MGH Hospital Medicine Unit

07/09/2025

Happy belated 4th of July! The hospital never sleeps because people are sick and need care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including weekends and holidays. Thank you to our hospitalist for giving up so much to serve and help others every day (and night). Happy birthday, America! Photo credit: Dr. Pat Smitty.

07/07/2025

Congratulations to hospitalist Dr. Chantal Barksdale for receiving a grant from Baker Family Initiative for Transforming Patient Experience and Outcomes, with PGY2 Dr. Sara Al-Zubi and Hospitalist Dr. Kathy May Tran! Dr. Barksdale is a brand-new hospitalist, coming to us from MGH Internal Medicine Residency. Dr. Barksdale previously received degrees from Boston College, University of California-Los Angeles, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is interested in medical education, health equity, and global health.

06/28/2025

Congratulations to hospitalist Dr. Kathy May Tran and her team! The AMC Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) awarded them a grant from the Baker Family Initiative for Transforming Patient Experience and Outcomes. The generous donation of Jon and Patricia Baker provides funding to support innovative projects aimed at enhancing the patient journey.

Dr. Tran’s project: EmpowerCare+ (with Drs. Sara Al-Zubi, Chantal Barksdale, and Chris Kirwan)
Summary: Create a patient-driven solution that eliminates clinician bottlenecks, allowing patients with limited English proficiency to independently access video interpreters via secured iPads using established MGH interpretation services.

06/28/2025

Congratulations to hospitalist Dr. Amber Moore and her team! The AMC Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) awarded them a grant from the Baker Family Initiative for Transforming Patient Experience and Outcomes. The generous donation of Jon and Patricia Baker provides funding to support innovative projects aimed at enhancing the patient journey.

Dr. Moore’s project: My Question List (with Drs. Leigh Simmons, Karen Sepucha, LaVern W. Delaney)
Summary: Improve the experience of care for our inpatients by providing them with care activities that enhance communication of patients’ goals, concerns and questions to their care teams using a simple tool called a Question List. The program will be implemented on inpatient medical units at MGH.

06/07/2025

HMU’s outstanding APPs and at the AMC APP Leadership Conference!

03/01/2025

Congratulations to the HMU doctors nominated for the 2025 McGovern Award for Clinical Excellence! Drs. Bijay Acharya, Leslie Chang, Tommy Heyne, Patrick Smithedajkul, Kathy May Tran, and Jonathan Wing.

Come celebrate them and watch the announcement of the 2025 McGovern Award Recipient and the MGPO Trustees Medal at the April 17 reception at the Liberty Ballroom of the Liberty Hotel. RSVP by email.

03/01/2025

02/28/2025

The Center for Professional Well-Being is hosting a winter family gathering event at the Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Memorial Rink in Charlestown on Sunday, March 23rd from 2:00pm-3:50pm. Food will be provided! All HMU staff and family are welcome!

02/28/2025

Back by popular demand: The Center for Professional Well-Being workshop “The Anatomy of a Mistake: Rising from Adversity.” Led by MGH HMU Dr. Revathi Ravi, this workshop reframes the way we connect with mistakes at work.

01/08/2025

Fantasy Football season has wrapped! Our new champion is Mike Lorinsky, who defeated Madelyn Kierce in the championship game. Special mention to Steve Diefenderfer, who squeaked out a loss to Erin Dodds to 'win' last place in the league! Thanks to Ashlin Szalanski for organizing the most competitive friendly match in HMU!

01/08/2025

The Labs for Computational Neuroimaging at the Martinos Center hand-made holiday cards for the Happiness Committee to distribute on Christmas Day to elderly patients on the Bigelow, Flex, and Albright Medical services. Thank you to LCN for their generosity and creativity and for caring for our patients, and thank you to LCN Lab Manager Allison Stevens Player for starting this new tradition -- Happiness Holiday Cards!

01/08/2025

The Happiness Sock Drive is underway until Jan 31! Please give to keep our homeless neighbors warm! The Happiness Committee is collecting new socks, coats, shoes, and other supplies for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Find collection boxes throughout the hospital: in HMU, the DOM, and various medical wards. Ellison 12 / Albright Blue filled their box in record time ...and have since filled another box! Pictured here: Josh, Nettie, Flan, Emma, Sydney, Kim, Jess, Valeria, and Emily. Thanks also to Judy Pham for donating holiday gift paper and to Suellen Li and Allie Andreski for wrapping collection boxes.