BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is located in Boston's renowned Longwood Medical and Academic Area, within walking distance of Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and convenient public transportation.

The Fellowship's research site is housed within the Research Section of the Division of General Medicine, located at 1309 Beacon Street in Brookline, less than one mile from the main BIDMC campus.

About the Division of General Medicine

The Division of General Medicine is committed to excellence in patient care, education, research, and leadership. Faculty and staff collaborate across clinical, educational, and research programs to improve health outcomes while fostering professional and academic development.

The Division is led by Dr. Eileen Reynolds. The Research Section is led by Dr. Edward R. Marcantonio, Section Chief for Research, and Dr. Kenneth Mukamal, Associate Section Chief.

Together, our nationally recognized faculty, biostatisticians, research professionals, and administrative staff provide an exceptional environment for fellowship training and career development.

Research Environment

Our mission is to conduct interdisciplinary, patient-centered research that develops and evaluates innovative approaches to addressing common yet complex clinical challenges while improving the quality of healthcare delivery.

Our Research Section is particularly renowned for its culture of mentorship. Many of our faculty have received individual awards for excellence in mentorship from Harvard (Drs. Schonberg, Kaptchuk, Wee, Yeh, Marcantonio, Mukamal, McCarthy, and Davis) and/or K24 mentoring grants from NIH, and the Section as a whole was the recipient of Harvard Medical School’s inaugural Program Award for a Culture of Excellence in Mentorship. 

A few examples from recent Fellows' research include:

Cancer screening utilization and risk assessment
Medical decision-making
End-of-life care services and outcomes

Patterns of use and effectiveness of integrative medical therapies
Medication prescribing practices and adverse outcomes in the inpatient setting
Patient engagement and innovations in primary care and health decision-making
Effects of inviting patients to read their doctor’s notes National trends in Use of Low Value Care

Teaching electronic patient-doctor communication using a patient-web portal
Early vs late predictors of readmission in an academic medical center
Inconsistencies in opioid prescribing at hospital discharge
Primary care and older adults perceptions on telemedicine primary care
Social networks and longevity among older adults