Elizabeth Hecht Gaufberg
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Director of Professional Development, The Cambridge Health Alliance
Harvard Medical School
1493 Cambridge St
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
Phone: 617 665 1343
Fax: 617 665 1671
Email: elizabeth_gaufberg@hms.harvard.edu
Education and Professional Experience:
1984: Colgate University, B.A. SCL Philosophy
1988: SUNY-Syracuse, M.D Valedictorian
1989: Harvard School of Public Health, M.P.H.
1989-92: Internal Medicine Residency, The Cambridge Hospital
1992-95: Psychiatry Residency, The Cambridge Hospital
I have been on the Faculty of Cambridge Hospital since 1995, in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry. I am currently the Director of the Medical Consult Service on the Inpatient Psychiatry Units.
I have directed Psychosocial Training for the Cambridge Health Alliance Internal Medicine Residency Program since 1995, and for the past five years have led the Patient-Doctor Course and Social Science Curriculum for the HMS Cambridge Integrated Clerkship. I am the Director of Professional Development for the Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Medicine.
Scholarly Interest:
My main scholarly interests include:
1.) the psychosocial education of primary care physicians - with a particular interest in the areas of doctor-patient communication and professional boundaries.
2) physician health and renewal
3) methods to integrate the arts and humanities into medical education.
4) longitudinal integrated models of medical education
Personal Background:
I am originally from New York City, and was raised in Connecticut. My husband, Slava Gaufberg, is an emergency physician at The Cambridge Hospital. We have four daughters: Lilia (15), Rachel (13), Eva (11) and Sophia (9). I am active in my kids' schools, and love being a soccer (dance, piano) mom. I enjoy using poetry, literature and art to teach students and residents, and am a co-editor of "Auscultations" a literary magazine at The Cambridge Health Alliance.