MERITAS
Mentored Research Training in Aging and Surgery
Our Team
Zara Cooper, MD, MSc
Principal Investigator
Louis Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH
Principal Investigator
Rachel Murphy
Project Manager
Emily Stephens
Fellowship Coordinator
Our Mentors
Rachelle Bernacki, MD, MS
Lead Faculty, Community of Practice, Serious Illness Care Program, Ariadne Labs
Mary Brindle, MD
Director of Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program, Ariadne Labs
Sevdenur Cizginer, MD, MPH, AGSF
Physician Investigator, Center for Optimal Aging and Serious Illness
Charlotta Lindvall, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Lindvall Lab
Ariela Orkaby, MD, MPH
Director, Pepper Seminars in Geriatrics and Frailty
Joel Weissman, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Center for Surgery and Public Health
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Director of Research, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine
Christy Cauley, MD, MPH
Clinician Investigator, Assistant Professor, Mass General Research Institute
Melissa Garrido, PhD
Health Economics/Policy Researcher, Center for Surgery and Public Health
Louis Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH
Principal Investigator
Kei Ouchi, MD, MPH
Emergency Physician and Home Hospital Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD
Associate Director & Senior Scientist, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH
Health Policy Researcher, Center for Surgery and Public Health
Jeffrey Yang, MD
Founding Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation REsearch (CAIIRE)