On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, several members of the Atrius Health family were honored at the first annual Atrius Health Awards and Dinner ceremony, which recognizes staff that have made contributions in areas such as teaching and clinical innovation and have become role models for other staff. Congratulations to all of the award winners recognized for their 2015 contributions.
Paul Solomon, MD Peer Recognition Award – Presented to Elizabeth Caronna, MD, Judit Saenz-Badillos, MD and Justin Smith, OD by Michael Querner, MD
This award recognizes any Atrius Health physician, advanced practice clinician, behavioral health clinician, optometrist, or podiatrist for outstanding contributions to the practice through clinical excellence, patient service, teaching, or research. The award honors Dr. Paul Solomon who served as a pediatrician at our Harvard Vanguard Cambridge practice for over two decades before retiring in 1998. Dr. Solomon was recognized for his tremendous clinical acumen and medical staff leadership ability. After retirement, he was dedicated to public service and became a selectman in Belmont. Nominations are open and awardees are selected by a committee which includes frontline clinicians and clinical site leadership.
Robert H. Ebert Excellence in Teaching Award – Presented to Shaeneus Graf, PA-C by Donald Duger, PA-C and to Karen Wood, MD by William Taylor, MD
This award recognizes an Atrius Health clinician who has made outstanding contributions to medical education and teaching. The academic mission is a vital part of Atrius Health, and we have a unique ability to teach the next generation of clinicians how to provide compassionate, high-quality, cost-effective patient care within a 21st century outpatient medical practice. Awardees are nominated by colleagues, peers, and students and selected by the Medical Director of Medical Education and members of the executive management team.
Atrius Health Clinical Innovation Team Award – Presented to the Behavioral Health Team by Karen DaSilva, MD
This team award recognizes the extraordinary efforts of a group of individuals who led Atrius Health to adopt and use an innovative approach to improve the care of our patients and/or the health of our communities. Eligible teams must be comprised of individuals from more than one department, one specialty, or one practice location. The award acknowledges a major advance in improving the patient health and/or improving the reliability, efficiency, or effectiveness in delivery of healthcare. Advances are defined broadly and include finding a pragmatic solution to a chronic problem, defining new paths to clinical excellence, or even new approaches that enable our organization to function more collaboratively and effectively. Nominations are open and awardees are selected by the VP of Innovation and members of the executive management team.
Atrius Health Trustees’ Award of Distinction – Presented to Daniel Slater, MD by Susan Pauker, MD and Guy Spinelli, MD
The Trustee’s Award of Distinction recognizes an individual in our practice whose exceptional efforts and commitment resulted in outstanding contributions to the mission of Atrius Health. Through extraordinary initiative and perseverance, an Awardee has gone above and beyond expectations to humbly inspire changes that have benefited our patients, our peers and colleagues, and our organization. The work of the Awardee has been a critical influence in helping us “provide the right care with kindness and compassion every day for every person we serve.” This award shares a historical legacy with the Ebert Award of Distinction that honors the memory of Dr. Robert H. Ebert, Dean of Harvard Medical School from 1965 to 1977 and visionary founder of Harvard Community Health Plan. It is the highest individual honor awarded annually. Nominations are open and awardees are selected by the executive management team and the Chairman of our Board of Trustees.
Atrius Health Lifetime Achievement Award – Presented to Michael Lee, MD by Richard Lopez, MD
This award recognizes an Atrius Health clinician with over a decade of service for a collection of significant contributions to the organization made throughout their career. The legacy of the awardee will be a lasting impact on the current and future success of Atrius Health. This award is based on the totality of contributions from the awardee over their tenure with our organization. Nominations are open and awardees are selected by members of the executive management team.
