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| Tufts Health Care Institute Board of Directors Board Officers |
 Harris A. Berman, MD, FACPDean, Tufts University School of Medicine Co-Chair, Tufts Health Care Institute Board of Directors Harris A. Berman, MD is Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine. Prior to that, he was Vice Dean of the Medical School, and Dean of Public Health and Professional Degree Programs and Chair of the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Before coming to Tufts University he was a pioneer in the development of managed care in New England, and for 17 years, the CEO of the Tufts Health Plan. Before joining Tufts Health Plan, Dr. Berman co-founded the Matthew Thornton Health Plan in Nashua, NH, one of the first HMOs in New England. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Tufts Health Care Institute, NEHI, Tufts Medical Center, and Tufts Health Plan. Dr. Berman has international experience as a Peace Corps Physician in India and a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development in several international projects. At Tufts, he has spearheaded the expansion of the Global Health Program, and has helped grow the affiliation between Tufts and Christian Medical College in Vellore, South India, into many new areas of cooperation. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Berman served as a resident on the Harvard Medical Service of Boston City Hospital and at Tufts-New England Medical Center, and an Infectious Disease fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. |
James Roosevelt, Jr.,
JD CEO of Tufts Health Plan Co-Chair, Tufts Health Care Institute Board of Directors Mr. Roosevelt joined Tufts Health Plan in 1999 as senior vice president and general counsel and held that position until June 2005, when he became president and chief executive officer. As the general counsel, he presided over the legal department and the company's compliance, privacy and government relations functions. Before joining Tufts Health Plan, Mr. Roosevelt was the associate commissioner for Retirement Policy for the Social Security Administration in Washington, D.C. He has also served as chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and as co-chair of the Rules and By-laws Committee of the Democratic National Committee, for which he currently serves on the Change Commission. Mr. Roosevelt spent 10 years as partner at Choate, Hall and Stewart in Boston. He is past chairman of the board of trustees for the Massachusetts Hospital Association, past president of the American Health Lawyers Association and past chairman of the board of trustees for Mount Auburn Hospital. Currently, Mr. Roosevelt serves as chairman of the board of directors for Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, and as a member of the board of directors and co-chair of the policy committee at America’s Health Insurance Plans. He is a member of the Massachusetts Heath Care Quality and Cost Council and the board of directors for the Rhode Island Quality Institute. Mr. Roosevelt is also a board member of the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, and is co-chair of the board of directors for the Tufts Health Care Institute. In November 2009, President-elect Barack Obama appointed Mr. Roosevelt to his transition team to co-chair a review of the Social Security Administration. Mr. Roosevelt is also a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). Mr. Roosevelt received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his A.B. with honors in government from Harvard College. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. |
Roland C. Price, MBA |
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Treasurer, Tufts Health Plan |
| Board Members |
Marc A. Bard, MD
CEO and President of the Physician Affiliate Group of New York Managing Director, Navigant Consulting Dr. Marc Bard is currently the CEO of the Physician Affiliate Group of New York, and a Managing Director in Navigant Consulting’s Healthcare practice. He is a nationally regarded expert on physician leadership effectiveness, change management, and organizational design. Also the founder of the Bard Group, Dr. Bard has consulted with leading academic medical centers, faculty practices, medical groups, community hospitals, and individual healthcare executives, focusing on physician integration and clinical program strategies as well as performance improvement. Before founding the Bard Group in 1997, Dr. Bard began a consulting group—Marc Bard Management Consultants—to coach physicians on organizational leadership. He has enjoyed a distinguished career as a clinician and physician executive. Dr. Bard practiced internal medicine for eighteen years at Harvard Community Health Plan (HCHP), where he also served as Chief of Internal Medicine and Director of Medical Staff Development. At HCHP, he initiated the physician recruitment process, and adapted it as the organization’s relationships with its doctors changed from employment to affiliation, including the creation of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. He also established its first clinical performance dashboard—the first step toward applying measurement and accountability to health care quality. Dr. Bard earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale University and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his medical residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and was Chief Medical Resident at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA. |
Dr. Hackford is the Vice Chairman of Surgery and the Chief of the section of colon and rectal surgery at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. St. Elizabeth’s is a principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine, and is the tertiary referral hospital for the Steward Health Care System. Dr. Hackford served on the surgical faculty at the Tufts Medical Center from 1984 to 2003, was the Director of OR operations from 1996 to 2003, and was made Vice Chairman of the Department in 2002. During that period he was the recipient of the resident teaching award several times. The opportunity to become more deeply involved in surgical education presented itself in 2003 when Dr. Hackford assumed the Associate Program Director in Surgery position at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. In 2005 he became the Program Director and in 2007 he was appointed the Director of Graduate Medical Education at St. Elizabeth’s, with oversight responsibility for all of its residency and fellowship programs. In addition to his passion for graduate medical education, Dr. Hackford is well recognized for his expertise in colon and rectal surgery and has established one of the region’s first multidisciplinary pelvic floor centers. He was cited as one of Boston’s best doctors in 2010 and 2011 and was elected to Best Doctors in America by U.S. News and World Report in 2011. He is currently serving as the President of the New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Dr. Hackford received his ScB degree from Brown University and his MD from the University of Connecticut. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and the American College of Gastroenterology. |
Dr. Kasuba joined Tufts Health Plan in 2010 as chief medical officer. In his position, he is responsible for overseeing the 300-member clinical services staff and for developing strategies for improving medical outcomes and reducing costs to help maintain Tufts Health Plan’s reputation for clinical excellence. He serves as the clinical spokesperson to Tufts Health Plan customers, legislators, regulators and the media, and works to help Tufts Health Plan develop new opportunities to partner with area hospitals and physicians. Most recently, Dr. Kasuba was chief of the division of internal medicine at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston and assistant clinical professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. While at St. Elizabeth’s, Dr. Kasuba served as vice president and medical director of the Caritas Physician Network’s community practice division and president of St. Elizabeth’s Health Professionals IPA. Dr. Kasuba is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his medical training at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. He received his A.B. degree with honors in political science from Duke University. A member of the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society, Dr. Kasuba currently maintains a limited private internal medicine practice. |
Throughout his career Dr. Klapholz has been actively involved in the education of medical students and residents while maintaining a full practice, first at Harvard and then at Tufts institutions. Before his appointment at TUSM, Dr. Klapholz served as chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MetroWest Medical Center for 10 years. Prior to this, Dr. Klapholz served as director of the Beth Israel Hospital residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology for 15 years, was course director for the third year clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School for 20 years, and was course director for the basic science course in reproductive physiology at the Harvard/MIT HST program for 25 years. Dr. Klapholz earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the City University of New York and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from New York University. He earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Following residency he served as a Major in the United States Army Medical Corps and was stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he directed the family planning service and served as a faculty member of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. |
| Robert LoNigro, MD, MS |
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Chief Medical Director, Dr. Robert LoNigro joined CeltiCare in Brighton, MA early in the summer of 2010, assuming responsibility for Medical Affairs, including UM, QI, Pharmacy and Clinical Care Management, along with activities involving Strategic Alliances. Prior to this role, he served nearly 10 years as Medical Director for Care and Utilization Management at Tufts Health Plan in Watertown, MA. |
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Dr. Salem has been President of the New England Cardiovascular Society, and was the founding President of the New England Affiliate of the American Heart Association. His academic accomplishments include more than one hundred and thirty scientific publications. He is recognized as a national expert in coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University School of Medicine in 1998; the Distinguished Faculty Award from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1998; an American Heart Association Great Communicator Award in 1999; and an American Heart Association Distinguished Leadership Award in 2000. Dr. Salem was the recipient of the Massachusetts Physician Health Service Distinguished Service Award in 2003. In 2007, he received the American Heart Association’s Paul Dudley White Lifetime Achievement award. In August of 2007, Dr. Salem received the Champions in Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award from the Boston Business Journal. Dr. Salem is on the Executive Board of the Board of Trustees of Tufts Medical Center and is an emeritus member of the Board of Directors of the Northeast Affiliate of the American Heart Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Wang Chinatown YMCA; the Asian American Civic Association; the New England Quality Care Alliance; the Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization; the Tufts Health Care Institute; and the Ray Tye Medical Foundation. Dr. Salem is on the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine’s Board of Advisors in Boston. He was elected to the Publications Committee of the New England Journal of Medicine in 2003, and was named Vice Chairman in March 2009. From 2007-2009, Dr. Salem was an Editor-in-Chief of the Images.MD Editorial Board. In 2009, Dr. Salem was invited to participate on the Mass Medical Society’s Committee on Sponsored Programs. In 2009, he became a member of the Mass Medical Society’s Journal Watch Editorial Advisory Board. He has repeatedly been listed in Boston Magazine as one of “Boston’s Best” physicians, most recently in November 2010. Dr. Salem received his BA and MD from Boston University (six year medical program) in 1968. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Chest Physicians. |
Alan W. Hackford, MD
Paul Kasuba, MD
Henry Klapholz, MD, MEE 
Deeb N. Salem, MD