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UMass Memorial Opens Healing Garden in Worcester
The Tsotsis Family Healing Garden at UMass Memorial Medical Center's North Pavilion is open, funded by a $1 million donation from Dot and Mike Tsotsis. It's expected to serve more than 20,000 patients, families and staff annually.
40 Under Forty 2026: Dr. Gregory Leslie
Dr. Gregory Leslie is expanding how UMass Memorial Medical Center delivers inpatient care while leading one of its largest physician groups.
100 great hospitals in America | 2026
UMass Memorial Medical Center listed among Becker's Hospital Review's "100 great hospitals in America" list for 2026, highlighting "excellence to every encounter, for every patient, in every specialty, at every level of care, wielding an uncompromising commitment to safety and a culture of nonstop growth."
Lease-to-own condo project helps Main South business owners put down roots
UMass Memorial Health's Anchor Mission was the source of a $650,000 low-interest loan for Main South CDC's commercial condominium project in Worcester.
Depression Isn’t the Only Post-Birth Mental Illness Recent Mothers Experience
UMass Memorial Health Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Tiffany Moore Simas speaks on the importance of recognizing the full spectrum of perinatal mental health conditions.
Depression has likely gotten the most attention per se, but perinatal mental health includes all mental health conditions and not just depression.
Dr. Tiffany Moore Simas | Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Memorial Health
Worcester EMS Launches First Ambulance Blood Transfusion Program In Central MA
UMass Memorial Health, which operates the Worcester and Shrewsbury 911 EMS system, is the only ambulance service in Central Massachusetts equipped to carry and administer blood for transfusions during transport.
The Oncology Nurse Who Got Me Through 2 Years of Cancer Treatment
Paul Stachelek has been a patient for more than 2½ years at the Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center at UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital in Fitchburg.
West Nile Virus risk high in areas of Massachusetts
UMass Memorial Health infectious disease expert Dr. Sandeep Jubbal explains West Nile virus risks, symptoms and simple prevention steps to help keep you and your family safe.
West Nile virus is not new to Massachusetts, but we are right now at the period of highest risk in the state and this activity usually starts, or peak season starts around this time and continues until early September.
Dr. Sandeep Jubbal | Physician in Infectious Diseases
Back-to-school jitters or real anxiety? How to tell the difference
UMass Memorial Opens Healing Garden in Worcester
The Tsotsis Family Healing Garden at UMass Memorial Medical Center's North Pavilion is open, funded by a $1 million donation from Dot and Mike Tsotsis. It's expected to serve more than 20,000 patients, families and staff annually.
UMass Memorial Colorectal Surgeons Recognized for National Leadership and Expertise
UMass Memorial Health Hosts International Overdose Awareness Day Ceremony
5 revenue cycle AI wins, according to health system leaders
UMass Memorial Health used AI to widen the net on clinical documentation review beyond what its staff could cover manually. The health system’s approach centered on “use of artificial intelligence to identify missed clinical documentation,” said Angela Confoey, senior vice president of revenue cycle...
‘BFFs’ and budgets: Inside health systems’ Epic relationships
For four health systems, managing Epic means something closer to an ongoing relationship than a software contract — regular executive meetings, direct developer access, and, at times, weekend-long emergency support.
Overall, Epic is outstanding at listening to their customers and prioritizing patient safety concerns. At times it can be a challenge to prioritize our enhancement requests due to the high volume of requests they receive from customers across the globe.
Eric Alper, MD | Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, UMass Memorial Health
The Experimental Fertility Treatment Dividing IVF Physicians
In 2025, David Keefe, M.D., chief of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at UMass Memorial Health, and his former postdoctoral fellow, Lin Liu, Ph.D., published one of the first randomized clinical trials to examine rapamycin for age-related infertility in humans.