Press Release: 10/26/2025

Celebrating 15 Years of Advancing Health Equity with Operation House Call

 

By KaterinaOctober 23, 2025No Comments

Operation House Call (OHC) celebrated 15 years as a program of The Arc of Massachusetts on October 22 at historic Gore Place. The evening commemorated the founding, growth, and future of OHC, an innovative training program that transforms medical and health education by empowering parents, self-advocates, and families to serve as educators through class lectures and home visits.

Susanna Peyton was honored for her decades of dedication to the program, its development, and expansion, as well as her and her husband John Campbell’s generous support. A plaque in Susanna and John’s honor will be installed in The Arc’s Waltham headquarters. Other key leaders who were recognized include Dr. Benjamin Siegel, who originally co-founded the program at Boston University School of Medicine in 1991, and Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Representative John Lawn, who was integral in passing state legislation that officially codified OHC.

CEO Maura Sullivan led an insightful panel discussion with Val Ortiz Jimenez, a Harvard School of Dental Medicine student; Isaiah Lombardo, a self-advocate and OHC co-teacher; Mojdeh Mostafavi, MD, an internist, pediatrician, and OHC alumna; and Ashley Waring, OHC Family Engagement Director and Parent Instructor.