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New Onsite Medical Directors in New London and Groton

May 20, 2015 Sofia Dupi

Below is an email from our Chief Medical Officer, Veena Channamsetty, MD, adapted for the blog. Good Morning Everyone: I’m excited to announce the selection of two new Onsite Medical Directors (OSMD) for CHC. Dr. Mariana Salas has accepted the OSMD role for New London and Patricia Swim has accepted the OSMD role for Groton. Dr. Mariana Salas joined CHC in 2013 after completing her Family Practice Residency at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN where she received the Community Service…

Weitzman Weekly

May 20, 2015 My Phuong Tong

Spotlight: eConsults with Jose Villagra One of the biggest problems today is that the demand for specialty care services far exceeds the supply. However, most people waiting to see specialists do not really need to be seen. I talked to Jose Villagra, Project Manager of eConsults, to learn more about how eConsults is improving patient access to specialty care. Electronic consultations offered through eConsults allow patients to get advice from specialists within a few days rather than a couple of…

Margaret Anderson, Executive Director of FasterCures

May 18, 2015 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Margaret Anderson, Executive Director of FasterCures, an action tank dedicated to saving lives by speeding up and improving medical research systems. They discuss the ongoing threat to NIH research due to funding reductions, but also the game changing potential of new technologies and increased patient engagement to advance biomedical research.

Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, President and CEO of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

May 11, 2015 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, President and CEO of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatric News, the journal of the American Psychiatric Association. He discusses their recent publication, “Understanding Mental Disorders” which is a layperson’s guide to diagnoses listed in the DSM-5.

Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children

May 5, 2015 Marianne OHare

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children, an independent non-profit organization meeting the basic health, education and nutritional needs of over 140 million children worldwide. Ms. Miles discusses the myriad humanitarian crises the world’s children are currently facing in war zones, refugee camps and infectious disease outbreaks.

Earthquake in Nepal – Relief Effort

April 28, 2015 Mark Masselli

Greetings Here at CHC, we are driven by the belief that health care is a right, not a privilege. We work tirelessly to care for the underserved in our state. At times, disasters occur beyond Connecticut that remind us of us of how fragile life is and the global need to care for one another. We have viewed with shock and sadness the devastation of parts of Nepal from a powerful earthquake. We truly are a global community, and many…