Tracey Hunter

Dr. Tracey Hunter is currently a second-year physician resident specializing in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She strives to enhance the functional quality of life of her patients and advance healthcare equity through disparities work. As a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant recipient and two-time awarded academic scholar in medicine, she has been dedicated to healthcare research for over a decade. She graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the George Washington University, where she was inspired by the HIV pandemic to serve as a health advocate for marginalized communities. Dr. Hunter has co-authored over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles, including four bodies of work highlighting the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health outcomes of disadvantaged populations. She has also presented several research posters at national medical conferences, including a study on carboplasty, a novel stem-cell intervention, commercialized in 2022, for knee osteoarthritis.

As a recreational athlete with a special interest in musculoskeletal medicine and interventional pain, Dr. Hunter prioritizes fitness for herself and hopes to assist her patients in optimizing individualized goals for physical mobility that improve their health of mind and body. Inspired by an organization that helped pave her way to medical school, she is also passionate about youth mentoring and diversifying the future face of medicine.