Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, vice president and chief equity and inclusion officer

New Executive Outlines Goals for Equity and Inclusion...

Published 5 days ago by Ellen Barlow in Diversity, Health Policy, Q & A

Recently named vice president overseeing the hospital’s equity and inclusion efforts, Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, discusses plans to expedite changes over the next three years.

Caring For A Cure co-directors from left, Laura White, RN, Sara Stevens, NP, Molly Higgins, RN, and Christine Weiand, RN. (Photo by Hillary Deane Photography)

Caring For A Cure Enriches Lives. Period....

Published 4 weeks ago by Ellen Barlow in Cancer Center, Community Fundraising, Donor Recognition

Caring For A Cure, a Mass General nurses’ initiative, leaves a lasting impression on the minds and hearts of patients and families.

The team at the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies includes, from left: Donna Fitzgerald, PA-C; Dejan Juric, MD, director; and Casandra McIntyre, RN, MTS, nurse director.

Pioneer of Targeted Cancer Therapy Details Goals...

Published 1 month ago by Ellen Barlow in Cancer Center, Medical Research, Q & A

Dejan Juric, MD, director of the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies, discusses his plans to accelerate translational research and get new treatments more quickly to more patients.

Vitaly Napadow, PhD (left), uses a prototype to demonstrate placement of his nerve stimulation device.

Researcher Developing Nerve Stimulation Device...

Published 2 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Medical Research

Research on the nonsurgical use of nerve stimulation to treat problems like chronic pain, depression, hypertension and stroke is advancing in the Mass General laboratory of Vitaly Napadow, PhD.

Among the Boston Marathon runners raising funds for programs at Mass General were, from left: Shira Brown, Abeo Powder and Matthew Danto.

Marathoners Raise $2 Million for Mass General Programs...

Published 3 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Boston Marathon, Donor Recognition

Their personal causes helped Mass General’s Boston Marathon^® runners make it through rain and pain to the finish line.

Guillermo (Gary) J. Tearney, MD, PhD and engineering technicians in his lab hold the swallowable capsule he developed to diagnose problems in the gastrointestinal tract.

New Way to Diagnose Crohn’s Disease in the Works...

Published 4 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Donor Recognition, Medical Research

A Helmsley Charitable Trust grant is enabling Mass General researcher Gary Tearney, MD, PhD, to adapt a swallowable diagnostic capsule with imaging capabilities he devised to find signs of Crohn’s.

Pediatric Palliative Care's Patricia O'Malley, MD, frequently looked in on Lulu Eugene, who spent nearly a year of early life in MassGeneral Hospital for Children.

Fund Helps Parents Be with Their Hospitalized Child...

Published 4 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Children, Community Fundraising

A community fundraising initiative called No Empty Bedsides helps families be at their child’s bedside during the anxious times of extended hospitalizations.

Since enrolling in a clinical drug trial led by Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH (right), Caroline Moore-Kochlacs’ cancer has stopped progressing for more than two years.

Drug Shows Promise for Metastatic Breast Cancers...

Published 5 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Cancer Center, Medical Research, Patient Care

A targeted drug generating excitement for one hard-to-treat type of breast cancer that has spread may also help women with other aggressive breast cancers.

Army Major Vanessa Stolzoff has stepped up her training to prepare for the 2019 Boston Marathon®, which will be her first full marathon.

Boston Marathon® Runner Raises Funds for Home Base...

Published 5 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Boston Marathon, Donor Recognition, Home Base Program

Inspired to help other veterans, service members and their families, Army Major Vanessa Stolzoff is running with Mass General’s new Home Base team.

Celebrating after last year’s Boston Marathon®: Marissa Capua (red shirt) and her aunt Julie Sgroi, who also ran on the ER team last year, flanked by Marissa’s parents, Joseph and Ellen Capua.

Runner is Back for a Second Boston Marathon®...

Published 6 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Boston Marathon, Donor Recognition

Marissa Capua is running the Boston Marathon® on Mass General’s Emergency Response team for the second time, in honor of her parents, who have both been treated at the Mass General Cancer Center.

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