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Local high school students visit Children's
On Friday, April 1, students from five New England high schools visited Children's Hospital Boston as a part of their participation in the Southern New England Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Children's employees John Baci, Ryn Miake-Lee and Deb Orzechowski spoke to the students about the wide variety of career opportunities in health care. Students also toured the hospital guided by Bacci, Caroline Costello, Alana Arnold, Suzanne Graca and Tracy Tetrault.
New medical staff common room
On Wednesday, April 6, Children's Hospital Boston's Department of Medicine unveiled the new Medical Staff Common Room on the first floor of the Enders Building, which has been renovated to create an ’Äúoffice away from your office’Äù for community physicians and researchers to use when they are at the hospital. The room has desks, computers, a printer, lockers, tables and chairs, as well as artwork donated by Children's Radiologist George Taylor, MD.
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Educating legislators
Children's Hospital Boston welcomed a crowd of 90 legislators and staff—including
Representatives Bob Coughlin (far left), Jennifer Callahan (center) and Brian Wallace (far right), who presented President and CEO James Mandell, MD, with a check in support of the hospital's Cystic Fibrosis Center—at the third bi-annual legislative breakfast at the Massachusetts State House on March 28. Speakers included Pedro del Nido, MD, chief of Cardiac Surgery, and Eileen Sporing, RN, senior vice president of Patient Care Operations, who discussed innovations in pediatric care and the unique challenges pediatric hospitals face. Coughlin and Katherine Craven also shared their personal stories as parents of Children's patients. The event featured interactive displays to give legislators a glimpse into hospital programs and services available to patients, their families and our neighboring communities.
