Toby Nagurney, MD
Toby Nagurney, MD
Research Director Emeritus, Emergency Medicine Research Program, MGH
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
About Toby Nagurney, MD
Dr. John T. Nagurney, Attending Physician in the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Emergency Medicine, received his MD from Cornell University Medical College. He also received an MPH from the Harvard University School of Public Health. Dr. Nagurney completed his residency at The New York Hospital- Cornell University Medical Center and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. He also completed a fellowship in Public Health and Ambulatory Care at the same institutions. He served as the Chief of the Emergency Department of Cambridge City Hospital prior to moving to Massachusetts General Hospital. He has co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and published numerous abstracts and book chapters. He has also authored many articles for the general public in health education. He is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Nagurney was the initial Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine and served in that role from 1995 to 2017. He then became its Research Director Emeritus. He has served on the MGH’s Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects for the past 25 years. He remains an active researcher and teacher in the field of acute cardiovascular emergencies. In that role he advises faculty, fellows and residents in research design and methodology. He has also served as mentor to dozens of junior colleagues including Harvard College pre-medical students. He developed a curriculum in research methodology for fellows and has given multiple didactic workshops on clinical research for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program.
Clinical Interests:
- Chest pain
- Technology assessment
- International Emergency Medicine
- Neurology
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Locations
Emergency Medicine**
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114-2696
Phone: 617-726-7622
Fax: 617-724-0917
Medical Education
- MD, Weill Cornell Medical College
- Residency, Cornell University Medical Center
- Fellowship, Cornell University Medical Center
American Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Connecticut
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - New York
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Nagurney has conducted clinical research, and over the last twenty-five years has written or been a coauthor on over 120 manuscripts. He has also mentored medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty. He has been a funded co investigator on multiple NIH RO 1 and AHRQ grants and has performed many industry-sponsored studies as well. Dr. Nagurney became the ED's Research Director in 1995. He joined the Mass General Brigham IRB in 1998, and has represented the department on the HMS- DEM Research Committee, serving three terms as chairman. In his current role as Research Director Emeritus for the Department of Emergency Medicine, he mentor faculty and fellows in research design, methodology, and human subjects considerations.
Publications
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