E107: Heart Health Talk with Dr. Michael Bihari

Dr. Michael Bihari moved to Falmouth in 2001. He is a retired
pediatrician, health educator and healthcare consultant. Mike
started to volunteer at a homeless shelter for families in
Cataumet, which led to 20+ years of service to the Falmouth
community.

As a volunteer his activities included: conducting cooking classes
and packing food for clients at the Falmouth Service Center; 4
years on the Falmouth Education Foundation Board of Directors; 2
years mentoring a student in VIPS; and, Chair of the Steering
Committee of the Falmouth Prevention Partnership—a sic-year
commitment to help decrease drug and alcohol use among local teens,
including writing more than 125 articles for his 'Risky Business'
column in the Falmouth Enterprise. 

In the early 2000s, Mike started volunteering at the Falmouth Free
Clinic. He joined the clinic’s Board of Directors and over the next
several years, as Board President, he helped to guide the
organization into becoming a federally funded community health
center and a provider of primary care services for thousands of
Cape residents. 

In 2017, he joined the Neighborhood Falmouth Board of Directors and
served as President for 5 years. He created the organization’s
website and wrote most of its content and, during the COVID
pandemic, wrote the Neighborhood Falmouth Cookbook. As part of his
work to make Falmouth a healthier community for older adults, he
worked with Neighborhood Falmouth to focus on Aging in Place as the
organization’s unique contribution to the town and to find ways to
help older adults combat loneliness.

In 2023, he was selected by the town to serve on the Falmouth Human
Services Committee, which he currently co-chairs. 

RESOURCES:
Women's Heart Health: https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/
National Library of Medicine: https://medlineplus.gov