December 14, 2001

Accustomed to winning awards for exceptional culinary service, the MGH Nutrition and Food Services department once again was honored with an award at the fourth annual Conference on Premier Patient and Guest Services held recently in Boston. Helen Doherty, RD, FMP, director of MGH Nutrition and Food Services, accepted the Innovator Award in the food service category on behalf of the MGH.

Members of MGH Nutrition and Food Services at the awards ceremony.

Doherty was named "Restaurateur of the Year" in 1999 by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, the first time either a woman or an institution had earned the honor.