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Joseph Rhatigan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine
617-521-337

Dr. Rhatigan is associate chief of the Division of Global Health Equity and director of the Hiatt Global Health Equity Residency Program.  Dr. Rhatigan graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he practices hospital medicine.  He has held a number of leadership positions in post graduate medical education.  As one of the key faculty members of the Harvard Global Health Delivery Project, he examines the delivery of health services in low-resource settings through case studies. He is one of the co-directors of Harvard’s Global Health Delivery Intensive summer program and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Affiliations

  • Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Partners In Health

Dr. Rhatigan’s work involves understanding how health care is delivered in low-resource settings globally and in global health professional education. He has led efforts to design, write, and edit a series of educational case studies and teaching notes that have helped define the emerging field of global health care delivery and that are used in courses across Harvard and other universities. He served as co-PI on HMS’s role in the Rwandan Human Resources for Health project, a U.S. government–funded multi-year grant to strengthen post-graduate medical education in Rwanda. As a result of that work, he was part of a group that help found a new university and medical school in Rwanda, the University of Global Health Equity. He continues to help lead HMS’s collaboration with UGHE.

Revitalizing Graduate Medical Education in Global Settings: Lessons From Post-Earthquake Haiti.
Authors: Authors: Morse M, Spahn L, Pierre P, Lucien F, Israel K, Toussaint S, Robert M, Katz JT, Buyske J, Clisbee M, Suffrin DJC, Raymonville M, Cadet JC, Pierre S, Mukherjee J, Rhatigan J, Farmer PE.
Acad Med
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The Neglected Hospital - The District Hospital's Central Role in Global Health Care Delivery.
Authors: Authors: Rajbhandari R, McMahon DE, Rhatigan JJ, Farmer PE.
N Engl J Med
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Development assistance for community health workers in 114 low- and middle-income countries, 2007-2017.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Palazuelos D, Luan Y, Sachs SE, Mitnick CD, Rhatigan J, Perry HB.
Bull World Health Organ
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A practical approach to universal health coverage.
Authors: Authors: Mukherjee JS, Mugunga JC, Shah A, Leta A, Birru E, Oswald C, Jerome G, Almazor CP, Satti H, Yates R, Atun R, Rhatigan J, Gottlieb G, Farmer PE.
Lancet Glob Health
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Training Toward a Movement: Career Development Insights From the First 7 Years of a Global Health Equity Residency.
Authors: Authors: Palazuelos D, Dhillon R, Nelson AK, Savage KP, Conover R, Katz JT, Rhatigan JJ.
J Grad Med Educ
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Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Cancedda C, Cotton P, Shema J, Rulisa S, Riviello R, Adams LV, Farmer PE, Kagwiza JN, Kyamanywa P, Mukamana D, Mumena C, Tumusiime DK, Mukashyaka L, Ndenga E, Twagirumugabe T, Mukara KB, Dusabejambo V, Walker TD, Nkusi E, Bazzett-Matabele L, Butera A, Rugwizangoga B, Kabayiza JC, Kanyandekwe S, Kalisa L, Ntirenganya F, Dixson J, Rogo T, McCall N, Corden M, Wong R, Mukeshimana M, Gatarayiha A, Ntagungira EK, Yaman A, Musabeyezu J, Sliney A, Nuthulaganti T, Kernan M, Okwi P, Rhatigan J, Barrow J, Wilson K, Levine AC, Reece R, Koster M, Moresky RT, O'Flaherty JE, Palumbo PE, Ginwalla R, Binanay CA, Thielman N, Relf M, Wright R, Hill M, Chyun D, Klar RT, McCreary LL, Hughes TL, Moen M, Meeks V, Barrows B, Durieux ME, McClain CD, Bunts A, Calland FJ, Hedt-Gauthier B, Milner D, Raviola G, Smith SE, Tuteja M, Magriples U, Rastegar A, Arnold L, Magaziner I, Binagwaho A.
Int J Health Policy Manag
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Closing the delivery gap.
Authors: Authors: Fiori KP, Schechter J, Gbeleou SC, Braganza S, Rhatigan J, Houndenou S, Lopez A, Bensen E, Hirschhorn L.
Int J Health Care Qual Assur
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Activity-based costing of health-care delivery, Haiti.
Authors: Authors: McBain RK, Jerome G, Leandre F, Browning M, Warsh J, Shah M, Mistry B, Faure PAI, Pierre C, Fang AP, Mugunga JC, Gottlieb G, Rhatigan J, Kaplan R.
Bull World Health Organ
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In Reply to Eichbaum.
Authors: Authors: Rhatigan JJ, Farmer PE.
Acad Med
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Building Workforce Capacity Abroad While Strengthening Global Health Programs at Home: Participation of Seven Harvard-Affiliated Institutions in a Health Professional Training Initiative in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Cancedda C, Riviello R, Wilson K, Scott KW, Tuteja M, Barrow JR, Hedt-Gauthier B, Bukhman G, Scott J, Milner D, Raviola G, Weissman B, Smith S, Nuthulaganti T, McClain CD, Bierer BE, Farmer PE, Becker AE, Binagwaho A, Rhatigan J, Golan DE.
Acad Med
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