Meet Our Staff

Hospital Leadership

RANDY DOHERTY, Chief Executive Officer, C.P.A.

Since joining Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital's staff in 1993, he has held the positions of Controller, Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and was promoted to his current position of Chief Executive Officer in July 2000. He is a graduate of Northeastern University majoring in Business Administration.
 

He is a Certified Public Accountant and is also a member of the AICPA, MSCPA, and HFMA of which he recently received the Follimer Bronze Merit Award for outstanding service.

He is also a member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association Board of Trustees.

ANDREW RANDO, CFO, MBA

Andrew joined the staff at Braintree Hospital as a Staff Accountant in 1978. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer. He earned his BS in Accounting at Bentley College and earned his graduate degree in Healthcare Management at Western New England College.

TERESA HAYES, Director of Business Development

As Director of Business Development, Teresa manages referral services, admissions, marketing/public relations, and managed care at Braintree. Prior to joining Braintree, she served for two years as Director of Marketing Operations and for three years as a referral liaison and case manager at Van Matre HealthSouth Rehab Hospital, Rockford, IL.

A Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), she earned her MSW from Boston College. Additionally, Teresa holds a certification in Gerontology from the University of South Alabama.

JINIA DRINKWATER, Director of Patient Care Services

Since joining the staff at Braintree Hospital in 1982, Jinia has served as a staff nurse and nurse manager of the neurobehavior unit. She was promoted to her current position of Director of Patient Care Services in December 1998. Jinia earned her RN from Children's Hospital School of Nursing and has had her Certification in Rehabilitation Nursing since 1989.

JOHN M. STEVENSON, M.D., Medical Director

An internal medicine physician, Dr. Stevenson is the Medical Director at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed his medical training at Brown University.

TARA SPELLACY, Director of Human Resources

Tara joined Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital in May 2007. She brings seven years experience in Human Resources Management in the healthcare, research, and service industries. In addition to her BA Degree in Business Administration from Bryant University, Tara has also earned her Master of Science in Human Resources from Suffolk University.

JONI M. BROWN, Director of Outpatient Operations

Since joining Braintree's staff in 1986, Joni has served in a variety of inpatient and outpatient physical therapy positions. She has overseen the outpatient operations of the Braintree network since 1990, coordinating the staffing, program development and overall operations of the main outpatient campus and 20+ satellite locations. In addition to her BS degree in Physical Therapy from Boston University, Joni has also earned her MBA degree from Umass Boston.

MARY MERRIAM, Director of Quality Management

Mary has over 13 years of experience in both the sub-acute and acute rehabilitation environment. She has managed three clinical units at Braintree Rehab Hospital and has spent the last three years in Nursing Education. She has a nursing degree from Brockton Hospital School of Nursing and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Lyndon State College.

CAROL GORMAN, Director of Case Management

Carol has been an employee of BRH since January 2000 and previously worked as a Neuro Case Manager on the stroke unit.

She is a licensed social worker and has over 13 years of case management experience in acute, sub-acute and acute rehabilitation models.

She holds a BA in psychology from the University of Massachusetts

DANIEL PARKINSON, PT, MBA, Director of Clinical Services

Dan has worked at Braintree since 1996 as a Clinical Supervisor and has served as the Director of Clinical Services since 2000. Prior to working at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Dan worked as a physical therapist at Yale - New Haven Hospital. He has earned his B.S. in Physical Therapy at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY and has earned his Masters in Business Administration at The University of Massachusetts, Boston. Dan has provided clinical presentations at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting: Neurology Section, Massachusetts APTA Chapter Meetings, The Annual Braintree Neurorehabilitation Conferences, Boston University, School of Physical Therapy, and the American Heart Association's "Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Program".