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Michele David

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Dr. David is a skilled primary care clinician and public health practitioner with proven leadership experience and a commitment to system changes to improve clinical health outcomes for patients. She is the Chief of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety at MIT Medical l Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was an Associate Professor of Medicine at the BU School of Medicine, Co-Director of the Haitian Health Institute at Boston Medical Center and Director of Community Health Programs at Boston University, Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. She has focused her career on addressing issues of health disparities and cross-cultural medicine. She has conducted educational campaigns on diverse health topics. Dr. David has participated in the development on a cultural competence curriculum. Dr. David also had throughout her career taught medical students, residents in training, graduate students and mentored junior faculty. Dr. David has been the recipient of several awards including  the Massachusetts Health and Human Services William A. Hinton Award in recognition of her commitment to public health, especially the improvement of health care for communities of color in 2010 and a leadership Award in 2012 from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. In 2014, Dr. David won a “Patient Safety Award” from Atrius Health. She was named "Boston Super Doctor" thrice. Dr. David has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and  book chapters. Dr. David had partnered with Health Care For All to work on Legislative measures to reduce racial and ethnic health care disparities in MA as a Columbia University Advocacy Fellow. Dr. David is a member of the Massachusetts Public Health Council, the policy arm of the Massachusetts DPH appointed by Governor of the Commonwealth in 2007. Dr. David is the Chair of the Board of Health Equity International/St Boniface Foundation.https://healthequityintl.org

In addition to her work as a physician, Dr. David is a creator of fine art quilts for which she has won many awards.

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