Primary Care Faculty

		Burak Alsan, MD College: Harvard Medical School: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine Clinical Interests: Community health; Global health Research Interest: N/A Administrative Responsibilities: Medical Director of Uphams Corner Health Canter Teaching Activities: Clinical preceptor for Med-Peds and Internal Medicine residents who rotate at Uphams.

		John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, HMS Professor of Health Policy and Management, HSPH College: Duke Medical School: Harvard Other Degrees: MPP Clinical Interests: Cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment; cancer screening & survivorship Research Interest: Access to care; quality of care; health care disparities Administrative Responsibilities: Director of Harvard Fellowship in General Medicine and Primary Care; Leader of Outcomes Research Program for the Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center ; Director of Health Disparities Research Program for the Harvard Catalyst Clinical and Translational Sciences Center (CTSC) . Teaching Activities: HSPH course on Research With Large Databases for Clinical Fellows; Jen Center for Primary Care, Clinical Preceptor; health care policy lecturer and seminar leader for HMS students.

		Cristina Bassegio Alexander, MD Professor of Medicine College: Dartmouth Medical School: Yale Univeristy Clinical Interests: Latino health, diabetes, women's health, adolescent health and health equities Research Interests: Community health, health equities Administrative Responsibilities: Coordinate educational conferences at SJPHC Teaching Activities: Resident teaching

		David Bates, MD Professor of Medicine College: Stanford Medical School: Johns Hopkins Other Degrees: MSC Clinical Interests: Primary Care Research Interests: Quality of care; medication safety; computers in medicine Administrative Responsibilities: Chief, Division of General Medicine; Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners Teaching Activities: Director of Program in Clinical Effectiveness

		Heidi Behforouz, MD Attending Physician Women’s Health Division/Division of Global Health Equity; Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Executive Director, PACT Project (program of PIH and BWH) College: Mt Holyoke Medical School: Harvard Clinical Interests: Clinical Women's Health; HIV care as primary care clinician Research Interests: Access to care for under-served HIV+ patients; CHW-based programs; health disparities; adherence Administrative Responsibilities: Executive Director, PACT Project; Teaching Activities: Teaching Fellow, Department of Social Medicine, HMS; Preceptor, Jen Center for Primary Care

		Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH Instructor in Medicine, Division of General Medicine College: Brown Medical School: UCSF Clinical Interests: Primary care, smoking cessation, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, team-based care Research Interests: Primary care system design, Patient-centered medical home, US health reform, tobacco control (domestic and global), global non-communicable diseases Administrative Responsibilities: On the leadership group for the implementation of the first patient centered medical home practice within the Brigham Primary Care Network Teaching Activities: Teach in HC750 (Intro to Health Policy) for second year medical students at HMS; teach residents patient centered medical home, smoking cessation. and health policy; teach global tobacco case studies at Harvard School of Public Health

		Jason Block, MD Instructor, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; General Internist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical School: Tulane Clinical Interests: Primary Care, chronic non-malignant pain management, and medical education. Research Interests: Chronic non-malignant pain; medical simulation Teaching Activities: Resident preceptor, medical student preceptor

		Nancy Brim, MD Instructor in Medicine Medical School: Brown Clinical Interests: Primary Care, chronic non-malignant pain management, and medical education. Research Interests: Chronic non-malignant pain; medical simulation Teaching Activities: Resident preceptor, medical student preceptor

		Jennifer Brody, MD, MPH, AAHIVS Instructor, HMS College: University of California, Berkeley Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles/Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science Other Degrees: MPH Clinical Interests: HIV primary care, homeless health care, substance abuse Research Interest: health outcomes for homeless, HIV-infected individuals Teaching Activities: Develop and coordinate Social Justice and Community Medicine Curriculum for Division of General Medicine Primary Care Residency Program; Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Clinical Preceptor.

		Larisa Connors, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Clarkson University Medical School: BU Clinical Interests: Women's Health and Geriatrics

		Nina Cotran, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Oberlin Medical School: BU Clinical Interests: Women's Health Research Interests: Women's Health Teaching Activities: Patient/Doctor; Preceptor, Women's Health Center; Resident/Intern Precepting; BWH Medical Management Meetings

		Rebecca Cunningham, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Princeton Medical School: Harvard Clinical Interests: Quality of care/Care management; Women's Health; Underserved Populations; Patient Education Research Interests: Diabetes quality improvement in the outpatient setting. Administrative Responsibilities: Director of Ambulatory Curriculum for BWH Residency Program; Director, CMS Demonstration project, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Chair, HMS Primary Care Clerkship Steering Committee. Teaching Activities: Jen Center for Primary Care Preceptor; Primary Care Clerkship Director, HMS

		Brigid Dolan, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Marquette University Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Clinical Interests: Women's health Research Interests: Medical education: using technology to enhance ambulatory education; leadership development in residency education Teaching Activities: Ambulatory clinic preceptor, GMS attending, women’s health and leadership curriculum development

		Andy Ellner, MD Associate Physician/Instructor in Medicine College: Harvard Medical School: Harvard Other Degrees: M.Sc. Clinical Interests: Primary Care Research Interests: Improving health care systems domestically and internationally Administrative Responsibilities: Associate Director for Quality Improvement of the Phyllis Jen Center for Primary Care, BWH; Director of the Program in Primary Care and Social Change, HMS Teaching Activities: Substitute precepting and mentoring residents interested in quality improvement and primary care reform.

		Arnold Epstein MD MA Professor of Medicine; John H. Foster Professor of Health Policy and Management College: U of Rochester Medical School: Duke Other Degrees: MA Clinical Interests: Primary Care Research Interests: Quality of Care; Access to Care Administrative Responsibilities: Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health; Chief, Section on Health Services and Policy Research, Division of General Medicine Teaching Activities: Instructor for Survey of Methods in Health Services Research HPM 278t and for Current Issues in Health Policy HPM 277s at the HSPH

		Lori Farnan, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Boston College Medical School: BU Clinical Interests: Women's Health Research Interests: Domestic Violence Administrative Responsibilities: Medical Director, Internal Medicine, Fish Center for Women's Health Teaching Activities: Teach at the Fish Center for Women’s Health

		Michael Fischer, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine College: Harvard Medical School: Yale Other Degrees: MS, Healthy Policy and Management Clinical Interests: Primary Care Research Interests: Prescription Drug Reimbursement Policy; medication adherence, electronic prescribing. Administrative Responsibilities: Pharmaco-epidemiology division; BWH P&T committee. Teaching Activities: Clinic Preceptor, GMS and ITU attending.

		Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP Clinical Instructor in Medicine College: Swarthmore College Medical School: Harvard Medical School Other Degrees: MPP (Kennedy School of Government) Clinical Interests: General Internal Medicine. Research Interests: Quality of care; financial incentives; physician labor markets and payment policies. Research Position: Rand Corporation Teaching Activities: HMS Patient-Doctor 1; GMS Ward Attending. Other Interests: Music (jazz, trumpet), running, sculling, poker, food

		Joseph Frolkis, MD, PhD Director of Primary Care; Associate Chief, General Internal Medicine College: University of Rochester Clinical Interests: General Internal Medicine; Preventive Cardiology Research Interests: Patient and Physician Non-Compliance with Evidence-based guidelines; team-based models of care and their impact on risk factors for CVD Teaching Activities: Have taught medical students, residents, fellows in past; none currently

		Nivedita “Nini” Ghosh, MD Instructor in Medicine, Director of Ambulatory Education at South Huntington Medical Assoc. College: University of Pennsylvania Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Clinical Interests: Primary care medicine, primary care delivery redesign/innovation Research Interests: Medical education research Teaching Activities: Clinical preceptor, ambulatory curriculum design, Faculty Advisor to Senior Teaching Resident, faculty development, HMS Patient-Doctor I instructor, HMS small group tutor

		Michael Healey, MD Instructor in Medicine College: University of Pennsylvania Medical School: Duke Clinical Interests: Effective use of electronic medical records; pay-for-performance; hypertension; dyslipidemia; appropriate use of high-cost imaging Administrative Responsibilities: Associate Medical Director, Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization; Medical Director, BWH Weekend Care Teaching Activities: Primary care precepting; GMS attending; Preceptor for HMS Patient-Doctor II Course

		Nancy Keating, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy College: Virginia Tech Medical School: Pritzker, U Chicago Other Degrees: MPH (HSPH) Clinical Interests: General Internal Medicine Research Interests: Quality of care and physician behavior Administrative Responsibilities: Coordinator, DGM Journal Club Teaching Activities: Jen Centern for Primary Care Preceptor, GMS attending

		Anthony Komaroff, MD Simcox-Clifford-Higby Professor of Medicine, HMS College: Stanford Medical School: Univ of Wash Clinical Interests: General internal medicine Research Interests: Infectious illness in primary care; computers in medicine Administrative Responsibilities: Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Health Publications; Former Chief, Division of General Medicine BWH Teaching Activities: Faculty, Clinical Effectiveness Fellowship; Inpatient attending; Outpatient attending; CME course lectures

		Thomas Lee, MD Professor of Medicine College: Harvard Medical School: Cornell Other Degrees: MSc (epidemiology) Research Interests: Clinical Epidemiology; Quality and Efficiency in Managed Care; Risk Stratification of Patients with Chest Pain; Outcomes of Non-cardiac Surgery Administrative Responsibilities: Chief Executive Officer, Partners Community Health Care, Inc. Teaching Activities: Directs elective on Medical Management at Partners Community Health Care, Inc.

		Lisa Lehmann, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Social Medicine and Medical Ethics College: Cornell Medical School: Johns Hopkins Other Degrees: MSc Clinical Interests: Genetics Research Interests: Medical ethics; physician-patient communication; genetics; managed care Administrative Responsibilities: Director, BWH Center for Bioethics Teaching Activities: Jen Center for Primary Care Precepting; HMS Medical Ethics

		Helen Leibner, MD Instructor in Medicine Medical School: University of Rochester of Medicine and Dentistry Teaching Activities: Clinic Preceptor

		Gail Levine, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Univerity of Pennsylvania Medical School: Case Western Reserve University Clinical Interests: primary care in general, care of the underserved populations, care of the chronically mentally ill, working with "difficult" patients, working with addicted patients Administrative Responsibilities: Former Director of the Ambulatory Redesign Project of the Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Activities: Precepting Residents, some medical student teaching

		Jeffrey Linder, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine College: Northwestern University Medical School: Northwestern University Medical School Other Degrees: Masters in Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health Clinical Interests: Acute respiratory infections; smoking cessation Research Interests: Acute respiratory infections; Electronic Medical Records; health status measurement; patient-doctor communication Administrative Responsibilities: Co-Director, Partners Primary Care Practice Based Research Network Teaching Activities: Curent: Preceptor, JEN CENTER FOR PRIMARY CARE; GMS Attending. Past: Patient-Doctor I; Patient-Doctor II

		Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine College: UNC Medical School: Harvard Other Degrees: PhD Health Policy Clinical Interests: Primary care internal medicine Research Interests: Health services research, health disparities, payment and delivery systems, health insurance, Medicare, quasi-experimental methods Teaching Activities: GMS Attending; Jen Center for Primary Care Precepting; tutorial leader and lecturer for health policy course at HMS

		Colleen A. Monaghan, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Dartmouth Medical School: U Pennsylvania Clinical Interests: Health and illness in the Latino population. Research Interests: Resident as Teacher; Administrative Responsibilities: Associate Program Director, Harvard Brigham and Women's/Children's Hospital Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Teaching Activities: Precept in community health center clinic; teach in Resident as Teacher Program; Primary Care Clerkship tutorial leader; Humanistic Curriculum tutorial leader

		Charles Morris, MD MPH Primary Care Director, Division of General Medicine College: Princeton University Medical School: Case Western Reserve University SOM Other Degrees: M.P.H. (HSPH) Clinical Interests: General Medicine, Screening/Preventative health Research Interests: IT/Medical Education Administrative Responsibilities: Director, Ambulatory Education, BWH Internal Medicine Residency Program; Director, Division of General Medicine Primary Care Residency Program; Medical Director, Brigham Circle Medical Associates Teaching Activities: Preceptor, ward attending

		Stuart Mushlin, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine College: University of Rochester Medical School: Cornell Clinical Interests: Clinical rheumatology; General Internal Medicine Research Interests: Teaching faculty and residents Administrative Responsibilities: Co-Director Preliminary Medicine Residency Teaching Activities: Clinic Preceptor; lecturing in Rheumatology; taking resident report; bedside teaching

		Emily Oken, MD Assistant Professor College: Princeton Medical School: Harvard Other Degrees: M.P.H. Clinical Interests: Medical care for women before, during, and after pregnancy. Research Interests: Influences of nutrition during pregnancy and early childhood on maternal and child health. Teaching Activities: Have taught in the following Harvard Medical School Courses: Patient Doctor I, Patient Doctor II, the OSCE, and Clinical Epidemiology.

		Nora Yusuf Osman, MD Instructor, Director Office of Multicultural Affairs College: Brown Medical School: UCSF Clinical Interests: General medicine education, international health Research Interests: Medical education Teaching Activities: Inpatient teaching and Jen Center for Primary Care precepting

		Stuart Mark Pollack, MD Instructorin Medicine College: Johns Hopkins Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine Clinical Interests: Team care; Process Improvement; Population Management Research Interests: None Teaching Activities: Precepting residents and also continuity elective for third year medical students.

		Eric Poon, MD Assistant Professor in Medicine College: Cornell Medical School: Harvard Other Degrees: MPH Clinical Interests: General Internal Medicine Research Interests: Medical Informatics; Quality Improvement; patient-doctor communication; patient safety Administrative Responsibilities: Director of Clinical Informatics, BWH. Corporate Manager II, BWH Clinical Systems, Partners Information Systems. Teaching Activities: Preceptor, Jen Center for Primary Care

		Diana Post, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine College: Radcliffe College, Harvard Medical School: NYU Clinical Interests: Arthritis; low back pain Research Interests: Low back pain; alternative medicine Teaching Activities: Clinic Preceptor

		Jamie Redgrave, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine College: NYU Medical School: Case Western Reserve Clinical Interests: Diabetes Teaching Activities: Jen Center for Primarey Care Diabetes Clinic

		Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH Assistant Professor College: Haverford College, BA Medical School: Case Western Reserve Other Degrees: MPH, Harvard School of Public Health Clinical Interests: Women's Health Research Interests: Risk factors for heart disease and stroke in women, particularly related to obesity and sex hormones. Long-term risk among breast cancer survivors. Teaching Activities: Occasional preceptor in Jen Center for Primary Care. Course leader, HVMA Residency patient-doctor course

		Eve Rittenberg, MD College: Yale University Medical School: HMS Other Degrees: MA, clinical psychology Clinical Interests: women’s health, care of the underserved Teaching Activities: I have taught in pt-dr 3, supervised residents; taught Americorps HealthCorps interns

		Susan Sadoughi, MD Instructor in Medicine College: University of Florida Medical School: University of Miami Clinical Interests: Bariatrician for the weight management program at BWH Teaching Activities:Clinical preceptor for Jen Ctr for Primary Care

		Pedro Sanchez, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine College: Middlebury Medical School: Tufts Clinical Interests: Cardiology; severe Hypertension; Non-English speaking patients Administrative Responsibilities: Editor, Primary Care Internal Medicine Handbook Teaching Activities: Clinic Preceptor; GMS Attending; Jen Center for Primary Care Lecturer

		Eric Schneider, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Medicine College: Columbia Medical School: UCSF Other Degrees: M.Sc. (UC Berkeley) Clinical Interests: Hypertension; Asthma; preventive medicine; Colorectal Cancer Research Interests: Quality of care; socioeconomic disparities in care; quality measurement; public disclosure of information on quality care Teaching Activities: Health Policy; Evidence-Based Medicine; Ambulatory Preceptor

		Andrew Morris Singer, MD College: Williams Medical School: Harvard Clinical Interests: Primary Care Advocacy, Trainee engagement in care delivery innovation, the reinvigoration of primary care training, primary care practice systems improvement, general internal medicine Teaching Activities: Primary Care Advocacy, Care Delivery Innovation

		Niraj Sharma, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Princeton University Medical School: George Washington Unversity Other Degrees: MPH Clinical Interests: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research Interest: The transition of children with chronic illnesses to adult-centered care Administrative Responsibilities: Program Director of the Harvard Brigham and Women's/Children's Hospital Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program Teaching Activities: Graduate Medical Education

		Jane Sillman, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine College: Radcliffe/Harvard Medical School: NYU Clinical Interests: General Internal Medicine; Women's Health Issues Teaching Activities: Co-Director, Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine CME Course; Deputy Director, Pri-Med CME courses; Clinic Preceptor

		Benjamin Sommers, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine / Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Economics College: Princeton Medical School: Harvard Other Degrees: Ph.D. Clinical Interests: Primary care; medical decision-making. Research Interests: Health policy, Medicaid, health insurance, costs of care. Teaching Activities: Cost awareness education for residents; health policy; internal medicine attending.

		Bonnie Southworth, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Oberlin Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Clinical Interests: Primary Care Teaching Activities: Clinical Preceptor

		Lori Tishler, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Harvard Medical School: Harvard Other Degrees: MPH Clinical Interests: Women's Health; eating disorders; general primary care Research Interests: Medical Education; Health Literacy; Humanistic curriculum Administrative Responsibilities: Medical Director for Jen Center for Primary Care Teaching Activities: Teaching Curriculum for Primary Care Residents; Clinic Preceptor; 2nd yr med students

		Beverly Woo, MD Associate Professor of Medicine College: Harvard Medical School: Stanford Clinical Interests: Primary Care practice, Medical Education Administrative Responsibilities: HMS-Peabody Society Associate Master and Patient Doctor I Course Director Teaching Activities: Preceptor for Residents in Ambulatory Practice; Attending Physician teaching Students and Residents on Inpatient General Medicine Service, Tutor for Students in Patient-Doctor I

		Charlotte A. Wu, MD Clinical Instructor in Medicine College: Stanford Medical School: Yale School of Medicine Clinical Interests: Primary Care systems redesign; Global health; Care of the underserved Administrative Responsibilities: None Teaching Activities: Preceptor for Residents in Ambulatory Practice

		Maria Yialamas, MD Instructor in Medicine College: Harvard Medical School: Johns Hopkins Other Degrees: MSHS from UCLA Clinical Interests: Reproductive endocrine and primary care Research Interests: Medical education Administrative Responsibilities: Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Activities: GMS and Endo attending, preceptor in endocrine clinic, ITP course for med students, physical exam curriculum, women in medicine curriculum

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