Hugh Silk, MD, FAAFP

Hugh Silk, MD, FAAFP, is a family physician and Education Director at Hahnemann Family Health Center/UMASS Family Medicine Residency in Worcester, MA and is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He graduated from McMaster Medical School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and did his residency at University of Massachusetts Family Medicine Residency in Worcester. Hugh moderates a weekly list serve of clinical success stories written by family doctors and learners. He runs the humanities in medicine workshops for the residents, has used film in his teaching of medical students, and is an active member of the medical school's humanities in medicine committee. He has also taught undergraduates about literature and social reflection at Harvard University with Robert Coles.