Gerald B. Healy, Md

Biography

Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, FRCS, FRCSI, Emeritus Gerald B. Healy Chair in Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital, Boston, is former Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's and currently Professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School. As a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, he is focusing on surgical safety, peer-review, and quality and safety programming for department chairs. He has served as president of several associations and societies, including the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, among others. Dr. Healy was previously Secretary and President of the American Laryngological Association, and Chairman of the Board of Regents and immediate past-president of the American College of Surgeons. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in both Ireland and England

Research Interest

. An active scholar and lecturer, Dr. Healy publishes extensively in professional journals and books, and he lectures internationally on health care reform, patient safety, the need to restructure medical education, and international medical collaboration.