July 20, 2007

Teeing off for the MGH Adult Cystic Fibrosis program

Who knew former star quarterback Boomer Esiason’s interests beyond football could benefit so many individuals? Recently, Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) teamed up with the Boomer Esiason Foundation (BEF) to present the MGH with a $50,000 donation to its Adult Cystic Fibrosis program at the Joey O’Donnell Cystic Fibrosis Center at MGH. Executives, business owners, entrepreneurs and golf enthusiasts gathered at Wedgewood Pines Country Club in Stow, Mass., to support the fight against cystic fibrosis, a fatal genetic disorder that affects more than 30,000 Americans.


From left, Esiason; Sicilian; Dorkin; and Carlo Cestra, president and chief executive officer of DCU

Leonard Sicilian, MD, program director at the Cystic Fibrosis Center, and Henry L. Dorkin, MD, director of the center, accepted the check on behalf of the MGH. Funds will help develop a cystic fibrosis care and research focus for MGH fellows in Medicine. “We are overjoyed to receive this much needed support to achieve our goal of providing future care for patients with cystic fibrosis,” says Sicilian. “The young physicians who finish the program will go on to become leaders in cystic fibrosis care both in Massachusetts and at academic centers throughout the country. On behalf of the MGH, I would like to thank DCU and BEF for their support.”