Posts by Joseph R. Betancourt, MD
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Massachusetts Medical Grand Rounds: Structural Inequities: Lessons and Reflections about Promoting Equity from COVID-19
On July 8, 2021, the inaugural Massachusetts Medical Grand Rounds was held on structural inequities during COVID-19. The session was moderated by Katrina Armstong, MD, physician-in-chief in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Mass General Department of OB/GYN Develops and Executes Three-Pronged Diversity Strategy
The Mass General OB/GYN department has begun a three-year plan addressing diversity, equity and inclusion issues affecting work environment and patient care.
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Medical Grand Rounds: COVID-19 and Health Equity: A Focus on Health System Solutions to Magnified Inequities
On July 9, 2020, the Department of Medicine held a virtual Grand Rounds presentation related to COVID-19. Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, vice president and chief equity and inclusion officer at Mass General, Aisha James, MD, MS, primary care physician, as well as experts from the Boston medical community, talked about COVID-19 and health equity.
Biography
Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, is the Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer of Massachusetts General Hospital, the founder, senior advisor and faculty of the Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) at Mass General, Faculty at the Mongan Institute, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a practicing Internal Medicine physician. He has also served on the leadership team of the Mass General Center for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Betancourt is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in health policy, health care disparities, diversity, and cross-cultural medicine, and has served on several Institute of Medicine Committees, including those that produced the landmark reports, Unequal Treatment and Increasing Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce. Dr. Betancourt has secured grants and contracts that have led to over 60 peer-reviewed publications, and advises private industry, government, and not-for-profit health systems on approaches to eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care. He sits at on the Board of Trinity Health, a large national health system, and sat on the Boston Board of Health and the Board of Allways Health Partners in Boston. He is a 2015 Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow. Dr. Betancourt received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland, his medical degree from Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Following residency, he completed The Commonwealth Fund-Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, and received his Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.
