Chairman and CEO, MGPO Massachusetts General Hospital

Pediatrician Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Associate Physician General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School

MD Harvard medical school 1992

gatekeeping; healthcare spending; medicine; office visits; patient care management; pediatrics; physician incentive plans; primary care for children; primary health care; quality assurance health care; reimbursement incentive; remote consultation; specialization Dr. Ferris was born in Worcester MA and educated at Middlebury College, Oxford University (M.Phil.), Harvard Medical School (MD), and Harvard School of Public Health (MPH).  Particular clinical interests within primary care include medically complex patients, geriatrics, and respiratory and heart conditions.  He conducted health policy research at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy and served as the Medical Director of the Mass General Physicians Organization, and the Senior Vice President for Population Health at both Mass General and Partners Healthcare.  He now serves as the CEO of the Mass General Physicians Organization.