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As we approach the holiday season, the physicians and staff at Lowell General and Circle Health want to thank you for the support you have shown us over this challenging year.

For the second straight year, the Sun Santa Theme Basket Raffle to benefit Sun Santa Charities had to be done entirely online. But once again, that didn’t stop the community from stepping up and buying thousands of tickets and raising more than $80,000 for people in need at the holidays.

In 2021, Lowell General Hospital has achieved accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).

In 2021, Lowell General Hospital has achieved accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Urology by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).

For patients facing minimally invasive surgery, Lowell General Hospital is proven to offer excellence.

Lowell General Hospital has received the 2021 American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

Lowell General Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

Lowell General achieved a level 8 recognition for the optimal use of information technology.

Lowell General Hospital was recently recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program with its highest designation, Gold Safe Sleep Champion, for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has recognized Circle Health with its 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired® recognition.

Lowell General Hospital has once again been named one of Massachusetts’ Best-in-State Employers by Forbes Magazine. The Forbes list ranks Lowell General No. 18 out of 70 Bay State businesses listed, up from No. 23 last year, and the highest ranking of any community hospital statewide.

On Tuesday, August 17, Lowell General Hospital had the honor to host U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Congresswoman Lori Trahan at our main campus and showcased the outstanding work taking place at our hospital and across Lowell to improve the health of our community.

Students Nicole Crowley of Windham, NH, and Aidan Finn of Lowell, are the 2021 recipients of the Lowell General Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship.

Dr. Geetanjali Akerkar, a Circle Health gastroenterologist, was selected as the Middlesex North District Medical Society’s 2021 Community Clinician of the Year, an award that recognizes her professionalism and contributions as a physician.

Each year, Lowell General Hospital employees nominate managers and supervisors for their outstanding leadership and contributions to the organization.

As National Nurses Week comes to a close and we usher in National Hospital Week, please join us in honoring all those who have worked so hard to protect our community in this challenging year.

Happy Doctors' Day.

Lowell General Hospital is proud to be recognized with a Blue Distinction® Centers+ for Bariatric Surgery designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show a commitment to delivering high-quality patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community and leading accreditation and quality organizations.

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) has recognized Lowell General Hospital as one of 89 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals that have achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2019. 

Health services leader Optum named Lowell General Hospital’s Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery a Resource Services Center of Excellence (COE) for providing cost-effective, quality health care to patients receiving bariatric surgery and other related services that address the long-term health risks associated with morbid obesity.