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John Adam Reich, MD has been named Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center.

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.

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.

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

Lawrence, Mass. – As a healthcare professional who has endured the personal and professional tolls of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Linda Miller, RN felt both relieved and honored when her turn came to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. She is now giving back by volunteering to administer inoculations at Lowell General Hospital’s regional vaccination site at Cross River Center, located at 1001 Pawtucket Blvd. East in Lowell.

Lauren Brousseau has been promoted to director of development and corporate communications at Home Health Foundation, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization under the Wellforce health system which provides home health, palliative and hospice care in all the places patients call home.

Internationally esteemed clinician and health equity researcher, Karen Freund, MD, MPH has been named Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center, effective February 1. She will also assume the role of Chair of the Department of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, both effective February 1.

Lawrence, Mass. – Home Health Foundation President and CEO Karen Gomes, RN, MS, CPHQ has been elected as vice president of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts Board of Directors.

The state’s hospitals are prepared for whatever comes their way this fall and winter, Jody White said on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Massachusetts Statehouse.

Lawrence, Mass. – Kathy Duckett, MSN, RN has joined Home Health Foundation, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization, as director of Advanced Care at Home. The new department is based at Circle Home in Lowell, a provider agency of Home Health Foundation and part of Wellforce Health System.

Board president emeritus retires following 15 years of service.

Nationally recognized neuroradiologist Christopher Filippi, MD, has been named Radiologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center.

Tufts Medical Center has named an interim Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. John Wong.

Wellforce, the high quality, integrated Massachusetts health system, has united its member organizations under a new name - Tufts Medicine.

This year, I have the honor of serving a one-year term as Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, an organization that works to advance the collective goals of 71 hospitals across the state.

International Expert in Antimicrobial Resistance Helen W. Boucher, MD, Named Chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center

Diane Farraher-Smith, MSN, MBA, RN, former President of Hallmark Health VNA and Hospice System VP of MelroseWakefield Healthcare and former Interim Executive Director of Circle Home, joins the Home Health Foundation (HHF) Executive Management Committee (EMC) as Chief Clinical Integration Officer.