mgh primary care residents 2010-2011 - Massachusetts General ...

What I love about the MGH primary care program: When I was looking for guidance in setting up a month
of elective/research time, our director Valerie Stone was available to meet with me and quickly pointed me in
the direction of several world-class researchers and practitioners of health policy, helped me decide which
option to pursue, and introduced me to an excellent mentor doing work on cost-effectiveness of HIV care
both in the US and globally. That kind of mentorship is priceless. I also have to mention my love for Chelsea
Health Center, which has awesome MGH faculty in a well-run community health center with lots of Spanish
and Portuguese-speaking patients.
Future plans: I’d like to combine work in health policy with clinical care. The details are a bit less clear, and
could involve either academics with a focus on cost-effectiveness or a more applied career in shaping health
system policy (or a bit of both). I’d also like my career to have a global component, particularly in Latin
America.
Email: rcerda@partners.org
Name: Catherine Dodds, MD
Year: PGY 1
Hometown: Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Hobbies/outside interests: Seeing films, re-reading a favorite novel in my “spare time”,
playing Bach and Chopin on the piano that takes up half my Beacon Hill studio
apartment, and traveling around the world with nothing but a backpack, a Rough Guide,
and a sense of adventure
Medical School: Columbia University
Continuity Clinic Site: Chelsea Health Center
Why I came to the MGH primary care program: I loved the MGH program from the start when I came for
my interview. I was looking specifically at programs with primary care tracks, and when I got to MGH, I
sensed that the medicine program here as a whole was robust and responsive to its housestaff, with a
strong, established leadership and a clear view towards making residency fulfilling without being
overwhelming. The primary care track is a subset of that, with its own added perks such as monthly dinners,
retreats, potlucks, parties, and other get-togethers, in addition to what MGH offers.
What I love about the MGH primary care program: The flexibility and support, my awesome co-interns
and residents within the primary care family, all the special events we have that make us a core group within
a larger program, all the opportunities within MGH, its network of community health centers, and Boston at
large, and finally, the program’s encouragement for us to be leaders pursuing diverse career paths within
primary care medicine
Future plans: To be a small-town, community GP and continue to teach residents and students in the
ambulatory setting.
Email: cdodds1@partners.org
Name: Shiri Feingold, MD
Year: PGY 1
Hometown: Jerusalem, Israel
Hobbies/outside interests: Traveling, cooking, spending time with my family.
Medical School: Ben-Gurion University
Continuity Clinic Site: Bulfinch Medical Group
Why I came to the MGH primary care program: I am very interested in outpatient
medicine and in health care management and I wanted to have more "hands on"
ambulatory time. The MGH primary care program was a natural choice for me because
of the designated PC ambulatory blocks and the fantastic academic primary care practices and teachers.
What I love about the MGH primary care program: I love the feeling of a "family within a family". My coresidents,
my preceptors and the program leaders are all wonderful doctors, great role models and lovely
people.
Future plans: practicing clinical medicine in an outpatient academic center.
Email: sfeingold@partners.org