Chairs Spotlight Series

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, Dr. Hegde discusses her work as an advanced imaging cardiologist.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, Dr. Bindal discusses her passion for bringing CAR T cell therapy to Central Massachusetts.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, Dr. Nasser-Ghodsi discusses bringing a transplant protocol to UMMH this past year, and her research interests and goals for providing the best care to her patients.    

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, Dr. Mittal discusses her path to becoming an oncologist, what inspires her, and her enthusiasm for a new initiative for physician and patient advocacy in immune-related adverse events.  

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Sarah Hyder, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and director of endoscopy at UMass Memorial Medical Center. We recently sat down with Dr. Hyder to learn about her, her work, and how recent initiatives aim to address the backlog of patients waiting for an endoscopy at UMMH.  

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we feature Jennifer Reidy, MD, MS, chief of the Division of Palliative Care and associate professor of family medicine & community health. We recently spoke with Dr. Reidy about how she found her way to a career of service and the passion she brings to her roles as a physician, leader, educator, and innovator of new, transformative models of health care and medical education. 

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Madona Azar, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. In April, we sat down with Dr. Azar to learn more about her work at UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Rahul Sood, MD, director of interventional pulmonology, co-director of pulmonary procedures, and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Abbas Rupawala, MD, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology.

In this month’s Chair’s Spotlight, we highlight Brigid Carlson, MD, a clinician and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.