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July 10, 2019

Gaylord’s Tirado named ‘Healthcare Hero’

PHOTO | Courtesy Gaylord L-r: Stephen Holland, MD, Gaylord’s chief medical officer; 2019 Healthcare Hero Anna Tirado, MD, FACOG; Tracy Ouelette, medical assistant; and Sonja LaBarbera, Gaylord president and CEO.

The Connecticut Hospital Association has presented Gaylord Specialty Healthcare gynecologist Anna Tirado, MD, FACOG, with a 2019 Healthcare Hero Award for her work caring for women with profound disabilities.

Two decades ago Tirado, of Hamden, launched Gaylord’s Gynecological Clinic for Women with Disabilities after aggressive treatment for leukemia left her with permanent disabilities that, she said, “changed my practice, not my heart.”

After her return to work, Tirado was approached by Gaylord’s Spinal Cord Injury program director who asked if she would develop and staff a new in-house clinic for women with disabilities.

She did, and today Tirado balances her job as a gynecologist at County Obstetrics & Gynecology Group in New Haven with office hours for patients at the Gaylord clinic in Wallingford, where she sees approximately 10-15 patients a month.

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare pays for Tirado’s services. However, she donates all money back to Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, as she has considered it her pro-bono work for the last 20 years.

“The clinic’s benefit to the community is immeasurable and draws patients throughout the state,” said Gaylord Chief Medical Officer Stephen Holland, MD. “Finding talented physicians willing to treat disabled patients is difficult, but Dr. Anna Tirado actively seeks new ways to improve women’s access to care. We are very proud of her achievements and of the quality care that the clinic has provided over the last two decades.”

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