Who We Are – PROVE Center

Director

Andrea Pusic, MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC

As Director of the Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value & Experience (PROVE) Center, Dr. Andrea Pusic pioneers research that places patients’ voices at the center of surgical ...

Associate Director

Kelly M. Kenzik, PhD, MS

Kelly M. Kenzik, PhD is an Epidemiologist in the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She has expertise in the measurement and ...

Adjunct Faculty

Maria Edelen, PhD

Maria Orlando Edelen (PhD) is a Quantitative Psychologist specializing in clinical health research in the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s’ Hospital in ...

Adjunct Faculty

Jason B. Liu, MD, MS

Dr. Liu is an endocrine surgeon and surgical oncologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Liu graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science ...

Adjunct Faculty

Laura Dominici, MD, FACS

Laura Dominici, MD, FACS is the Section Chief of Breast Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an Associate Surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital ...

Adjunct Faculty

Gezzer Ortega, MD, MPH

A Brooklyn native, born to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic, Dr. Ortega is the Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation for Equitable Surgical Care ...

Informatician

Dany Thorpe Huerta, MBI, AB

As an informatician, Dany Thorpe Huerta supports all IS (information systems) at PROVE. Examples of how she contributes to projects include data collection, analysis and ...

Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation

Manraj Kaur, PhD

Dr. Kaur is a health services researcher and recognized global expert in the development, validation, and implementation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Her work operates ...

Project Manager

Amanda Higgins, MPH

Amanda is a Senior Project Manager within the PROVE Center who thrives at the intersection of people, technology, and process improvement. She holds a Master ...

Researcher

Chengbo Zeng, PhD

Dr. Zeng is an Epidemiologist and Biostatistician at the PROVE Center. He has a multidisciplinary background in preventive medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, and health promotion. His ...

Medical Student

Tai Miller, BA

Tai Miller is jointly a Medical Degree and a Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University John F. Kennedy School ...

Medical Student

Calvin Schuster, BA

Calvin Schuster is a medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who is completing a Dean’s Year of Research between his third and ...

Research Fellow

Claire Morton, BA

Claire Morton is a general surgery resident at Yale New Haven Hospital completing research at the PROVE Center and the Center for Surgery and Public ...

Statistician

Elizabeth Davis

Elizabeth “Liz” Davis is a statistician at the PROVE Center, where she applies advanced statistical and epidemiologic methods to large-scale health data. Her research is ...

Lead Faculty for Value-Based Care & Performance Measures

Nicholas L. Berlin, MD MPH

Nicholas L. Berlin, MD, MPH, MS, is a surgeon in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mass General Brigham and Assistant Professor at ...

Research Fellow

Josephine Nwokedi, MD, MBA

Josephine Nwokedi, MD, MBA is a general surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value, ...

Adjunct Faculty

John Barbieri, MD, MBA

John Barbieri, MD, MBA is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Advanced Acne Therapeutics Clinic at Brigham and Women’s ...

Adjunct Faculty

Isaac Chua, MD, MPH

Dr. Isaac Chua is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a palliative care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber ...

Director

Andrea Pusic, MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC

As Director of the Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value & Experience (PROVE) Center, Dr. Andrea Pusic pioneers research that places patients’ voices at the center of surgical ...

Associate Director

Kelly M. Kenzik, PhD, MS

Kelly M. Kenzik, PhD is an Epidemiologist in the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She has expertise in the measurement and ...

Adjunct Faculty

Maria Edelen, PhD

Maria Orlando Edelen (PhD) is a Quantitative Psychologist specializing in clinical health research in the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s’ Hospital in ...

Adjunct Faculty

Jason B. Liu, MD, MS

Dr. Liu is an endocrine surgeon and surgical oncologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Liu graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science ...

Adjunct Faculty

Laura Dominici, MD, FACS

Laura Dominici, MD, FACS is the Section Chief of Breast Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an Associate Surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital ...

Adjunct Faculty

Gezzer Ortega, MD, MPH

A Brooklyn native, born to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic, Dr. Ortega is the Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation for Equitable Surgical Care ...

Informatician

Dany Thorpe Huerta, MBI, AB

As an informatician, Dany Thorpe Huerta supports all IS (information systems) at PROVE. Examples of how she contributes to projects include data collection, analysis and ...

Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation

Manraj Kaur, PhD

Dr. Kaur is a health services researcher and recognized global expert in the development, validation, and implementation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Her work operates ...

Project Manager

Amanda Higgins, MPH

Amanda is a Senior Project Manager within the PROVE Center who thrives at the intersection of people, technology, and process improvement. She holds a Master ...

Researcher

Chengbo Zeng, PhD

Dr. Zeng is an Epidemiologist and Biostatistician at the PROVE Center. He has a multidisciplinary background in preventive medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, and health promotion. His ...

Medical Student

Tai Miller, BA

Tai Miller is jointly a Medical Degree and a Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University John F. Kennedy School ...

Medical Student

Calvin Schuster, BA

Calvin Schuster is a medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who is completing a Dean’s Year of Research between his third and ...

Research Fellow

Claire Morton, BA

Claire Morton is a general surgery resident at Yale New Haven Hospital completing research at the PROVE Center and the Center for Surgery and Public ...

Statistician

Elizabeth Davis

Elizabeth “Liz” Davis is a statistician at the PROVE Center, where she applies advanced statistical and epidemiologic methods to large-scale health data. Her research is ...

Lead Faculty for Value-Based Care & Performance Measures

Nicholas L. Berlin, MD MPH

Nicholas L. Berlin, MD, MPH, MS, is a surgeon in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mass General Brigham and Assistant Professor at ...

Research Fellow

Josephine Nwokedi, MD, MBA

Josephine Nwokedi, MD, MBA is a general surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value, ...

Adjunct Faculty

John Barbieri, MD, MBA

John Barbieri, MD, MBA is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Advanced Acne Therapeutics Clinic at Brigham and Women’s ...

Adjunct Faculty

Isaac Chua, MD, MPH

Dr. Isaac Chua is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a palliative care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber ...

Director

Andrea Pusic, MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC

As Director of the Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value & Experience (PROVE) Center, Dr. Andrea Pusic pioneers research that places patients’ voices at the center of surgical ...

Associate Director

Kelly M. Kenzik, PhD, MS

Kelly M. Kenzik, PhD is an Epidemiologist in the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She has expertise in the measurement and ...

Adjunct Faculty

Maria Edelen, PhD

Maria Orlando Edelen (PhD) is a Quantitative Psychologist specializing in clinical health research in the Department of Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s’ Hospital in ...

Adjunct Faculty

Jason B. Liu, MD, MS

Dr. Liu is an endocrine surgeon and surgical oncologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Liu graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science ...

Adjunct Faculty

Laura Dominici, MD, FACS

Laura Dominici, MD, FACS is the Section Chief of Breast Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an Associate Surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital ...

Adjunct Faculty

Gezzer Ortega, MD, MPH

A Brooklyn native, born to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic, Dr. Ortega is the Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation for Equitable Surgical Care ...

Informatician

Dany Thorpe Huerta, MBI, AB

As an informatician, Dany Thorpe Huerta supports all IS (information systems) at PROVE. Examples of how she contributes to projects include data collection, analysis and ...

Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation

Manraj Kaur, PhD

Dr. Kaur is a health services researcher and recognized global expert in the development, validation, and implementation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Her work operates ...

Project Manager

Amanda Higgins, MPH

Amanda is a Senior Project Manager within the PROVE Center who thrives at the intersection of people, technology, and process improvement. She holds a Master ...

Researcher

Chengbo Zeng, PhD

Dr. Zeng is an Epidemiologist and Biostatistician at the PROVE Center. He has a multidisciplinary background in preventive medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, and health promotion. His ...

Medical Student

Tai Miller, BA

Tai Miller is jointly a Medical Degree and a Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University John F. Kennedy School ...

Medical Student

Calvin Schuster, BA

Calvin Schuster is a medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who is completing a Dean’s Year of Research between his third and ...

Research Fellow

Claire Morton, BA

Claire Morton is a general surgery resident at Yale New Haven Hospital completing research at the PROVE Center and the Center for Surgery and Public ...

Statistician

Elizabeth Davis

Elizabeth “Liz” Davis is a statistician at the PROVE Center, where she applies advanced statistical and epidemiologic methods to large-scale health data. Her research is ...

Lead Faculty for Value-Based Care & Performance Measures

Nicholas L. Berlin, MD MPH

Nicholas L. Berlin, MD, MPH, MS, is a surgeon in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mass General Brigham and Assistant Professor at ...

Research Fellow

Josephine Nwokedi, MD, MBA

Josephine Nwokedi, MD, MBA is a general surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value, ...

Adjunct Faculty

John Barbieri, MD, MBA

John Barbieri, MD, MBA is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Advanced Acne Therapeutics Clinic at Brigham and Women’s ...

Adjunct Faculty

Isaac Chua, MD, MPH

Dr. Isaac Chua is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a palliative care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber ...

Past Members

Mariem Ahmed	2024-2025	Research Assistant
Navneet Pabla, BS	2022-2025	Program Manager
Sophia Hu, BS	2023-2024	Research Fellow
George Liang, BS	2021-2024	Research Assistant
Finn Tobias, BS	2022-2024	Research Assistant
Sri Harshini Malapati, BS	2022-2023	Research Fellow
Danny Mou, MD	2018 – 2020	Research Fellow
Elena Tsangaris, PhD	2018 -2020	Post-Doctoral Fellow
Jessica Means, MD	2019 – 2021	Research Fellow
Justin McCarty, MD	2018 – 2019	Research Fellow
Claire DeVries, MD PhD	2019 – 2020	Research Fellow
Madelijn Gregorowitsch, MD PhD	2018 – 2019	Research Fellow
Philip Browers, MD	2018 – 2019	Research Fellow
Lisa van den Berg, MD	2018 – 2019	Research Fellow
Daan Geerards, MD	2018	Research Fellow
Tert van Alphen, MD	2018	Research Fellow
Maarten Ottenhof, MD	2018	Research Fellow
Aska Arnautovic, MD	2019 – 2020	Research Fellow
Louise Marie Beelen, MD	Summer 2020	Research Fellow
Claire Sokas, MD	2019 – 2021	Research Fellow
Joanna O’Gorman, BS	2018-2022	Research Assistant