Contact Public Affairs

Department of Communication & Public Affairs
321 Columbus Avenue, 5th Floor
Boston, MA, 02116
Phone: (617) 534-1600
Fax:  617-534-2206
Page:  617-732-6660 and ask to page the Communication & Public Affairs representative on call

The Department of Communication & Public Affairs is staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.   Members of the media who require assistance after hours, on the weekends or holidays should contact a representative from Communication & Public Affairs through the hospital's 24-hour paging service at (617) 732-6660 and ask for the media relations person on call. 

Erin McDonough
Senior Vice President of Communication & Public Affairs
(617) 534-1600

Dinah Vaprin
Director of Communication & Public Affairs
(617) 534-1602
dvaprin@partners.org

Media Relations

Lori Shanks
Manager, Media Relations
(617) 534-1604
ljshanks@partners.org

Tom Langford
Senior Media Relations Specialist
(617)534-1605
tlangford@partners.org

Jessica Maki
Media Relations and Social Media Specialist
(617)534-1603
jmaki3@partners.org

Internal Communications

Elizabeth Smallcomb
Manager, Internal Communications
(617) 534-1609
esmallcomb@partners.org

Julio Chuy
Associate Writer
(617) 534-1607
jpchuy@partners.org

Matthew Salerno
Graphic Designer
(617) 534-1614
msalerno2@partners.org

Anna Webster
Web Communications Coordinator
(617) 534-1615
awebster6@partners.org

Research

Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg
Senior Research Communications Specialist
617-534-2208
mmontemayor-quellenberg@partners.org 

Please note: BWH Communication & Public Affairs staff must escort all broadcast media and photographers while on the BWH campus. Please contact us to arrange all video graphic and photographic shoots.

BWH's Department of Communication & Public Affairs oversees media relations and internal communications.

This includes:

• Responding to hundreds of media inquiries each year from local, national and international media outlets that seek information on our groundbreaking research, medical milestones and expert opinions on a broad range of healthcare topics.

• Producing videos with Brigham and Women’s Hospital experts for the media and the News section of the BWH Internet.

• Providing on-campus TV studio facilities to the broadcast news media for live or live-to-tape interviews of BWH faculty and experts, administrators and staff. The BWH TV Studio is fully equipped with professional studio lighting and a state-of-the-art television camera.

• Producing publications.

• Managing BWH Community Connects, the digital signage located across the distributed campus.

• Overseeing the News section on www.brighamandwomens.org and developing and delivering other electronic, video and Web-based communications.

• Managing Brigham and Women’s Hospital News social networking sites on Facebook and Twitter.

• Managing PikeNotes, the BWH intranet, for more than 15,000 employees and medical and research staff.