February 11, 2005

MGHers have a super time at the Super Bowl

For most people, it's just a dream to attend the Super Bowl, but for three MGHers that dream became a reality Feb. 2 when Human Resources announced the winners of the final MGH raffle for tickets to Super Bowl XXXIX to watch the New England Patriots win the challenge against the Philadelphia Eagles. Amanda Chaborek, of the MGH Institute of Health Professions; Lorraine Dox, of Nutrition and Food Services; and Connie Stubbs, of the Clinical Research Program, could not believe they were the lucky three out of 2,100 entries. "It still had not sunk in until we landed in Jacksonville, and the buses were lined up on the tarmac to take us to the stadium," says Chaborek. From left, Dox, Stubbs and Chaborek

Chaborek, Dox and Stubbs each received two round-trip tickets on a charter flight, pre-game hospitality passes that included food, free drinks and entertainment by the Doug Flutie Band and Dennis Quaid's band, tickets for the game, and post-game Patriots extravaganza tickets. "It was a 24-hour trip we will always remember," says Dox. "And they will always be fond memories."

Stubbs adds, "The whole experience was like being plugged into an electrical socket. The biggest charge came from just walking into the stadium with its roar of sound from the thousands of people and lights everywhere. There was an incredible energy in the stadium."

Also at the Super Bowl was the MGH medical team for the Patriots including (below, from left) Brit Nicholson, MD, David Berger, MD, Bertram Zarins, MD, Thomas Gill, MD, Joseph Czarnecki, MD, and David Mayman, MD. They stood ready on the sidelines to tend to players' injuries.