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CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE WELCOMES NEW VASCULAR SURGEON, JAMES RIELLY, MD, FACS

Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford, Revere, Somerville, Winthrop, MA…Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) welcomes new vascular surgeon James Rielly, MD, FACS. He comes to CHA from Georgia, where he was most recently in private practice for more than 10 years. He will see patients at The Cambridge Hospital and Whidden Memorial Hospital campuses of CHA.

"We are proud to have Jim join our team," said Moon Kwoun, MD, Chief of Vascular Surgery. "His expertise in a wide range of procedures, especially minimally invasive arterial and venous surgery, will help us to grow our program and continue to provide expert surgical care to our communities."

Dr. Rielly earned a combined BA/MD degree from Boston University. He completed his general surgical training at Baylor in Houston where he remained on staff as an instructor. He completed his vascular fellowship at Carolinas Heart Institute, after which he served as a surgical missionary for six months.

Dr. Rielly is fluent in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Bengali, and Italian.

Cambridge Health Alliance is a regional healthcare system with three hospitals and more than twenty primary care practices in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-North communities. As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance offers medical residency/training programs and undergraduate learning experiences in hospital and community settings. Cambridge Health Alliance also includes the Cambridge Public Health Department, CHA Physicians Organization (CHAPO), and Network Health, a managed Medicaid plan.

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