Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, named Physician Director for the Mass General Surgical Quality and Safety Center
Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, will serve as the inaugural physician director for the Mass General Surgical Quality and Safety Center.
About Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH
Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS is an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, the director of the Center for Outcomes & Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS), the director of trauma and emergency surgery research and the director of the Mass General Wound Center. He is a leading surgeon-scientist with more than 350 published peer-reviewed manuscripts and textbook chapters. His large and diverse research team uses health services research methodologies and artificial intelligence technology to advance the science of risk prediction as well as quality and safety in surgery. He is the recipient of numerous academic awards, a leader in national societies and an invited national and international speaker. His clinical expertise is focused on caring for 4 types of patients: trauma, emergency general surgery, critical ill and complex wound patients.
Clinical Interests:
- Bowel obstruction and perforation
- Critical care
- Gallbladder disease
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Surgery in the developing world
- Surgical emergencies
- Traumatic injuries
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Arabic, French
Locations
Mass General Surgery
55 Fruit St.
White Building
Suite 506
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2760
Medical Education
- MD, American University of Beirut Medical Center
- Residency, Tufts Medical Center
- Residency, University of South Florida
- Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, V.A. Medical Ctr.-W Roxbury
American Board Certifications
- Surgery, American Board of Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care, American Board of Surgery
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
- Centene/Celticare
- 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 - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- 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.