Recognizing his decades of caring for the community, Dr. Francis X. Walsh, Medical Director at The Nathaniel Witherell, was honored with a Fairfield County Doctors of Distinction Award in the category of Lifetime Achievement by the Fairfield County Business Journal. Dr. Walsh has been a beloved member of the Witherell’s medical staff for 42 years and has served as the facility’s Medical Director since 2008. He oversees 20 doctors and is responsible for supervising the quality of medical care for 185+ skilled nursing care residents and short-term rehab patients.
“Dr. Walsh is a fixture here and is truly the backbone of what goes on in the Witherell community. He is a highly dedicated professional, collaborates with our entire clinical team, and takes the time to answer all of his patients’ questions,” says Lynn Bausch, Witherell’s Director of Nursing.
While some may know Dr. Walsh from his frequent visits to the Witherell, they may not know that he’s been a physician for over four decades and, at age 74, has one of the busiest practices in nephrology and internal medicine in Greenwich.
In addition to his private practice and work at The Witherell, Dr. Walsh is an attending physician at Greenwich Hospital, where he has been the Director of Nephrology since 1974. He was Chief of the Medical Staff from 1994-1997 and Assistant Chief from 1990-1993 at the hospital. He is also the Medical Director at The Mews in Greenwich.
His prior training, teaching and work have all strengthened his commitment to taking care of the healthcare needs of those he sees at the Witherell. Dr. Walsh is dedicated to making sure both the skilled nursing care residents and the rehab patients are provided with the top-quality medical care that the Witherell is renowned for. “He’s highly committed to the Witherell and takes exceptional care of all those who enter our doors,” says Allen Brown, Witherell’s Executive Director. “It’s a calling – he’s a devoted physician who’s known many of his patients for years and years.”
