July 30, 2004

MGH physician rows his boat ashore

Even though traffic was minimal during the week of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Robert H. Ackerman, MD, of MGH Neurology and Neuroradiology, stuck tohis original plan and rowed his way to work July 27. Ackerman feared traffic would be heavy and decided to commute to work in his racing shell via the Charles River. His
45-minute water commute took him from the Cambridge Boat Club to the Union Boat Club at the Hatch Shell on Boston's Esplanade.

"I've always dreamt of commuting to work by rowing shell, and this gives me a good excuse to do what I've always dreamt of before," says Ackerman. "It's a nice way to spend the commute."