July 27, 2001

Great minds both in music and medicine joined together at Boston's Symphony Hall July 13 for the fourth annual "Partners Night at the Pops: A Celebration in Honor of our Physicians." Partners physicians and guests comprised an audience of more than 2,000 music lovers who took in the sounds of the Boston Pops, the band Marachi Cobre and swing dance and Latin music performers. The highlight of the evening came in the form of 15 Partners physicians and their guests participating in the inaugural "Physician Swing Dance Contest," judged by a panel that included Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, MS, senior vice president for MGH Patient Care Services and chief nurse. After all 15 contestants were declared winners, they joined Samuel O. Thier, MD, president and CEO of Partners, on the dance floor for a fitting end to a memorable evening.