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The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce honored D. Thea L. James

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The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce honored D. Thea L. James
Dr. Thea L. James was recently honored by The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce at its annual Pinnacle Awards celebration held last week.

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce recently honored Dr. Thea L. James at its annual Pinnacle Awards celebration held last week. James is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, and president of the Boston Medical and Dental Staff. She is also the Director of the Boston Medical Center site of the Massachusetts Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP).

James has chaired and served on national committees within the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), served as a moderator, and has given public lectures and talks. She was appointed to the SAEM Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Task Force, is a member of the Boston University School of Medicine Admissions Committee, and in 2009, James was appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, where she presently serves as chair of the Licensing Committee. Dr. James is the 2008 awardee of the Mulligan Award for public service.

James’ passion lies in public health both domestically and globally. She is a Supervising Medical Officer on the Boston Disaster Medical Assistance Team, under the Department of Health and Human Services, which has responded to several disasters in the United States and across the globe. She has deployed to post 9/11 in NYC, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, Bam, Iran after the earthquake in 2003, and Port-Au-Prince Haiti after the earthquake of 2010.

For twelve years, Dr. James has traveled to Haiti, with colleagues and emergency medicine residents. A graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, she completed an emergency medicine residency at Boston City Hospital, where she was a chief resident.

The Chamber’s awards honor business and professional women who have demonstrated excellence in entrepreneurship, management, and lifetime achievement. Typically attracting more than 1,000 attendees, the awards celebration is one of the premiere gatherings of women (and men) in the region.