About the Slavin Academy

Meet the Team

The Slavin Academy is overseen by the hospital's Chief Learning Officer and led by an interprofessional leadership team charged with advancing a bold new initiative to harness the power of education to ensure the highest quality care for every patient. With dedicated new space adjacent to the historic Ether Dome, the Slavin Academy's work is guided by four inaugural committees: Education Scholarship, Teaching and Training, Learning Innovation, and Educational Resources and Community Affairs.

Education Team

James A. Gordon, MD, MPA

Vice President of Education and Chief Learning Officer
David F. M. Brown, MD Endowed Education Academy Chair

Koren Phillips, MBA

Executive Director, Teaching and Education

Labrini Nelligan, MS

Executive Director, Lunder Learning Partnerships

Gabriella Hakim, MBA

Program Manager

Samantha Nock, BA

Program Manager

Sara Midwood, BA

Education Program Coordinator

Dandan Chen, PhD

Surgical Education Researcher

Michael Healy, EdD

Education Researcher

Melissa Mullen, MSN, RN, CRN

Training Manager, Learning Laboratory

Karen Bruynell, MM

Senior Program Manager

Caitlyn DePaula, MPA

Program Manager

Yi Yi Lu, BA

Administrative Coordinator

Committee Leadership: Co-Chairs and Program Managers

Marie Borgella, RN, DNP

Executive Director of Learning & Development
Dorothy Ann Heathwood Endowed Chair in Nursing Education

Paul F. Currier, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Respiratory Acute Care Unit (RACU) and Quality Director for the MGB Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

James A. Gordon, MD, MPA

Vice President of Education and Chief Learning Officer
David F. M. Brown, MD Endowed Education Academy Chair

John Herman, MD

Associate Chief and Trustees Chair of Medical Psychiatry

Labrini Nelligan, MS

Executive Director, Lunder Learning Partnerships

Alberto Puig, MD, PhD

Director, Core Educator Faculty in Medicine
Harvard Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education - MGH

Daniel Saddawi-Konefka, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Interprofessional Committee Structure

The Peter L. Slavin, MD Academy for Applied Learning in Health Care at Massachusetts General Hospital is organized into four interprofessional committees designed to convene the full spectrum of teaching and learning communities across campus. Each committee is convened to represent a broad community of institutional stakeholders, and foster connections across committee domains.