Background and Clinical Focus
Academic Appointment:
Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Languages:
English
Gender:
Male
Age Groups Seen:
Adults
Provider Affiliation:
Baystate Medical Center
Practice Groups:
Baystate High Street Health Center Adult Medicine
Practice Locations
Insurances Accepted
Note:
Baystate Healthcare facilities and physicians accept most insurances. Please contact your insurance company to verify eligibility.
- FALLON ACO
- HEALTH NEW ENGLAND EXCLUDING BE HEALTHY
- TUFTS HEALTH TOGETHER ACO
- BMC HEALTHNET MCO
- HNE BE HEALTHY PARTNERSHIP
- SERENITY CARE PACE
- TUFTS TOGETHER MCO
- TUFTS PUBLIC PLANS NON MASS HEALTH
- VT MEDICAID
- BMC HEALTHNET ACO
- TUFTS US FAMILY HEALTH
- FALLON NON MASS HEALTH
- BLUE SHIELD MEDICARE ADV
- BLUE SHIELD PPO IND
- CONNECTICARE
- UNICARE GIC
- FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY
- UNITED HEALTHCARE
- CT MEDICAID
- CELTICARE
- AETNA
- HARVARD PILGRIM
- CONSOLIDATED
- CIGNA GREAT WEST
- TRICARE
- HMO BLUE
- TUFTS
- MULTIPLAN PHCS
- COMMONWEALTH CARE ALLIANCE
- NORTHEAST DIRECT
- MEDICARE
- RAILROAD MEDICARE
- MA MEDICAID
- SENIOR WHOLE HEALTH
Education and Training
Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School, MD, 1988
Baystate Medical Center
Residency, 1992
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
Scholarly Focus
- Competency-based residency education
- Clinical quality improvement
Professional Societies and Leadership Roles
- Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC): Strategic Plan Programming Committee, Member (2019-present); Board of Directors, Member (2013-2019); Secretary/Treasurer (2014-2016); Member (2004-present)
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Group on Student Affairs (GSA), Member (2018-present); GME Leadership Development Course Advisory Committee, Member (2014-2018); Member (2011-present)
- Springfield Technical Community College Foundation (STCC Foundation): Board Member (2017-present)
- Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS): Medical Education Committee, Advisor (2018-2021), Chair (2013-2018), Co-Chair (2010-2013); Committee on Strategic Planning, Member (2012-2018); Member (1988-present)
Awards and Honors
- Ethel Weinberg, MD Award for outstanding service to the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC) (2019)
- Weinberg Family Prize for Academic Excellence Award, Highest Academic Honor given by Baystate Health, Springfield, MA (2014)
- Distinguished Medical Educator Award, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (2014)
- Milton O. M'30 and Natalie V. Zucker Clinical Teaching Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Clinical Teaching, Tufts University School of Medicine (2009)
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Tufts University School of Medicine, voted by faculty and students (2007)
Patient Ratings
Patient Experience Ratings
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