BHCHP Blog: A View from the Bridge

If Keirsa Johnson had to describe herself in one word, it would be persistent. The Cambridge resident has been running since college, where she lived on a popular running route. While watching a half marathon, she noticed how happy the runners looked, inspiring her to take up long distance running.

In October of this year, BHCHP’s Emerging Leaders Board awarded the Hill Holliday Healthcare Team with the Change Maker Award at their annual Fall Soiree, in honor of their Boston’s Underdogs campaign, a public multimedia campaign across to raise awareness and funds about the work of BHCP’s SPOT program, Supportive Place for Observation and Treatment. Read Scott Rabschnuck’s Change Maker Award acceptance speech.

When you picture a psychiatrist’s office, what do you see? If you ask Dr. Eileen Reilly, an esteemed psychiatrist and beloved member of BHCHP’s Street Team, she’d say a park bench or a coffee shop would work just fine for her patient visits.

Six years ago John arrived at our program, newly in recovery, and with a complicated mix of life-threatening medical problems and 27 severely decayed teeth. Today, thanks to his BHCHP caregivers, his chronic illnesses are expertly managed, he is receiving ongoing treatment for his depression and anxiety and he smiles easily thanks to Bessy and the rest of the BHCHP Dental Team.