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For the second straight year, the Sun Santa Theme Basket Raffle to benefit Sun Santa Charities had to be done entirely online. But once again, that didn’t stop the community from stepping up and buying thousands of tickets and raising more than $80,000 for people in need at the holidays.

In 2021, Lowell General Hospital has achieved accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Urology by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).

Elizabeth Yen receives the WiMS mentorship seed award.

Lowell General Hospital has once again been named one of Massachusetts’ Best-in-State Employers by Forbes Magazine. The Forbes list ranks Lowell General No. 18 out of 70 Bay State businesses listed, up from No. 23 last year, and the highest ranking of any community hospital statewide.

Dr. Geetanjali Akerkar, a Circle Health gastroenterologist, was selected as the Middlesex North District Medical Society’s 2021 Community Clinician of the Year, an award that recognizes her professionalism and contributions as a physician.

We are pleased to announce Nina Dadlez, MD, MSc as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality.

Dr. Elizabeth Yen, a neonatologist at Tufts Medical Center, has received the 2021 award for Outstanding Young Investigator.

Nicole Clark, the pharmacy director at MelroseWakefield Healthcare, was recently honored by the Boston Celtics as a hero among us.

The staff at MelroseWakefield Hospital has been overworked and overburdened for a year now. They’re also very, very much appreciated.

Three North Shore nurses who have spent much of the last year treating COVID-19 patients will get a well-deserved, and coveted, respite this weekend.

Jen Medina won’t be on the job at MelroseWakefield Hospital this weekend. The registered nurse is headed to Florida to watch Tom Brady play in his 10th Super Bowl.

Lowell General Hospital is proud to be recognized by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts with a Blue Distinction® Centers+ (BDC+) for Maternity Care designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.

Lowell General Hospital is proud to be recognized with a Blue Distinction® Centers+ for Bariatric Surgery designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show a commitment to delivering high-quality patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community and leading accreditation and quality organizations.

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) has recognized Lowell General Hospital as one of 89 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals that have achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2019. 

Health services leader Optum named Lowell General Hospital’s Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery a Resource Services Center of Excellence (COE) for providing cost-effective, quality health care to patients receiving bariatric surgery and other related services that address the long-term health risks associated with morbid obesity.

Health services leader Optum has named Lowell General Hospital’s Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery a Resource Services Center of Excellence (COE) for providing cost-effective, quality health care to patients receiving bariatric surgery and other related services that address the long-term health risks associated with morbid obesity.

2 MIRI PIs named 2021 Boston Magazine “Top Docs.”

Circle Health’s affiliated physicians are some of the best in New England in their respective fields.