Gary Gottlieb
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Gary L. Gottlieb, M.D., M.B.A., is President and CEO of Partners HealthCare
, beginning January 2010. He served as President of Brigham and Women’s
/Faulkner Hospital
s since March 2002. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry
at Harvard Medical School
. In October of 2010 he was appointed to the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) of the United States National Academy of Sciences
.
He was recruited by Partners to become the first chairman of Partners Psychiatry in 1998 and he served in that capacity through 2005. In 2000, he also became President of the North Shore Medical Center
where he served until early 2002.
Prior to coming to Boston
, he spent 15 years in Philadelphia. In 1983, he arrived at the University of Pennsylvania
as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Clinical Scholar. Through that program, he earned an M.B.A with Distinction in Health Care Administration from Penn’s Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration
. He established Penn Medical Center’s first program in geriatric psychiatry
and developed it into a nationally recognized program. He rose to become Executive Vice-Chair and Interim Chair of Penn’s Department of Psychiatry and the Health System’s Associate Dean for Managed Care. In 1994, he became Director and Chief Executive Officer of Friends Hospital
in Philadelphia.
He has published extensively in geriatric psychiatry and health care policy. He is a past President of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. He received his BS cum laude from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
and his M.D. from the Albany Medical College
of Union University
in a six-year accelerated biomedical program. He completed his internship and residency and served as Chief Resident at New York University
/Bellevue Medical Center.
He serves as Chairman of Boston's Private Industry Council, the City’s workforce development board, and as co-chair of the Mayor’s Task Force to Eliminate Health Disparities.
Partners HealthCare
Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994...
, beginning January 2010. He served as President of Brigham and Women’s
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
/Faulkner Hospital
Faulkner Hospital
Faulkner Hospital is a 150-bed teaching hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain across the street from the Arnold Arboretum and just from Longwood Medical and Academic Area...
s since March 2002. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
. In October of 2010 he was appointed to the Institute of Medicine
Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...
(IOM) of the United States National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
.
He was recruited by Partners to become the first chairman of Partners Psychiatry in 1998 and he served in that capacity through 2005. In 2000, he also became President of the North Shore Medical Center
North Shore Medical Center
The North Shore Medical Center is a hospital complex on the North Shore of Massachusetts. It encompasses several campuses, the main being the Salem facility at 81 Highland Avenue, Salem, Mass., 01970, which consists of NSMC Salem Hospital, and MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical...
where he served until early 2002.
Prior to coming to Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, he spent 15 years in Philadelphia. In 1983, he arrived at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the United States' largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care; it is based in Princeton, New Jersey. The foundation's mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans...
Clinical Scholar. Through that program, he earned an M.B.A with Distinction in Health Care Administration from Penn’s Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
. He established Penn Medical Center’s first program in geriatric psychiatry
Geriatric psychiatry
Geriatric psychiatry, also known as geropsychiatry, psychogeriatrics or psychiatry of old age, is a subspecialty of psychiatry dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in humans with old age. After a 4 year residency in psychiatry, a psychiatrist can complete a one year...
and developed it into a nationally recognized program. He rose to become Executive Vice-Chair and Interim Chair of Penn’s Department of Psychiatry and the Health System’s Associate Dean for Managed Care. In 1994, he became Director and Chief Executive Officer of Friends Hospital
Friends Hospital
Friends Hospital, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is recognized as one of the premier mental hospitals in the United States.Founded by Quakers in 1813 as "The Asylum for Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason," and later known as the "Frankford Asylum for the Insane," it was the first...
in Philadelphia.
He has published extensively in geriatric psychiatry and health care policy. He is a past President of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. He received his BS cum laude from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
and his M.D. from the Albany Medical College
Albany Medical College
Albany Medical College is a medical school located in Albany, New York, United States. It was founded in 1839 by Amos Dean, Dr. Thomas Hun and others, and is one of the oldest medical schools in the nation...
of Union University
Union University
Union University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown, Tennessee, and Hendersonville, Tennessee...
in a six-year accelerated biomedical program. He completed his internship and residency and served as Chief Resident at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
/Bellevue Medical Center.
He serves as Chairman of Boston's Private Industry Council, the City’s workforce development board, and as co-chair of the Mayor’s Task Force to Eliminate Health Disparities.