Susan M. Chabot, MD (Tufts University School of Medicine, 1985; residency: Tufts Medical Center), was named to Boston Magazine’s “Top Doctors 2017” list. Dr. Chabot is an orthopedic surgeon at Norwood Hospital.
Douglas B. Jacobs, MD, MPH (UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 2016; residency: BWH), made Forbes magazine’s 2018 “30 Under 30” list for his accomplishments in health care and insurance reform. Dr. Jacobs illuminated “adverse tiering” in which some insurers placed drugs for chronic conditions, such as HIV, in the highest cost tier; the US Department of Health and Human Services subsequently labelled adverse tiering a form of discrimination. Dr. Jacobs is a resident in internal medicine (primary care track) at BWH.
Bisola O. Ojikutu, MD, MPH (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1999; residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital), has been named a community hero by Action for Boston Community Development, a nonprofit serving low-income residents. Dr. Ojikutu is an infectious disease specialist at BWH and MGH. The award recognized her role in improving outcomes for people living with or at risk for HIV.
Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH, FACP (Baylor College of Medicine, 1983; residency: Boston City Hospital; fellowship: MGH), received the American College of Physicians Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award from the Rosenthal Family Foundation for his contribution to addiction medicine care and research. Dr. Samet is the John Noble Professor in General Internal Medicine and chief of general internal medicine at the BU School of Medicine and BMC, and founding director of the BMC/BU Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit.
Eric P. Winer, MD (Yale University, 1983; residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital; fellowship: Duke University Medical Center), made Medscape’s international list of the 2017 Physicians of the Year. Dr. Winer is chief of the Division of Women’s Cancers and director of the Breast Oncology Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Winer had revealed that he was infected with HIV during hemophilia treatment. He talked of the devastating stigma of certain diagnoses, and the extent to which health inequities contribute to breast cancer mortality.
