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Day in the Life
Ana Fernandez-Teijeiro

Fulbright Scholar and pediatric oncologist Ana Fernandez-Teijeiro, MD, PhD, of Bilbao, Spain, arrived in Boston in March. Her mission: “to learn from and share knowledge with specialists from Children’s and Dana Farber Cancer Institute.”
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Coming in June:
Staff, employee and volunteer survey
In the spring of 1999, Children’s conducted an extensive staff survey to assess organizational alignment and employee satisfaction. Results were shared with the hospital community, and management has used the information to focus efforts on improving the work environment...

To all volunteers: Thank you!
Over 100 volunteers and guests came to Children’s annual volunteer recognition dinner held at the Inn at Longwood Medical on May 2...

Child Advocacy builds upon its success
Children’s Office of Child Advocacy is charged with overseeing the community service portion of the hospital’s four-part mission, and has been successfully operating...

Department finances a stash of new toys
After a storeroom flood in March destroyed Child Life Services’ supply of toys used for patient gifts, employees in Finance and Research Finance came to the rescue...

New MRIs give patients more comfortable scan
Children’s recently became the first hospital in the country to install a high-field extremity magnetic resonance imager (MRI)...

Gratitudes
Your nurses did an outstanding job communicating with my wife and me so that we could do our best to help our daughter....



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is published biweekly by the Department of Public Affairs for Children's Hospital Boston employees, staff, volunteers and visitors.

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News notes...

Children’s will hold a memorial service in honor of patients who passed away in the last year.

Children’s to recognize staff with Service Awards. Read about Service Award recipients here.

KidsVan has a new schedule

Correction

In brief...

Volunteer honored on Ellis Island

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