As a Professor of Medicine pursuing a Master’s Degree in Management at Harvard allowed me to purposefully learn more about a discipline which, although I use daily, I had no formal education. My Harvard education has allowed me to better help others within my clinical work, but also with community involvement and volunteering:
- Serving Veterans of the United States in my roles as:
- Clinical care within the hierarchy of Federal healthcare
- Lead cardiologist on the National VA Long COVID-19 guideline writing committee
- Multiple committee involvement for improving the care of Veterans, including the local mental health council
- Researcher
- Serving as the Director of the Library Board at the International Museum of Surgical Sciences, which has thousands of rare medical texts
- Educational involvement:
- Tutoring at the local grade school for high-risk students, using Harvard-based concepts to positively affect lifelong changes
- High school level academic tutoring
- Local school district task force on education improvement
- Medical School Admissions committee and Dean’s Task Force on Excellence
- Serving on philanthropic scholarship boards
- Giving back to the Extension School:
- Volunteer on committees
- Lecturer for master’s level classes
- Invited guest speaker at the Extension School
- Ongoing engagement with peers
- Meaningful farming and nature-related activities:
- Founded the Naturalists and Explorers Club at the Harvard Club of New York
- Nature writer
- Farming on family farm
- Intercollegiate development of naturalist activities
- Purposeful traveler taking my family to see all 50 of the United States and 6 continents
- Missionary work
As a HEAA Director, I will work steadfastly to support the Extension School and our common goals. It will be a sincere privilege to serve our community and our role within Harvard University.
