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Roxbury Health Centers Help Make History
The Bay State Banner Published: 1/14/2016 Today’s health care landscape would have been almost unrecognizable 50 years ago. Miracle drugs and medical devices have changed how we approach everything from diagnostics to treatment. But one of the most fundamental differences is an approach that helped spark the entire progressive health care reform movement, and it […]
MoreAJ Eckert, D.O. to Join the Whittier Street Health Center Physicians Team to Oversee its LGBTQ patient population
December 2015, Boston, MA – The Whittier Street Heath Center has announced that Dr. AJ Eckert, D.O. will join its team of physicians. Dr. Eckert is a board certified osteopathic and family medicine physician, whose specialty lies in providing transgender hormone therapy services. Whittier has chosen Dr. Eckert to lead the charge in managing its […]
MoreTufts Health Plan’s Marc Spooner to Chair the Whittier Health and Wellness Foundation Board
December 2015, Boston, MA – Whittier Street Heath Center has announced that Tufts Health Plan’s President of Commercial Product, Marc Spooner, will assume the role of Chairman of its Health and Wellness Foundation Board in January 2016, succeeding Sonja Kelly, who is stepping down from the role of Chair. The Board was formed in 2005 […]
MoreWhittier’s President and CEO Named Top 50 Power Player in Boston
Meet the Boston Business Journal’s Power 50 President and CEO Frederica Williams is named Top 50 Power Player on Boston Business Journal’s 2015 Power 50 List. Boston Business Journal cites Ms. Williams as a key innovator who is “getting things done and leading change in the Boston economy.” Whittier Street Health Center proudly congratulates Ms. Williams. As the Journal states, “this was […]
MoreGlobe Magazine Awards Whittier Top Women-Led Business in MA
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MoreRoxbury Center Targets Health Disparities In Boston’s Poorest Neighborhoods
90.9 wbur By Marina Renton CommonHealth Intern July 24, 2015 When it comes to health in Boston, it’s hard to deny there’s a great divide across neighborhoods. Need proof? A 2013 Boston Public Health Commission report found that, from 2000 to 2009, the average life expectancy for Boston residents was 77.9 years. But in […]
MoreCommunity Health Centers Marry Fitness Centers for the Sake of the Patients
July 14, 2015; WGBH Most of us understand that our health is deeply affected by the ability to exercise safely and eat fresh food that won’t poison our systems over time. But, what do you do if your neighborhood is unconducive to such stuff? In Roxbury, a relatively low-income Boston neighborhood, the Whittier Street Health […]
MoreAt Roxbury Health Center, A New Approach To Fitness
6:19 PM – TUE JULY 14, 2015 / WGBH NEWS / A medical center with a new gym in Roxbury is changing the way doctors approach healthcare. Patients at Whittier Street Health Center get prescriptions for medicine — and exercise. The health center director believes adding exercise to a daily regimen will change lives… Bob […]
MoreBoston Health Center Aims to Improve Life Expectancy for Urban Residents Opens New Fitness Center and Community Garden
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to officiate at Grand Opening on June 27 BOSTON, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — It is now well known that the census tract with the lowest life expectancy in Boston is in Roxbury, the urban neighborhood where the average resident lives just 58.9 years. Three miles away, in the toney upscale Back […]
MoreWhittier Recognized by Tufts Health Plan
From left to right: Dr. Claire Levesque, CMO of Commercial Products (Tufts Health Plan); Mariella Spencer, Clinical Case Manager (Whittier Street Health Center); Yinette Fuertes, Cardiovascular Case Manager (Whittier Street Health Center); Adeola Ogungbadero, Vice President of Clinical Support Services (Whittier Street Health Center); Dr. Jonathan Harding, CMO of Senior Products (Tufts Health Plan) Whittier […]
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