ALAN ELLMAN RECEIVES CAREFIRST AWARD AT NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL

Natick resident Alan Ellman was recently given the CAREFirst award at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was awarded with this honor at a ceremony and reception in the Hospital’s Shipley Auditorium. Ellman serves as a volunteer at Newton-Wellesley.

Newton-Wellesley’s CAREFirst Award recognizes individual employees or teams on a monthly basis. Nominated by their peers, award recipients are selected for their performance based on the CAREFirst attributes of compassion, attitude, responsibility, and excellence.

Ellman has been a volunteer with Newton-Wellesley Hospital since last June. Prior to his volunteer role at NWH, Ellman spent his professional career in the television production industry, where he received numerous accolades for his work. He then transitioned into project management for digital online corporate learning companies.

A graduate of Emerson College with a Bachelor of Science in Communications, Ellman currently resides in Natick. Prior to that, he lived in Needham for 20 years.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital is a full system member of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (PHCS), a nonprofit organization that includes acute care hospitals Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hospitals, The North Shore Medical Center, and specialty hospitals McLean Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, as well as Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, and the community-based doctors and hospitals of Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital provides a wide range of services, including medical, surgical, obstetrical, orthopaedic, neonatal, pediatric and psychiatric care. Newton-Wellesley has been serving its community for over a century. The medical staff of the Hospital includes nearly 1,000 physicians practicing a full range of specialties. NWH is a major teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine and also has established post-graduate training programs for Harvard Medical School residents.