April 22, 2005

MGH honors 2005 Pam Ellis Award recipient

Flowery tablecloths blew in the warm spring breeze and topiary centerpieces
dotted the tables under the Bulfinch Tent as the MGH celebrated Administrative/Secretarial Support Staff Day and recognized the recipient of the 2005 Pamela J. Ellis Memorial Secretarial Award April 20. Peter L. Slavin, MD, president of the MGH, Jeff Davis, senior vice president for Human Resources, and George Baker, MD, of the Bulfinch Medical Group, each made remarks and then presented Reina Galindo of the MGH Transplant Clinic with the award. Galindo, who has worked at the MGH for 25 years, was nominated by all her coworkers and is described as "a candle that burns at both ends to allow those in between the flames to be cared for and supported."

The award, which is given annually in recognition of National Administrative Professionals Day, was named for Pamela J. Ellis, an executive secretary at the MGH who died in October 1996 at the age of 31. The $1,000 award was established in 1997 to honor employees who exhibit similar qualities in their work as Ellis.

From left, Davis, Baker and Slavin congratulate Galindo.