JosephRBetancourtMDMPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Office
15 Parkman St
Internal Medicine Associates Team 1
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-0909

Fax+1 617-724-3843

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 1994

PubMed

960 citations
Defining cultural competence: a practical framework for addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care.
Joseph R. Betancourt, Alexander R. Green, J. Emilio Carrillo, Owusu Ananeh-Firempong
Public Health Reports. 2003-07-01
61 citations
Identifying and Preventing Medical Errors in Patients With Limited English Proficiency: Key Findings and Tools for the Field
Melanie Wasserman, Megan R. Renfrew, Alexander R. Green, Lenny Lopez, Aswita Tan-McGrory
Journal for Healthcare Quality. 2014-05-01
26 citations
Measuring Medical Students' Preparedness and Skills to Provide Cross-Cultural Care
Alexander R. Green, Maria B.J. Chun, Marina C. Cervantes, Jacob Nudel, Jason V. Duong
Health Equity. 2017-01-01

Lectures

Healing Health Care Disparities through Education: An Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Program
Harvard Medical School ,Department Of Continuing Education, Boston, Massachusetts - 10/11/2013
Healing Health Care Disparities through Education: An Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Program
Harvard Medical School ,Department Of Continuing Education, Boston, Massachusetts - 10/11/2013
16th Annual Primary Care Update
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 5/14/2013
Healing Health Care Disparities through Education: An Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Program
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts - 10/12/2012
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Other

Cross-cultural care and communication
Betancourt JR, Green AR, Carrillo JE
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/cross-cultural-care-and-communication
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-08

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Massachusetts General Hospital Receives Record Gift From Kraft Family Benefitting Community Health and Health EquityOctober 12th, 2022
Robert Kraft Donates $50 Million to Massachusetts General Hospital for Community Health EquityOctober 12th, 2022
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