NEWS FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE

January 7, 2010

Gregory Sawin, MD, MPH, named Director
of Tufts FMR Program

Malden, MA…Congratulations to Greg Sawin MD, MPH, who has been named Program Director of the Tufts Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, effective January 4, 2010. His appointment comes after a four month national search.

Greg joined CHA in 2007 at Malden as an Assistant Professor and Director of Information Mastery. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Morehouse School of Medicine where he received the student Presidential Leadership award. He did his Family Medicine Residency and Faculty Development Fellowship at University of Virginia, where he was also chosen to be Chief Resident.

His areas of interest include creation of a Patient Centered Medical Home, Information Mastery, Technology and Systems Based Practice, Quality Improvement, Graduate and Post Graduate Medical Education, International and Domestic Health Care Disparities, and Community Medicine.

Known as a "brilliant teacher," Greg received the Outstanding Resident Teaching Award from our Tufts Family Medicine Residency graduating class in 2008. he was also recognized as a national "Emerging Leader" by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Northeast in the fall of 2009.

According to Randy Wertheimer, CHA Chief of Family Medicine, and the Jaharis Family Chair of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, "Greg will continue the same standards of excellence that have made our residency a top tier national training program."

Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices, the Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Tufts University School of Medicine.