The Dimock Center

04/01/2026

We’re excited to spotlight Toby, one of five dedicated runners representing The Dimock Center in the 130th Boston Marathon® through the Boston Marathon Bank of America Charity Program! 💙🏃‍♂️

Toby is running the Boston Marathon to support our essential work providing comprehensive health, wellness, and community services to individuals and families in our community.

Toby’s running journey began in 2022, when he set out to achieve a lifelong dream: running the NYC Marathon. After completing a dozen races, including the five‑borough series, he earned his NYC bib in 2023. The experience inspired him to train harder and take on even more challenges, including the Chicago and Brooklyn Marathons in 2025. Now, he’s thrilled to be running Boston, and even more excited to do it in service of a great cause.

By supporting Toby, you’re helping fuel programs that promote wellness, expand access to care, and strengthen families and neighborhoods. Your generosity empowers Team Dimock to go the distance—not just on race day, but for the community they’re running for. 💙

Support Toby here: https://www.givengain.com/project/toby-raising-funds-for-dimock-community-foundation-115420

03/31/2026

As Social Work Appreciation Month comes to a close, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to the incredible social workers across The Dimock Center who show up for our community every single day. 💙

Your compassion, dedication, and tireless advocacy, no matter the circumstances, help individuals and families navigate challenges, access vital resources, and move toward healing and stability.

Today and every day, we honor the essential role you play in making our community stronger through your hard work and compassion. Thank you for the care you provide, the dignity you protect, and the hope you help make possible.

03/30/2026

Happy to our Dimock doctors! 🩺

Today, we celebrate the incredible physicians at The Dimock Center who show up every single day with compassion, expertise, and an unwavering commitment to our community. Thank you for meeting our patients where they are, no matter what.

Our community is stronger and healthier because of you and your incredible work. 💙

03/30/2026

We’re proud to share this upcoming event highlighting one of the most influential figures in our history: Dr. Susan Dimock. A groundbreaking 19th‑century physician, Dr. Dimock, transformed women’s medical training and helped form what is now The Dimock Center.

On Saturday, April 4th at 3:00 pm, historian and author Susan Wilson, writer of Women and Children First: The Trailblazing Life of Susan Dimock, M.D., will share the story of Dimock’s life and lasting impact on healthcare in Massachusetts.

📍 The Kennedy Room, Omni Parker House
60 School St., Boston, MA

This event, presented as part of the School Street Sessions, is free and open to the public.

We hope to see you there!

03/13/2026

We’re thrilled to spotlight Nicole Jackson Leslie, one of five dedicated runners representing The Dimock Center in the 130th Boston Marathon® through the Boston Marathon Bank of America Charity Program.

This year marks Nicole’s 13th marathon, her 5th Boston Marathon, and her 3rd time running on behalf of Dimock. Nicole first connected with us in 2019 while serving on the planning committee for the Road to Wellness 5K. Since then, her commitment has only deepened: she joined the Dimock Community Foundation Board of Directors in 2021 and has raised more than $20,000 for Dimock through previous marathon fundraisers!

Team Dimock runners are helping advance our mission to provide whole-person health care and essential services to our Roxbury community.

Join us in supporting Nicole and Team Dimock at the link below—every donation makes a meaningful difference for our community. 💙

https://www.givengain.com/campaign/join-us-for-130th-boston-marathonr-31661

Boston Marathon

03/12/2026

At The Dimock Center, Women’s History Month is an opportunity to celebrate the women who transformed the landscape of healthcare—starting right here on our campus.

Founded as the Hospital for New England Women and Children, Dimock became a groundbreaking institution where women could practice, lead, and innovate in medicine at a time when few doors were open to them.

No story captures that legacy more powerfully than that of our namesake, Dr. Susan Dimock, who became one of the first women surgeons in the United States. After being denied admission to Harvard Medical School because she was a woman, she pursued her medical education abroad, graduated with honors, and returned to Boston to elevate care, train nurses, and perform advanced surgeries with extraordinary skill and humility.

Her achievements helped pave the way for generations of women in medicine. And her vision continues to inspire the work we do today.

This Women’s History Month, we honor Dr. Dimock and all the trailblazers who reshaped healthcare and opened doors for women everywhere.

03/12/2026

Today at 6:30pm, learn about the trailblazing surgeon and namesake of The Dimock Center, Dr. Susan Dimock, with historian Susan Wilson.

Join us on Thursday, March 12 for an Author Talk with Susan Wilson!

Listen to a discussion with Author Susan Wilson on her biography of Susan Dimock, M.D for whom the Dimock Center and Roxbury’s Dimock Street is named.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Library.

Learn more about this event: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6998cfd94a9fd98b7f7f6027

02/27/2026

Meet Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler: a Boston-born trailblazer whose groundbreaking medical degree and lifelong commitment to caring for overlooked communities reshaped the future of healthcare.

Before becoming a physician, she spent eight years working as a nurse in Boston—years that strengthened her resolve to pursue formal medical training.

In 1864, after being accepted to the New England Female Medical College right here in Boston, she earned her medical degree and became the first Black woman in the United States to do so. She excelled academically despite facing intense unfair treatment throughout her studies.

Following the Civil War, Dr. Crumpler moved to Richmond, Virginia, where she dedicated herself to caring for formerly enslaved people who had almost no access to medical care; her commitment to serving those most often overlooked guided every step of her work.

When she returned to Boston, she focused her practice on women and children in the neighborhoods that needed her most. In 1883, she published A Book of Medical Discourses, one of the first medical texts written by a Black author, offering essential health knowledge to mothers and caregivers.

Her life’s work, rooted in compassion, access, and undeniable resilience, continues to inspire our mission at The Dimock Center to ensure every person receives the care they deserve.

As we close our Black History Month series, we honor Dr. Crumpler and all the changemakers whose courage and commitment shape the care we strive to provide every day.



*Unfortunately, there are no confirmed photos of Dr. Crumpler, which is why her image is not included.

02/25/2026

We’re proud to celebrate our President & CEO, Dr. Charles Anderson, whose lifelong commitment to whole-person care continues to shape The Dimock Center’s work every day.

02/22/2026

Due to the anticipated snowstorm, Dimock's Health Center will be closed on Monday, February 23, 2026.

Stay safe, and we look forward to seeing you when we reopen!

02/20/2026

Meet Dr. William Augustus Hinton: a medical pioneer who changed the course of public health, right here in Boston.

Born in 1883 to formerly enslaved parents, William earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1912 with honors. Despite his brilliant credentials, prejudice barred him from pursuing surgery at Boston-area hospitals. He refused to let those obstacles define his path.

Instead, he became an expert on syphilis while working in Boston laboratories, developing a groundbreaking diagnostic blood test that was adopted by the U.S. Public Health Service. He authored the first medical textbook written by a Black person in America. He trained countless women as laboratory technicians at Boston institutions, opening doors that had been closed to them.

In 1949, he became the first African American professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University, a historic achievement that paved the way for generations to come. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts honored his legacy by naming the state laboratory building after him.

Because of Dr. Hinton's tenacity and groundbreaking work, we are all better equipped to fight disease in our own communities. He walked through doors that were closed to him and held them open for those who followed. Thank you, Dr. Hinton.

02/16/2026

In honor of Presidents’ Day, The Dimock Center’s outpatient services will be closed today, February 16.

Services will resume on Tuesday, February 17.

We look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday. 💙