COURAGE, CONFIDENCE + COVID:
An Interview with Dr. Helen Whamond Boucher ’82 As a student at Sacred Heart Greenwich, Dr. Helen Boucher was already interested in the medical field and spent time roaming the halls of Greenwich Hospital as a candy striper. After graduating pre-med from Holy Cross, she became the Director of Students and taught science classes at Duchesne Academy, a Sacred Heart school in Texas, before going on to The University of Texas Medical School. Boucher completed her residency and training in Boston, and one of her daughters continued the Sacred Heart tradition, graduating from sister school Newton Country Day. Dr. Boucher, who is currently Chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center, sat down with Alumnae Director Meghan Mara Ryan ’01 to talk about how St. Madeleine Sophie Barat’s war-cry of “courage and confidence” prepared her to face this COVID moment.
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