• From proton beam patient to Junior Olympian
  In 2002, 14-year-old Kristin Dewey was a patient at the MGH, battling an unusual bone form of Hodgkin's disease, a cancer that typically strikes the lymphatic system. This February, the now 17-year-old high school junior was named a member of the 2005 United States Junior Olympic Nordic ski team — a year ahead of the goal she set for herself as a young girl and a mere two-and-a-half years after her final treatment at the MGH's Northeast Proton Therapy Center (NPTC).

• Be Fit: Buildings and Grounds team loses big
  Thanks to the Be Fit program, Stacy Nelson, MS, RD, of MGH Nutrition and Food Services and Steve Powers of the Clubs at Charles River Park, the MGH Buildings and Grounds team has become lean, mean, Be-Fit machines.

• Blood donor hits the jackpot
  Alison Sargent, an employee at State Street Bank, beat the odds as the winner of the MGH Blood Donor Center's March promotion. On April 14, Christopher Stowell, MD, PhD, medical director for the MGH Blood Donor Center, presented Sargent with her prize — two airline tickets to Las Vegas, courtesy of Southwest Airlines, two nights at the Imperial Palace and two free tickets to see a show at the Riviera hotel.

• 2005 Durant Fellow named
  Ann York Kao, MD, of the MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center, recently was named recipient of the third annual Thomas S. Durant, MD, Fellowship in Refugee Medicine. Kao was honored in a special ceremony in the Trustees Room April 15 that also recognized returning 2004 Durant fellows Grace Deveney, RN, and Katie Fallon, RN.

• Friendly competition gives back to the MGH
  Allan Moore, MD, a junior resident in the MGH Department of Medicine, wanted to find a simple way to give something back to the MGH. With the help of Kim Cronin, donor services manager for the MGH Blood Donor Center, Moore decided to hold a friendly blood donation competition among residents and attending physicians in the Department of Medicine.

• Phase two begins for pneumovaccine program
  Phase two of the pneumococcal vaccine program will be rolled out in the Provider Order Entry (POE) system May 3. In this phase, a screen will display to the first health care provider — physician, resident, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant — signing on to write orders for the day, for patients age 65 years and older. The screen has a pre-selected order for the pneumococcal vaccine. The provider has the option of accepting the order, declining the order or deferring the decision for up to five days.

• MGH Quit Smoking Service offers help to inpatients
  For many people who smoke, finding a time in their lives when they are ready to quit can be a challenge. Sometimes a hospital stay presents a good opportunity to quit smoking. To help MGH patients take advantage of this opportunity to quit, the MGH Quit Smoking Service offers resources that can help.

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