Internal Medicine Residency Program Leadership

Photo of George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP (Lon.)

George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP (Lon.)

Chief of Medicine

Dr. George M. Abraham is Chief of Medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Adjunct Professor at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS). He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. 

He is the Emeritus President of the American College of Physicians (ACP), which is the largest internal medicine specialty organization in the world, having served from 2021-22.  Prior to that, he served as Governor of the Massachusetts Chapter, Chair of the Board of Governors (ACP) and as a member of the Board of Regents (ACP). 

Dr. Abraham is Chair-Elect of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), the organization that oversees licensing of over 1.1 million physicians in the US, and also the Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS).  Prior to that, he was the Chair of the Board of Registration (Licensing) in Medicine, Massachusetts.

Dr. Abraham serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and prior to that, has served as the Chair of the Infectious Disease Board of the ABIM.

In other roles in leadership, he has served as a Trustee of the Massachusetts Medical Society (owner of the New England Journal of Medicine), as President of the Worcester District Medical Society, as the Chief Medical Officer of the Central Massachusetts Independent Physician Association and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts. 

He has received several awards including the AOA Volunteer Faculty Award and the Outstanding Primary Care Educator Award of UMass Medical School; the Leadership Award of the MA chapter of the ACP; and the Phi Lambda Sigma honorary Membership, MCPHS, Worcester, Massachusetts, Saint Vincent Hospital Physician of the Year 2015, among others.  Most recently, he is the recipient of the John H. Clarke Leadership Award awarded by the Federation of State Medical Boards.

He is an invited speaker both locally, nationally and internationally, and as President, he has championed the cause of DEI and written extensively about the same.  Consequently, he has been invited to, and has spoken both nationally and internationally on DEI, and continues to do so.  His particular passions is for inclusivity, and has chosen to focus on the international medical graduate community that forms 25 percent of the US physician workforce and over 30% of the ACP’s membership. 

His research interests include hepatitis C and B disease, travel medicine and infection control, as well as medication safety and systems improvement. He has authored over 125 publications, abstracts and book chapters, and is an invited speaker at national and international meetings.

Dr. Abraham earned his medical degrees from the Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, completed his residency and chief residency at Saint Vincent Hospital, and received his master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Selected Bibliography (recent):

  1. Qaseem A, Yost J, Miller M, Andrews RE, Jokela JA, Abraham GM, Forciea MA, Humphrey LL for the Scientific Medical Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-2249
  2. Qaseem A, Yost J, Abraham GM, Andrews RE, Jokela JA, Miller MC, Humphrey LL, Obley AJ, Akl, EA for the Scientific Medical Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 2) DOI: 7326/M23-1636
  3. Patel R, Dani SS, Khadke, S, Kumar A, Ahmad J,  Saji, AM, Shah J, Mehta N, Wener K, McQuillen DP, Abraham GM,  Faust J, Maley J, Patel S, Mullington J, Wachter RM, Mosenthal A, Sax PE, Ganatra S. Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir for Acute COVID-19 in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.  JACC: Advances, Vol.3,No.6, 2024, June 2024:100961 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  4. Shanmugavel Geetha H, Gogtay M, Prabhu S, Sekar A, Singh Y, Abraham GM. Martin S. Can inflammatory markers be used as an early predictor for mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients with Stages IIIb-V chronic kidney disease? Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 9, Issue Supplement_2, December 2022 https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.323
  5. Kumar MS, Kumar SA, Mishra R, Rai M, George S, Abraham GM, Seetharaman K. Self-Sustainability with Therapeutic Phlebotomy, a Solution to the National Blood Crisis?. Blood. 2023 Nov 28; 142:5051. American Society of Hematology (ASH) Nov 2023. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-187612.

Faculty

Medicine Department Core Faculty
Saint Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center


Administration

George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP (Lon.)

Chief of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital
Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Education: MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College
MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital

Susan V. George, MD, MACP, SFHM, FRCP

Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Education: MBBS, National University of Singapore
MRCP: Royal College of Physicians, UK
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital

Nitin Trivedi, MD, DM, FACP, FACE

Associate Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Medicine
Education: MBBS, MGM Medical College
DM: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Joslin Diabetes Center and Brown Medical School

Brandi L. Hoag, DO

Associate Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Saint Vincent Ambulatory Care
Education: University of New England Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital

Suzanne G. Martin, MD, FACP, FASN

Associate Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Division of Renal Medicine
Education: University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chief Medical Resident: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship: Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jennifer B. Sargent, DO, FACP

Associate Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Education: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital

Gary P. Blanchard, MD

Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Education: Tufts University
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Brown University


Blood Disorders and Cancer Medicine

Kala Seetharaman, MD

Division Director, Medical Oncology and Hematology Saint Vincent Hospital
Education: Government Medical College Bellary, Karnataka, India
Residency: Illinois Masonic Medical College, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA


Cardiovascular Medicine

Mark Kranis, DO, MS

Education: MS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, DO Nova Southeastern
University, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Saint Vincent Hospital Cardiovascular Disease


Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Kevin B. Martin, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Director, Critical Care Medical ICU at Saint Vincent Hospital
Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Reliant Medical Group at WMC
Education: BA, Harvard College, Cambridge MA,
MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA
Fellowship: Brown University, RI

Richard A. Rosiello, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Reliant Medical Group at WMC
Education: BA, College of the Holy Cross
MD, Dartmouth Medical School
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School
Fellowship: Yale University


Endocrine and Metabolic Medicine

Nitin Trivedi, MD, DM, FACP, FACE

Associate Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Medicine
Education: MBBS, MGM Medical College
DM, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Joslin Diabetes Center and Brown Medical School


Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Medicine

Curuchi Anand, MD, FACP

Associate Professor Medicine, UMMS
Director, Department of Gastroenterology
Education: MBBS, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship: University Hospital of Arkansas


Geriatric Medicine

Gary P. Blanchard, MD

Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Education: Tufts University
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Fellowship: Brown University


Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP (Lon.)

Chief of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital
Director, Division of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine
Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Education: MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College
MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Residency: Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief Medical Resident: Saint Vincent Hospital


Pulmonary Medicine

Richard A. Rosiello, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Reliant Medical Group at WMC
Education: BA, College of the Holy Cross
MD, Dartmouth Medical School
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School
Fellowship: Yale University


Renal Medicine

Suzanne G. Martin, MD, FACP, FASN

Associate Professor of Medicine, UMMS
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Director, Division of Renal Medicine
Education: University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chief Medical Resident: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship: Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center


Rheumatic Diseases and Musculoskeletal Medicine

Elinor Mody, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director, Division of Rheumatology
Education: B.S. in Biology, Duke University
M.D., Duke University School of Medicine
Residency, Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship, Rheumatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital