Resident/Fellow Well-Being Council

L to R rear: Mia DeSimone, Samantha Harrington, Diane Brackett, Liz Harry (former faculty advisor), Marisa Tieger, Michelle Chiu, Rich Joseph, Tom Roberts
L to R front: Nisha Dhawlikar, Amiko Uchida, Anna Goodheart, Jisoo Kim, Johanna Sheu Song 

The Partners HealthCare Resident/Fellow Well-Being Council was established in early 2018 to promote wellness among all residents and fellows. It meets monthly and has 5 subcommittees:

• Acute Care focuses on providing trainees with universal access to mental health resources and solutions for those in at risk of burnout.
• Preventive Care arms trainees with the knowledge, tools, and support for optimal self-care and job performance. 
• Culture Change & System Redesign develops strategies and campaigns for making trainee wellbeing a core competency of Partners HealthCare and seeks enhance workplace wellbeing by reforming institutional practices and policies.
• Marketing and Promotion publicizes initiatives of the GME Wellness Council and organizes resources for trainees by developing a website and quarterly publication.
• Research and Publication seeks to evaluate programs, identify effective interventions, and disseminate knowledge in order to enhance trainee wellbeing here at Partners and beyond

Mission Statement:

"The Partners Resident/Fellow Well-Being Council is composed of residents and fellows, working on behalf of residents and fellows. The council aims to improve work satisfaction and joy in practice, promote work-life integration, and implement effective solutions that improve individual physician wellbeing, our communal culture, and ultimately, the care of patients. This will be achieved through programs to:

• provide residents and fellows with strategies for both acute and preventive self-care
• promote culture change in our workplaces
• innovate system redesign in our workflows and functions
• collate and disseminate resources across Partners GME training programs
• and rigorously evaluate the efficacy of these various initiatives

We do this work with the full backing and support of the Office of Graduate Medical Education here at Partners Health. We believe that when empowered and supported to take care of ourselves as whole people, we are more willing and better equipped to treat our patients in kind."

Council members:

• Michaela R. Atkins, MD, MGH Pediatrics
• Sarah Bick, MD, MGH Neurosurgery
• Diane G. Brackett, MD, MGH Pathology
• Michelle Chiu, MD, MGH Pediatrics
• Daniel Choi, MD, PHS Emergency Medicine
• Jenna Cottral, MD, MGH Anesthesia
• Nina DeSimone, MD, BWH Pathology
• Daniel Frendl, MD, MGH Urology
• Allison A. Gockley, MD, BWH Gynecologic Oncology
• Raphaela Gold, MD, MGH/McLean Psychiatry
• Anna Goodheart, MD, PHS Neurology
• Eduardo Hariton, MD, MBA, PHS Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Samantha Harrington, MD, MGH Radiology
• Kevin Huang, MD, BWH Neurosurgery
• Erika Haydu, MD, BWH Internal Medicine
• Kelsey Hills-Evans, MD, MGH Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care
• Richard Joseph, MD, BWH Internal Medicine
• Jisoo Kim, MD, BWH Radiology
• Stella Lee, MD, PHS Musculoskeletal Oncology
• Susan McDuff, MD, PHS Radiation Oncology
• Matthew J. Mosquera, MD, MS, BWH Psychiatry
• Tom Roberts, MD, MGH Internal Medicine
• Johanna Sheu Song, MD, PHS Dermatology
• Kelly Tankard, MD, BWH Anesthesiology
• Amiko M. Uchida, MD, MGH Gastroenterology
• Maggie Westfal, MD, MGH Surgery
• Lindsey Wolf, MD, BWH Surgery
• Qian Yang, MD, MGH Oral & Maxillofacial Medicine

 Faculty Advisor: Motaz Qadan, MD, PhD

This page was updated on 4/11/19.