Cigna Insurance of Bloomfield, Conn., has recognized Southern Vermont Medical Center endocrinologist David M. Gorson, MD, FACE, with the Cigna Care Designated Physician award. This designation uses national standards to recognize physicians who provide high-quality, cost-effective medical care. Cigna encourages its insured patients to use physicians who have received this designation by offering them lower co-pays and coinsurance rates. A member of SVMC’s medical staff since 1992, Dr. Gorson specializes in treating diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases.