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

Susannah Rowe, MD, MPH

Department: Ophthalmology

Rank: Assistant Professor

Years of Service: 19

Education:

• BA, Latin American Studies Wesleyan University, Middletown Connecticut
• MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

Professional Experience:

• Vice Chair for Patient Safety and Quality, Department of Ophthalmology
• Associate Chief Medical Officer for Wellness & Professional Vitality, BMC
• President Medical Dental Staff 2018-2020

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

Years of Service: 13

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

Sheila Chapman, MD

Department: General Internal Medicine

Rank: Assistant Professor

Years of Service: 28

Education:

• BA, Harvard
• MD, New York Medical College
• Residency, Faulkner Hospital

Professional Experience:

• Clinical Lead, Patient and Care Team Experience for GIM
• Associate Chair for URM Post-Graduate Career Development
• 2015, Outstanding Citizenship Award from the Department of Medicine

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