Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Leadership and Administration

Overview

The Mass General Brigham Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Leadership and Administration prepares residency-trained Emergency Medicine physicians to become competent, knowledgeable and successful leaders in the complex task of providing effective and efficient care in Emergency Departments.

This is a two-year fellowship that includes clinical care and administrative tasks in a variety of settings including academic departments, community hospital departments, and an urgent care clinic. Additionally, it is paired with a Master’s in Health Care Management program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) which is adjacent to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Clinical Emergency Medicine

Fellows serve as attending physicians across multiple sites. Our fellows receive academic appointments at BWH and MGH, both Level 1 Trauma, STEMI, and Stroke Centers with a combined annual visit volume of ~200,000 patients. Fellows also have opportunities to work in community hospital settings if desired. Fellows supervise Harvard residents in the emergency department and are expected to be active participants in educational programs.

Academic Activities

Fellows are expected to participate in academic activities, including formal didactic sessions, trauma conferences, morbidity and mortality sessions, and faculty meetings as their schedule permits.

Administration

The fellow will be deeply involved in administration while assisting in managing Emergency Care delivery including patient flow, patient relations, quality and safety monitoring and management, inter-professional relations, ED staffing, coding and billing, budgeting, and personnel management. This will entail participation in meetings related to flow within the Department and from the Department to other destinations, quality of care, staff experience, safety of both patients and staff, as well as policy development at the Department level. Additionally, it will require compiling and presenting reports on areas of interest in ED management including business plans related to departmental initiatives. Knowledge about risk management (both at department and hospital levels) will be cultivated as well. The fellow will also explore systems-level administrative projects with a focus on integration of the department of Emergency Medicine across multiple hospitals.

IEDLI

In addition to department activities, the participants will attend the International Emergency Department Leadership Institute (IEDLI) courses with the goal of learning emergency management from a global perspective. The weeklong program runs annually in early November at a European destination and attracts Emergency Department leaders from across the globe. Fellows will complete the Leadership Essentials course during the second year of their fellowship. Cost of the tuition for IEDLI is paid for by the department. Information about IEDLI can be found at iedli.org.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Executive Master in Health Care Management (MHCM)

The fellowship includes a fully supported opportunity to obtain an executive-level graduate degree through the Master in Health Care Management (MHCM) program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health over the course of the two-year fellowship. This degree is specifically designed for physicians in leadership roles and provides advanced training in healthcare management, finance, strategy, quality improvement, and organizational leadership to drive high-value care delivery. The program cohort generally includes medical directors, department chairs, chief medical officers, company founders, and sometimes hospital presidents from across the country. Fellows integrate this formal academic experience with real-time operational and administrative work across the health system, creating a uniquely applied learning environment. All tuition and associated costs for this executive degree are fully covered by the fellowship.

A separate application is required for this program. Applications must be submitted by December 1st of the year prior to starting the fellowship. Admissions information and the online application are available at www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/.

Research

The Department has an active research program with a wide range of topics. Research on administrative projects can fit into many areas including health disparities, staff experience, overcrowding, flow processes, finance, claims management, risk mitigation, tele-medicine, artificial intelligence, and more. The fellow will develop a project with a faculty mentor early on, and there is an expectation that there will be an abstract available at the end of year one and a publishable manuscript at the end of year two. This research effort may be paired with a required project that is a part of the MHCM program at HSPH.

How to Apply

Thank you for your interest in the Mass General Brigham Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Leadership and Administration at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

All fellowship candidates must be ABEM board-certified or board-eligible before the July 1st fellowship start date. This generally means that fellows will have completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine in the U.S. or Canada. We regret that we cannot accept applications from candidates who do not meet this criterion.

All application materials below must be received in full before the application deadline of August 31st, at 11:59pm EST. Candidates must apply separately for the Master of Health Care Management program with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health by the December 1st deadline, which will occur after fellowship acceptance.

Please complete and submit the supplemental materials listed below:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV) and current photo (via email)
• Personal statement (via email)
• Three (3) letters of recommendation (via email)

On your curriculum vitae (CV), be sure to include awards, honors, and publications. Please list your research, work, volunteer, and leadership roles with dates (month and year) and the nature of your involvement.

Your personal statement should be limited to one-page and include your career plans. In drafting your personal statement, please consider: What parts of EM Administration interest you and why? Describe a potential scholarly project you might complete during the fellowship. Where do you see yourself in five years?

All three letters of recommendation (one from your current residency program director or chair) should be submitted directly from the recommender by email to Joshua Baugh at jbaugh@mgb.org.

Official transcripts and in-service exam scores should be submitted directly from the institution by mail to:

Attn: Zoe Sy
MGB Emergency Medicine Administration Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114

Important Dates:

Application Deadline: August 31

Interviews: September

HSPH Application Deadline: December 1st

(Note: We are not participating in the ERAS match.)

Please feel free to contact us via email at jbaugh@mgb.org with any questions about the fellowship or your application.

Fellowship and Faculty Contacts

Joshua Baugh, MD, MPP, MHCM
Director, Mass General Brigham Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Leadership and Administration
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Emergency Medicine, Mass General Brigham
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
MGB Fellowship completed in 2021

DaMarcus Baymon, MD
Senior Clinical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mass General Brigham
Professor, Harvard Medical School

Lauren Nentwich, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School

Paul Chen, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Jonathan Sonis, MD, MHCM
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
MGB Fellowship completed 2019

Dana IM, MD, MPP
Vice Chair of Quality
Assistant Chief Medical Officer
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mass General Brigham

Charlotte Croteau, MD, MHCM
Associate Director, Mass General Brigham Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Leadership and Administration
Director of Clinical Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
MGB Fellowship completed 2025

Johnothan Smileye, MD, MHCM
Associate Director, Mass General Brigham Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Leadership and Administration
Associate Director of Clinical Operations, Director of ED Observation, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
MGB Fellowship completed 2026

Senior Advisors

Ron M. Walls, MD
Chief Operating Officer, Mass General Brigham
Neskey Family Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH
Chief, Mass General Brigham Enterprise Emergency Medicine
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital
J. Stephen Bohan Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Lavine Family Professor of Humanitarian Studies,
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Director, The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

David F. M. Brown, MD
President of Academic Medical Centers, Mass General Brigham
Mass General Trustees Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School