June 16, 2006

Roger Sweet learning center dedicated

The MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center hosted a special celebration June 10 to formally mark the opening of the Roger H. Sweet Patient and Family Learning Center. The learning center is named in honor of Roger H. Sweet, MD, a longtime MGH Charlestown physician and former medical director for the MGH health centers, who was recognized for his commitment to education and community-based medical care.

Plans for the learning center began in 2005, when MGH Charlestown staff set a goal of increasing patient access to health information. The project was supported with funding from the MGH Making a Difference grant program. The new facility is modeled after the Blum Patient and Family Learning Center located on the MGH main campus and the ARCH Community Health Program located at MGH Revere. The center provides a variety of health information to patients and their families, and its services include individualized and group teaching sessions, educational seminars, Internet-accessible computer workstations and English and Spanish language books, videos and pamphlets. Eileen McAdams, FNP, serves as its director.

The Sweet Patient and Family Learning Center is located on the lower level of MGH Charlestown and is open Monday through Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm. For more information, contact (617) 724-0977 or ctneducation@partners.org.

From left, Sweet, Brit Nicholson, MD, MGH chief medical officer, Tom Sweet and Lorenzo Lewis, MD, medical director of MGH Charlestown