LAHEY - Key Persons

A Recognized Leader

When Dr. Lahey returned from World War I, he opened a small private practice in Boston. In 1923, that practice became the first Lahey Clinic. Dr. Lahey was also acting as chair of surgery at both Tufts and Harvard Medical Schools, but he left those positions to devote his time fully to the clinic. Dr. Lahey's vision for his clinic was unique: Every component of a patient's health care would be coordinated under one roof. Today, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center maintains this vision, with specialized medical teams combining their expertise to care for individual patients. The Lahey Clinic was so successful, and Dr. Lahey's surgical and teaching skills were so effective, he was appointed to a number of influential leadership positions. He was president of the American Medical Association, the New England Surgical Society, the American College of Surgeons and the International Society of Surgeons. During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Dr. Lahey to a special commission to report on medical standards. And in 1946, he was awarded the Henry Jacob Bigelow Medal of the Boston Surgical Society.

Alice A. Hunter

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Director of Hand Surgery

Andrea Sorcini

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President of the Medical Staff

Andrew G. Villanueva

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Chief Quality Officer / Interim Chair, Department of Medicine

Anna Petropoulos

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Anne Mosenthal

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Chief Academic Officer

Arthur P. Mourtzinos

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Physician, Department of Urology

Barbara Messineo

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Barry S. Paul

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Betsey Crawford

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Betsy August

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Brigitte Bowen-Benitich

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Vice President, Surgical Services

David L. Longworth

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CEO / Chair, Division of Primary Care for LHMC

David Lang

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Member of the Corporate Officers Team
Chairman, Board of Trustees

Emily Senarian

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Vice President, Medical Services and Ambulatory Performance

Frank Lahey

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Surgeon, Teacher, Medical Pioneer

Frank Howard Lahey, MD, was born in the 19th century, but his legacy extends into the 21st. During his lifetime he was a national figure-founder of the Lahey Clinic, teacher of medicine and world-renowned surgeon. Today, surgeons still use techniques Dr. Lahey pioneered. And the team approach to care that he developed at Lahey Clinic has proved successful in every area of medicine. Dr. Lahey was born on June 1, 1880, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He attended high school there and worked at his father's bridge-contracting firm. After receiving his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1904, he served as an intern and house surgeon at Long Island Hospital. In 1905, Dr. Lahey began working at Boston City Hospital as a surgeon. He went on to become a resident surgeon at Boston City Hospital's Haymarket Relief Station in 1908. He was also on the surgical faculty of Harvard Medical School, serving there from 1908 to 1909 and from 1912 to 1915. Dr. Lahey was a professor of surgery at Tufts University Medical School from 1913 to 1917. During World War I, Dr. Lahey served as a major in the Army Medical Corp. He was director of surgery at Evacuation Hospital No. 30. Along with his medical education and surgical positions, this wartime experience convinced Dr. Lahey of the value of teamwork in medicine.