August 5, 2005

MGH Chelsea physician receives
top honor

Tom Sterne, MD, medical director for the MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center, recently was awarded the Outstanding Massachusetts Community Health Center Physician Award by the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (MLCHC) at their annual gala held at the Seaport Hotel. The award is given to a physician who has worked in a community health center for at least five years and has demonstrated consistent support of and devotion to the delivery of community health care services through his or her clinical practice.

Colleagues at MGH Chelsea fully supported Sterne's nomination and praised the work he has done at the center. "Dr. Sterne has worked tirelessly for 25 years to care for the most vulnerable residents of Chelsea," said Anne Richmond, director of MGH Community Health Associates, in her nomination letter. "He also has worked hard to steward MGH Chelsea into the type of community health center recognized for its commitment to serving these populations. The staff of MGH Chelsea and I are very blessed to have him as part of the Chelsea Community Health Team."

From left, Frances Anthes, LICSW, board chair of the MLCHC, Sterne and James W. Hunt, Jr., president and CEO of the MLCHC