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SUMMARY:151st Annual Meeting - December 4\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:The meeting will include the election of officers and directors of the Chamber as well as an update on the Chamber's Recruit\, Retain and Incubate agenda. \n\n\n\nSponsorship is available now. This event will sell out.\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker: David D. McManus\, Chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School\n\n\n\nPhoto courtesy: Faith Ninivaggi\n\n \nDavid D. McManus\, MD'02\, ScM'12\, MBA\, professor of medicine\, renowned clinical and research cardiologist\, and expert in digital medicine\, is the chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. McManus was appointed  in April 2026 and began his tenure in June 2026.\n\nHe is the first alumnus to lead UMass Chan.\n\nMcManus is the founding director of UMass Chan's Program in Digital Medicine and has secured more than $140 million in National Institutes of Health funding. He has published more than 400 scientific papers focused on digital health and cardiovascular care. Throughout his career\, he has led efforts to train the next generation of healthcare innovators and researchers through programs funded by the NIH and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has advised and mentored more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students\, research staff\, postdoctoral trainees and faculty members.\n\nNotably\, McManus was the principal investigator on the $123 million Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics\, or RADx\, grant\, which was awarded by the NIH during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop innovative strategies for testing that proved essential to safeguarding community health and slowing disease spread. The RADx grant is the largest funding award in University of Massachusetts' history.\n\nMcManus earned his MD from the T.H. Chan School of Medicine in 2002. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California San Francisco before returning to UMass Chan\, where he completed a cardiovascular medicine fellowship and a clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:14px\;">The meeting will include the election of officers and directors of the Chamber as well as an update on the Chamber&#39\;s&nbsp\;<em>Recruit\, Retain and Incubate</em> agenda.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<strong><a href="https://www.worcesterchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-Annual-Meeting-Sponsorship-Opportunities-.pdf">Sponsorship is available now</a><a href="https://www.worcesterchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-Annual-Meeting-Sponsorship-Opportunities.pdf">. </a>This event will sell out.</strong><br />\n<br />\nKeynote Speaker:&nbsp\;<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">David D. McManus\, Chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School<br />\n<img alt="" height="233" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2083/Image/ChancellorMcManus.JPG" style="width: 375px\; height: 233px\;" width="375" /><br />\nPhoto courtesy: Faith Ninivaggi</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 24px\; padding: 0px\; font-size: 14.5px\; line-height: 1.45em\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Sarabun\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">David D. McManus\, MD&rsquo\;02\, ScM&rsquo\;12\, MBA\, professor of medicine\, renowned clinical and research cardiologist\, and expert in digital medicine\, is the chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. McManus <a href="https://www.umassmed.edu/news/articles/2026/04/david-d.-mcmanus-appointed-chancellor-of-umass-chan-medical-school" style="box-sizing: border-box\; transition: 0.3s\; color: rgb(0\, 15\, 159)\;">was appointed&nbsp\; in April 2026</a> and began his tenure in June 2026.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 24px\; padding: 0px\; font-size: 14.5px\; line-height: 1.45em\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Sarabun\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">He is the first alumnus to lead UMass Chan.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 24px\; padding: 0px\; font-size: 14.5px\; line-height: 1.45em\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Sarabun\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">McManus is the founding director of UMass Chan&rsquo\;s Program in Digital Medicine and has secured more than $140 million in National Institutes of Health funding. He has published more than 400 scientific papers focused on digital health and cardiovascular care. Throughout his career\, he has led efforts to train the next generation of healthcare innovators and researchers through programs funded by the NIH and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has advised and mentored more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students\, research staff\, postdoctoral trainees and faculty members.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 24px\; padding: 0px\; font-size: 14.5px\; line-height: 1.45em\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Sarabun\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Notably\, McManus was the principal investigator on the $123 million Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics\, or RADx\, grant\, which was awarded by the NIH during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop innovative strategies for testing that proved essential to safeguarding community health and slowing disease spread. The RADx grant is the largest funding award in University of Massachusetts&rsquo\; history.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 24px\; padding: 0px\; font-size: 14.5px\; line-height: 1.45em\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: Sarabun\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">McManus earned his MD from the T.H. Chan School of Medicine in 2002. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California San Francisco before returning to UMass Chan\, where he completed a cardiovascular medicine fellowship and a clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship.</p>\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:DCU Center 50 Foster Street\, Worcester Third Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260731T032412Z
URL:http://business.clintonareachamber.org/events/details/151st-annual-meeting-december-4-2026-21324
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