The TEDxMGH talk invites inspirational stories from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) community and how people have handled challenges--through innovation, resilience, vulnerability, and connection.
Virtual using Zoom
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Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
United States
Zoom account
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
United States
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Speakers
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Angela Fitch, MD
Co-Director, Weight Center at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Angela Fitch is a physician and Co-Director of the Weight Center at Massachusetts General HospitalAnna Lappala, PhD
Instructor in Investigation, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Lappala is an Instructor in Investigation in Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General HospitalDaniel Burje Chonde, MD, PhD
Radiology Resident and Executive Director of The Peoples' heART, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Daniel Burje Chonde is a Radiology Resident and the Executive Director of The Peoples' heART at Massachusetts General HospitalEric Minikel Vallabh, PhD
Prion Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Minikel co-leads the initiative to develop preventive drugs for prion disease at the Broad Institute. Minikel left a previous career in consulting after learning, in late 2011, that his wife, Sonia Vallabh, inherited a fatal genetic mutation in the prion protein gene. He followed her in changing careers and re-training as a scientist to devote his life to developing a cure.Joelle El Hokayem, MD
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. El Hokayem is a research fellow in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General HospitalJose C. Florez, MD, PhD
Chief, Endocrine Division and Diabetes Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Florez is the Chief of the Endocrine Division and Diabetes Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President Equity and Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Joseph Betancourt is the Senior Vice President, Equity and Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the founder, senior advisor and faculty of the Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) at MGH, Faculty at the Mongan Institute, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a practicing Internal Medicine physician.Josué D. Espinoza, MHA
Administrative Manager at Massachusetts General Hospital
Mr. Espinoza is an Administrative Manager in the Endocrine Division as well as the Transgender Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital.Kristian R. Olson, MD
Pediatrician and Hospitalist at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Kristian Olson is the Director of the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) based at Mass General Global Health and is also a member of the Core Educator Faculty in the Department of Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is both a Pediatrician and Internist and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.Litia A. Carvalho, PhD
Research Fellow in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Carvalho is a research fellow in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General HospitalRajani C. LaRocca, MD
Physician and Author at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. LaRocca is a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and author of children's book.Sonia Vallabh Minikel, PhD
Prion Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Vallabh co-leads the initiative to develop preventive drugs for prion disease at the Broad Institute. In 2010, Vallabh watched her 52-year-old mother die of a rapid, mysterious, undiagnosed dementia. One year later, Vallabh learned that her mother’s disease had been genetic prion disease, and that she herself was at risk.Vallabh quit her previous career in law and consulting, and, together with her husband, Eric Minikel, re-trained as a scientist in order to devote her life to finding a way to stop her disease before it starts.Organizing team
