As COO of the $19 billion integrated academic health system that includes founding members Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Walls oversees all clinical operations across all Mass General Brigham sites. He leads efforts to integrate clinical services, improve patient access, create a single point of entry for patients to schedule appointments, optimize operating clinical performance, improve resource stewardship, and partner with clinical leaders to develop service lines. Previously chair of the department of emergency medicine and later COO at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Walls’ principal academic contributions are in advancing emergency airway management. In all, he has more than 180 scientific publications. Dr. Walls is also the Neskey Family Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
