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On Tuesday, August 17, Lowell General Hospital had the honor to host U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Congresswoman Lori Trahan at our main campus and showcased the outstanding work taking place at our hospital and across Lowell to improve the health of our community.

MelroseWakefield Healthcare today announced that the Sleep Medicine Program at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford has been granted a five-year reaccreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Students Nicole Crowley of Windham, NH, and Aidan Finn of Lowell, are the 2021 recipients of the Lowell General Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship.

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.

Helen Boucher, chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center, professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, and a director of the Stuart B. Levy Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance (Levy CIMAR), has been named to a new, joint position as interim dean for Tufts University School of Medicine and chief academic officer for Wellforce.

Each year, Lowell General Hospital employees nominate managers and supervisors for their outstanding leadership and contributions to the organization.

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

MelroseWakefield Healthcare today announced that Pamela Whelton, former President of South Shore Hospital, will assume the role of interim Chief Executive Officer effective June 14. She will replace Sue Sandberg who is moving to Colorado to be with family.

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

Lawrence, Mass.  – Kelli True, BSN, RN has been promoted to director of referral management and transitions of care at Home Health Foundation, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization under the Wellforce Health System which provides home health, palliative, hospice, aide and private care services in all the places patients call home.

As National Nurses Week comes to a close and we usher in National Hospital Week, please join us in honoring all those who have worked so hard to protect our community in this challenging year.

Tufts Medical Center was recognized with an ‘A’ Rating in the Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for meeting the highest patient safety standards.

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

Wellforce congratulates and welcomes Dr. Jenny Chiang to her new role as Medical Director for the Wellforce Care Plan.

Iris Z. Jaffe, MD, PhD has been elected into the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

Happy Doctors' Day.

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

Lawrence, Mass. – Two longtime volunteers recently retired from the Home Health Foundation Board of Trustees.

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.