July 8, 2002

Partners physicians enjoyed an evening of music and laughter June 28 at the fifth annual "Partners Night at the Pops: A Celebration in Honor of our Physicians." Led by guest conductor Marvin Hamlisch, the Boston Pops treated an audience of 1,000 physicians from across Partners HealthCare and their guests to the sounds of Broadway, including tributes to Cole Porter and Richard Rogers.

Pictured, from left, David Acker, MD, BWH; Susan M. Briggs, MD, MGH; William E. Caplan, MD, PCHI/Hawthorn Medical Associates; Mary Czymbor, MD, Faulkner; David J. Roberts, MD, North Shore Medical Center; Arthur Siegel, MD, McLean; and Theodore Spielberg, MD, Newton- Wellesley Hospital.

"Rent-a-Composer," was one highlight of the evening, during which seven physicians (pictured below) joined Hamlisch on stage to create impromptu songs. The physicians – representing the MGH, BWH, Faulkner, McLean, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, and Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.– presented the quick-witted Hamlisch with imaginary song titles, such as "The Boston Celtics Made the Playoffs" and "It's Your Turn to Take the Dog Out." Almost instantaneously, Hamlisch improvised music and lyrics to support those titles.