Dr. Witkowski named chief of OB/GYN

Oct. 31, 2013 – Hallmark Health System (HHS), which includes Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital (MWH), is pleased to announce that Daniel Witkowski, MD has been named chairman of the organization’s department of obstetrics and gynecology.

Dr. Witkowski, a resident of Melrose, has been affiliated with HHS since 1993. He is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine.

For more than 100 years, MWH has offered the region the very best in maternal and newborn services including a Level II Special Care Nursery, which provides a higher level of intensive care for babies having medical problems at birth. Our expert team of physicians, nurses, lactation consultants, social workers and others work closely with new mothers and her family to ensure she is off to the best possible start in her journey as a new parent. MWH is also a Baby-Friendly® birth facility, a prestigious internal recognition from Baby-Friendly® USA, which recognizes hospitals that offer breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.

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Hallmark Health System is the premier, charitable provider of vital health services to Boston's northern communities. The system includes Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford; Melrose Wakefield Hospital, Melrose; Hallmark Health Hematology and Oncology Center, Stoneham; The CHEM Center for MRI, Stoneham; Hallmark Health Medical Center, Reading; Hallmark Health VNA and Hospice; Lawrence Memorial/Regis College Nursing and Radiography Programs, Medford and Hallmark Health Medical Associates, Inc. Hallmark Health is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital for cardiology and Tufts Medical Center for neonatology and the Joslin Diabetes Center for diabetes care.