New Chairs Spotlight Series

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, Dr. Bindal discusses her passion for bringing CAR T cell therapy to Central Massachusetts.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, Dr. Nasser-Ghodsi discusses bringing a transplant protocol to UMMH this past year, and her research interests and goals for providing the best care to her patients.    

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we feature Jennifer Reidy, MD, MS, chief of the Division of Palliative Care and associate professor of family medicine & community health. We recently spoke with Dr. Reidy about how she found her way to a career of service and the passion she brings to her roles as a physician, leader, educator, and innovator of new, transformative models of health care and medical education.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Rahul Sood, MD, director of interventional pulmonology, co-director of pulmonary procedures, and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, Dr. Mittal discusses her path to becoming an oncologist, what inspires her, and her enthusiasm for a new initiative for physician and patient advocacy in immune-related adverse events.  

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Sarah Hyder, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and director of endoscopy at UMass Memorial Medical Center. We recently sat down with Dr. Hyder to learn about her, her work, and how recent initiatives aim to address the backlog of patients waiting for an endoscopy at UMMH.  

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Madona Azar, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. In April, we sat down with Dr. Azar to learn more about her work at UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Abbas Rupawala, MD, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Brigid Carlson, MD, a clinician and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Shaoguang Li, MD, PhD, a scientist and professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Terrell Johnson, MD, a physician in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and co-director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in the Department of Medicine.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Doreen Brettler, MD, a physician and professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Sarah McGee, MD, MPH, a clinician-educator whose career in Geriatric Medicine has spanned more than 30 years. We recently spoke with Dr. McGee about her work and what makes her chosen field of practice unique. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Margret Chang, MD, assistant professor of medicine, attending physician, and medical director of the Office Based Addiction Treatment Program at Tri-River Family Health Center. She is also the director of the Resident Addiction Curriculum in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at UMass Chan Medical School and holds an appointment in Pediatrics. We recently had the opportunity to be in conversation with Dr. Chang about her work in the Office Based Addiction Treatment Program, her role in training residents, and her goal of making addiction treatment and management more accessible in primary care settings.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Kathleen Mazor, EdD, professor of medicine and interim chief in the Division of Health Systems Science. Prior to her work as interim chief, Dr. Mazor also served as the associate director of the Meyers Health Care Institute, a joint endeavor of UMass Chan Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, and Fallon Health. This August, she will “semi-retire” after having been at UMass Chan for over 25 years. We recently had the opportunity to speak with her about some of the highlights of her work, what has been most meaningful, and her plans as she begins her next chapter.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Jeeva Subramanian, MD, an associate professor of medicine and physician in General Internal Medicine. Dr. Subramanian has worked in both inpatient and ambulatory settings throughout her career, but her passion lies in ambulatory medicine.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Mayra Tisminetzky, MD, PhD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in the Divisions of Health Systems Science and Geriatrics. She also holds a secondary appointment in population and quantitative health sciences.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Sunita Puri, MD, MS, director of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship and associate professor of medicine in the Division of Palliative Care Medicine.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Elena Byhoff, MD, MSc, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine with research activities in the Division of Health Systems Science.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Mara Meyer Epstein, ScD, ScM, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Health Systems Science.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Lauren Feld, MD, physician and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and physician executive for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) in the Department of Medicine.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Hardy Kornfeld, MD, professor of medicine, and Lorissa Smulan, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, both in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Neal Silverman, PhD, research director and professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, faculty in the Program in Innate Immunity, and director of the First Year Basic Biomedical Sciences Umbrella Pathway in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Karen Salomon-Escoto, MD, associate professor of medicine and clinician-researcher in the Division of Rheumatology.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Peter Rice, MD, Professor of Medicine and clinician in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Program in Innate Immunity.  

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Fiachra Humphries, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Innate Immunity in the Department of Medicine and faculty in the Program in Innate Immunity.

In this month’s Chair's Spotlight, we highlight the work of Alvaro Alonso, MD, MSCR, RPVI, FSVM, Medical Director of the Anticoagulation Center of Excellence, Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Interventions Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Clinician in Cardiovascular Medicine.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Stephen B. Erban, MD, MPH, Chief, Section of Clinical Informatics in the recently created Division of Health Systems Science and Associate Professor of Medicine.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Ann Marshak-Rothstein, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology. 

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of David Cave, MD, PhD, and his efforts in researching the effectiveness of video capsule endoscopy.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Vandana Nagpal, MD, and her efforts leading the Wellness Program for the UMass Internal Medicine Residency.

In this month’s Chair's Spotlight, we interview Dr. Brigid Carlson, Clinician and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) and UMass Chan Medical School (UMass Chan), and discuss the importance of hearth health awareness, particularly in women versus men, evidence-based prevention strategies, and recent studies on heart health.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight the work of Sandeep Jubbal, MD, Clinician, Medical Director of the COVID Treatment Center, and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) and UMass Chan Medical School.

Milka, Koupenova, PhD, researcher whose primary focus is on viral infections with single-stranded viruses affect immunity-related molecular mechanisms in platelets.

Clinical researcher focusing on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), Elena Gkrouzman, MD

Translational researcher specializing in novel vaccinations, Shan Lu, MD, PhD.