Associate Professor
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont, United States
Dr. Baker has been working with Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is now transitioning to his new role at the University of Vermont Health Network as Director of Acute Care Innovations and Transformation. He strives to improve healthcare through systems improvements, while serving as a clinical educator and researcher. His quality improvement training includes having completed the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 10-month “Improvement Advisor Professional Development Program”.
He is passionate about collaborative ideation and action to address individual and population health goals. He participates in and helps catalyze interdisciplinary interventions across healthcare, and science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) to foster a culture of innovation. His activities in this area include collaboration with Boston University Questrom Operations & Technology Management Department, within MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms COVID Response group (https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/pub/coronavirus/tracking) as well as helping to spearhead forming SAEM’s Innovation Interest Group and EM Innovation Collaborative.
Dr. Baker previously served as Senior Vice Chair of Administration at Boston Medical Center. He has chaired the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s ED Administration & Clinical Operation’s and SAEM’s Web Evolution Committees as well as SAEM’s Operations and Clinical Directors Interest Groups. Local EMS involvement has included membership on the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals (previously chaired) and Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Service Council’s Medical Control Committees and MBEMSC's Board of Directors.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.