Boston The American Medical Association, AMA Foundation announced the 30 recipients of the 2009 AMA Foundation Leadership Awards. Presented in association with Pfizer Inc, this award recognizes medical students, residents and fellows and early career physicians for their non clinical leadership skills in organized medicine, education, public health or community service. Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation's Dr. Rosalyn Nguyen was selected out of thousands of nominees as a leader in the Resident and Fellows category. Rosalyn's stellar academic record, dedication to excellence, and her desire to further her achievements have helped her excel at Spaulding and Harvard Medical School's Department of PM and R. Never one to sit idle, she has given lectures within Harvard's PM and R residency on topics including spinal cord injury and Virtual Reality Rehabilitation while conducting research on Traumatic Brain Injury and the use of the Nintendo Wii in stroke rehabilitation.
'We encourage all of our doctors to not only be leaders in clinical care but also become leaders and good neighbors in the communities we all are a part of. Rosalyn is truly a shining example of the type of leadership we as physicians need to have in 21st century medicine. Balancing a demanding clinical case load, a deep commitment to research and education and reaching out to the broader community. Spaulding and Harvard are honored to have Dr. Nguyen as part of our program and as an example of the high quality physicians this program is producing,' said Dr. Ross Zafonte, VP of Medicine at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Chair of the Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Nguyen is also an active community leader, supporting the Committee on Young Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston Cares, and the Boston Ivy Alumni Group. With a sports medicine interest, she has provided medical coverage for the 2008 Boston Marathon and the 2008 Special Olympics Summer Games at Harvard. Rosalyn's dedication to pursuing her education, while fostering the education of others has made her a vital member of the Spaulding physician community.
'Through actions such as leading a free clinic, changing health policy, conducting cutting-edge research or volunteering on a global level, these men and women have shown tremendous potential for joining the next generation of medical leaders," said Jean Howard, president of the AMA Foundation. "I am confident that these outstanding individuals will provide the necessary leadership to improve health care delivery in our country.'
The Leadership Awards are part of the AMA Foundation's Excellence in Medicine Awards program, which will be presented at a dinner on March 9, 2009 in Washington D.C., prior to the AMA National Advocacy Conference.
About the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
A member of Partners HealthCare, The Spaulding Network includes its main campus, a 196-bed facility, located in Boston, MA, Shaugnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital three skilled nursing facilities: North End Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Boston Center for Rehabilitation and Sub-Acute Care, and the Clark House, as well as sixteen outpatient sites throughout the Greater Boston area. Spaulding is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School as well as the official rehabilitation hospital of the New England Patriots. Spaulding is the only rehabilitation hospital in New England continually ranked since 1995 by U.S. News and World Report in its Best Hospitals survey. For more information, please visit www.spauldingrehab.org.
About the Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is an internationally recognized program that focuses on excellence in clinical care, education and innovative research. Based at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the program enrolls 18 residents in postgraduate years two through four, and clinical fellows in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine. Residents from Boston Medical Center and Spinal Cord Injury Fellows from the Veterans Administration Medical Center train here as well. The medical education program has been a major catalyst for Spaulding's emergence over the last decade as one of the top ten rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S.
HMS PM and R faculty and students are currently involved in over 100 research studies include clinical studies, the evaluation of new rehabilitation medications, and basic research into the nature recovery of disease and disability. PM and R faculty each year, are also invited to hundreds of conferences all over the world as key note speakers and panel participants.
Harvard Medical School has more than 7,500 full-time faculty working in 11 academic departments located at the School's Boston campus or in one of 47 hospital-based clinical departments at 17 Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes. Those affiliates include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Forsyth Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Center, Immune Disease Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and VA Boston Healthcare System. For more information visit hms.harvard.edu/hms
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