Alfred DeMaria Jr ., MD, serves as the medical
director of the Bureau of Infectious Disease Prevention, Response and
Services at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). He has
been the state epidemiologist for Massachusetts since 1990. Dr. DeMaria
is a graduate of Boston University and Harvard Medical School. He
trained in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx,
New York, and in infectious diseases at Boston City Hospital and the
Boston University School of Medicine. Prior to joining the DPH in 1989,
he was an infectious diseases consultant in private practice and served
on the staffs of the Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases
and the Section of Infectious Diseases at Boston City Hospital and
Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. DeMaria is a Fellow of the
Infectious Diseases Society of America and serves on committees of the
Massachusetts Medical Society and the Society for Healthcare
Epidemiology of America and on the boards of the Massachusetts Public
Health Association and the Public Health Museum.
Sarah Feldman , MD, MPH, a specialist in gynecologic
oncology, teaches and practices at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).
Her current practice is confined to patients with precancers of the
lower genital tract. A graduate of Princeton, Harvard Medical School,
and the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Feldman completed
postdoctoral training in obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic
oncology at BWH. In addition to her academic and hospital appointments,
she directs the Pap Smear Evaluation Center at BWH and DFCI and has
served on the national and local committees of diverse medical societies
and health systems including the Society of Gynecology Oncologists, the
American Cancer Society, the American College of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, and the Cambridge Health Alliance. She lectures extensively
on precancers of the lower genital tract at a local, national, and
international level.
Najmosama Nikrui , MD, is an associate clinical
professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School and
serves as chief of gynecology at Boston VA Health Care System. Dr.
Nikrui previously worked as an associate gynecologist at Massachusetts
General Hospital and a gynecology oncologist at Baystate Medical Center
and Hallmark Health. She is a graduate of the Shiraz University School
of Medicine, an affiliate of Pennsylvania University. She completed her
obstetrics and gynecology residency and gynecology oncology fellowship
at Downstate Medical Center School of Medicine in Brooklyn, New York,
and her medical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New
York City. Dr. Nikrui serves on the board of directors for Physicians
Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, is a member of the MMS House of
Delegates, and serves as chair of the MMS Committee on Women in
Medicine.
James Rocco , MD, PhD, is in clinical practice at
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) where he focuses on the
treatment of head and neck cancer, emphasizing oral cavity, salivary,
and skin malignancies including head and neck melanoma. Dr. Rocco joined
the Division of Head and Neck Surgery at MEEI in 1999, with a joint
appointment in surgical oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He
completed his residency in otolaryngology — head and neck surgery
at John Hopkins Hospital, where he received the outstanding resident
award for his graduating year. Dr. Rocco attended the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine, earning both medical and doctoral degrees. He is an
associate surgeon at MEEI and an assistant professor of otology and
laryngology at Harvard Medical School, where he is director of head and
neck molecular oncology research and the beneficiary of the Daniel
Miller chair in head and neck surgery. Dr. Rocco directs a basic and
clinical science research laboratory and is a principal investigator for
several basic and clinical research projects.
Helen Wang , DrPH, MD, received her medical degree
from National Taiwan University and her master’s in public health
and doctor of public health degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics
from Harvard University. She completed her residency training in
anatomic pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston and has
practiced there ever since. She is currently the director of
cytopathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an associate
professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. She has published in
various aspects of cytopathology and gastrointestinal pathology.
