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Addison Gilbert Hospital Clinical Practitioners Contact List as of 5/5/2017 Addison Gilbert (Beverly) Hospital Cambridge Hospital 978-922-3000 x3179 617-665-1624 Anna Jaques Hospital Cape Cod Hospital 978-463-1160 508-862-5468 Athol Memorial Hospital Carney Hospital 978-249-1282 617-296-4000 x5050 Baystate Medical Center *Charlton Memorial Hospital (South 413-794-4782 Coast Health) 508-679-3131 Baystate Franklin Medical Center 413-773-2509 Children’s Hospital 617-355-6932 Baystate Mary Lane Hospital 413-967-2856 Clinton Hospital 978-368-3717 Berkshire Medical Center 413-447-2484 Cooley Dickinson Hospital 413-582-2135 Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Milton Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 617-313-1686 617-632-2200 Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Dedham Medical Associates Atrius Needham Health 781-453-3888 617-559-8311 Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Plymouth Veterans Hospital (VA Bedford) 508-830-2107 781-687-3078 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Emerson Hospital Center 978-287-3211 617-667-2249 Falmouth Hospital Beverly Hospital 508-457-5615 978-922-3000 x3179 Faulkner Hospital *Boston Medical Center 617-983-4416 617-414-7220 Franciscan Hospital for Children *Brigham and Women’s Hospital 617-254-5550 617-732-6785 1 Clinical Practitioners Contact List as of 5/5/2017 Good Samaritan Medical Center Martha’s Vineyard Hospital 508-427-3161 508-957-9552 Granite Medical Group Atrius Health Massachusetts Eye and Ear 617-559-8311 Infirmary 617-573-3724 Harrington Memorial Hospital 508-764-2426 Massachusetts General Hospital 617-726-2036 Harvard Vanguard Medical Massachusetts Hospital School Associates Atrius Health 781-830-8547 617-559-8311 Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Health Alliance Hospital 781-306-6726 978-466-2552 Merrimack Valley Hospital Heywood Hospital 978-521-8550 978-630-6490 Holy Family Hospital and Medical Metrowest Medical Center Center Framingham Union Hospital 978-687-0151 x2269 508-383-1234 Holyoke Medical Center Metrowest Natick Leonard Morse 413-534-2500 x5653 Hospital 508-650-7295 Kindred Hospital 617-254-1100 x8065 Mercy Medical Center 413-748-9383 Lahey Hospital and Medical Center 781-744-3081 *Milford Regional Medical Center 508-422-2304 Lawrence General Hospital 978-683-4000 x2611 Morton Hospital 508-828-7148 Lawrence Memorial Hospital 781-306-6726 Mount Auburn Hospital 617-499-5026 *Lowell General Hospital 978-937-6570 Nantucket Cottage Hospital 508-825-8260 Malden Medical Center 781-979-6600 Nashoba Valley Medical Center 978-784-9418 Marlborough Hospital 508-486-5524 Newton-Wellesley Hospital 617-243-6282 2 Clinical Practitioners Contact List as of 5/5/2017 New England Sinai Hospital Somerville Hospital 781-297-1181 617-591-4350 Noble Hospital South Shore Hospital 413-568-2811 x5084 781-624-8890 North Adams Regional Hospital Sturdy Memorial Hospital 413-664-5229 508-236-7171 North Shore Children’s Hospital Tewksbury Hospital 978-354-4742 978-851-7321 x2341 Northshore Medical Center Salem *Tobey Hospital (South Coast Hospital Health) 978-354-4742 508-973-7624 Northshore Medical Center Union Tufts Medical Center Hospital 617-636-5921 781-477-3270 UMass Memorial Medical Center Norwood Hospital 508-856-3293 781-278-6326 VA Boston Healthcare System, West Quincy Medical Center Roxbury Campus (VA West 617-376-5787 Roxbury) 857-203-6940 Saint’s Medical Center 978-937-6570 VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System (VA Leeds) St. Anne’s Hospital 413-584-4040 x2233 508-235-5645 Western Massachusetts Hospital St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center 413-784-9087 617-789-2372 Whidden Memorial Hospital *St. Luke’s Hospital (South Coast 617-381-5065 Health) 508-997-1515 Winchester Hospital 781-756-2909 St. Vincent Hospital 508-363-6240 Wing Memorial Hospital 413-284-5272 Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital 508-941-7541 3 Clinical Practitioners Contact List as of 5/5/2017 *List of the facilities and clinical practitioners participating in the MAVEN Clinical Practitioner Pilot Project. Boston Medical Center Carole Sulis 617-414-4958 Laurie Lamy 617-414-4958 EXT 4958 Deborah Lichtenberg 617-638-8815 Dale Ford 617 414 4952 Cathy Bokozanska 617-638-7422 Brigham Women's Hospital Nick Macarelli 617.525.8427 – Pager 30277 Lowell General Hospital Michelle Antonellis 978-788-7492 Milford Regional Medical Center Bonnie Burke 508-422-2614 Kim Knox 508-422-2304 South Coast Health Deborah Hylander 508-973-7208 Kimberly Teves 508-973-7624 Susan McMahon 508-973-5497 Mary Jane Foster 508-973-5497 Patricia Verronneau 508-973-5497 4 .
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