In the News
New ‘Pathway Program’ Offers Possible Solution to Local Doctor Shortage
January 14, 2025
Deeb Salem, MD, Senior Vice President for Academic Integration at Tufts Medicine and Cardiologist at Tufts Medical Center, and Kristina Sokolovska Konieczny, RN, Nurse at Tufts Medicine Community Care Family Medicine – Reading, in a story about the passage of the Physician Pathway Act in Massachusetts and the potential impact it could make on the primary care physician shortage.
In the News
What’s Going Around Right Now? The 4 Winter Viruses of the ‘Quad-Demic,’ Explained
January 14, 2025
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer at Tufts Medicine and Hospi
In the News
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Brain Fog: What Causes It and What to Do About It
January 10, 2025
Supriya Rao, MD, Gastroenterologist and Medical Director of the Obesity Medicine Program at Lowell General Hospital, in an article about inflammatory bowel disease brain fog.
In the News
More Than 100 Birds Culled at Waterford Park for H5N1 Bird Flu
January 11, 2025
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in a story about the current bird flu situation in the U.S.
In the News
Tufts Medical Center Celebrates Completing Record 70 Adult Heart Transplants in 2024
January 13, 2025
Indranee Rajapreyar, MD, Medical Director of Cardiac Transplantation at Tufts Medical Center, and David DeNofrio, MD, Director of Heart Failure Network Development at Tufts MC, in a story about Tufts Medical Center breaking its own New England record with 70 adult heart transplants in 2024.

Articles
Tufts Medicine Physicians Named to Boston Magazine’s 2025 Top Doctors List
January 28, 2025
Each year, Boston Magazine publishes its list of Top Doctors in the Boston area. We are pleased to share that Tufts Medicine physicians, across dozens of specialties, are again well represented on this year's list.

Press Releases
Tufts Medical Center Completes 70 Adult Heart Transplants in 2024 to Break Own New England Record for the Second Straight Year
January 13, 2025
Tufts Medical Center surpasses 2023 total by nine to set a new regional benchmark for adult heart transplants at a single center in a calendar year.
Healthy Podcast
Neurosurgery in the Community with Mina Safain, MD and Jayde Nail, MD
January 10, 2025
MelroseWakefield Hospital neurosurgeons Mina Safain, MD and Jayde Nail, MD, join the Healthy Podcast to discuss the benefits of providing neurosurgery in the community setting.
In the News
With Virus Cases Surging, Boston Hospitals Adopt More Strict Masking Policies
January 9, 2025
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in two stories about increasing respiratory virus cases in Massachusetts and Boston hospitals re-instating masking policies in clinical areas.
Does Your Sleeping Position Really Say Anything About Your Mental Health?
January 8, 2025
Aarti Grover, MD, Medical Director for the Center for Sleep Medicine at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about whether there is a connection between sleeping position and mental health.