June 25, 2004

Ten years strong ... and growing

The MGH recently celebrated a milestone with the 10th anniversary of the MGH Vincent Obstetrics program, June 17. The celebration marked the anniversary of the 1994 reintroduction of obstetrics to the MGH and honored the interdisciplinary team of doctors, nurses and staff who make up the program. MGHers were invited to enjoy cake and ice cream under the Bulfinch tent. Pictured above, Trustee Judy Friend and Fred Frigoletto, MD

Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, MS, of Patient Care Services; Fred Frigoletto, MD, and Isaac Schiff, MD, of MGH Vincent Obstetrics; and Peter L. Slavin, MD, MGH president.

The George Russel trio performed live music, and the celebration also offered exhibits featuring services offered by the Obstetrics program. MGH Vincent Obstetrics has had many achievements during the past decade. When the service was first launched, the goal was to achieve 2,000 deliveries per year by 2000. That goal was exceeded in 1997. Since its inception, the Vincent has delivered approximately 22,000 babies.

"The success of the program belongs to members of the Vincent staff," says Isaac Schiff, MD, chief of the MGH Vincent Obstetric and Gynecology Service. "I am proud of them, their skill, their supportive collabor-ation, their hard work and their relentless pursuit of the best that medicine has to offer for all women." Frigoletto and Slavin