June 2, 2006

MGH honors employee military heroes for their service

The selfless sacrifices of hospital employees who have served in various branches of the U.S. military — both stateside and abroad — are being honored with a plaque recently installed on the MGH Employee Wall of Recognition on Ellison 1. The plaque is just one of many recent efforts to recognize MGHers for their military service. Earlier this spring, the hospital also hosted a special luncheon to thank these employees.

The honorees are: Raymond Bisio, RN, of Emergency Services; Lisa Boulay of the Clinical Care Management Unit; John Bruttaniti of Police and Security; Douglas Dresnek of the Cutaneous Biology Research Center; Pierre Felix of the Eat Street Café; Byron Hernandez of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Gregg Meyer, MD, of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization; Richard Pino, MD, PhD, of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care; Junior Senat, RN, of Ellison 19; Edward George, MD, PhD, of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care; William Hutchins of Police and Security; Daniel Lonergan, RN, of Blake 11; Karl Mitchell, RN, of Blake 8; Maria Romanoff, RN, of Blake 11; Greg McKenna, RN, NP, of Occupational Health; and Taryn Pittman of the Blum Patient and Family Learning Center. Former MGH employees Elaine F. D'Aprile, RN; Frank Haluska, MD; Michael Lazo and Harry Orf, PhD, also were honored.

During the month of June, the Blood Donor Center also will be honoring military service in the MGH community with Armed Services Blood Donor Month, which launched during the Memorial Day weekend. For more information about the blood drive, click here.

From left, Peter Slavin, MD, president of the MGH; Keila Silva Barros, leave of absence coordinator for Human Resources; and Jeff Davis, senior vice president for Human Resources