Communication & Public Affairs

Department of Communication & Public Affairs
321 Columbus Avenue, 5th Floor
Boston, MA, 02116
Phone: (617) 534-1600
Fax:  617-534-1610

Page the on call representative from Communication & Public Affairs: 617-732-6660

The Department of Communication & Public Affairs is staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.   Members of the media who require assistance after hours, on the weekends or holidays should contact a representative from Communication & Public Affairs through the hospital's 24-hour paging service at (617) 732-6660 and ask for the media relations person on call

Please note: BWH Communication & Public Affairs staff must escort all broadcast media and photographers while on the BWH campus. Please contact us to arrange all video graphic and photographic shoots.

BWH's Department of Communication & Public Affairs oversees media relations and internal communications.

This includes:

• Responding to hundreds of media inquiries each year from local, national and international media outlets that seek information on our groundbreaking research, medical milestones and expert opinions on a broad range of healthcare topics.

• Producing ‘Your Health’ videos with Brigham and Women’s Hospital experts for the media and the News section of the BWH Internet.

• Providing on-campus TV studio facilities to the broadcast news media for live or live-to-tape interviews of BWH faculty and experts, administrators and staff. The BWH TV Studio is fully equipped with professional studio lighting and a state-of-the-art television camera.

• Producing publications.

• Managing BWH Community Connects, the digital signage located across the distributed campus.

• Overseeing the News section on www.brighamandwomens.org and developing and delivering other electronic, video and Web-based communications.

• Managing Brigham and Women’s Hospital News social networking sites on Facebook and Twitter.

• Managing PikeNotes, the BWH intranet, for more than 15,000 employees and medical and research staff.