Nancy A. Rigotti, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Associate Chief for Academic Advancement in the Division of General Internal Medicine at MGH, Director of the MGH Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, co-Director of the MGH Career Development Program in Substance Use and Addiction Medicine, and Past President of the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco. Her research aims to reduce the health burden of tobacco use by implementing tobacco cessation treatments in health care systems, both locally and globally, with special attention to reaching populations with high tobacco prevalence. A second focus is tobacco control policy evaluation, including the risks and benefits of alternative tobacco products. Nancy is a Co-Investigator on pilots focused on lung cancer screenings and tobacco cessation efforts in Massachusetts’ FQHCs.
