Griffin Hospital physician receives Planetree Clinician Champion Award

Neil Pearson, MD, of Southbury, was recently honored with the Planetree Clinician Champion Award./ Contributed photo

DERBY - Neil Pearson, MD, of Southbury, was recently honored with the Planetree Clinician Champion Award.

The Clinician Champion Award is part of Planetree’s Annual Spirit of Planetree Awards, which recognize individuals around the world who personalize, humanize, and demystify the health care experience.

Pearson is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Vascular Medicine. He is President of the Griffin Hospital Medical Staff and is highly respected by his colleagues, hospital staff, and patients. 

The award especially recognizes Pearson’s involvement in Griffin’s Congestive Heart Failure Collaborative, which established standard CHF care protocols to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions and improve the quality of life for patients.

“The Spirit of Planetree Award Ceremony is always a highlight of our Annual Conference,” said Planetree President Dr. Susan Frampton. 

“At the heart of the Planetree patient-centered model are the human interactions between patients and caregivers. With the Spirit of Planetree Awards we celebrate individuals like Dr. Pearson who, with their compassion, empathy, and simple human kindness, are improving the patient experience, and that is most definitely worthy of recognition.”

About Planetree

Founded in 1978 by Angelica Thieriot, a San Francisco patient who endured a traumatic health care experience, Planetree is an internationally-recognized not-for-profit organization that partners with health care providers around the globe to advance patient-/resident-centered approaches to care. 

Planetree has been at the forefront of the effort to personalize, humanize, and demystify the health care system for more than 30 years. 

With its model of patient-/resident-centered care being implemented in a diverse range of hospitals, continuing care facilities, outpatient clinics, and consumer health libraries across North America, Canada, Brazil, The Netherlands and Japan, Planetree is demonstrating that patient-centered care is not only an empowering philosophy, but a viable, vital, and cost-effective model of care.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.