Faculty

Harvard Medical School attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in the MHQS program, you will have access to outstanding teachers and mentors from our network of 12,000 thought leaders and innovators—inspiring individuals who have made HMS the top-ranked health research university in the world.

Program Director

Anjala Tess.

Anjala Tess, MD

Faculty Director, Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Safety

Practicing Hospitalist, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care and Associate Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Associate Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Associate Directors

Brittany Etsy headshot

Brittany Esty, MD, MPH

Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital

Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Physician, Allergy and Immunology

Katherine Santos headshot.

Katherine Santos, MBA

Chief Strategy Officer, Legacy Lifecare

  • Course Directors

    Ajay Singh, MBBS, FRCP, MBA
    Senior Associate Dean, Global and Continuing Education
    Harvard Medical School

    Joseph Jacobson, MD, MSc
    Chief Quality Officer
    Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School

    Julia Finkelstein, MD, MPH
    Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Department of Urology
    Boston Children’s Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    Harvard Medical School

    Dionne Graham, Ph.D.
    Director, Evaluation & Analytics
    Program for Patient Safety and Quality
    Boston Children’s Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Harvard Medical School

    Saurabha Bhatnagar, MD
    Chief Health Officer & GM
    Commure
    Faculty Director, Global Executive Education
    Harvard Medical School

    Bijay Acharya, MD, MPH, FACP
    Assistant Chief Quality Officer for Clinical Informatics and Patient Safety
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor in Medicine
    Harvard Medical School

    Elizabeth Mort, MD, MPH
    Senior Vice President Quality and Safety, Chief Quality Officer
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School

    Luke Sato, MD
    Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
    CRICO
    Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School

    Maren Batalden, MD, MPH
    Chief Quality Officer
    Cambridge Health Alliance
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Pat Folcarelli, PhD
    Vice President of Patient Safety
    CRICO
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Marc Pimentel, MD
    Medical Director, Quality and Safety
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
    Harvard Medical School

    Laura DeSisto, MBA
    Budget Director
    Boston Children's Hospital
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Brian Herrick, MD
    Chief Informatic Officer
    Cambridge Health Alliance
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Debra Blyth-Wilk, DNP, JD, RN, CPHQ
    Vice President, Quality and Safety
    Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Esteban Gershanik, MD
    Medical Director of Quality, Safety, and Equity
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Pediatric Medical Oncology
    Mass General Brigham

    Lisa Heard, DNPc, MSN, CPPS, CPHQS
    Senior Director, Quality and Safety
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Marc Pimentel, MD, MPH, CPPS
    Associate Clinical Director for Quality
    Department of Anesthesiology, Peri operative, and Pain Medicine
    Medical Director, Department of Quality and Safety
    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Hannah Galvin, MD, FAAP, FAMIA
    Chief Informatics Officer
    Cambridge Health Alliance
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Jeffrey Durney, MS
    Director of Quality Improvement and Safety
    Department of Pediatrics
    Boston Children's Hospital

    Claire Massero, MS
    Director of Analytics and Performance Improvement
    Legacy Lifecare
    Instructor
    Harvard Medical School

    Gordon Schiff, MD
    Associate Director
    Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice
    Division of General Internal Medicine
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School