J. Matthew Ducey of Wareham received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School on Sunday, June 3 at ceremonies held on the Medical School campus in Worcester.

Ducey is the son of Jack and the late Carol Ducey of Wareham.

Ducey earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude in Biology from Providence College in 2008. He graduated from Wareham High School in 2004.

Following graduation, Ducey will serve his residency in Family Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School was created in 1962 by an act of the Massachusetts legislature to enable state residents to study medicine at an affordable cost and to increase the number of primary care physicians practicing in underserved areas in the state.

Located in Worcester, the school attracts more than $270 million in research funding annually and accepts 125 students per class.

The mission of the University of Massachusetts Medical School is to advance the health and well-being of the people of the Commonwealth and the world through pioneering education, public service and health care delivery.

For more information, visit www.umassmed.edu.