Elisa I. Choi, MD, FACP (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1996; residency: Beth Israel Hospital), has been elected governor of the MA Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Choi is an internist and infectious disease and HIV specialist in clinical practice and is on faculty at HMS. Dr. Choi serves as an appointed commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Asian American Commission and chairs the Health and Human Services Committee.
Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD (HMS, 1966; residency: BWH), received the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Walsh McDermott Medal in honor of her long-standing service to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. McNeil is the Ridley Watts Professor of Health Care Policy at HMS and a professor of radiology at HMS and BWH.
Thomas M. Michel, MD, PhD (Duke University School of Medicine, 1984; residency: BWH), was awarded the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) 2018 Paul M. Vanhoutte Distinguished Lectureship in Vascular Pharmacology. Dr. Michel is a senior physician at BWH and a professor of medicine at HMS.
Michael E. Wagner, MD, FACP (Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1986; residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1990), has been named chief physician executive at Wellforce, a health system created by Tufts Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital. Dr. Wagner, a primary care physician, has served as president and CEO of Tufts Medical Center and the Floating Hospital for Children since 2013.
Douglas C. Waite, MD (Rutgers Medical School, 1988; residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center), was named the new chief medical officer (CMO) of Covenant Health, a Catholic health care system serving New England. He is an infectious disease specialist and past CMO of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Worcester.
