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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.

Why do we still page each other? Examining the frequency, types and senders of pages in academic medical services.
Authors: Authors: Carlile N, Rhatigan JJ, Bates DW.
BMJ Qual Saf
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Embracing Medical Education's Global Mission.
Authors: Authors: Farmer PE, Rhatigan JJ.
Acad Med
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Closing the delivery gaps in pediatric HIV care in Togo, West Africa: using the care delivery value chain framework to direct quality improvement.
Authors: Authors: Fiori K, Schechter J, Dey M, Braganza S, Rhatigan J, Houndenou S, Gbeleou C, Palerbo E, Tchangani E, Lopez A, Bensen E, Hirschhorn LR.
AIDS Care
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Rethinking the cost of healthcare in low-resource settings: the value of time-driven activity-based costing.
Authors: Authors: McBain RK, Jerome G, Warsh J, Browning M, Mistry B, Faure PAI, Pierre C, Fang AP, Mugunga JC, Rhatigan J, Leandre F, Kaplan R.
BMJ Glob Health
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Addressing Complexities in Global Health and Inequities in Global Health Education.
Authors: Authors: Rosenberg JD, Wachter KJ, Campbell AC, Rhatigan JJ, Weintraub RL.
Am J Public Health
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Rethinking the social history.
Authors: Authors: Behforouz HL, Drain PK, Rhatigan JJ.
N Engl J Med
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Enhancing formal educational and in-service training programs in rural Rwanda: a partnership among the public sector, a nongovernmental organization, and academia.
Authors: Authors: Cancedda C, Farmer PE, Kyamanywa P, Riviello R, Rhatigan J, Wagner CM, Ngabo F, Anatole M, Drobac PC, Mpunga T, Nutt CT, Kakoma JB, Mukherjee J, Cortas C, Condo J, Ntaganda F, Bukhman G, Binagwaho A.
Acad Med
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Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life.
Authors: Authors: Binagwaho A, Farmer PE, Nsanzimana S, Karema C, Gasana M, de Dieu Ngirabega J, Ngabo F, Wagner CM, Nutt CT, Nyatanyi T, Gatera M, Kayiteshonga Y, Mugeni C, Mugwaneza P, Shema J, Uwaliraye P, Gaju E, Muhimpundu MA, Dushime T, Senyana F, Mazarati JB, Gaju CM, Tuyisenge L, Mutabazi V, Kyamanywa P, Rusanganwa V, Nyemazi JP, Umutoni A, Kankindi I, Ntizimira C, Ruton H, Mugume N, Nkunda D, Ndenga E, Mubiligi JM, Kakoma JB, Karita E, Sekabaraga C, Rusingiza E, Rich ML, Mukherjee JS, Rhatigan J, Cancedda C, Bertrand-Farmer D, Bukhman G, Stulac SN, Tapela NM, van der Hoof Holstein C, Shulman LN, Habinshuti A, Bonds MH, Wilkes MS, Lu C, Smith-Fawzi MC, Swain JD, Murphy MP, Ricks A, Kerry VB, Bush BP, Siegler RW, Stern CS, Sliney A, Nuthulaganti T, Karangwa I, Pegurri E, Dahl O, Drobac PC.
Lancet
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Clubfoot care in low-income and middle-income countries: from clinical innovation to a public health program.
Authors: Authors: Harmer L, Rhatigan J.
World J Surg
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Global health training should be structured, standardized, and universal.
Authors: Authors: Drain PK, Rhatigan JJ.
Acad Med
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