Cambridge Health Alliance - A Decade of Excellence

System-wide Awards:

• Verispan Top 100 Most Integrated Health System (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)
  

• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Hospital Honor Roll (2008)
  

• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Pediatric Honor Roll (2007, 2008)
  

• Partner Recognition Award, Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). (2003 - 2007)
  

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)
  

Award-Winning Programs and Initiatives

• Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, American College of Radiology (2009)
  

• Depression Initiative, Partners Healthcare Nesson Award for Excellence (2008)
  

• Breastfeeding Achievement Award, MA Department of Public Health (2008)
  

• Community Hospital Cancer Program with Commendation, Am. College of Surgeons (2008)
  

• Performance Improvement Initiatives, MA Excellence Commitment to Excellence Award (2006)
  

• Electronic Asthma Registry, Partners Healthcare Nesson Award for Excellence (2004)
  

• Child Assessment Unit, American Psychiatric Association Gold Award (2003)
  

Recognition from Harvard Medical School (HMS):

• Internist Rick Pels, MD - A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award (2008)
  

• Psychiatrist Robert M. Levin, MD - HMS Psychiatry Certificate of Appreciation (2007)
  

• 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)
  

• Five CHA physicians receive HMS Dean's Community Service Awards (2002-04)
  

Individual Awards and Recognition

• Randy Wertheimer, MD, Chief of Family Medicine, named Jaharis Family Chair of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine (2009)
  

• Twenty-five CHA physicians named to Boston Magazine "Top Doctors" list (2007)
  

• Psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport, MD, received the Outstanding School-Based Health Center Supporter and Clinician Award from the state of Massachusetts (2008)
  

• 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)

Media Contact

David Cecere
Media Relations Manager
Phone: 617-503-8428
Cell: 617-921-9613
Pager: 617-546-1879
dcecere@challiance.org