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NORTHAMPTON Dr. David Brown has begun serving as the interim president and CEO at Cooley Dickinson Health Care. Brown steps in to lead the organization after Joanne Marqusee announced her resignation in January following seven years of service to Cooley Dickinson.
Brown, chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), will serve in an interim capacity while a search is conducted for a permanent president and CEO. The search process will be aligned with the Mass General Brigham United Against Racism priority and will include a diverse search committee and slate of candidates for consideration.
“We are so fortunate that Dr. Brown has enthusiastically agreed to serve as interim president and CEO,” said Fraser Beede, chair of the Cooley Dickinson Health Care board of trustees. “Dr. Brown’s personal and professional connections to Cooley Dickinson, along with his leadership experience and position at the MGH, offer Cooley Dickinson
Community vaccine rollout could begin next month
Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton has not turned away patients and is offering all non-COVID-19 related services, such as elective surgeries, with only rare exceptions, a hospital official said. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
HADLEY Cooley Dickinson Health Care officials signaled last week that community rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine is likely to begin in early to mid-February and last for six months.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital has administered around 1,100 first doses of the vaccine in the first phase of the vaccination rollout, with 380 people having also received the second of the two doses, reported Dr. Estevan Garcia, chief medical officer at Cooley Dickinson Health Care. The first phase includes health care providers who work directly with patients, long-term care facilties and health care workers in non-COVID-19 facing care.