March 14, 2008
Cambridge Health Alliance Psychiatrist Receives Award
from the Massachusetts Coalition of School-Based Health
Centers
Cambridge Health Alliance psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport,
MD (right), receives the Massachusetts Coalition of
School-Based Health Centers 2008 Outstanding
School-Based Health Center Supporter Award from Antonia
Blinn, MCSBHC Program Director (left), and Massachusetts
State Representative Alice Wolf (photo courtesy of
Parker Digital Images)
Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere,
Somerville, Winthrop, MA...Cambridge Health Alliance
(CHA) announced today that Nancy Rappaport, MD, is
the inaugural recipient of the Massachusetts Coalition
of School-Based Health Centers (MCSBHC) 2008
Outstanding School-Based Health Center Supporter
Award. The award was presented at the MCSBHC s Third
Annual School-Based Health Center Awareness Day, held
recently at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
MCSBHC honored Dr. Rappaport for her dedication to
providing the most vulnerable children access to quality
mental health services. As CHA s Director of
School-Based Programs, Dr. Rappaport delivers care
to high-risk students in Cambridge, Somerville, Everett,
and Malden by fortifying the interdisciplinary provision
of services, said Jay Burke, MD, MPH, CHA s Chairman
and Chief of the Department of Psychiatry. Additionally,
her clinical work at CHA s Teen Health Center, one
of the first school-based health centers in the nation,
illustrates her exceptional commitment to supporting
the continuity of care between schools and health providers.
Dr. Rappaport specializes in issues surrounding school
violence, cognitive behavioral therapy for traumatized
adolescents, and safety assessments of aggressive students.
She also serves as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
at Harvard Medical School.
The Massachusetts Coalition of School-Based Health
Centers is a statewide membership organization designed
to unify, energize and strengthen an independent network
of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. By providing a central voice advocating
for SBHCs, and facilitating knowledge sharing among
SBHCs, the Coalition strives to mobilize the network
of centers throughout the state to improve and sustain
access to quality services for children and adolescents.
To learn more visit www.mcsbhc.org.
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning
health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge,
Somerville, and Boston s metro-north communities. It
includes three hospital campuses, more than 20 primary
care and specialty practices, the Cambridge Public
Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA is a
Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also
affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard
School of Dental Medicine, and Tufts University School
of Medicine. Visit us online at www.cambridgehealthalliance.org.
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