Beverly Hospital News

When Rebecca Imperiali steps out to run a 3.1-mile course as part of the 2021 Virtual Lahey Cancer Institute 5K Walk & Run, this summer’s 5K will have special meaning for her. She will be running in this annual event for her eighth consecutive year as a veteran marathon runner, a Ribbons of Hope team member, and the vice president of philanthropy for Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals. And this year, Rebecca will run as a cancer survivor.

Marcia Guess has experienced Beverly’s population boom over the years since she relocated here. Her love for this scenic community has grown with each passing year, and one constant has been the value of Beverly Hospital. Now, she has created a Charitable Gift Annuity for the hospital.

Together, donors have given more than 1,000 gifts of PPE, food and cash, many accompanied by notes of thanks and encouragement to our colleagues. You helped us prepare, respond, and continue to support our colleagues who bravely face what has been described as a once-in-a-century pandemic.

As Phil Cormier prepares to conclude his career as hospital president and health care executive in April 2021, he and his wife Jean Cormier have committed a $15,000 gift to launch the Philip Cormier Scholarship for Career Advancement in Healthcare.

Bruce Nardella’s commitment to Beverly Hospital has traversed his life spent primarily in this community, and Bruce and his wife Pam welcomed 2021 with a generous gift to help expand our emergency department (ED) through the addition of a new observation unit. This expansion will increase our ED capacity by 25 percent, adding 12 additional  rooms for patient care.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Team Lahey completed the Boston Marathon on their own non-traditional courses, raising $50,000 for programs at Beverly Hospital and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. Each runner had a personal cheering section along their routes, lined by family and friends.

Cindy Cafasso Donaldson’s history with Addison Gilbert Hospital goes all the way back to the day she was born. The hospital’s vice president came into the world at this community hospital in Gloucester, volunteered as a candy striper in her teens, and she will conclude her impressive career there in January. 

Phil Cormier will retire in December. Phil joined Beverly Hospital in 1989 as the vice president of Administrative Services and assisted with the formation of Northeast Hospital Corporation (NHC), which includes Beverly, Addison Gilbert and BayRidge hospitals and Lahey Outpatient Center in Danvers. He remained with NHC until 2007, when he left to work for two other healthcare systems and came full circle when he returned in 2012. He was named president in 2015.

After 22 long days in the hospital, Sarah, who has Down syndrome, had miraculously survived COVID-19. The day she went home, she smiled as she was put into the ambulance because she knew the hard part was over.