HVMA News Archive

2008

• The Boston Globe Names Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates to Globe 100’s Top Places to Work ‘08
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the debut of an employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. Harvard Vanguard was ranked 76 on the overall list and also was ranked 20 on the Top 25 Large Workplaces list.
  Release Date: November 9, 2008

• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Appoints Dr. Les Schwab Chief Medical Officer
  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a nonprofit multi-specialty physician group with 20 practice sites throughout eastern Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Dr. Les Schwab has been appointed Chief Medical Officer.
  Release Date: October 21, 2008

• Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Appoint Thomas M. Congoran Chief Financial Officer
  Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates are pleased to announce that Thomas M. Congoran has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of both organizations.
  Release Date: September 11, 2008

• Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Appoint Gene Lindsey, MD, President and CEO
  The Boards of Trustees at Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates has appointed Gene Lindsey, MD, President and CEO of both organizations.
  Release Date: June 10, 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

• 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