• The legacy of Martin Luther King: U.S. Congressman addresses MGHers
  It has become a much-anticipated event for MGH and Partners employees — the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration, featuring a prominent guest speaker to share insights concerning the legacy of the slain civil rights pioneer. This year's presentation, held Jan. 24 in the O'Keeffe Auditorium, continued the tradition. U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), delivered a rousing speech, describing his upbringing in rural Alabama, detailing his experiences as a civil rights activist alongside King and gratefully recounting the care he received at the MGH many years ago.

• Minimally invasive treatment successfully destroys kidney tumors
  A minimally invasive, experimental treatment is proving successful in removing small kidney tumors from appropriate patients. In the February issue of Radiology, an MGH research team describes how radiofrequency ablation (RFA) destroyed all renal cell carcinoma tumors less than 3 cm in size and some larger tumors, depending on their location.

• Bringhurst named to leadership position
  Richard Bringhurst, MD, of the MGH Department of Medicine, has been named senior vice president for Medical Services for the MGH and the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO), effective Feb. 1. In this role, he will have responsibility for administrative oversight of the many divisions and programs within the Department of Medicine.

• New Charles River Plaza building to house MGH research centers
  Four new MGH research centers will find a home in a new building to be constructed in Charles River Plaza, adjacent to the main hospital campus. The multidisciplinary centers will incorporate both current MGH research teams and new investigators and have been designed to help meet the medical and scientific challenges of the 21st century.

• SAC meeting and research symposium
  The annual meeting of the MGH Scientific Advisory Committee — a group of distinguished researchers who advise the hospital on research policy — will get under way with the annual poster session for MGH researchers in the Wellman 1 Conference Room Feb. 5, from 11:30 am to 2 pm.

• Team MGH hits the ice for charity
  Some of MGH's finest will lace up their hockey skates and take to the ice. "Team MGH" will face off against members of the "Black and Gold Legends" — a team of former Boston Bruins hockey players Feb. 7 at 8 pm at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, Mass.

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