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CHA - A DECADE OF EXCELLENCE

System-wide Awards:

  • CHA named one of the Top 100 Most Integrated Health Systems in the US by Verispan (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)
  • Partner Recognition Award from Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). (2003 - 2007)

Award-Winning Programs and Initiatives

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to improve the Quality of Depression Treatment for Ethnic/Racial Minorities (2007)
  • Performance Improvement Initiatives, Mass Excellence Commitment to Excellence Award (2006)
  • Electronic Asthma Registry, Partners Healthcare Nesson Award (2004)
  • Child Assessment Unit, American Psychiatric Association Gold Award (2003)

Awards from the National Assoc. of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH):

  • Cambridge Integrated Clerkship, NAPH Chair's Award (2007)
  • Volunteer Health Advisor Program, NAPH Community and Patient Award (2004)
  • Elimination of Restraints in Child Psychiatry, NAPH Safety Net Award (2003)

Recognition from Harvard Medical School (HMS):

  • Internist Rick Pels, MD, received the A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award from Harvard Medical School (2008)
  • Neurologist Carrie Bernstein, MD, recieves Leonard Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine given by HMS and Arnold Gold Foundation (2007)
  • Psychiatrist Robert M. Levin, MD, received the HMS Psychiatry Certificate of Appreciation and American Psychiatric Association Nancy C.A. Roeske Certificate of Recognition (2007)
  • Neurologist Carrie Bernstein, MD, earns HMS Faculty Prize for Teaching Excellence (2006)
  • Harvard Medical School (HMS) affiliation extended to Cambridge Health Alliance (2005)
  • Jay Burke, MD, Chairman and Chief of Psychiatry, named executive committee chairperson of the HMS Department of Psychiatry (2005)
  • Five Alliance physicians (all graduates of our Internal Medicine Residency) selected by HMS as core teaching faculty in Culturally Competent Care (2005)
  • Pediatricians David Link, MD, and Bruce Kalow, MD, Dentist Frances Kim, DMD, and Internist David Bor, MD, receive HMS Dean's Community Service Awards (2002-04)

Individual Awards

  • Psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport, MD, received the Outstanding School-Based Health Center Supporter and Clinician Award from the state of Massachusetts (2008)
  • Neurlologist Carrie Bernstein, MD, named Headache Provider of the year from the National Headache Foundation (2007)
  • Suzanne Bird, MD, received the Annual Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, American Psychiatric Association and the Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning (2007)
  • Jessica Goren, PharmD, received an Award for Excellence from the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacy for the most innovative practice of the year (2007)
  • Donna Fox, VP of Government Affairs, named one of the top twelve young healthcare leaders in the nation from Healthcare Review (2005)
  • Maude Guerrier, RN, wins National Peer Helper Association Award (2005)
  • Psychiatrist Nada Milsavljevic, MD, JD, awarded a 2005 Rappeport Fellowship from the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL)
  • Psychiatrist Melissa Lopez-Larson, MD, receives AACP Pilot Research Award and Eli Lilly Pilot Research Award from the Am. Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2005)
  • Florence Grant, RN, wins the NAACP Heart Award (2004)
  • HR staff win the Boston Private Industry Council Achiever Award and the Commonwealth Corporation's Employer Recognition Award (2004)
  • Dr. David Osler, Medical Director of Ambulatory Services, receives the first Extraordinary Service Award from the MA Division of Medical Assistance (2002)

 

 

 

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