Mass General Brigham Joins Boston Bruins Playoff Excitement
Mass General Brigham joins the Boston Bruins for the 2021-22 Playoffs presented by Mass General Brigham. For more than 50 years, Bruins players have been treated by Mass General Hospital clinicians. This additional partnership creates more opportunities to support Mass General Brigham’s mission to advance care through research, raise health and wellness awareness, and celebrate the over 80,000 healthcare professionals that are part of Mass General Brigham.
Mass General Brigham staff will participate in pre-game celebrations at hospitals and centers as well as fund-raising opportunities for Mass General Brigham programs and community partners.
Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine provides clinical services to the Boston Bruins under the leadership of Dr. Peter Asnis, Medical Director Professional Sports for Mass General Brigham and Team Physician for the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox. In addition, Dr. David Finn, Gill and Allan Gray Family Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine, Mass General Hospital serves as Team Internist, Scott Waugh, PT, Clinical Director of Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, Mass General Hospital provides physical therapy, and Drs. Evan O’Donnell, Kelly McInnis and Lars Richardson from Mass General Brigham provide physician support. To learn more about sports medicine programs and services from Mass General Brigham visit sportsmedicine.massgeneralbrigham.org.
“This first season of our partnership with the Bruins has been so successful and we look forward to joining them on their quest for the Cup this year and celebrating the people and mission of Mass General Brigham. We join with all the communities we are proud to serve and our 80,000 incredible staff to get ready for an exciting playoff run and cheer on the Bruins as they look to raise the Cup once again,” said Gassett.
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Mass General Brigham is an integrated academic health care system, uniting great minds to solve the hardest problems in medicine for our communities and the world. Mass General Brigham connects a full continuum of care across a system of academic medical centers, community and specialty hospitals, a health insurance plan, physician networks, community health centers, home care, and long-term care services. Mass General Brigham is a nonprofit organization committed to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. In addition, Mass General Brigham is one of the nation’s leading biomedical research organizations with several Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals. For more information, please visit massgeneralbrigham.org.