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Diane Farraher-Smith, MSN, MBA, RN, former President of Hallmark Health VNA & Hospice System VP of MelroseWakefield Healthcare and former Interim Executive Director of Circle Home, joins the Home Health Foundation (HHF) Executive Management Committee (EMC) as Chief Clinical Integration Officer.

The most pressing health issues across Greater Lowell include mental health, chronic health and wellness and substance use, according to the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA).

Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc. joined the Tufts Medicine family as Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman for the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center, Director of Behavioral Health for Tufts Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry and the Dr. Francis S. Arkin Chair of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Emily Panzone was diagnosed with vitiligo, a disease with no cure. But Tufts Medical Center provided her with the treatment she needed.

Your breast health is important.

When it came time for her annual mammogram this year, Diane MacLean remembers thinking she might put it off.

Dr. Sajani Shah + patient, Jan, tell us how stress can effect weight gain.

The Women’s Wellness Center located at the Lowell General Hospital main campus offers a variety of services to help women in the prevention and treatment of cancer.

Mac and his team at Tufts MC refused to let cardiomyopathy take his life, so they did all they could to get him to a heart transplant.

Albert Plummer received the first heart transplant at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC), giving him 11 more years with his family doing the things he loved. He left a lasting legacy on the Tufts Medical Center CardioVascular Center.

Arthur Caputi was determined to find the best clinical team to care for this condition.

Walter Suita’s most recent 5K race wasn’t his fastest, but it was one of his biggest victories. Just months earlier, a crushing 13-foot fall had shattered his hip.

Leg Pain: When Could It Be Serious?

The Division of Cardiology is part of the Department of Medicine and trains top cardiovascular specialists who benefit from our diverse patient population, dedicated faculty and staff and state-of-the-art facilities that provide an ideal learning and teaching environment.

The Department of Obstetrics + Gynecology cares for individuals through all transformative stages of life: puberty, pregnancy and menopause. These experiences are best supported by clinical expertise and compassionate care, qualities that are deeply woven within the fabric of our department. Through our research labs and residency programs, we strive to help the next generation of reproductive health professionals do the same.

When her beloved older sister Mary was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 28, Annie Zitzow Galante knew she had to get serious about cancer screenings. She started her annual mammograms at MelroseWakefield Hospital in her twenties and never missed an exam. By the time Annie received a breast cancer diagnosis at 43, her 21-year-old daughter Laura was eager to begin her own mammograms but was deemed too young for insurance to cover them.

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Tufts Medical Center Collaboration Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Sticking to a New Year’s resolution can be hard. Nicole Taub, patient at Tufts MC Weight and Wellness Center, tells her story of how she changed her life through surgical weight loss on her journey to be healthier.

Andy Alvarez almost lost this life, but with the speed and precision of the Vascular team he is back on his feet.

OBGYN visits should start well before family planning and should not end after the reproductive years.