July 22, 2005

Batter up: MGHers take a swing at poverty

Partners HealthCare staff stepped out of the Red Sox dugout and up to the plate July 5 to support Boston's anti-poverty agency — Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) — in the eighth annual ABCD Field of Dreams softball game at Fenway Park.

MGH team members represented a variety of departments including Hematology/Oncology, Internal Medicine; Gillette Centers for Women's Cancers and Surgery. Team members from the MGH included Frank Haluska, MD, PhD (MGH captain); Philip Amrein, MD; Matthew Smith, MD; James Rocco, MD, PhD; Arlan Fuller, MD; Suzanne Aquino, MD; Christopher Coley, MD; Maria Roche, NP; and Andrea McClatchey, PhD.

ABCD serves approximately 100,000 low-income Boston residents by providing fuel assistance, day care, job training and other services.

The Partners team