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.
Oversight and Operations

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

Sara Midwood, BA
Education Program Coordinator
Committee Leadership

Marie Borgella, RN, DNP
Executive Director of Learning & Development
Dorothy Ann Heathwood Endowed Chair in Nursing Education

James A. Gordon, MD, MPA
Director, MGH Learning Lab

John Herman, MD
Associate Chief and Trustees Chair of Medical Psychiatry
Board of Directors, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Labrini Nelligan, MS
Executive Director, Lunder Learning Partners
Director, Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine

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

Colleen K. Snydeman, PhD, RN
Executive Director Quality, Practice, Innovation, & Nursing Research
Connell-Jones Endowed Chair in Nursing

Director of Health Professions Education Research (pending)
Executive Sponsors

Debbie Burke, RN, MBA
Senior Vice President for Patient Care and Chief Nurse
Jeanette Ives and Paul Erickson Chair in Nursing

Bob Carter, MD, PhD
Immediate Past Chair, Executive Committee on Teaching and Education
Chair, Neurosurgery

William Curry, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Mitchel Harris, MD
Chair, Executive Committee on Teaching and Education

Robert Kingston, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research and Education
Chief Academic Officer
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.

Teaching and Training
Focus: Clinical Educators and Learners

Education Scholarship
Focus: Educational Science

Learning Innovation
Focus: Quality/Safety, Team Care, Educational Technology

Educational Resources and Community Affairs
Focus: Infrastructure and Outreach
