East Boston Pediatrician Receives 2008 Community Pediatrician Award


Boston, Mass (JULY 2) -Children's Hospital Boston recently presented Thomas Silva, MD, of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center with the 2008 Community Pediatrician Award. Recognized for his outstanding  contributions to his community and profession, Dr. Silva has been  practicing at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center for the past  thirteen years. He was among five physicians honored at a ceremony  that took place during Blackfan Day at Children's earlier this month.

Among his accomplishments, Dr. Silva has developed a collaborative program known as Special Kids Special Care, a program which has provided better services to disabled children insured through government programs.  “Tom embodies the combination of caring and curing that inspires all of us,” says Gregory Young, MD, Vice President  of Community Pediatrics. 

Nominated by their peers, Children's Community Pediatrician Award  honorees are pediatricians that best represent the level of personalized and quality care provided at private pediatric practices and community health centers throughout the greater Boston area.

Dr. Silva has written chapters in texts on the care of technology dependent children and is a member of the Massachusetts Disaster Medical Assistance Team. He received his medical degree from Yale University.
 
Founded in 1869 as a 20-bed hospital for children, Children's Hospital Boston today is the nation's leading pediatric medical center, the largest provider of health care to Massachusetts children, and the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. In addition to 347 pediatric and adolescent inpatient beds and comprehensive outpatient programs, Children's houses the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries benefit both children and adults. For more information about the hospital and its research, visit: www.childrenshospital.org/newsroom.

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center opened in 1970, operating 24-hours a day, 7-days a week; the only health center in New England, and  one of the few in the country, to provide continuous care. EBNHC is the leading  health care provider in its service area, and is among the largest community  health centers in the country. During the past two decades, EBNHC has grown to care for more than 300,000 patient visits per year—more than any other ambulatory care center in New England.

 Contact:
Kristin McKenna
617-919-3110
Kristin.mckenna@childrens.harvard.edu