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At Lahey Clinic, more than 450 physicians and 4,000 nurses, therapists, and other support staff work together to provide compassionate care and superior patient outcomes. The clinic's multidisciplinary approach allows access for patients to physicians from several medical specialties, who cooperate to develop personalized treatment plans for each patient.

Lahey Clinic Medical Center is a teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine. In addition, many of its physicians hold teaching assignments at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine. The clinic maintains residency and fellowship programs for more than 130 new physicians in multiple subspecialties.

As a research center, Lahey Clinic offers patients access to clinical trials of new therapies for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and cataracts. Research programs at Lahey Clinic encompass more than 200 clinical trial protocols and participation in numerous national and international studies.