James J. O'Connell, MD began fulltime clinical work with homeless individuals in 1985 as the founding physician (now president) of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, which serves over 12,000 homeless persons each year in two hospital-based clinics and in more than 60 shelters and outreach sites in Boston. Dr. O’Connell has been featured on ABC’s Nightline and in a feature-length documentary entitled “Give Me a Shot of Anything.” His first book, Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor, was published in 2015. He has received numerous awards, including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award in 2012 and The Trustees’ Medal from MGH in 2011.
