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SINAI'S ALEXANDER C. WHITE, MD AND NICHOLAS S. HILL, MD
NAMED AMONG BOSTON'S BEST DOCTORS FOR 2007-2008
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STOUGHTON, MA — Alexander C. White, MD, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at New England Sinai Hospital and Nicholas S. Hill, MD, Director of Sinai’s Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, were among the pulmonary and critical care physicians named to the 2007-2008 Best Doctors in Boston, published in the November issue of Boston Magazine. Dr. Hill is also the Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division at Tufts-New England Medical Center. The list is composed of an index of 76 medical specialties and subspecialties in the Boston area. Both Dr. White and Dr. Hill have been among the top pulmonary/critical care physicians in prior year listings. Dr. Nicholas S. Hill has been elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in the last five consecutive reviews (1998 to 2008) and Dr. Alexander White has been elected by his peers for inclusion in the last two consecutive reviews (2005-2008).
We are extremely pleased to have these two physicians on staff and congratulate them on this prestigious honor. The expertise and compassion Dr. White and Dr. Hill bring to our patients and families are some of the many reasons Sinai is recognized for its outstanding pulmonary care,” said Lester P. Schindel, President and CEO of New England Sinai Hospital.”
The list of top-ranked doctors was created by the Boston-based company Best Doctors (bestdoctors.com), founded in 1989 by Harvard Medical School-affiliated physicians. Every two years, Best Doctors polls members of the medical profession, asking, “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, who would you choose?”
Sinai’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lawrence S. Hotes, MD, F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E. said, “One of Sinai’s key strengths as a Pulmonary Center of Excellence is that we have sixteen board-certified pulmonologists. While all of our physicians are excellent, we are very proud to know that so many in the medical community recognize these two members of Sinai’s physician leadership as experts in the field of pulmonary medicine.”
Alexander C. White, MD is Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at New England Sinai Hospital and Medical Director of the Sleep Disorders Program at Sinai Dr. White is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He completed an internship at Dr. Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin; an internal medicine residency program at Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals; and served as a clinical fellow and a research fellow at New England Medical Center, Pulmonary Division. Board certified in internal, critical care, pulmonary and sleep medicine, Dr. White has been the recipient of a Parker B. Francis Fellowship Award, an American Lung Association Research Grant, and is completing an NIH K23 Research Career Award studying the pulmonary complications of Hematopoiteic Stem Cell Transplantation. As part of this award, he is pursuing a MS Degree in Clinical Research at Tufts University, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences.
Nicholas S. Hill, MD is Director of Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation at New England Sinai Hospital. Dr. Hill earned his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School, completed an internship in medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center and an internal medicine residency program at Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center. His post-graduate work also includes a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and in pulmonary medicine at a Boston University School of Medicine. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha; and has received the Career Investigator Award, National Institutes of Health; and a Parker B. Francis Foundation Fellowship Award. He is the recipient of numerous awards and has received extensive grant awards for clinical research projects. Before his current appointment at Tufts-NEMC, Dr. Hill served as the Chief of the Pulmonary Division at Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary and critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
New England Sinai Hospital is a 212-bed, non-sectarian, not-for-profit, long-term acute-care hospital with its main campus in Stoughton, MA and inpatient satellite units in and Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester. Recognized as a regional leader in pulmonary, medically complex and acute rehabilitation care, Sinai also offers a wide range of outpatient programs and services. Sinai is a teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine.
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