Thomas D. Sequist, MD, MPH

Tom Sequist, MD, MPH, is the Chief Medical Officer at Mass General Brigham. He oversees system-wide strategies for improving patient and clinician experiences, quality, safety, equity, pharmacy, and community health. Dr. Sequist grew up in New York though his family was originally from New Mexico. He is a member of the Taos Pueblo American Indian tribe.

It was during the summer before starting medical school at Harvard that Dr. Sequist began working to inspire and motivate other young American Indians to follow the same pathway that he did. With the encouragement of Dr. Potter, Dr. Sequist worked with other Native students to create the Four Directions Summer Research Program, which is a program designed for American Indian College students who are interested in pursuing a career in Medicine. Dr. Potter also encouraged him to explore the field of health policy. This way he could see how his work would directly impact and assist the American Indian population on a grander scale.

Adeline A. Boatin, MD, MPH

Adeline A. Boatin, MD, MPH, is an Obstetrics & Gynecology specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, an assistant professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and an affiliate faculty for the Center for Global Health at MGH, and the Program for Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Boatin’s work focuses on ensuring that women in low resource settings make it to the hospital in time for a successful delivery and that quality follow up care is provided to the mother and newborn. She has been piloting projects with wearable medical devices that track women’s during and after childbirth, so that they can monitor the patients despite severe staffing shortages.