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 care. She also serves as Medical Director of the Mass General Brigham PROMs program, Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Mass General Brigham, and Joseph E. Murray Professor of Surgery at Harvard University.
Originally from Canada, Dr. Pusic is a world-renowned expert in surgical outcomes and quality of life assessment, with over 500 publications and $20 million in research funding. Over two decades, she has led collaborative teams to develop groundbreaking patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), including the BREAST-Q, which has been licensed by over 4,000 researchers and clinicians across 77 countries.
Dr. Pusic co-led a National Cancer Institute-funded collaboration among 11 institutions studying breast reconstruction outcomes, generating over 30 publications and establishing new patient-centered standards. At Memorial Sloan-Kettering, she pioneered health information technology platforms for integrating patient-reported data into clinical care. Her PCORI-funded randomized clinical trial demonstrated how electronic symptom reporting improves patient care, while her AHRQ-funded study scaled patient-reported outcomes collection across 65+ hospitals through the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).
Dr. Pusic continues to advance patient-centered surgical care, ensuring that every patient’s voice is heard, measured, and valued in their treatment journey.