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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."
UMass Memorial Health Names Jeff Biesczat as Chief Financial Officer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2026
Contact: Kristy Lee
Kristy.lee@umassmemorial.org
WORCESTER, Mass. — UMass Memorial Health today announced the appointment of Jeff Biesczat as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Biesczat joined the organization in early September and will succeed Sergio...
Black Excellence Celebration to honor three Worcester leaders
Dr. Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, a physician, professor and health equity leader at UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health, to be one of three honorees at the second annual Black Excellence Awards in Worcester, recognized for her advocacy for women's health equity.
How UChicago Medicine, UMass Memorial ‘curate’ patient experience
Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health is taking a structural approach to patient experience by launching several operational and technology-driven initiatives to create more connected, responsive and accessible care.
Rising stars: 188 healthcare leaders under 40 | 2026
Maureen Canellas, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at UMass Memorial Health, acknowledged among Becker’s Hospital Review's list of rising healthcare leaders.
How health systems are solving a hospital-at-home headache
Health systems are partnering with third-party vendors or building their own logistics operations to solve on of the trickier parts of hospital-at-home programs - getting supplies to the patient.
Our risk and likelihood of missteps in logistics are much lower than organizations that are separately dispatching oxygen and remote patient monitoring.
Dr. Constantinos Michaelidis | Medical director of UMass Memorial Health's hospital-at-home program
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.
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.