Rena Xu graduated from Harvard College. She received joint MD-MBA degrees from Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School. She completed an internship in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and is currently a resident physician in urologic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New… Continue reading Rena Xu, MD, MBA
Rocco Orlando III, MD, is senior vice president and chief medical officer for Hartford HealthCare, the premier health care network in Connecticut with more than 18,000 employees and $2.4 billion in net revenue. Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut’s only truly integrated health care system. The system offers the full continuum of care with six-acute care hospitals,… Continue reading Rocco Orlando, MD
Dr. Susan DeSanto-Madeya, is a PhD-prepared, advanced practice nurse. She is an Associate Clinical Professor in the William F. Connell School of Nursing (CSON) at Boston College (BC). She teaches Palliative Care in the CSON graduate programs, and has developed and implemented the Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Certificate program, the first interdisciplinary certificate program at Boston… Continue reading Susan DeSanto-Madeya, PhD, RN, CNS
Jim Glasheen, PhD, is the executive vice chancellor for innovation and business development at UMass Medical School, a position in which he leads a comprehensive and strategic approach to strengthening the scope and impact of the medical school’s biomedical research enterprise, which currently exceeds $250 million in annual external funding; and leveraging the commercialization of… Continue reading Jim Glasheen, PhD
Mohammad Dar, MD (Modar) serves as the Medical Director for ACOs and MCOs at MassHealth, the combined program for Medicaid and CHIP in Massachusetts. In this role, he focuses on delivery system reforms that are bringing MassHealth into an Accountable Care Framework. In previous roles, Mohammad has worked on implementation of the Affordable Care Act… Continue reading Mohammad Dar, MD
Bob Gramling, M.D., D.Sc.is the Holly & Bob Miller Chair in Palliative Medicine and Division Chief of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Vermont. Bob and his team are implementing the Serious Illness Care Program at multiple sites within the University of Vermont Health Network (much of Vermont and… Continue reading Bob Gramling, MD, DSc
Katherine (Katie) Shea Barrett is the Policy Director for Care Delivery Transformation and Strategy at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC). The HPC, established in 2012, is an independent state agency charged with monitoring health care spending growth in Massachusetts and providing data-driven policy recommendations regarding health care delivery and payment system reform. She is… Continue reading Katherine Shea Barrett, MPH
Jennifer Reidy, MD, MS, FAAHPM, is Chief of the Division of Palliative Care at UMass Memorial Health Care, and Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Reidy has a master’s degree in journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism, and formerly worked as a newspaper reporter. She is passionate about language… Continue reading Jennifer Reidy, MD, MS, FAAHPM
Dr. Shruthi Mahalingaiah is a physician-scientist and holds academic appointments in the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Epidemiology, and Physiology/Biophysics at Boston University Medical Campus and School of Public Health. Dr. Mahalingaiah’s research group focuses on the impact of environmental factors and reproductive health in women across the life course. Her current research focuses on… Continue reading Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS
Susan Wolf Ditkoff is a partner and co-head of the Philanthropy Practice at The Bridgespan Group. Since 2001, she has advised philanthropists leading planning and design teams with leaders who are implementing large-scale social change initiatives. She has been a long-standing advocate for solutions that engage and are owned by the people and communities they… Continue reading Susan Wolf Ditkoff, MBA