Heywood Medical Group

Heywood Medical Group is a doctor's practice in Gardner, Massachusetts. It is a non-profit physician organization with more than 75 physicians providing primary care and specialty care. Primary care physicians focus on pediatrics and family practice, while specialty care covers addiction medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, obstetrics and gynecology, occupational health, orthopedics, pediatrics, pulmonology and sleep medicine, rheumatology, surgery, pain and spine care, and urology. The group serves individuals and families in need of health care and works in coordination with Heywood and Athol Hospital. It accepts most forms of insurance and holds a rating of 2.50.

Care is organized across a range of locations and teams, including family medicine practices in Ashburnham, Athol, Encompass, Heywood Primary Care, Summit, and Tully, along with the Center for Women, the Spine and Pain Care Center, and Heywood Urgent Care and Tully Walk-In Care Centers. Addiction medicine services include medication-assisted treatment for opioid, alcohol, and other substance use disorders, comprehensive medical evaluations, personalized recovery plans, relapse prevention support, and coordination with behavioral health, delivered inside a patient's own primary care office. The addiction medicine team includes Maireni Cruz, MD, FACP, and Katherine Fitzgerald, DO.

The practice is located on Green Street in the Medical Art Building, about a tenth of a mile from Heywood Hospital and the Medical Library. The Guild of St. Agnes school is roughly two-tenths of a mile away, and the WGAW-AM tower, Gardner Water Supply Land, and Stedman Playground all sit within about three-tenths of a mile.

With more than 75 physicians spanning primary care and a broad range of specialties, Heywood Medical Group brings coordinated medical care to Gardner and the surrounding communities.