FACULTY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Massachusetts General Hospital Daniel E. Singer, M.D. Fellowship Co-Director Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health Chief, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, MGH Dr. Daniel E. Singer has directed the MGH Fellowship Program in General Internal Medicine for the past two decades. Over that period he has served as research mentor to 35 fellows, the vast majority of whom remain in academic positions, and many of who are leaders in their chosen field of investigation. Dr. Singer also directs the introductory Epidemiology course in the intensive Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness, a central element in the Fellowship's HSPH-based curriculum. Dr. Singer's research focuses on preventive medicine and also on increasing efficiency in the treatment of common clinical conditions. In particular, he is an internationally recognized leader in the field of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF). With his colleagues, Dr. Singer has helped establish the efficacy of anticoagulant therapy in AF, identified risk factors for stroke, and defined the optimal range of anticoagulation in AF. He is the chair and lead author of the Atrial Fibrillation chapter in the 2005 American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy, an "industry standard" set of guidelines. He has also conducted extensive investigations on the impact of hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, and diabetes on the development of vascular disease. Additional areas of investigation have included optimal management of community-acquired pneumonia and of low back pain/sciatica. Fellows have been productive participants in these investigations. Dr. Singer was the 2003 recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Award, the Society of General Internal Medicine's highest award for career achievements in research. Steven J. Atlas, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Director, MGH Primary Care Operations Improvement Optimizing care for lumbar spine disorders; optimizing care for respiratory infections Michael J. Barry, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chief, General Medicine Unit Health services research and decision analysis; content emphasis on benign and malignant prostatic disease David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. Samuel O. Thier Professor of Health Policy and Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chief, Health Policy Research and Development Unit, MGH Health policy; future of academic medical centers in medical marketplace; impacts of managed care; application of industrial process control in medicine Eric G. Campbell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Institute for Health Policy MGH/Partners HealthCare System Performance and accountability of the social missions of academic health centers, academic industry relationships in the life sciences, conflicts of interest in science, data-sharing and withholding in academic science and issues related to patient safety Timothy G. Ferris, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Disease management and outcomes research in pediatrics as well as adult medicine; quality measurement and improvement research; affects of financial incentives on quality of care Kenneth A. Freedberg, M.D., M.Sc. Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Program in HIV Epidemiology and Outcomes Research, Harvard Medical School Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Decision analysis with special emphasis on screening for and management of HIV disease; clinical epidemiology; quality of life research; studies of routine HIV testing Richard W. Grant, M.D., M.P.H. Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Understanding barriers to effective primary care of chronic disease, particularly type II diabetes; controlled trials of novel patient-, physician-, and system-oriented strategies to improve care, often incorporating advanced medical informatic management aids Mary McNaughton Collins, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Outcomes research related to benign and malignant diseases of the prostate gland with emphasis on functional status and on screening with PSA James B. Meigs, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, MGH Clinical Research Program Disease Management Research Unit Etiology and prevention of type II diabetes, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease; quality improvement/disease management research in type II diabetes Albert G. Mulley Jr., M.D., M.P.P. Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Chief, General Medicine Division Director, Medical Practices Evaluation Center Measures of decision quality for preference-sensitive decisions related to common medical conditions such as coronary artery disease and breast cancer; development and implementation of shared decision making interventions for chronic condition management Nancy A. Rigotti, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health Director, Tobacco Research & Treatment Center, MGH Disease prevention and health promotion, with focus on tobacco use prevention, cessation, and tobacco control policy; health services research in tobacco control; women's health Anne N. Thorndike, M.D., M.P.H. Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Smoking cessation; depression Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Institute for Health Policy, MGH/Partners HealthCare System Survey research; large databases; quality measurement, including adverse events; health policy; risk adjustment; access to care; disparities and care of poor and underserved Denotes faculty who graduated from the Fellowship Program

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