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NEWS
FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
April 14, 2009
Cambridge Health Alliance Names Chief of Cardiology
 Cambridge,
Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville, MA…Cambridge
Health Alliance (CHA) announced today that Deepak
Thatai, MD, FACC, has been appointed the healthcare system's
Chief of Cardiology. Dr. Thatai will be based at CHA's Whidden Hospital
campus in Everett and will also see patients at the Cambridge and
Somerville Hospital campuses.
After completing medical school and his medical residency in India,
Dr. Thatai moved to the United States and performed fellowships
in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease at Wayne
State University in Detroit. Over the past decade, he has practiced
medicine primarily in Michigan, including his most recent position
as Director of the Cardiac Cath lab at the Detroit VA Medical Center.
Dr. Thatai is also an accomplished educator, having earned numerous
teaching awards at Wayne State. He currently serves as a lecturer
on medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in
Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease.
"We were truly fortunate to recruit Dr. Thatai to lead our
growing cardiology program," said David Bor, MD, CHA's Chief
of Medicine and the Charles S. Davidson Associate Professor of Medicine
at Harvard Medical School. "He comes to CHA with a well-earned
reputation for clinical excellence and procedural proficiency. He
will assure our communities that CHA provides the highest quality
cardiac care, and he will equip our trainees with superb educational
experiences."
To make an appointment with Dr. Thatai or find out more about medical
specialties at Cambridge Health Alliance, please call 617-394-7731.
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning
health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital
campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices, the
Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA
is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated
with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
and Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit us online at www.challiance.org.
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Media Contact
David Cecere
Media Relations Manager
Phone: 617-503-8428
Cell: 617-921-9613
Pager: 617-546-1879
dcecere@challiance.org
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