News in 2019

Always a strong annual donor, Mary Gallerani established a charitable trust to support the mission of Baystate Health Foundation. In doing so, she ensured her annual support lives on forever.

Cara Moser, whose daughter died of an accidental opioid overdose, spoke at the Pain, Suffering and Medication Assisted Treatment summit which kicked off planning for a "bridge clinic" to help those suffering with opioid use disorder in Franklin County and North Quabbin.

The 18th annual 94.7 WMAS Radiothon for Baystate Children’s Hospital raised $263,965.57 to support pediatric patient care during its two-day run, March 5-6, 2019, surpassing last year’s total by more than $18,000.

Researchers at UMass Medical School-Baystate are participating in a federally funded study to better understand the opioid epidemic in rural New England—its biggest public health crisis in decades.

Families will often say that child life specialists bring laughter during dark days, reprieve from bad news, and hope in the midst of the most daunting challenges. For our youngest patients, they are listening, encouraging, singing, hugging, distracting, high-fiving, and advocating for them on a daily basis.

Medical student Elizabeth Aherne is back at Baystate for the third time since 2013—progressing through three Baystate academic programs: Summer Scholars, Research Intern, and 4th Year Electives.

The EMPOWER program, a community-based program that serves women with opioid use disorder during pregnancy and birth, has received a $1 million federal grant.

Friendly competition yielded more than 750 lbs. of food for The Gray House, a neighborhood social service agency in the north end of Springfield.

The EMPOWER program at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, designed to help pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) have healthy babies...

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