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Dozens of integrative and complementary care research and clinical pioneers and some of their most generous supporters gathered at Brigham and Women’s Ambulatory Care Center at Chestnut Hill in May to celebrate the dedication of BWH’s Osher Clinical Center for Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies.
“Today truly is exciting in that we celebrate a dream realized, acknowledge our dedicated clinical team and thank our generous supporters without whose help this would not be possible,” said David Eisenberg, MD, director of Integrative Medicine Programs at BWH and the Bernard Osher associate professor of Medicine at HMS.
The BWH Osher Clinical Center offers patients access to a full array of complementary and integrative care from a team of credentialed acupuncturists, chiropractors and massage therapists along with care providers from Medicine, Psychiatry, Nutrition, Physical Therapy and consultations from orthopedics, rheumatology and other conventional specialties.
Eisenberg thanked Barney and Barbro Osher, the California philanthropists whose $5 million gift funded this unique model of integrative care. In addition, Eisenberg thanked Jack Connors, chairman of Partners Board of Trustees, for bringing together the Oshers with BWH and HMS.
“Congratulations on this fantastic, fantastic facility,” Barney Osher said.
Since the Osher Clinical Center opened last summer, more than 600 patients have received treatment, with 45 percent of those patients seeing at least two care providers.
“This is a natural fit with the Fish Center, Pain Center and Spine Center all here in Brigham and Women’s Ambulatory Care Center at Chestnut Hill,” BWH President Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA, said. “Fundamentally, this is aligned with our mission in the commitment to exploring new methods for healing, putting our patients at the center of the care team and teaching providers how best to use a full continuum of care.”
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