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Ma Y, Roberts ET, Johnston KJ, Orav EJ, Figueroa JF.
JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 01. 7(4):e245876. PMID: 38602676
Jose F. Figueroa, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He is also a practicing Internist and Associate Physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he serves as the Faculty Director of the BWH Medicine Residency Management & Leadership Pathway.
Dr. Figueroa received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his M.P.H. from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
His main research interests focus on understanding the drivers of health care spending and poor clinical outcomes among older, vulnerable populations with complex needs. To date, this has included work on racial and ethnic minorities, older adults with frailty, people with disabilities, and people with serious mental illness. His research also focuses on evaluating how policy interventions and payment reform aimed at improving quality of care and controlling costs are working, and in particular, how they affect safety-net providers and hospitals.
To support his work, Dr. Figueroa has previously received the HMS DICP Fellowship, the Harvard Catalyst NIH KL2 Award, the Harvard Global Health Institute Burke Global Health Fellowship, and the BWH Faculty Development Award. He has also received grants from the Commonwealth Fund, the Peterson Center on Healthcare, the Harvard Center for AIDS Research, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
MD, Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston
MPH, Health Policy
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
Internal Medicine Residency
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Ma Y, Roberts ET, Johnston KJ, Orav EJ, Figueroa JF.
JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 01. 7(4):e245876. PMID: 38602676
Burke LG, Burke RC, Duggan CE, Figueroa JF, Boltz M, Fick DM, Orav EJ, Marcantonio ER.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Mar 28. PMID: 38546202
Beckman AL, Ryan AM, Figueroa JF.
JAMA. 2024 Mar 20. PMID: 38506818
Bleich SN, Figueroa JF, Minow M.
JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Mar 01. 5(3):e240785. PMID: 38483411
Orkaby AR, Huan T, Intrator O, Cai S, Schwartz AW, Wieland D, Hall DE, Figueroa JF, Strom JB, Kim DH, Driver JA, Kinosian B.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 10 28. 78(11):2136-2144. PMID: 37395654
Rotenstein LS, Figueroa JF.
JAMA Netw Open. 2023 10 02. 6(10):e2336336. PMID: 37812423
Elani HW, Figueroa JF, Kawachi I, Rosenthal M.
Health Aff Sch. 2023 Aug. 1(2). PMID: 38500761
Beckman AL, Tietschert M, Old A, Orav EJ, Singer SJ, Figueroa JF.
BMJ Open Qual. 2023 07. 12(3). PMID: 37491105
Ma Y, Frakt AB, Roberts ET, Johnston KJ, Phelan J, Figueroa JF.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 07. 42(7):919-927. PMID: 37406231
Burke LG, Burke RC, Duggan CE, Figueroa JF, Orav EJ, Marcantonio ER.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 10. 71(10):3122-3133. PMID: 37300394
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