984
Holyoke Award, North Shore Medical Center 2008
Lifetime Achievement Award (Essex South) 2014
Asteroid named “133537 Mariomotta” 2014
Awarded by the IAU (International Astronomical Union naming body)
Hoag-Robinson Award from IDA 2015
Distinguished Service in Medicine and Astronomy awarded by the Italian Society
Heritage Committee of Massachusetts October 2017
William Tyler Olcott Award for Distinguished Service from the
American Association of Variable Star Observers Nov 2017
ACTIVITIES
AMATEUR TELESCOPE MAKERS OF BOSTON
President 1994-1996
Member, Executive Board 1994-2002
Member 1967-present
Amateur Astronomer
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS (AAVSO)
Member 1991-Present
Member, Executive Board 1996-2001
Gamma Ray Burster Project with NASA 1999-Present
Educational Committee of AAVSO 2006-present
Vice President, AAVSO 2010-2011
President, AAVSO 2011-2013
KELT Transit extra solar planet survey team 2016-present
Organized the Partners in Astronomy Program (via NASA Grant) 1994-1998
INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION
Member 1996-present
Board of trustees 2010-2015
Chair, Committee on Medical Effects of Light Pollution 2010-present
Co-founder of NELPAG (New England Light Pollution Advisory Board) 1992
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Other activities
Sigma Xi (Research Society)
Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Society)
President, Boston College, Society of Astrophysics
President, Paul Dudley White Society of Boston College
Department of Physics Representative Lecturer in Community Outreach Program
Clinical Instructor, “Intro to Astronomy” course for non-science Majors, Boston College 1973
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity
Tufts Medical School Newspaper, Editorial Staff