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NEWS FROM
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
May 15, 2009
Cambridge Health Alliance Psychiatrist Receives Art of Healing Award
Cambridge, MA…Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a public
healthcare system with three hospital campuses and a network of
community-based health centers that serve Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's Metro-North region, announced today that psychiatrist
Marshall Forstein, MD, has received CHA's second annual Art of Healing
Award. The award recognizes an individual for exemplary leadership,
advocacy, and innovation in healing.
Dr. Forstein is Director of CHA's Adult Psychiatry Residency Training
Program, former Director of CHA's HIV Mental Health Services, and
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. From
1990-2002, he served as Medical Director of Mental Health and Addiction
Services at the Fenway Health Center.
A multifaceted physician and educator, Dr. Forstein has made extensive
contributions to the field of psychiatry. The Art of Healing Award
honors his groundbreaking work in the mental health aspects of HIV/AIDS;
his significant impact as a teacher and trainer of mental health
providers, primary care providers, and residents both nationally
and internationally; and his leadership on numerous major national,
regional, and institution-based committees relating to HIV and/or
mental health.
Dr. Forstein has played an integral role in the development of
national educational literature and curriculum on the psychiatric
and psychosocial manifestations of HIV and on the treatment of gay
and lesbian individuals, couples, and families. He chaired the American
Psychiatric Association's Commission on AIDS from 1991-2002 and
since then has chaired the Steering Committee of the Program in
HIV Psychiatry in the American Psychiatric Institute for Research
and Education.
"Throughout his career, Dr. Forstein has inspired patients,
colleagues, and students to aspire to extraordinary healing--the
kind that comes from respect, compassion, and courage," said
Jay Burke, MD, MPH, Chairman and Chief of CHA's Department of Psychiatry
and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "Dr.
Forstein's commitment to training a new generation of doctors in
community-based health care has been critical in advancing our mission
to bring the expertise of an innovative teaching hospital into the
community to benefit all those in need."
Dr. Forstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric
Association and has been appointed to the Residency Review Committee
for Psychiatry of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education. A graduate of the College of Medicine at the University
of Vermont, Dr. Forstein completed his internship at Presbyterian
Hospital, Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, and his residency
in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The award was presented at the Art of Healing Award Dinner on Tuesday,
May 12, 2009, at the Charles Hotel Ballroom in Cambridge, Mass.
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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