About the Slavin Academy
In 2022, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) received a transformational gift from the Lunder Foundation of Portland, Maine that aims to reinvent health care education for the 21st century and ensure the highest quality care for every patient. This commitment — one of the largest ever to support education across the health professions — will enhance the training of providers in all roles by funding three linked, interdependent initiatives: the Peter L. Slavin, MD Academy for Applied Learning in Health Care, the Lunder Learning Hospital, and the MGH Learning Endowment.
Educational Leadership Team
Academy Oversight and Operations:
- James A. Gordon, MD, MPA, Chief Learning Officer
- Koren Phillips, MBA, Executive Director, Teaching and Education
- Sara Midwood, BA, Administrative Coordinator
Interprofessional Committee Co-Chairs:
- Emil Petrusa (Interim, Educational Scholarship): Senior Education Researcher, Professor of Surgery
- Alberto Puig, MD, PhD, (Teaching and Training): Harvard Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at MGH; Director, Core Educator Faculty in Medicine
- Brian French, RN, PhD (Learning Innovation): Director, Knight Nursing Simulation Program; Director, Blum Patient & Family Learning Center
- James A. Gordon, MD, MPA (Learning Innovation): Director, MGH Learning Laboratory
- John Herman, MD (Education Resources & Community Affairs): Associate Chief and Trustees Chair of Medical Psychiatry (Board of Trustees, MGH Institute of Health Professions)
- Labrini Nelligan, MS (Education Resources & Community Affairs): Director, Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine/MGH
Executive Institutional Sponsors (collaborating through the hospital's Executive Committee on Teaching and Education [ECOTE]):
- Bob Carter, MD, PhD, Chair, Executive Committee on Teaching and Education (Chief of Neurosurgery)
- William Curry, MD, Chief Medical Officer
- Mitchel Harris, MD, Chair-Elect, Executive Committee on Teaching and Education (Chief of Orthopaedics)
- Debbie Burke, RN, MBA, Senior Vice President for Patient Care and Chief Nurse (Jeanette Ives and Paul Erickson Chair in Nursing)
Since its founding in 1811, MGH has been committed to advancing and improving patient care through the training of new doctors, nurses and other health professionals. As the largest teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School and founder of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Mass General’s longstanding commitment to education has provided a model and set the standard for academic medical centers around the world.