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I am grateful to Dr. Joel Bass, Chair
of the Department of Pediatrics at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital
for his many wise suggestions. Ken Heckman, Project Specialist
and Arlene Graff, Applications Analyst of the Hospital Information
Services of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital were very helpful
throughout the development of this site. Without their assistance,
this site would never have been completed. Diane Keogh, Corporate
Director, Enterprise Services, Partners HealthCare was the
one who first encouraged me to take on this task and helped
me in many ways.
I am most appreciative of Dr. Michael
Jellinek, President of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Dr.
Leslie Selbovitz, Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs,
for their trust and support throughout this process. I am
also indebted to Dr. Gary Gottlieb, President of the Brigham
and Women's Hospital, for being a mentor in recent years.
Heming Nelson, President of 4Site
Interactive Studios, Inc., and Chris Messina created the
design for this web site. If this site is easy to read, their
imagination and creativity deserve much credit. In the early
but crucial phase of this web site, the staff of
HealthyConnect.Com contributed much to the original conception,
structure and use of color for this site. Adam Frost, my computer
consultant, was always helpful.
I am the product of many teachers.
A few include people like Fran Lewis, a former chief psychiatric
social worker at Children's Hospital Boston and Professor
Maryann Amodeo of the Boston University School of Social Work.
Dr. Max Day, a psychoanalyst and the late Tully Benaron, a
child psychiatrist at Children's Hospital Boston, taught me
many things including how to listen with greater sensitivity
to parents and children. I was privileged to join Dr. Morris
Green and Barry Zuckerman in the Bright Futures study group.
Bright Futures called for increased attention to the psychosocial
issues of children.
Marie McPherson was formerly the Director of Clinical
Guidelines for Massachusetts Blue Cross and Blue Shield. I
am very grateful for her encouragement over the years, as I
am to Dr. Richard Toran and Jeff Murphy, Medical Director
and Executive Director of the Newell Medical Delivery Organization.
I have received much support from Partners Community Health
Care, Inc. including Dr. Tom Lee, Medical Director, Peter
Greenspan, Medical Director for Pediatrics, Dave Terry, Manager
of PCHInet, and Maureen Farrell, Manager for Quality Improvement.
Finally, Melinda Strauss is the editor
for this site. The clarity and conciseness of this site is
a result of her doing. She also helped me bring forth many
of the ideas within this site as a result of her many years
of clinical experience.
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