Our Team

President

Brian W. Jack, MD

brian.jack[at]bmc.org 

Brian Jack, MD, is Associate Professor of Family Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine founding Vice Chair for Academic Affairs. Dr. Jack came to BU in 1997 from Brown University, where he was founder and director of the Department’s maternal and child health fellowship program. Dr. Jack received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts and completed his residency training at the Brown University/Memorial Hospital where he was Chief Resident. He completed a fellowship in Obstetrics and Family Medicine at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. He has an active family medicine practice that includes high risk OB and cesarean section. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles or book chapters, reviewed papers for major medical journals, served on NICHHD and HRSA grant review panels and currently is PI on grants from HRSA, AHRQ and NHLBI. He is currently a member of the CDCs “Select Panel on Preconception Care”. Dr. Jack has also been active in the worldwide development of family medicine and is a founding member of the AAFPs Center for International Initiatives. He spent a sabbatical year in Budapest, Hungary in 1995 where he received a special citation from the mayor of Budapest. He taught the first ALSO courses in Jordan and Pakistan. Dr. Jack has served as a consultant to USAID, the World Bank, the US Department of State, Rockefeller Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation on the development of family medicine in Lesotho, Albania, Jordan, Romania, and Vietnam. 

Chairman

Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH

larry.culpepper[at]bmc.org

Dr. Culpepper is the founding Chairman of the Boston University Department of Family Medicine.  He received his MD from Baylor College of Medicine and his MPH from Boston University.  He has served as President of the North American Primary Care Group (NAPCRG), Chairman of the Research Committee of the Society of the Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM), and Chairman of the Board of Rhode Island Public Health Foundation.  He is a Primary Care Fellow of the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration, and has chaired or served as a member of research grant review committees for 5 NIH and other federal agencies.  He has received the STFM Excellence in Education and the STFM-NAPCRG Hames Research awards, and was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1998.  He currently is the principal investigator of an AHRQ funded center for patient safety research devoted to low income and minority vulnerable populations in ambulatory care settings, principal investigator of interventions to improve the care of uninsured patients and urban patients with diabetes and depression, co-principal investigator of a study to decrease delays in CHC patient follow-up for abnormal mammography, and co-investigator of a long term study of the course of anxiety disorders in primary care settings.  He is the family medicine editor of UpToDate, and the editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Primary Care Companion.


Vice-Chairman

William Bicknell, MD, MPH

wbicknel[at]bu.edu

William Bicknell, MD, MPH is Professor of International Health & Family Medicine and Family Medicine, Chairman Emeritus of the Department of International Health, Founder of the Center for International Health and former Associate Vice-President for International Health at Boston University. Bill has extensive program development, health sector analysis, management, financial analysis and program evaluation experience. He has worked in over 46 countries in most parts of the world and has published on numerous subjects. He is licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts and North Carolina and is Board Certified in Public Health. Bill has held posts ranging from Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to Senior Physician for the Peace Corps/Ethiopia, to Medical Director of the Job Corps. He is currently actively involved with the government of Lesotho in designing and implementing multi-sectoral, long-term programs to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS. Bill’s interest areas include: the organization, delivery, and financing of health care; international health; public health and medical education; health and social services for the elderly; bioterrorism and emergency preparedness; public-private sector interactions; the donor process and, most recently, developing and implementing long-term programs to minimize the human capital impact of HIV/AIDS.

Treasurer

Lauren Babich, MPH

lbabich[at]bu.edu 

Lauren Babich, MPH is Deputy Director of the Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance and Instructor of the Boston University Department of Family Medicine. Lauren started working in Lesotho in January 2004. Ms. Babich has held positions with Population Services International, the Brookline Public Health Department, and the Institute for Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery. Currently, she coordinates and manages all Boston University and Boston Medical Center activities in Lesotho. Lauren’s areas of interest include: international health, HIV/AIDS programs and services, health care workforce development, and health system improvement.

Secretary

Michelle Paterniti, JD, MS

michelle.paterniti[at]dlapiper.com

Michelle Paterniti, JD, MS is Associate of DLA Piper. Ms. Paterniti received her Master’s from the Harvard School of Public Health and then went on to receive her Juris Doctor from the Boston University School of Law. Ms. Paterniti concentrates her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities and venture capital financings, and general representation of public and private companies.


Board Members

Bill Walczak

Bill Walczak is the co-founder and CEO of Codman Square Health Center, a multi service center providing medical and other clinical services and of community services including job training, civic health, education, youth and other programs. The Health Center serves over 20,000 individuals, has over 130,000 annual visits, with 270 employees and a budget of $15 million. Mr. Walczak is also founding president of Codman Academy Charter School, a high school located on the health center campus. He is a co-founder and co-CEO of DotWell, a partnership with the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center.  In this capacity, Mr. Walczak also works on international programs in South Africa, Northern Ireland and Vietnam.  Bill is the past president of the Codman Square Neighborhood Council and Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association (both in Dorchester).  He is past President of Boston HealthNet, a network of 15 community health centers with Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine. He is an overseer of Boston Medical Center, is on the boards of STRIVE and the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, and is on the steering committee of the Nonprofit Strategy Committee, which is seeking to establish a state-wide nonprofit association for Massachusetts.  He serves on Advisory Boards of the Civil Rights Project of Harvard University and Boston Landmarks Orchestra.  He served on the Boston Park Commission, on the Mayor’s Welfare Reform Commission, and was a board member of Boston 2000, the City’s effort to celebrate the start of the new millennium.


Alain J. Montegut, MD

Alain Montegut, MD, is the Director the Global Health Primary Care Initiative in the BU Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Montegut received his M.D. from the UCLA School of Medicine. He completed his residency in the Brown University/Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Family Medicine Residency Program.  Dr. Montegut practiced Family Medicine for twenty years in the Brunswick, Maine community and is the former Program Director of Maine Medical Center’s Family Medicine Residency Program. He has participated at the leadership level in the American Academy for Family Practice (AAFP) both as Chairman of the Commission of Education and delegate to the Congress of Delegates for Maine. Currently, he is active in the AAFP Center for International Health Initiatives Advisory Board.  Dr. Montegut has worked internationally in the development of Family Medicine educational programs in Russia and the Indochina Peninsula including Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.


Steve Cummings, MD

Steve Cummings, MD, is Associate Director of the Division of International Health Improvement at Maine Medical Center and of the Vietnam Family Medicine Development Project.  With board certifications in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine.  Dr. Cummings has appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor with the Schools of Medicine at Brown University and Dartmouth University.  Dr. Cummings has served as a Medical Attache for the US State Department in the Middle East, has provided international relief in Algeria, Vietnam, and Thailand, and has worked as a Program Analyst for the US State Department National Security Council and US Department of Health, Education and Welfare.  Steve started and continues to develop family medicine programs in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.