Pediatrics
Elsie Taveras, MD
Chief Community Health and Equity Officer, Mass General Brigham; Executive Director, Kraft Center for Community Health, Massachusetts General Hospital; Conrad Taff Professor of Pediatrics in Nutrition, Harvard Medical School; Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, is a distinguished pediatrician, clinical epidemiologist, and leading researcher in childhood obesity, maternal-child health, and health disparities. She serves as the inaugural Chief Community Health and Equity Officer at Mass General Brigham and Executive Director of the Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she spearheads system-wide initiatives to advance health equity, including the United Against Racism program. Previously, sh
19+
Years in Practice
Credentials
Education & Training
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — MPH
- New York University — MD
- New York University — BS
- Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics (Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital) — Internship, Residency, and Chief Residency
Peer Recognition
- Massachusetts Association of Public Health — Public Health Leadership in Medicine Award
2016
Clinical Focus
Practice Details
Hospital Affiliations
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Mass General Brigham
- Mass General Hospital for Children
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Languages
English
Experience
19+ years in practice