Dr. del Carmen leads a more than 33,000-employee, 1,000-bed academic medical center with 3,200 physician members. She has led and promoted the creation and implementation of programs designed to alleviate physician burnout including an annual wellbeing summit, lactation support program, scholarship opportunities, listening sessions and parental support. To date, 65% of Massachusetts General Hospital physicians have participated in these programs. She has also overseen efforts to reduce administrative burden among caregivers, including a pilot program designed to manage patient communications, thus resulting in a 28% reduction in inbox messaging among participating practices. She is the first woman and Latino to ascend to the academic rank of professor in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology and in gynecologic oncology at Harvard Medical School. Her research addresses disparities in gynecologic cancer outcomes in underserved minorities and rare cancer malignancies. She has authored more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed studies as well as a textbook. She is the recipient of numerous teaching and service awards.
