| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2024 Massachusetts Maritime Academy and Southcoast Health Announce Official Partnership BUZZARDS BAY, FALL RIVER, NEW BEDFORD and WAREHAM, Mass. ? Southcoast Health and Massachusetts Maritime Academy are proud to announce their new formal partnership. Through this agreement, Southcoast Health will serve as the official healthcare sponsor of Buccaneer Athletics and support all the Academy’s athletic teams while they compete at the collegiate level throughout the fall and spring seasons. “I am proud to see these organizations come together to promote overall health and wellbeing in our community,” said Matthew Baltz, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon at Southcoast Health. “I have been working closely with Massachusetts Maritime Academy for the past 25 years and look forward to continue supporting the athletes, coaches, and athletic training staff competing in the sports they enjoy.” Drawn together by their shared spirit of collaboration and commitment to the South Coast and Cape Cod regions, Southcoast Health looks forward to strengthening the relationship between the health system and educational institution in the years to come. Earlier this fall, David O. McCready, President and CEO of Southcoast Health, and members of the Southcoast Health leadership team met with Admiral Francis X. McDonald, President of Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and academic leaders for a tour of the Buzzards Bay campus. “We are delighted to partner with Massachusetts Maritime Academy and look forward to working together to identify how we can combine our efforts and make our community a better place to live and work. I am excited to see what we will accomplish in the future,” said McCready. “Massachusetts Maritime Academy provides advanced undergraduate and graduate programs for students looking to pursue careers in Emergency Management, Facilities Engineering and Facilities Management in our region,” McCready continued. “These are critical areas where professionals are always needed within the healthcare industry to ensure our patients and community are cared for safely.” “We appreciate the support of and commitment from Southcoast Health,” added Admiral McDonald. “Through this new partnership, we look forward to even more opportunities to collaborate as we train and support the next generation of leaders." To learn more about Southcoast Health please visit www.southcoast.org. To learn more about Massachusetts Maritime Academy, please visit www.maritime.edu. About Massachusetts Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) is a fully accredited, co-educational, state university offering Bachelor and Master of Science degrees that are highly regarded in the worldwide maritime industry and beyond. For more than 100 years, MMA has prepared students for exciting and rewarding careers on land and sea. As the nation's finest maritime university, MMA challenges students to succeed by balancing a unique regimented lifestyle with a typical four-year college environment. Follow MMA on FB: @massmaritime, @MassMaritime.Advancement; IG: @massmaritime, @mmacademyalumni; Twitter: @MMAadmissions, @MMAcademyAlumni; YouTube: Massachusetts Maritime Academy. About Southcoast Health Founded in 1996, Southcoast Health serves communities across southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as the largest provider of primary and specialty care in the region. The not-for-profit, charitable system includes three acute care hospitals – Charlton Memorial in Fall River, St. Luke’s in New Bedford (a Level II Trauma Center), and Tobey in Wareham, Massachusetts with a physician network of more than 850 providers. The system has established more than 55 service locations across the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including six urgent care locations, a Visiting Nurse Association, the Southcoast Health Cancer Center, the region’s only Level II Adult Trauma Center and numerous ancillary facilities. Southcoast Health has been recognized consecutively for six years in a row as a Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospital from 2019-2024 and named a Maternity Care Access Hospital for 2023-2024 by U.S. News & World Report. The organization was recognized as the best place to work for the seventh consecutive year by Southcoast Media Group’s Community’s Choice awards. With more than 8,000 employees, Southcoast Health is the largest employer in southeastern Massachusetts, and one of the largest employers in the Commonwealth, according to the Boston Business Journal. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org. Media Contacts Elizabeth B. Simmons, LPD Vice President, External Affairs 508-830-6683 esimmons@maritime.edu Massachusetts Maritime Academy Kaitlyn Johnson Manager of Public Communications & Media Relations coxkai@southcoast.org Southcoast Health 
From left to right: Capt. Elizabeth Simmons, MMA; Lauren Sirois, Southcoast Health; James Yeh, MMA; David O. McCready, President & CEO Southcoast Health; Admiral Fran McDonald, MMA; Traci McNeil, Southcoast Health; Mark Whalen, MMA; Alexa Trainor, Southcoast Health; Lauren De Simon Johnson, Southcoast Health; Chris LeBlanc, Southcoast Health; Jim McKenna, MMA; CDR Brigid Pavilonis, MMA.
David O. McCready, President and CEO of Southcoast Health, with Admiral Francis X. McDonald, President of Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
MMA Cadets (left to right) Jackson Holschuh; Collin Fine; Wiliam Browne; Ryan Faria; Miranda Courteau; and Massiel Leon in front of the Training Ship Patriot State. |