Lori Tishler

In addition to being an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and an active member of the General Medicine Faculty at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Lori Tishler is the Vice President of Medical Affairs at Commonwealth Care Alliance, a not-for-profit organization that cares for more than 20,000 of the sickest and most complicated patients in Massachusetts, those that have both Medicare and Medicaid. As a caring and connected physician leader, mentor, and educator, Dr. Tishler’s passion has been providing care for the medically and socially vulnerable and making a difference in health systems for all. Prior to this role, she led the Phyllis Jen Center, Brigham and Women’s largest clinical practice, currently comprised of 64 residents and over 40 academic faculty. Her role at the Jen Center was an important force for innovation, organization, education, and development of our practice and of the role of primary care locally, and nationally. Tishler has found that the most rewarding way to help change and grow our health care systems is to mentor residents and faculty who are interested in clinical care, leadership, and innovation.

Her leadership roles have extended outside of the clinic and outside of primary care. She served on the Partners Healthcare Board of Directors, the Board of Directors for the Office for Women’s Careers, and the Board of the Schwartz Rounds while at the Brigham. At Commonwealth Care Alliance, she teaches and presents nationally about our care model and innovations.

In addition to her leadership work, she continues to provide clinical care. Tishler feels that working as a clinician informs her choices and decisions as a leader. Outside of work, Dr. Tishler loves to spend time with her husband and teenaged daughter, to travel, read, and knit. She is delighted to be learning from and with the team going to Ulaanbataar.