Winners of the 2008 Rx for Excellence Awards

LEADERS IN QUALITY

Charlie Baker

President and CEO

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

George Blackburn, MD, PhD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Associate Professor of Surgery

Michael Blau, Esq.

Partner

Foley & Lardner

Doug Brown, Esq. and John O’Brien

General Counsel and CEO

UMass Memorial Health Care

Jim Conway

Senior Vice President

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

CRICO/RMF

Risk Management Department

Lena Deter, R.N., MPH

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Hebrew Senior Life

Vincent DiCianni, Esq.

President of Affiliated Monitors

Andrew Eisenhauer, MD

Director, Interventional

Cardiovascular Medicine Service

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Atul Gawande, MD

Brigham &Women’s Hospital

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Allan Goroll, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Cleve Killingsworth

Steve Fox

Blue Cross Blue Shield

of Massachusetts

Michael Howell, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess

Medical Center

George D. LeMaitre, MD

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

Founder, Director and Chairman

of the Scientific Advisory Board

Eric Linzer

Vice President

Massachusetts Association

of Health Plans

Massachusetts Coalition for the

Prevention of Medical Errors

Rosanna Means, MD

Founder, Women of Means

Medical-Legal

Partnership for Children

Boston Medical Center

Michael D. Miller, MD

Founder and President

HealthPolCom

Rick Mindess, MD

President and CEO

Wellport

Newburyport, Mass.

Laura A. Montgomery

Quality Manager

New England Cryogenics Center

Senator Richard T. Moore

Massachusetts State Senate

Chair of Senate Committee

on Health Care Financing

Delia O’Connor

CEO

Anna Jaques Hospital

ProMutual Group

Risk Management Department

Arun Ramappa, MD

Chief of Sports Medicine,

Orthopedic Surgery Department

Beth Israel Deaconess

Medical Center

Amy Rosen

Professor, Boston University

School of Public Health

Luis T. Sanchez, M.D.

Director, Massachusetts

Medical Society’s Physician

Health Services

Stephen M. Weiner, Esq.

Chair of Health Law Section

Mintz Levin

Anthony D. (Andy) Whittemore, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

HEROES FROM THE FIELD

Mary Lou Ashur, MD

Carney Hospital

Commandant Michael Resca

The Chelsea Soldiers Home

Chelsea, Mass.

Paul Cirel, Esq.

Partner

Dwyer & Collora

Bruce F. Cohen, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Michael Costa, Esq.

Vice President and General Counsel

American Renal Associates, Inc.

Sharon Donaghue-Naumnik

Vice President, Clinical Reimbursement

CareOne and HealthBridge Management

Jerry Fitzpatrick, MD

Bolton Family Medicine

Nancy E. Otovic, MD

Lahey Clinic

Delia Sang, MD

Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

Steven Schachter, MD and William Mandell, Esq.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Pierce & Mandell, P.C.