Sural Shah, MD, MPH
Kraft Fellowship Class: 2015
Kraft Clinical Site: East Cambridge Health Center
Current Position(s):
Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
“I am dedicated to becoming a leader in clinical care and policy improving healthcare access, utilization and outcomes for recent immigrants and refugees. In particular, the Kraft Fellowship appeals to me because I believe that ongoing participation in clinical community medicine is integral to performing effective community-based advocacy and research that addresses the issues underlying health disparities.”
Residency: University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine
Kraft Project:
- Investigating the Relationship Between Immigrants’ Documentation Status and their Children’s Health Status and Health Utilization
Audrey Provenzano, MD, MPH
Kraft Fellowship Class: 2015
Kraft Clinical Site: The Dimock Center
Current Position(s):
Internist, MGH Chelsea
“To end inequality, we must re-enshrine primary care as the center of our healthcare system. We must invest deeply in the prevention and management of chronic disease rather than focusing so many resources on the end result of uncontrolled disease. The Kraft Fellowship will equip me to go on to a career in which an important aspect of my work will be advocacy for improving healthcare resources among underserved communities.”
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Kraft Project:
- Enhancing Health Care and Services for Senior Patient at Dimock
Kimberly Montez, MD, MPH
Kraft Fellowship Class: 2015
Kraft Clinical Site: MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center
Current Position(s):
Pediatrician, Lynn Community Health Center
“What appeals to me about the Kraft Fellowship is that it melds a community perspective on health with a rigorous academic approach. I hope to bridge the traditional gap between the white walls of academic medicine and the cinder blocks of community medicine. After completing the fellowship, I will be empowered to give back to a community similar to the one in which I grew up.”
Residency: University of California, San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Kraft Project:
- Addressing Pediatric Obesity within the MGH Chelsea Community
Thomas Kim, MD, MPH
Kraft Fellowship Class: 2015
Kraft Clinical Site: Lynn Community Health Center
Current Position(s):
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
“Empowered by my fellowship training at the Kraft Center for Community Health, I hope to demonstrate what my patients and many others have long recognized: care at the community health center can be exceptional. ”
Residency: Lawrence Family Medicine Residency
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Kraft Project:
- Building Community through Group Prenatal Care to Support and Empower Young Pregnant Women and Improve Pregnancy Outcomes
Elise Carpenter, MD, PhD
Kraft Fellowship Class: 2015
Kraft Clinical Site: Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Current Position(s):
Family Medicine Physician, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
“Community health centers serve the underserved, and yet by envisioning them as the institutional examples of high quality, innovative primary care, they can be exemplars of excellent primary care. The Kraft Fellowship would help me develop into someone who could help health centers evolve into their next institutional form, one where they have a closer relationship to health policy implementation and academic sites of policy development.”
Residency: Lawrence Family Medicine Residency
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Kraft Project:
- Adding Narrative Research to an Ongoing Super-Utilizer Study at Greater Lawrence