Board Members
Monica Noether, PhD, Board Chair
Education:
- BA, Wesleyan University
- MA, George Washington University
- MBA and PhD, University of Chicago
Professional Experience:
- VP at Charles River Associates, global consulting firm
- Specializes in antitrust and other competitive issues related to the health care industry
- Analyzed numerous hospital and health plan mergers
- Expertise in public and private sector provider reimbursement
- Previously served on the Federal Trade Commission, Deputy Assistant Director for the Bureau of Economics
William Creevy, MD, BUMG President
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Rank: Assistant Professor
Years of Service: 24
Education:
- BA, Boston University
- MD, Boston University
- MS, Harvard School of Public Health
- Residency, Boston Medical Center
- Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital
Professional Experience:
- Vice Chair Orthopaedic Surgery, 1996 – 2013
- President and CEO Boston University Medical Group, 2013 –
Kate Walsh, Corporate Member
Education:
- BA, Yale University
- MPH, Yale University
Professional Experience:
- President and CEO, Boston Medical Center, 2010 –
- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Chief Operating Officer, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research
Karen Antman, MD, Corporate Member
Department: Boston University School of Medicine
Rank: Dean
Years of Service: 13
Education:
- BS, Muhlenberg College
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency, Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School
Professional Experience:
- Provost, Boston University Medical Campus
- Dean, BU School of Medicine
- Deputy Director for Translational and Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Member, National Academy of Medicine
David L. Coleman, MD, Board Clerk
Department: Boston University School of Medicine
Rank: Wade Professor and Chair
Years of Service: 11
Education:
- AB, Stanford University
- MA, Yale University
- MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital
- Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine
Professional Experience:
- Interim Chairman Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
- Chief, Medical Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
- Director and Secretary, American Board of Internal Medicine
- President-elect, Association of Professors of Medicine
- Member, Council of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
Jennifer Tseng, MD
Department: Surgery
Rank: Professor
Years of Service: 1
Education:
- BS, AB, Stanford University
- MD, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
- MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professional Experience:
- Chair, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine
- Surgeon-in-Chief, Boston Medical Center
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Until 2017: Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
- Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Clinical Co-Director for Surgery, Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery
- Founder and Co-Director, Surgical Outcomes Analysis & Research (SOAR), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery Secretary and Board Member, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- Founding Member, Society of Asian Academic Surgeons
Member, American Surgical Association; New England Surgical Society; American Society of Clinical Oncology, and others
Stephen Christiansen, MD, Board Treasurer
Department: Ophthalmology
Rank: Professor and Chair
Years of Service: 26
Education:
- BS, Wheaton College
- MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Residency, University of Kentucky
- Fellowship, University of Miami (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute)
Professional Experience:
- Chair, Ophthalmology
Aviva Lee-Parritz, MD
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rank: Associate Professor and Chair
Years of Service: 23+
Education:
- BS, Columbia University
- MD, Tufts University
- Residency, TUFTS Affiliated Hospitals
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professional Experience:
- Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Chair, Boston University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Fellow, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Past President of the Obstetrical Society of Boston
Lauren Nentwich, MD
Department: Emergency Medicine
Rank: Assistant Professor
Years of Service: 11
Education:
- SB Mathematics, University of Chicago
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Boston Medical Center
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professional Experience:
- Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety, Emergency Medicine
- President, Medical-Dental Staff 2020-2022
- Medical Director, Project Assert
Marilyn Augustyn, MD
Department: Pediatrics
Rank: Professor
Years of Service: 25
Education:
- BS, Northwestern
- MD, Loyola University
- Residency, UCLA
- Fellowship, Behavioral Pediatrics, Boston City Hospital
Professional Experience:
- Division Director of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
- Co-Director of the Pediatric Specialty Group
Claudio Morera, MD
Department: Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Rank: Assistant Professor
Education:
- MD, Universidad Central de Venezuela
- Residency, Hospital Miguel Perez Carreno, Venezuela
- Fellowship, Pediatric GI, General del Oeste Hospital, Venezuela
- Fellowship, Pediatric GI, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Professional Experience:
- Clinical Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Patient Experience Clinical Champion
- Recently completed the Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Program
- Director of a 4th year student elective Medical Spanish and cultural sensitivity, aimed to enhance cultural competency among medical students
Thamarah Crevecoeur, CNM
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor
Education:
- BS, Boston College
- MS, University of Pennsylvania
- Doctorate in Public Health Candidate, BU School of Public Health
Professional Experience:
- Certified Nurse Midwife, Ob/Gyn Department, Boston Medical Center
- Community Health Center Liaison, Boston Medical Center
- Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, Medicines for Humanity/Boston University School of Public Health
- Board Vice President, Foundation for the Advancement of Haitian Midwives
Gene Lindsey, MD
Education:
- BS, University of South Carolina
- MD, Harvard
- Residency, Peter Brent Brigham
- Fellowship, Cardiology, Peter Brent Brigham
Professional Experience:
- 1975 to 2008: Cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s
- Leadership positions at Harvard Community Health Plan, Chairman Physicians Council and member Board of Directors
- 1997: Board Chair, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
- 2004: appointed to the Board of merged entity Atrius Health
- 2007: Board Chair, Atrius Health
- 2008 to 2013: President and CEO, Atrius Health
- Expertise in risk contracts and population health (BCBS AQC, Pioneer ACO)
- Advisory Committee, Health Policy Commission
- Board of Directors Guthrie Health
Anita Tucker, DBA
Education:
- DBA, Harvard University, 2003
- MS, Purdue University, 1992
- BS, University of Massachusetts, 1990
Professional Experience:
- 2016-: Associate Professor with tenure, Boston University, Questrom School of Business
- Prior professorships at Brandeis University, International Business School, Harvard Business School and University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
- Prior experience at General Mills & General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division
- Expertise in quality improvement, healthcare operations, operations strategy and supply chain management
- Research focus on service process design impact on quality and efficiency