BIDMC FELLOWSHIP DIRECTORS
Fellowship Co-Program Director
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Mara A. Schonberg, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of Research in Shared Decision Making in the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a practicing general internist. Her research focuses on improving healthcare decision-making for older adults by integrating the fields of geriatrics and shared decision-making, particularly in cancer screening and treatment. Since 2004, Dr. Schonberg’s research has been continuously funded through multiple National Institutes of Health grants, including several R01 awards, as well as numerous foundation grants. Her work aims to help clinicians and patients make informed, individualized healthcare decisions that align with patients’ health status, life expectancy, and personal goals.To support the dissemination of evidence-based decision-making tools, Dr. Schonberg co-developed ePrognosis, an internationally recognized resource that helps clinicians and patients incorporate overall prognosis into medical decision-making. She is also deeply committed to mentorship and research training, serving as co-Director of the Harvard-wide General Medicine Research Fellowship and co-Director of Harvard’s Advanced Aging Research Training Seminar Series. In addition, she mentors numerous early-career investigators through NIH career development and research training programs.Dr. Schonberg’s contributions to aging research, clinical investigation, and mentorship have been recognized with several prestigious honors, including the American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award, Harvard Medical School’s A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award, and election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Fellowship Site Director
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief, Research Section, Division of General Medicine, BIDMC
Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH, MA, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Section Chief for Research in the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His research focuses on the behavioral, metabolic, and biochemical determinants of cardiovascular disease, cognitive aging, and dementia, with an emphasis on translating epidemiologic findings into strategies for disease prevention and healthy aging.Dr. Mukamal has led and collaborated on research using several of the nation’s largest longitudinal cohort studies, including the Nurses’ Health Studies, the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and the Cardiovascular Health Study. His work has also examined the health effects of alcohol consumption, suicide risk factors, and cardiometabolic disease. Current research interests include the role of circulating free fatty acids in the development of cardiovascular disease and dementia, as well as the potential health benefits of blueberry consumption among older adults.An accomplished mentor and educator,
Dr. Mukamal has received numerous honors, including Harvard Medical School’s Clifford A. Barger Award for Excellence in Mentoring, the Gordon J. Strewler Award for Mentorship in Resident Research, and an NIH/NIA Mid-Career Mentoring Award (K24). He also serves as Director of the Shigeaki Hinohara, M.D. Primary Care Fellowship, which supports visiting primary care scholars from Japan.
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FACULTY
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
Tom Delbanco, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, BIDMC
Co-Founder, OpenNotes
Catherine M. DesRoches, Dr.PH
John F. Keane & Family Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, BIDMC
Executive Director, OpenNotes
Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H. *
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Executive Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine
Shoshana Herzig, M.D., M.P.H. *
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief, Hospital Medicine for Academic Affairs
Stephen Juraschek, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care
Research Director, Hypertension Center at Healthcare Associates, BIDMC
Associate Director for Ambulatory and Community-Based Research, BIDMC
Recipient of HMS Young Mentor Award for Excellence in Mentorship
Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Bruce E. Landon, M.D., M.B.A. *
Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Edward R. Marcantonio, MD. SM*
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Research Section, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, BIDMC
Recipient of HMS William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
Long Ngo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Biostatistics), Harvard Medical School
Recipient of HMS William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care
Christina Wee, M.D., M.P.H. *
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
Gloria Yeh, M.D., M.P.H. *
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, HMS Research Fellowship in Integrative Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
William Applebaum Professor of Medicine, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Principal Investigator, Director of the Center for Primary Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, The Partnership for Health Advancement in Vietnam
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
* Denotes faculty who have graduated from the Fellowship Program