{"id":85275,"date":"2020-06-05T08:42:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=85275"},"modified":"2020-06-05T08:42:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:42:02","slug":"dr-deborah-frank-honored-by-massachusetts-medical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2020\/06\/05\/dr-deborah-frank-honored-by-massachusetts-medical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Deborah Frank Honored by Massachusetts Medical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Deborah-Frank-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-81019\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Deborah-Frank-1.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Deborah-Frank-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Deborah-Frank-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>Dr. Deborah Frank, professor of pediatrics and director of the Grow Clinic for Children at Boston Medical Center, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2020 recipient of the society\u2019s Special Award for Excellence in Medical Service.<\/p>\n<p>The award honors a physician who has made a distinguished demonstration of compassion and dedication to the medical needs of his or her patients and the general public.<\/p>\n<p>A champion for those most affected by social determinants of health, Dr. Frank established the first hospital-based food pantry in the United States, BMC\u2019s Preventive Food Pantry.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Frank, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is renowned for her work in child growth and development, particularly with those from underserved communities. She also is a founding member of Children\u2019s Health Watch, a nonpartisan network of pediatricians, public health researchers, and children\u2019s health and policy experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the 12 years that I have worked as a physician in the Grow Clinic for Children at Boston Medical center, I have seen first-hand the impact that Dr. Frank has had on our patients,\u201d Dr. Caroline Kistin said. \u201cIn addition, her commitment to family-centered advocacy and policy change has fundamentally altered the way we deliver health care and address social and structural determinants of health \u2013 both within our institution and around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She received its Special Award for Excellence in Medical Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[89,146,91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85276,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85275\/revisions\/85276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}