Mark Salvatore, MD
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Mark Salvatore, MD
Michael Nathan, MD
Staff Physician
Michael Nathan, MD is a staff physician at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine. He also serves as a hospitalist in the Mass General Hospital Rural Health program, a Coach in the MGH MD-Thrive Physician Coaching group, and is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also an active faculty member of the Academy on Communication in Healthcare. He completed his medical degree at Rush University in Chicago, and his residency and chief residency in Primary Care Internal Medicine at the University of Rochester. He is board certified in Internal and Geriatric Medicine.
Dr. Nathan has been a general internist and geriatrician at Mass General for 34 years, 32 of them in primary care at a community health center. In addition, he has been engaged in the MGH Continuum Project for palliative care, and has been certified in coaching in order to coach physicians to help them thrive.
His academic interests have included improving clinician-patient communication through teaching of medical interviewing and cross cultural communication, medical anthropology, and the work of medical interpreters in clinical encounters. He has always had an interest in holistic approaches to medical care, and has been providing intake consultations for the Benson Henry Institute since 2022.
Peter Shannon
Peter Shannon is a professional orchestral conductor and the founder and director of the American Institute for Music and Healing, a non-profit organization dedicated to harnessing music’s healing properties to benefit patients, musicians, and healthcare professionals. He was conductor of the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (2017-2019) and Chorus, and in 2014 was appointed conductor of The Jackson Symphony Orchestra (TN) having previously held positions in Germany and his native Ireland. He is internationally active as a guest conductor in Europe and the US (www.petershannon-conductor.com). A leading authority on the use of music within the health humanities, Peter is an Affiliative Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Mercer University Department of Medicine. He is in his final year as an Irish Research Council funded PhD scholar. His thesis is “Franz Schubert: Illness and Healing in the final symphonies, A Conductor’s Perspective.” He also partnered with Jacqueline Huntly, MD, MPH to create the “Awakening the Musician’s Inner Gift” and “Nurturing the Inner Spirit/Healer” workshops for musicians interested in Mind Body Medicine
John D. Matthews, MD
Christina Luberto, PhD
Sarah Lazar, PhD
Associate Director of Neuroscience Research
Sara W. Lazar, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The focus of her research is to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings and in healthy individuals. She has also collaborated with clinicians to study the effects on mindfulness on anxiety and depression. Her current work is focused on well-being and personality development. Dr. Lazar has been practicing yoga and mindfulness meditation since 1994 and her research has been covered by numerous news outlets including The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, and WebMD.
Sara Lazar, PhD
Associate Director of Neuroscience Research
Sara W. Lazar, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The focus of her research is to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings and in healthy individuals. She has also collaborated with clinicians to study the effects on mindfulness on anxiety and depression. Her current work is focused on well-being and personality development. Dr. Lazar has been practicing yoga and mindfulness meditation since 1994 and her research has been covered by numerous news outlets including The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, and WebMD.
L. Elizabeth Lincoln, MD
Matthew Lee, PhD
Matthew T. Lee, Ph.D., is a Visiting Professor with BHI and Director of Empirical Research at the Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University. His books include Measuring Well-Being and The Heart of Religion (both with Oxford University Press). He is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Health, Flourishing, and Positive Psychology at Stony Brook University’s Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics and he previously served as Chair of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity. He has co-developed empirical measures of both the compassion climate in workplaces and the individual experience of inner peace. His current research explores pathways to human flourishing, benevolent service to others, and the integration of social science and the humanities. (https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/people/matthew-t-lee-0)
Kiara Robinson
Patient Services Coordinator
Kiara Robinson is the face and voice of BHI, greeting patients, scheduling appointments, and coordinating SMART groups, among other things. Prior to joining BHI in 2021, Kiara had worked at Mass General for 12 years, beginning as a sterile technician and serving as a patient services coordinator through the Bulfinch Temp service, learning systems and protocols in more than 21 different departments including Primary Care, Nuclear Cardiology, Neurosurgery, and multiple postings in Neurology.
