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Jo Shapiro, MD, chief of the Division of Otolaryngology and director of BWH’s Center for Professionalism and Peer Support, was named a finalist for the Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award, given by the Boston-based Kenneth B. Schwartz Center.
The award, now in its 12th year, recognizes the Massachusetts caregiver who best personifies the mission of the Schwartz Center to support and advance compassionate health care in which caregivers, patients and their families relate to one another in a way that provides hope to the patient, support to caregivers and sustenance to the healing process. The Schwartz Center recognized Shapiro for her generosity of time spent with patients, her optimism and her ability to translate complex information into terms her patients will understand.
“I truly love my patients,” said Shapiro. “This is an intense word, and I do not use it lightly. My feelings include respect, shared purpose, mutual learning and trust. We share laughter, tears, uncertainties, triumphs and sadness.”