Hallmark Health, Joslin Diabetes Center Join Forces

Joslin Affiliate at Hallmark Health ribbon cutting slated for March 23

In response to the epidemic of diabetes in men and women living in Massachusetts, Hallmark Health System, the leading provider of vital health services north of Boston, recently joined forces with the Joslin Diabetes Center, the world’s preeminent diabetes research and clinical care organization.

The two organizations will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Hallmark Health on Wednesday, March 23 at 12 noon. The celebration will take place in the Johnson Conference Room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, 170 Governors Ave., Medford. Employees as well as residents of the community are welcome to attend.

The Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Hallmark Health, which will be led by Sunita Schurgin, MD, Tara Hamilton, MD and Sybil Kramer, MD will offer some of the latest advances for treating diabetes and its complications. Individual and group diabetes education and support services will also be offered. Hallmark Health will be one of 40 national and two international Affiliate locations as well as the only Joslin Affiliate in Boston’s northern suburbs.

– Information from Hallmark Health