Brigham Building

The other exciting news in the department is that we just had ground breaking for what is known as the Brigham building in the future. This will house our entire orthopedic and rheumatology outpatient service in a new facility that will be in the footprint of the old Mass Mental health. Those of our dry and wet research will also be housed in the same building. We will again be adjacent to our rheumatology colleagues both in clinical sphere and in the research arena. Interestingly, this comes full circle from my original pace where rheumatology and orthopedics coexisted at the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital. Occupancy for the new building is about 2 plus years away, but it will be an exciting new area for future growth of our department under new leadership. Our academic offices remain where they have been for the last 25 years. The old area in front of the Peter Bent Brigham facade has been completely demolished and there is a 4-story underground parking garage being built and the surface will be restored to its original 1918 appearance of lawn and gardens. While at the present time it is a bit of a mess, it promises to be a wonderful area once completed.