• MGPO honors its physicians at 10th anniversary celebration
  The Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO) celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special dinner held Oct. 23, that showcased the organization and celebrated physicians for their work taking care of patients. The evening's highlight was the presentation of the Brian A. McGovern, MD, Award for Clinical Excellence.

• Big winners in United Way kickoff raffle
  Nancy Vieira of MGH Pathology still can't believe she won a 50-inch, high-definition TV as part of the MGH United Way campaign's kickoff raffle. "I was so shocked when I got the call," she said. "I didn't even realize there were prizes. I just always give to the United Way."

• Laughter helps patients in therapy sessions
  Laughter may be the best medicine, but the role laughter plays in psychotherapy has
  been disputed since the days of Freud. While theories have ranged from laughter being harmful to its supporting the therapeutic partnership, none have been based on objective data.

• MGH gets spooky
  In the spirit of Halloween, Donna Lawson, RN, of Bigelow 11, organized a blood drive for her unit Oct. 18 to 22. Approximately 25 percent of the staff visited the MGH Blood Donor Center throughout the week to donate blood.

• Quilts help comfort patients
  Colorful quilts brightened up the Main Corridor when the MGH Comforters - a
  volunteer group of MGH employees and volunteers who enjoy quilting - displayed their creations Oct. 21.

• Two MGHers receive prestigious award
  Stuart Forman, MD, PhD, of MGH Anesthesia, and Stephanie Seminara, MD, of the MGH Reproductive Endocrine Unit, recently received the 2003 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers at the White House Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

• A rewarding trip to South Africa
  Peter L. Slavin, MD, president of the MGH, and Bruce Walker, MD, director of the Partners AIDS Research Center at the MGH, recently made a visit to the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa to tour the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine and the new HIV treatment program at King Edward Hospital.

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