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NEWS FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE

February 15, 2007

CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE NURSE RECEIVES AWARD FROM NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION

Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville, Winthrop, MA…Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is pleased to announce that Louise Yvette Charles, RN, is the recipient of the 2007 Excellence in Nursing Award from the New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NERBNA). The award, bestowed upon members by their peers, recognizes individuals for their contributions and meritorious efforts in the field of nursing. Ms. Charles was honored on Friday, February 9, at a ceremony at the Boston Marriott Copley Place celebrating both NERBNA's 35th anniversary and National Black Nurses Day.

Ms. Charles, a native of Haiti, graduated from nursing school in Port-au-Prince in 1977, immigrated to the United States in 1989, and earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Emmanuel College in 2004. She joined CHA in 1997 at the Zinberg Clinic, a multidisciplinary AIDS center at The Cambridge Hospital campus. Ms. Charles is currently a public health nurse with the Cambridge Public Health Department, where she has been since June 2003. She has dedicated her career to HIV, AIDS, and tuberculosis patient care. Ms. Charles and her husband Jean-Baptiste reside in Medford, where she is a member of the choir at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

NERBNA is a chapter of the National Black Nurses Association and part of a national effort to unify, educate, and recruit African-American nurses into the profession. The organization provides health services to the community and offers mentorship, scholarship and educational opportunities to African-American nurses and nursing students throughout New England. For more information: www.nerbna.org.

Cambridge Health Alliance is a regional healthcare system with three hospitals and more than twenty primary care practices in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-North communities. As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance offers medical residency/training programs and undergraduate learning experiences in hospital and community settings. Cambridge Health Alliance also includes the Cambridge Public Health Department, CHA Physicians Organization (CHAPO), and Network Health, a managed Medicaid plan.