We are delighted to announce that Howard Hiatt, MD, associate chief and co-founder of the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has been named a Champion in Health Care 2010 in the Lifetime Achievement category by the Boston Business Journal.

While the Journal takes this opportunity to browse through his vast accomplishments, Dr.  Hiatt, true to himself, insists on what he considers the most gratifying: “caring for the sick and impoverished” and the “thrilling opportunity to work with […] young people” – among them the residents of the Doris and Howard Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity and Internal Medicine, a four-year program that helps dedicated young physicians obtain the medical and non-medical skills they need to improve the health of some of the world’s most impoverished people.

At GHD, Howard has been guiding us every step of the way in our work to understand and improve health care systems, particularly in resource-limited settings, with novel education and research projects, and with GHDonline. We are very grateful.

As day two of the Millennium Development Goals Summit unfolds in New York City with advocates calling on nations’ heads to meet their pledges, Howard notes, “Those of us who have had the good fortune to work with Paul Farmer and Jim Kim have contributed to the major progress of the last decade. It is crucial, of course, for that progress to continue, and that will require even more strenuous efforts in the years ahead.”