Faculty

Harvard Medical School

Dunia Abdul-Aziz, MD, Instructor in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Wynne Armand, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Alexandra P. Charrow, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Sharon H. Chou, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Raymond T. Chung, MD, Professor of Medicine

Caitlin A. Colling, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Gilbert H. Daniels, MD, Professor of Medicine

Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine

Robert P. Friday, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine

Deborah Gomez Kwolek, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Stacey T. Gray, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

E. Kevin Heist, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine

David A. Hirsh, MD, Professor of Medicine

Kristen M. Hysell, MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine

Eric M. Isselbacher, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Aisha K. James, MD, MEd, Instructor in Medicine

Scott Kinlay, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Dana H. Kotler, MD, Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Mariel G. Kozberg, MD, PhD, Instructor in Neurology

Nancy E. Lange-Vaidya, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Part-time

James H. Maguire, MD, Professor of Medicine

James E. Mojica, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Brian M. Mugo, MD, Instructor in Medicine

David M. Nathan, MD, Professor of Medicine

Walter J. O’Donnell, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Nancy A. Rigotti, MD, Professor of Medicine

Rachel P. Rosovsky, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Jane S. Sillman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Barbara L. Smith, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery

Kyle D. Staller, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine

David J.R. Steele, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

David B. Sykes, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Angeliki Vgontzas, MD, Instructor in Neurology

Anna R. Wolfson, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Guest Faculty

Andrew E. Budson, MD, Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Chief, Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System; Director of Education, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; Lecturer in Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Mina A. Farahani, MD, MS, Cornea, Cataract, Refractive Specialist, Spindel Eye Associates; Associate Staff, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Thomas J. Gill, MD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Orthopedics, Steward Healthcare Network; Director, Boston Sports Medicine and Research Institute

Sherin Rouhani, MD, PhD Clinical Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Founding Director

John Goodson at his desk

John D. Goodson, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, remains active in daily clinical office and inpatient practice. Dr. Goodson is respected as a teacher, an advocate, and an innovator of primary care medicine. He is a founder of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation and leads national efforts to improve the experience of care for both patients and primary care clinicians. He is the first holder of the MGH Trustees Endowed Chair in Primary Care Internal Medicine.

Course Directors

Deborah Gomez Kwolek, MD, FACP, FAMWA, NCMP

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and practicing primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Kwolek is a nationally recognized leader in primary care medical education. She is a highly regarded author, mentor, educator, and textbook editor who is committed to the supporting the primary care clinician in their essential role in excellent patient care.

Jane Sillman

Jane S. Sillman, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Director Emerita of Medical Residency Ambulatory Education at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Course Co-Director

Brian M. Mugo, MD

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Internist, Internal Medicine Associates

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Discuss the basis for current treatment guidelines, diagnostic recommendations, and management strategies for diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, memory loss, opioid use, sleep disorders, stroke management, anemia, anticoagulant use, and many other specific conditions
Anticipate and manage potential adverse effects of therapies prescribed by other specialists
Assess the relative efficacy and cross-specialty implications of innovative biomodulator therapies
Implement treatment plans in specific, common clinical situations that cut across specialties, such as chronic pain, screening, health promotion
Design more effective clinical approaches based on the most recent literature supporting innovative interventions offered across a range of specialties
Assess the added value of newly offered diagnostic and screening tests
Recognize and implement current disease prevention and screening guidelines
Innovate your own clinical care based on a broader understanding of the management strategies and clinical decision-making of colleagues, including the rationale for specific modalities and medications
Apply new patient interaction skills
Address how your work and the work of your colleagues can have a more positive impact in the context of equity, inclusion, and unaddressed disparities
Employ treatments and interventions provided by primary care internal medicine and specialist physicians
Describe how climate change can affect health

Participant Experience

Sessions are designed and presented by leading Harvard Medical School faculty, leaders in their respective fields of medicine.

Education is interactive and participants are encouraged to pose questions.

Past participants tell us this course has changed and improved their practice:

“This course is the best I have ever attended anywhere in terms of true benefit to my practice and true benefit to me personally.”
“I am a psychiatrist and see patients with many medical comorbidities. I now feel more comfortable talking to my patients about their medical conditions and medications and potential treatment side effects.”
“Every day I found something new to incorporate into my practice.”

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