Category: UDHHC ObserverShip

Brian Swann, DDS, MPH, Chief of Dental Services, is a renowned clinician who oversees all aspects of CHA’s dental services – patient care, clinical quality, and the Harvard-affiliated General Practice Dental Residency.

Dr. Swann earned his dental degree at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry and over the course of his lengthy career has held clinical and management positions in both private practice and the public sector. The latter includes serving as Dental Examiner for the State of California and as Dental Director of both the Sierra-Nevada and San Jose Job Corps. He was also a co-founder of the Greater Bay Area Dental Society, based in San Francisco and received the UCSF highest alumni recognition, the Medal of Honor.

After moving to the Boston region, Dr. Swann earned a Masters of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he received the Albert Schweitzer Award for Humanitarianism. He later completed Harvard fellowships in Oral Epidemiology and Minority Health Policy. He currently holds the position of Clinical Instructor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Since joining CHA in 2008, Dr. Swann has continued his passion for dental care and community health improvement, particularly for multicultural populations. His other activities in this area include serving as a Clinician at the Mattapan Community Health Clinic, as Chair of the National and International Relations Committee of the National Dental Association and organizing the first joint African Tour between the American Dental Association and the National Dental Association in Kenya, Zanzibar, and Ethiopia.

Most recently, Dr. Swann lectured at the University of West Indies, School of Dentistry on oral public health. He has also been asked to create an emergency preparedness course in collaboration with the University Of Haiti School Of Dentistry, HSDM, the National Dental Association, and the City of Cambridge Peace Commission and to assist with developing an oral health course for the Schools of Nursing at the University of Haiti and the University of Notre Dame.

Open Enrollment starts on November 1^st, 2020 for the year 2021 through January 23^rd , 2021

It is the time individuals and families can apply and enroll in health and dental coverage and see if you qualify for free or lower cost coverage like Mass Health, and Connector Care plans.

The Joint Committee for Children’s Health Care in Everett will assist individuals and families obtain health insurance. JCCHCE Office located at 484 Broadway Street, Room 2, Everett Massachusetts. Call to apply for health insurance with the help of one of the JCCHCE Navigator. For one-on-one assistance with one of the Haitian who knows the system perfectly and could speak clearly the Haitian creole. Please call 617-394-2414 or email us at 2414help@gmail.com
Hours: Tuesday – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. & Wednesday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. All offices are closed because of the corvid virus, but one of the Haitian creole spoken is still available to help you when you call.

UDH/ KwenSante is very pleased to welcome Dr. Gisèle César.

Dr. César joined the UDHHC / KwenSante team on Saturday October 17, 2020 and had her first broadcast on Saturday, October 24, 2020.

Dr. César is a proud Haitian-American Family Medicine Resident Physician at Cambridge Health Alliance. She works at the Malden and Everett branches in Massachusetts. She strives to empower patients in her community to take control of their health and well-being. Gisele enjoys spending quality time with her partner, Brian, who is a social worker in Malden and Everett.

Dear UDH health Coach Friends and Supporters, it is with great sadness that we are informing you that we may be shutting down the radio at the end of the month. As you know we rely mostly on fundraisers and the occasional grant. Our last scheduled fundraiser was canceled due to the pandemic. Shutting down the program would be a real blow to the Haitian community with all we’ve been doing to spread awareness especially in these times. Since the pandemic’s outbreak, we have done a lot as far as culturally appropriate education on Covid 19. We’ve covered prevention, pathophysiology, cardiogenic shock, ARDS, and septic shock. On behalf of UDH Health Coach, we are thankful for your support over the years.

PS -I have been trying to look at grant opportunities but unfortunately it can be difficult and time-consuming. In the future, we hope to continue our other programs and activities if our finances permit it. 

All the best,

Malou

Dear Dr. Jean-Baptiste,
It is my honor and pleasure to inform you that that you have been selected for the David Neparstek Community Mentor Award this year by the Applied Learning Experience (ALE) Course Directors in the Tufts University School of Medicine Public Health Program.  Congratulations!  
This award is given annually to a public health professional who demonstrates a commitment to excellence through their work as practitioner and mentor. The award honors the contributions of David Neparstek who has consistently served the students of the MPH Program as a teacher, mentor and preceptor.
In usual years, we would present you with the award in person at our annual commencement dinner in May.  But this is not an ordinary year, and so the award will be mailed to you.  Yakeisha Gray (cc:ed here) will follow up with you for your mailing address.  
Even though we will not be able to honor you in person this year, please know that we here at the Tufts MPH program truly appreciate the time and energy that you have spent over the years mentoring and directing our MPH students.  Your good work is core to public health and we are glad that our students have had a chance to learn from you.  
Thank you again for your service, teaching, and mentoring. 

 
Sincerely,
Ginny Chomitz
Virginia Rall Chomitz, PhD **** Associate Professor ****** Associate Director of Field of Practice ***** Tufts University School of Medicine ********* Department of Public Health and Community Medicine ***** 136 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02111 ******** Phone: 617-636-3470 virginia.chomitz@tufts.edu