OBGYN with Heywood Healthcare in Gardner, MA

Heywood Medical Group is a non-profit physician organization affiliated with Heywood Hospital and Athol Hospital with over 70 providers specializing in primary and specialty care. Our primary care
physicians focus on Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine while our specialty care
physicians focus on the areas of Addiction Medicine, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery,
Infectious Disease, Obesity, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Rheumatology,
and Urology.

Heywood Hospital is a state-of-the-art community hospital serving the Greater Gardner community,
featuring modern imaging services, including new MRI and 64-slice CT machines. Opened in 2011,
the $37 million Watkins Center features a 21-bed emergency center, private inpatient adult
medical/surgical/telemetry beds, a six-bed ICU with 24/7 eICU services, mental health unit, geriatric
psych unit and wound clinic. There is 24/7 specialist coverage in cardiology, OB/GYN, orthopedics,
general surgery and pediatrics as well as a strong hospitalist service.

Athol Hospital is a non-profit 25 bed acute care critical access hospital serving nine communities
in the North Quabbin Region, only 20 minutes from Heywood Hospital. This facility features a new
state-of-the-art Medical Office Building, imaging services, 24/7 emergency room with 13 beds,
and a swing bed program which transitions patients from acute care to sub-acute care in order to
accommodate rehabilitation needs while recovering. Together, these organizations form Heywood
Healthcare, offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. We are proud of our
exceptionally collegial medical staff, a supportive administrative environment and dedication to
excellence and customer service. These are just some of the features that make Heywood and
the Greater Gardner community an excellent place to practice medicine.

About Gardner, Massachusetts:
The Greater Gardner area is a safe and friendly family-oriented community with much to offer:

• Affordable cost of living
• Well-regarded public and private schools
• Outstanding municipal golf course
• Next door to Mount Wachusett Community College
• Convenient family recreation, sports and shopping
Gardner has 21,000 residents and is located:
• 60 miles from Boston
• 30 miles from Worcester, the state’s second-largest city
• 15 miles from Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
• 15 minutes from a variety of hiking and bike trails, apple farms, pumpkin patches abundant lakes
and other outdoor recreation
• 45 minutes from Mtn. Monadnock, Peterborough, NH. The 2nd most climbed Mtn. in the world
• 2 hours from NH’s Lakes Region, NH & VT ski resorts
• Less than 2 hours from the beautiful coastline

Links to the area:
Heywood Hospital: http://www.heywood.org
Athol Hospital: https://www.atholhospital.org/
Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce: http://www.gardnerma.com
Wachusett Mountain Ski Resort http://www.wachusett.com
Johnny Appleseed County Tourist Center: http://www.appleseed.org
Massachusetts Association of Realtors: http://marealtor.com
Central Massachusetts Visitors Bureau: http://www.massvacation.com/regions-towns/centralmassachusetts