Kerri Palamara, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She completed her medical degree at New York Medical College and Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital, and now practices as a primary care general internist at MGH. After 8 years as an Associate Program Director and Primary Care Program Director at MGH, Dr. Palamara was asked to lead the Center for Physician Well-being for the Department of Medicine at MGH as the inaugural director. Her academic work focuses on physician coaching, clinician well-being, and faculty development. Dr. Palamara leads the American College of Physicians “Physician Coach Training Program”, which focuses on training physicians to integrate coaching techniques into their quality improvement and well-being initiatives. For her work, Dr. Palamara has won teaching awards at MGH, Partners Healthcare, Harvard Medical School, MassGeneral Brigham, the Society of General Internal Medicine, and the American College of Physicians; and has been awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Palamara created and directs the Physician Coaching Program for trainees at MGH. This program was designed in conjunction with the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School to improve physician awareness of their growth and development, reduce burnout, and improve their resilience. This coaching program has been recognized by Harvard Medical School for the Culture of Excellence in Mentoring Award, based on the organizational change inspired by this program, and was featured by the AAMC as a model program to reduce resident burnout. Dr. Palamara also directs faculty physician coaching programs at MGH and is currently involved in several randomized controlled trials locally and nationally on the impact of coaching for coachees and their coaches. The MGH Physician Coaching Program has expanded nationally to over 40 residency and fellowship programs and Dr. Palamara is actively involved in onboarding, evaluating and sustaining these programs. Dr. Palamara has developed and run faculty development workshops nationally on this topic and contributes to the dialogue on physician well-being nationally as a member of CHARM (Collaboration for Healing and Renewal in Medicine).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Palamara was a leader in several aspects of Massachusetts General Hospital’s response, including the hospital’s response for staff well-being and clinically as co-director of MGH’s first Respiratory Illness Clinic and co-medical director of the Boston Hope field hospital at the Boston Convention & Expo Center.
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Mass General Bulfinch Medical Group
50 Staniford St.
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Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-6610
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provider is excellent
Dr. Palamara is awesome. She is kind and listens to what I have to say and always has the answers. I adore her and hope she never leaves. I would recommend her to my friends and family.
Love Dr. P. She is amazing.
I have been seeing Dr. Palamara Mcgrath for many years now and she is quite amazing. She listens and inputs where needed and is just incredibly professional, super friendly and just a fabulous, fabulous doctor to have. I'm lucky to have her.
Dr. Palamara was very pleasant and I felt extremely grateful she could see me on such short notice. Dr. Palamara was very thoughtful and thorough in her approach and carefully explaining all the options for the treatment. It was a pleasure to have her as a physician and see how concerned she was to try to help me as soon as possible. Many thanks ... Read More
Dr McGrath is the best doctor ive ever had. She listens intently, is caring and thouough
Dr. Palamara is a very good listener. She's very thorough. She always seems to know about my history before she comes into the room. She's been very good over the years about tracking my important numbers, my PSAs, my cholesterol levels, my overall weight. And she's on top of all these trends and gives me suggestions if I'm not happy with where ... Read More
Thank you very much for your care.
Dr. Kerri is over the top, incredibly great. She is caring, she is thorough, she keeps things moving, and just someone that I value very, very much.
I cannot begin to say how grateful I am to have Dr. Palamara as my primary care doctor. She is a great scientist. She is attentive and she really thinks carefully about what's best for me. And I look forward to my next visit.