Dr. Mitchell Bellucci
After graduating from West Babylon High School in 1973, Mitchell
Bellucci traveled to Nebraska for higher education and received a
medical degree from University of Nebraska College of Medicine.
Moving
back to the East Coast to practice medicine as an obstetrician
gynecologist, he did his residency training at Women & Infants
Hospital in Rhode Island. Then he established Women’s Healthcare in
Milford, MA in 1988.
Dr. Bellucci made his mark in advancing women’s health care. During
his 33 years in private practice, he helped over 10,000 patients and
delivered over 3,500 babies. He patented a device that tests for
fetal stress and helps to protect nurses from exposure to
contaminants during delivery. Dr. Bellucci is always looking for
ways to help women throughout their life. When women reach the age
of 50, their estrogen drops and he realized that bone density is an
important component to
women's health. The Milford Regional Medical Center didn't
have a bone density unit at the time so he helped create one and
taught primary care doctors the value of testing for it. He also
helped
develop the CO2 Surgical Laser that is designed to treat
pre-cancerous conditions.
As part of the Milford community, he created a public access show
called “Pasta Playoffs” which showcased another of his passions:
cooking. The premise of the show is that numerous “grandmas” compete
against him in making a pasta sauce. The final dishes were then
judged by three randomly chosen clients at a local restaurant. To
see the first episode, click: https://youtu.be/pZnz5gqa0jk. In
addition, he gave back to the senior community. He helped a friend
finance a therapy dog, Charlie, for a local nursing home. He would
bring Charlie to two Alzheimer units in the area to meet and greet
with the groups and conduct weekly music therapy classes for the
residents.
After creating the Pasta Playoffs series of videos, he volunteered
at the Italian-American Veterans Club Post 40. After just two
months, he wanted to tell th eir stories. He created a local cable
access show called “I.T.A.M. Vets, Local Heroes.” (I.T.A.M. stands
for Italian-American Veterans.) In this documentary, he interviewed
five local residents who represented a different part of WW II, from
the attack on Pearl Harbor, to the storming of Normandy, to the
Battle of the Bulge, to Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped.
For more details, click:
https://www.milforddailynews.com/x2071997304/Cable-TV-show-highli
ghts-Milford-veterans-stories.
Dr. Bellucci retired last summer after 40 years of providing quality medical care. He thanks teachers who really listened and helped: Mr. Simpson, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Burke, and Superintendent Mr. Wilensky.