HVMA News Archive

2008

• Dr. Jeffrey Garber Named President Elect of American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, proudly announces that Dr. Jeffrey R. Garber, Chief of Endocrinology at Harvard Vanguard, has been named President Elect of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).
  Release Date: May 22, 2008

• Dr. Carole Allen Elected President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Dr. Carole Allen has been elected President of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
  Release Date: May 22, 2008

• Dr. Gregory An of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Recognized as One of the 10 Most Promising Dentists in Massachusetts
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Dr. Gregory An was recently recognized by the Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society as one of the 10 most promising dentists in Massachusetts who have been in practice less than 10 years.
  Release Date: May 21, 2008

• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Welcomes Dr. Ralph Iannuzzi as Otolaryngology Chief
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, proudly welcomes Dr. Ralph Iannuzzi as Chief of Otolaryngology.
  Release Date: May 8, 2008

• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Announces New Specialty Director
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, proudly announces Dr. Susan Taylor Haas has returned to the organization in a new role: Specialty Director for Obstetrics and Gynecology.
  Release Date: April 30, 2008

• Dr. Carl Isihara Elected Chairman of the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Board of Trustees
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Dr. Carl Isihara has been elected Chairman of the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Board of Trustees.
  Release Date: March 2008

• Gwendolyn Wright of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Selected for the 2008 New England Regional Black Nurses Association Excellence in Nursing Award
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Gwendolyn Wright, a nurse care manager, has been selected by the New England Regional Black Nurses Association (NERBNA) for its 2008 Excellence in Nursing award.
  Release Date: March 27, 2008

• Juanita Butler of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Selected for the 2008 New England Regional Black Nurses Association Excellence in Nursing Award
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Juanita Butler, a nurse care manager within the Kenmore obstetrics and gynecology practice, has been selected by the New England Regional Black Nurses Association (NERBNA) for its 2008 Excellence in Nursing Award.
  Release Date: March 27, 2008

• Nicole Herring of Harvard Vanguard Selected for the 2008 YMCA Black Achievers Award
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician practice, is proud to announce that Nicole Herring, clinical supervisor of obstetrics/gynecology and fertility practices in Wellesley, has been selected by the YMCA of Greater Boston for their 2008 YMCA Black Achievers Award.
  Release Date: March 14, 2008

• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates welcomes new Vice President of Operations
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, proudly welcomes Mary Dawley as Vice President of Operations.
  Release Date: January 17, 2008

2007

• Fallon Community Health Plan Signs Atrius Health
  Atrius Health, the largest independent physician alliance in Massachusetts, has signed an agreement with Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP), marking the latest addition to a growing network of health care providers now available to FCHP members.
  Release Date: December 2007

• Atrius Health Practices Named to the Harvard Pilgrim Physician Group Honor Roll for Excellence in Adult and Pediatric Patient Care
  Atrius Health, a non-profit alliance of five medical groups throughout eastern Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that the Harvard Pilgrim Physician Group Honor Roll has given them 22 awards across their 14 practices for excellence in pediatric and adult care.
  Release Date: December 2007

• New Weight Management Program Available at Harvard Vanguard Kenmore Practice
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician practice with practices across eastern Massachusetts and an affiliate of Atrius Health, is now offering The HMR Program for Weight Management™, a state-of-the-art weight loss program appropriate for adults who want to lose anywhere from 10-200 pounds.
  Release Date: November 28, 2007

• New Shared-Care Collaboration for Pregnant Patients Among Southboro Medical Group, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Wellesley, and Newton-Wellesley Hospital
  Southboro Medical Group and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Wellesley, both affiliates of Atrius Health, are pleased to announce a new collaborative program for expectant mothers with Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
  Release Date: November 2007

• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Announces New Collaboration to Provide Health Services for Wentworth Institute of Technology Students
  In an effort to broaden medical care into local Boston communities, Harvard Vanguard will provide access to a comprehensive range of medical services for Wentworth students.
  Release Date: October 22, 2007

• Anne Fitzgerald appointed as chief of specialty and ancillary operations for Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
  Anne Fitzgerald, a Charlestown resident, has been appointed to the leadership position of Chief of Specialty and Ancillary Operations for Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Newton, which includes medical and surgical specialties, radiology, pharmacy, laboratory, dental, and optical departments.
  Release Date: October 2007

• Dr. Robert Buxbaum of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Honored with the Mary Davis Barber 2007 Heart of Hospice Award
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician practice and affiliate of Atrius Health, is proud to announce that Dr. Robert Buxbaum, a palliative care physician at Harvard Vanguard, and co-founder of the Massachusetts Compassionate Care Coalition (MCCC), has been selected for the 2007 Mary Davis Barber Heart of Hospice Award.
  Release Date: July 20, 2007

• Newton resident/Harvard Vanguard physician is honored by Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts as 2007 Physician of the Year
  Matthew M. Shuster, M.D., a Newton resident and Chief of Internal Medicine at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in West Roxbury has been honored as 2007 Physician of the Year by the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts.
  Release Date: June 2007

• Dr. Richard Marshall Selected to Represent the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on the Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (MCGLBTY)
  Dr. Richard Marshall, Boston resident and Pediatrician at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Copley practice, was one of three pediatricians chosen to represent the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on the Commission for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Youth.
  Release Date: May 2007

• Harvard Vanguard's Dr. Muriel Gillick named to the Massachusetts Public Health Council
  Dr. Muriel Gillick one of twelve new members named to the Massachusetts Public Health Council by Governor Deval Patrick.
  Release Date: April 19, 2007

• Arlington resident/Harvard Vanguard physician is honored by Middlesex District Medical Society as 2007 Community Clinician of the Year
  Carole E. Allen, M.D., an Arlington resident and physician at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Somerville has been honored as 2007 Community Clinician of the Year by physicians of the Middlesex District Medical Society, one of 20 district medical societies that comprise the Massachusetts Medical Society.
  Release Date: April 2007

• HealthOne Care System Changes Name to Atrius Health, Emphasizes Proactive, Patient-Centered Care Model
  HealthOne Care System unveils a new name - Atrius Health - to underscore its commitment to patient-centered health care.
  Release Date: March 20, 2007

• Harvard Vanguard Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-Funded Grant to Evaluate Interventions Aimed at Reducing Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Health Care
  Harvard Vanguard is receiving a two-year, $295,000 grant from Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change, a National Program Office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) housed at the University of Chicago that evaluates interventions aimed at eliminating racial and ethnic health care disparities in local communities.
  Release Date: March 14, 2007

• HealthOne Care System Announces Board Appointments
  HealthOne Care System, an alliance of community-based physician groups in Massachusetts, is proud to announce that Dr. Joseph L. Dorsey and James S. Hoyte have joined the HealthOne board of trustees, and Dr. H. Eugene Lindsey, Jr. has been elected chairman of the board.
  Release Date: March 2007

2006

• Is a certified nurse midwife the right choice for you and your baby?
  Join us for a free informational program on November 30th to learn more about midwifery.
  Release Date: November 2006
• Harvard Vanguard welcomes the arrival of three certified nurse midwives
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates proudly welcomes three experienced and skilled certified nurse midwives (CNM) to its Chelmsford practices.
  Release Date: October 2006
• Harvard Vanguard physicians to accept Tufts Medicare Preferred in 2007
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates announces that their physicians will participate in the Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO, beginning January 1, 2007.
  Release Date: September 2006
• HealthOne Care System physician groups join Aetna's network
  Aetna (NYSE: AET ) and HealthOne Care System, Inc., the largest independent physician group network in Massachusetts, announced jointly today a contract that will include all of HealthOne’s providers in Aetna’s network of health care providers effective January 1, 2007.
  Release Date: September 2006
• Reproductive Science Center and Harvard Vanguard collaborate to enhance fertility programs
  Reproductive Science Center (RSC), a leader in fertility services and recognized for top success rates, has signed a contract with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates as its preferred provider for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) healthcare services, including in vitro fertilization (IVF).
  Release Date: August 2006
• Harvard Vanguard physician elected as Vice President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  Dr. Carole Allen, Arlington resident and Director of Pediatrics for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, has been elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MCAAP).
  Release Date: July 2006
• Harvard Vanguard awarded Tufts Blue Ribbon for patient care
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates is pleased to announce that eleven of its sites have been awarded the 2006 Tufts Health Plan Blue Ribbon.
  Release Date: July 2006
• Know how to keep your cool; Dr. Geoffrey Hirsowitz chats online about heat exposure
  With the increasing temperatures, do you have questions related to heat exposure and heat related illnesses? On July 19th, Dr. Geoffrey Hirsowitz appeared on Boston.com for an online chat on this subject.
  Release Date: July 2006
• Harvard Vanguard nationally recognized for quality care
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates was awarded recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
  Release Date: June 2006
• Harvard Vanguard physicians noted as top-rated
  Harvard Vanguard is proud of its physicians. And in the Spring 2006 edition of Boston Consumers’ Checkbook, several of our doctors were noted as top-rated primary care physicians.
  Release Date: June 2006
• Harvard Vanguard receives Business Leadership Award
  Jewish Vocational Service has honored Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates with a "Business Leadership" award for its contributions to workforce development.
  Release Date: June 2006
• HealthOne Care System and Commonwealth Hematology-Oncology bring state-of-the-art cancer treatment to the South Shore
  HealthOne Care System and Commonwealth Hematology-Oncology (CHO) has joined developer Campanelli Companies to break ground for the new Weymouth Woods Medical Center.
  Release Date: June 2006
• Big, Beautiful & Pregnant
  Almost half of all pregnant women in the U.S. today are overweight. Harvard Vanguard physician, Dr. Cornelia van der Ziel's new book looks at pregnancy and the plus-size woman.
  Release Date: May 2006
• Harvard Vanguard physician wins presentation award from Society of General Internal Medicine
  Dr. Thomas Sequist, of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates’ Kenmore office, was awarded the Milton Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award for his presentation, "Missed Opportunities in the Management of Early Acute Ischemic Heart Disease in the Primary Care Setting."
  Release Date: May 2006
• Harvard Vanguard doctors honored by Blue Cross Blue Shield
  Congratulations to our doctors who were honored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massashusetts for outstanding performance in providing quality care.
  Release Date: May 2006
• Harvard Vanguard physician receives "Excellence in Disaster Psychiatry" Award
  Dr. Todd F. Holzman, of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates’ West Roxbury office, will receive the 2006 Bruno Lima Award for Excellence in Disaster Psychiatry for his work in assisting those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
  Release Date: May 2006
• Harvard Vanguard physician named Community Clinician of the Year
  Harvard Vanguard physician, Dr. Francis X. Campion, has been named Community Clinician of the Year by the Norfolk District Medical Society of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide professional association of physicians.
  Release Date: April 2006
• Introducing HealthOne Care System: Harvard Vanguard joins with others to create HealthOne Care System
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates has affiliated with four other leading physician groups: Dedham Medical Associates, Granite Medical Group, Southboro Medical Group, and South Shore Medical Center
  to form a non-profit organization called HealthOne Care System.
  Release Date: March 2006
• Measuring Quality: Masschusetts Health Quality Partners releases data on clinical quality
  Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) has released a public report in which it finds that primary care physicians in Massachusetts medical groups provide some of the highest quality care in the nation.
  Release Date: March 2006
• The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Youth, Eternal Life, and Other Dangerous Fantasies
  So much for growing old gracefully. It's true that Americans spend billions of dollars trying to avoid growing old at all. In her newest publication, Dr. Muriel Gillick offers some perspective on the aging process.
  Release Date: February 2006
• Harvard Vanguard Physicians Recognized for Quality
  Our continued focus on quality brought recognition to 11 Harvard Vanguard Internal Medicine and 9 Pediatric departments for their excellence in quality performance.
  Release Date: January 2006

2005

• Overcoming Thyroid Problems
  More than 13 million people in the United States are known to suffer from some form of thyroid disease, and that number is expected to rise precipitously as the baby boomer generation approaches its sixties. Learn more about the recent book written by Harvard Vanguard’s chief of endocrinology, Dr. Jeffrey Garber
  Release Date: August 15, 2005
• We're back in the Back Bay
  We are pleased to announce that our Copley practice is back in the Back Bay.
  Release Date: August 6, 2005
• Healthcare Quality Scores: Our physicians are among the nation's best
  The Massachusetts Health Quality Partnership (MHQP) release of quality data for physician practices is part of an important national effort to provide patients with more information about quality and safety in medicine. Harvard Vanguard physicians and nurses have been in the forefront of this work for over 30 years.
  Release Date: May 14, 2005