Resident Scholars Day

Laurel W. Rice Visiting Professor and Keynote Presenter

Managing Healthcare Headwinds in a Time of Transformation

Marcela del Carmen, MD, MPH
President, Massachusetts General Hospital
Executive Vice President, Mass General Brigham
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Marcela G. del Carmen Amaya, MD, MPH is president of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO), the largest of Harvard Medical School’s faculty physician groups, and executive vice president, Mass General Brigham. In this role, Dr. del Carmen leads over 3,200 MGPO physician members. She has also served as chief medical officer for the MGPO and for Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Dr. del Carmen is professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and holds a dual appointment in the Department of Surgery at the MGH. Dr. del Carmen is the first woman and Latino to ascend to the academic rank of professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and in Gynecologic Oncology at Harvard Medical School. She graduated from medical school and completed her residency training in Gynecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Hospital and fellowship training in Gynecologic Oncology at the MGH. Dr. del Carmen holds a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She has served on the Ovarian Cancer Committee for the Gynecologic Oncology Group, is a member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology PROLOG task force, is a member of several committees in the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, and serves as oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology for both general Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology. Dr. del Carmen is a member of the Promotions Committee, the Admissions Committee, and Faculty Council at Harvard Medical School. She has authored over 250 papers in the peer-reviewed literature and has authored a textbook. Dr. del Carmen’s research focuses on disparities in gynecologic cancer outcomes in underserved minorities and rare gynecologic malignancies. She serves as an examiner for the oral board at the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, both in General Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology and is also a member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Gynecologic Oncology Division Committee. Dr. del Carmen is the recipient of numerous teaching and service awards including the National Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) Award, the Howard Ulfelder Teaching Award, the CINE Golden Eagle Award, CBS Cares, and the Brian A. McGovern, MD Award for Clinical Excellence.

John Gravelle, MD

Bridging the Gap: A Near-Peer Teaching Elective for Labor and Delivery Education

Benjamin Pickus, MD

Improving Access to Gender Affirming Hysterectomy: A Quality Improvement Effort

Saule Tamkus, MD

HPV Vaccination at Time of Colposcopy: A Quality Improvement Study

Margaret Williams, MD

Out of State Abortion Training

Research is a Team Sport

In this talk, Dr. Grimes will discuss why OB-GYNs do research. She will share her research journey and how it has taken her to collaborative team-based research. She will discuss the components of successful research teams including who the team members are and outlining their roles and responsibilities. She will discuss research sportsmanship.

Dr. Grimes is currently a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Albany Medical College and the Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

She completed her undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University majoring in Neuroscience. She then spent two years as high school teacher with Teach for America in Oakland, California. She completed her medical degree at Cornell and her OB-GYN training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Johns Hopkins Hospital. She then completed a Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at University of California San Diego while also obtaining a Masters in Advanced Studies of Clinical Research.  

One of her interests is teaching and encouraging others how to do research.  She is the founder and Chair of the Society for Gynecologic Surgeons Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium which is a multi-center research network committed to advancing research and understanding of female pelvic floor disorders. She currently holds a board position with the Society for Gynecologic Surgeons as the Chair of Research. In this role she guides many research engines including the Systematic Review Group, Fellows Pelvic Research Network, and the Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium.

Jackie Luthardt, MD

Substance Use Disorder: Incorporation of the 5Ps Screening Tool into Nursing Workflow

Ankitha Madde, MD

Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Impact on Fertility Outcomes

Carrie Sibbald, MD

Language Barriers and Obstetrics Outcomes in Madison, Wisconsin