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Art in bloom
A small bee sits on a bouquet of cheerful red paper flowers that soon will brighten the room of a patient undergoing cancer treatments at the MGH. While it may look like a simple design element by floral arrangement artist Amanda Baudanza, its meaning is deeply personal, as it honors her late husband TJ Baudanza.
MGH team in Mozambique supports Cyclone Kenneth recovery efforts
The MGH Center for Global Health (CGH) Office of Global Disaster Response deployed a six-person team on May 8 to support residents affected by Cyclone Kenneth in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.
Scientific Advisory Committee meeting focuses on challenges facing research faculty
The 2019 Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting reflected a shift in focus from the progress of research at the MGH to the challenges facing members of the hospital’s research faculty.
Asthma awareness at MGH Revere
The MGPO Population Health team sponsored an information table at the Revere Healthcare Center pediatrics practice May 9 in recognition of Asthma Awareness Month, featuring educational handouts about asthma overall and asthma trigger management.
Ebola readiness: Staff practice proper lab procedures
April 26, noon: A blue cooler containing specimen samples is wheeled to the Microbiology Biothreats Laboratory in the Jackson Building. It is in this 283-square-foot room where, for the next three hours, a group of laboratory technicians will carefully and efficiently test the samples for possible Ebola virus disease as well as other labs that will help direct patient care.
Making a mark on mentorship
“You can make all the rules and set all the examples, but unless you change the culture you’ve got nothing,” said Keith Lillemoe, MD, chief of the Department of Surgery, at the 11th annual Nancy J. Tarbell, MD Faculty Development Lectureship Series.
Popcorn and police officers
Emergency vehicles and crew members took over the Bulfinch Lawn as children gathered for the MGH’s second Touch-A-Truck event May 15.
Announcement of Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
We are pleased to announce that Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, has been selected to fill this key role as the hospital’s first Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, effective May 15, 2019.
MGHfC highlights innovations in pediatric research at 11th Annual Research Day
This past May marked the 11th anniversary of MGHfC Research Day, an annual event that recognizes the pioneering research of investigators throughout the hospital whose discoveries help to better understand childhood health and disease. The focus of this years’ event was on innovation and taking children’s health and medicine even farther into the future with cutting edge care and research.
A triple team: Bunnell family carries on tradition of careers in medicine
Medicine and health care have become career traditions of sorts in the Bunnell family. As graduation day approaches, Megan Bunnell is excited to begin her OB-GYN training in the same residency program that her mother, Mari-Kim, trained at years ago. Megan, whose father is a pediatrician at an MGHfC affiliate office, shared her experience growing up with parents in the medical field in an article published in Obstetrics and Gynecology, a journal from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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