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New Formula predicts with high accuracy which patients with recurring stroke would benefit from PFO closure.

Tufts Medical Center has been recognized as High Performing in Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report, in its 2021 Best Hospitals for Maternity rating.

John Adam Reich, MD has been named Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center.

Tufts MC pledges $700,000 in grants to support community organizations’ economic mobility and stability efforts.

Helen Boucher, chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center, professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, and a director of the Stuart B. Levy Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance (Levy CIMAR), has been named to a new, joint position as interim dean for Tufts University School of Medicine and chief academic officer for Wellforce.

Tufts Medical Center and Prapela have been awarded a joint $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to help advance the development hospital bassinets for the treatment of newborns diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)/Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS).

Tufts Medical Center was recognized with an ‘A’ Rating in the Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for meeting the highest patient safety standards.

While families reported disruptions and added stress, many also noted positive experiences that help build resilience in a survey conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and partnering organizations.

Iris Z. Jaffe, MD, PhD has been elected into the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

A national clinical trial led by Tufts Children’s Hospital researchers has found that both targeted genome sequencing and whole genome sequencing may help diagnose genetic abnormalities in neonates and infants. However, the technology and interpretations of results continue to have significant limitations that require further research and understanding.

Internationally esteemed clinician and health equity researcher, Karen Freund, MD, MPH has been named Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center, effective February 1. She will also assume the role of Chair of the Department of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, both effective February 1.

Boston Magazine has honored 157 Tufts Medical Center physicians as 2021 Boston “Top Doctors.”