Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Fellowship Directors

Edward R. Marcantonio, M.D., S.M. *

Fellowship Co-Director
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Section Chief of Research, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, BIDMC
Director, Aging Research Program
Recipient of HMS A. Clifford Barger Awards for Excellence in Mentorship

Dr. Marcantonio is Section Chief of Research for the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Within the Division, he leads the Aging Research Program. He is an internationally recognized expert and clinical investigator in the area of delirium (acute confusion), in which he has performed numerous observational and interventional research studies. He currently leads three NIH-funded studies in this area (1 P01 project, 2 R01's) focusing on implementing diagnostic strategies for delirium, biomarker discovery, and better understanding the relationship between delirium and dementia. He has broader interests in improving quality of care for elders and has authored papers on predictors of hospitalization and unplanned hospital readmission, and outcomes of non-cardiac and cardiac surgery in older adults. He also teaches Epidemiology in the Clinical Effectiveness Program at Harvard School of Public Health, and has mentored over 50 students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty members. Dr. Marcantonio has authored over 200 peer-reviewed research articles, plus numerous clinical reviews, book chapters, and practice guidelines. He served for 5 years on NIH’s Aging Systems and Geriatrics study section, which he chaired from 2006-2008. His honors include the 1999 Paul Beeson Physician Scholarship in Aging Research, the 2003 American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation Award, the 2009 HMS A. Clifford Barger Award for Excellence in Mentoring, and being elected in 2014 to the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Marcantonio is also the recipient of a Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) from the National Institute on Aging, which was recently renewed for an additional 5-year term.

Faculty Members

Roger B. Davis, Sc.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Recipient of HMS A. Clifford Barger Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Health services research
Clinical trials
Clinical epidemiology
Biostatistics

Tom Delbanco, M.D.
Richard and Florence Koplow-James Tullis Professor of General Medicine and Primary Care, Harvard Medical School
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, BIDMC
Co-Founder, OpenNotes

Quality of care
Medical education
Patient education
Health services research

Catherine M. DesRoches, Dr.PH
Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, BIDMC
Executive Director, OpenNotes

Health services research
Survey research
Health Information technology
Delivery system organization

Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H. *
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Executive Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine

Health services research
Clinical decision marking in geriatrics and end-of-life care

Shoshana Herzig, M.D., M.P.H. *
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Hospital Medicine Research Program

Hospital-based pharmacoepidemiology focusing on the association between commonly used medications and nosocomial complications
Interventions to enhance the safety and appropriateness of prescribing in the hospital setting

Stephen Juraschek, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care

Orthostatic hypertension
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes

Ted Kaptchuk
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for Mind-Body Therapies

Placebo effects
Patient-clinician relationship
Acupuncture and Complementary Therapies

Bruce E. Landon, M.D., M.B.A. *
Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Health services research and quality of care
The influence of physician and organizational factors on delivery of health care services
Physician social networks
Improving value of care

Long Ngo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Biostatistics), Harvard Medical School

Delirium
Breast cancer
Cardiology
Air pollution
Clinical Trials
Statistical methodology and applications in completing risks
Marginal structure models
Model selection
Longitudinal data analysis
Diagnostic accuracy

Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Ph.D.
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care

Delirium
Gerontology
Late life health

Jan Walker, R.N., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care
Research Associate Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Co-Founder, OpenNotes

Patients’ perspective on quality of care
Patients’ use of health information technology
Opening records to patients
Preparing professionals to care for the underserved
Qualitative research, including focus groups

Christina Wee, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Obesity Research Program
Recipient of the SGIM Midcareer Research and Mentorship Award and the HMS A. Clifford Barger Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Obesity
Cardiovascular Health
Health Outcomes & Disparities

Gloria Yeh, M.D., M.P.H. *
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mind-body therapies
Complementary Medicine
Preventive care
Stress management
Cardiopulmonary disease
Clinical trials

* Denotes faculty who have graduated from the Fellowship Program