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Lahey Clinic, North Shore opens new wing, adds services, conveniences, staff to enhance patient care
Peabody, MA (June 4, 2009)--Improving access to health care for the north shore, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, North Shore, today unveiled its newly constructed outpatient wing in Peabody during a special ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Publication Date: 06/04/2009

Rogers, Henderson appointed to lead Lahey Clinic Board of Trustees
Burlington, MA (June 2, 2009) -- Lahey Clinic announces the appointment of two leaders to the Board of Trustees. Irving E. “Chip” Rogers, III, former chair and publisher of The Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company of North Andover, MA, has been named chair, and James W. Henderson, retired president of the Analytical Systems Engineering Corporation (ASEC) of Burlington, is vice chair. Both previously served on the Lahey Board.
Publication Date: 06/02/2009

Fourth Annual 5K Cancer Walk scheduled for June 6 at Lahey Clinic
Burlington, MA (April 15, 2009)-- Lahey Clinic's Fourth Annual 5K Cancer Walk, A Festival of Life, honoring patients and their loved ones, takes place Saturday, June 6, from 8 am to noon. The event, held on the Burlington campus, is open to all and raises funds to enhance Lahey's cancer services in Burlington and Peabody.
Publication Date: 04/15/2009

Lahey's Cancer Center again awarded Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer
Burlington, MA (March 17, 2009)--The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has again awarded its 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award to the Sophia Gordon Cancer Center at Lahey Clinic. The Clinic is one of 93 facilities in the U.S. that received this distinction and only one of two in Massachusetts.
Publication Date: 03/17/2009

Lahey Clinic ranks high in accreditation from The Joint Commission
Burlington, MA (March 5, 2009) – Lahey Clinic has again been awarded the Gold Seal of Approval™ by The Joint Commission following an extensive unannounced review conducted by six surveyors in November. The survey examined practice standards and processes that directly affect quality of care and patient safety at Lahey Clinic Medical Center, in Burlington and Lahey Clinic Medical Center, North Shore, in Peabody.
Publication Date: 03/05/2009

Lahey Clinic urges screenings for colorectal cancer, a curable disease
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Burlington, MA (March 1, 2009)--Any time is a good time to book an appointment for a colorectal screening, urge clinicians at Lahey Clinic. But in March we observe Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time we focus greater attention on the disease that is largely preventable and curable if caught early.
Publication Date: 03/01/2009

Pre-existing medical conditions may be exacerbated by air travel, Lahey Clinic study shows
Review appears in Lancet
Burlington, MA (February 23, 2009) -- Writing in the current issue of Lancet, Lahey Clinic Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine Mark A. Gendreau, MD, and former medical student, Danielle Silverman, MD, conclude that in-flight medical events are occurring more frequently because a growing number of people with pre-existing medical conditions are flying. The Lahey study also suggests that extended flight times of more modern aircraft may be subjecting passengers to environmental and physiological changes associated with flight, impacting their health.
Publication Date: 02/23/2009

Lahey Clinic President David Barrett, MD, named Honorary Medical Group Commander at Hanscom Air Force Base
Burlington, MA (February 17, 2009) --David M. Barrett, MD, president and CEO of Lahey Clinic, was named Honorary Medical Group Commander at Hanscom Air Force (AFB) Base in Bedford, MA, at a ceremony earlier this month.
Publication Date: 02/17/2009

Elizabeth Pomfret, MD, PhD, FACS, named chair, Lahey Clinic Department of Transplantation
Burlington, MA (January 26, 2009) – Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD, PhD, FACS, an esteemed surgeon and educator in liver transplantation, has been appointed chair of the Department of Transplantation at Lahey Clinic, following an extensive national search. She has oversight responsibilities for the liver and kidney transplantation program and the soon-to-be developed pancreas transplantation program.
Publication Date: 01/27/2009

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