Proud to be recognized for clinical, academic, and community excellence

System-Wide Recognition

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Physician Group Honor Roll (2012)
• Best in Cultural & Linguistic Competency, AHA Institute for Diversity (2010)
• SDI Top 100 Most Integrated Health Systems (2004, 2005, 2007 - 2011)
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Hospital Honor Roll (2008, 2010)
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Pediatric Honor Roll (2007 - 2010)
• Political Engagement of the Community Award, NAPH (2009)
• Twenty-five CHA physicians named Boston Magazine "Top Doctors" (2007)
• Volunteer Health Advisors, AHA NOVA Award (2005)
• Volunteer Health Advisors, NAPH Community/Patient Award (2004)

Awards by Service:

      Primary Care

• Three CHA physicians named Harvard Primary Care Center core faculty (2012)
• Soma Stout, MD - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leader (2012)
• Emma D'Alleva, PharmD - Ansak Award, national PACE program (2011)
• Somava Stout, MD - Partners Healthcare Primary Care Innovation Award (2011)
• Revere Family Health and Union Square Family Health Received NCQA Level 3 Recognition as Patient-Centered Medical Homes (2010)
• Gregory Hagan, MD - President, MA Chapter, Am. Academy of Pediatrics (2010)
• Pieter Cohen, MD - Best Doctor in Massachusetts, Brazilian Journal (2009)
• Electronic Asthma Registry, Partners Healthcare Nesson Award for Excellence (2004)

     Women's Health

• International baby-friendly birth facility (2010)
• Baby-friendly hospital - MA Department of Public Health (2009)
• Breastfeeding Achievement Award - MA Department of Public Health (2008)

     Emergency Care

• CHA named a National Model for Emergency Care - HealthLeaders Media (2012)
• Jennifer Wallace, RN - Nurse of the Year, Metro Boston EMS Council (2012)
• Luis Lobon, MD, President, MA College of Emergency Physicians (2010)
• Nicole Jean-Louis, RN - Nurse of the Year, Metro Boston EMS Council (2009)

• Computed Tomography (CT) Accreditation - Am. College of Radiology (2011)
• Steven Schwaitzberg, MD - President of SAGES (2011)
• Ultrasound Accreditation - Am. College of Radiology (2010)
• Cambridge Breast Center - first in state to earn National Accreditation (2009)
• Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, American College of Radiology (2009)
• Community Hospital Cancer Program with Commendation (2008)

     Mental Health

• Psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport, MD - AACAP Sidney Berman Award (2011)
• Haitian Mental Health Team - Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver (2010)
• Depression Initiative, Partners Healthcare Nesson Award for Excellence (2008)
• Psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport, MD - School-Based Health Center Supporter and Clinician Award (2008)
• Jessica Goren, PharmD - Award for Excellence, College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacy (2007)
• Child Assessment Unit, NAPH Safety Net Award (2003) and APA Gold Award (2003)

    Academics

• Kathe Miller, MD - Harvard Primary Care Center Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)
• Todd Griswold, MD - Harvard Medical School Kettyle Award for excellence in Psychiatry teaching (2012)
• Lee Ann Jarnagin, APRN - MA Coalition of Nurse Practitioners exceptional nurse preceptor award (2012)
• Elliot James Rapp, MD - Massachusetts Medical Society Information Technology Award (2012) 
• CHA Department of Psychiatry - HMS Harold Amos Diversity Award (2011)
• Margarita Alegria, PhD - elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine (2011)
• Surgeon Arundahti Ghosh, MD, HMS Young Mentor Award (2011)
• Anne Fabiny, MD, Maren Batalden, MD, and Pieter Cohen, MD - HMS Charles McCabe Prize for Excellence in Clinical Teaching (2009 - 2011)
• Chief of Medicine, David Bor, MD - HMS Joseph B. Martin Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty (2011)
• Chief of Neurology Rachel Nardin, MD - American Academy of Neurology Teacher Recognition Award (2010)
• Chief of Geriatrics, Anne Fabiny, MD - Excellence in Tutoring Award (2010)
• Psychiatrist Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH - Gold Foundation Humanism Honor Society Award (2010)
• Randy Wertheimer, MD - Named Jaharis Family Chair of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine (2009)
• Psychiatrist Sanjay Gulati, MD, Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award (2009)
• Internist David Hirsh, MD - Lenoard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Gold Foundation (2009)
• Six CHA physicians receive HMS Dean's Community Service Award (2002 - 2009)
• Rose Goldman, MD - HMS Academic Clinical Faculty Teaching Award (2009)
• Richard Pels, MD and Steffie Woolhandler, MD - A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award (2008 - 2009)
• Cambridge Integrated Clerkship, NAPH Chair's Award (2007)
• Suzanne Bird, MD - APA Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007)
• Five Alliance physicians selected by HMS as core teaching faculty in Culturally Competent Care (2005)

     Other Recognition

• Brian Swann, DDS, MPH - NDAF/Colgate-Palmolive Faculty Recognition Award (2012)
• CNO Elizabeth Cadigan, RN, MSN - Award for Excellence in Nursing Leadership (2011)
• MA Excellence Commitment to Excellence Award (2006)