Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH is Professor of Medicine and the Ken Minaker Chair of Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a board-certified geriatrician and palliative care physician and conducts research focused on optimizing quality of life for those with chronic serious illness and multimorbidity. She has provided geriatrics and palliative care to functionally impaired, seriously ill patients with multiple co-occurring conditions and those with dementia for the past two and a half decades.
Her research focuses on patients with complex serious illness and multimorbidity and involves the assessment of patient and caregiver outcomes related to symptoms physical, cognitive and social function among older adults in multiple settings. As a clinician investigator, she has experience in informatics, mixed methods research, clinical trials and implementation science. She has conducted a number of trials in vulnerable populations and assisted with the development and implementation of complex care coordination interventions for persons with serious illness. Dr. Ritchie serves as MPI of the National Institute for Nursing Research-funded Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) and directs the PCRC Investigator Development Center. She is co-founder and co-director of the Home-based Primary Care and Palliative Care Research Consortium with co-investigator Dr. Bruce Leff.
She serves as Director of Research for the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and of the MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness Research.