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Retired Bassett Clinician Receives Major Award

COOPERSTOWN—Last month, retired Bassett Heathcare Network clinician Dr. Douglas DeLong, MD, MACP was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians.

“I’m truly humbled by this honor,” said Dr. DeLong, “but in reality I received much more personal benefit from my years of affiliation with NYACP than any contributions I may have made.”

In addition to holding many leadership positions within NYACP and the national ACP over the years, Dr. DeLong’s nomination praises his decades as a clinician, teacher, and advocate at Bassett Healthcare Network as an essential reason for his award.

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