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Consulting Medical Directors
 
Philip R. Boulter, MD, FACE
Consultant Medical Director, Tufts Health Care Institute

Dr. Boulter has served as Medical Director of Tufts Health Care Institute since its founding in 1995. In this role, he is an integral member of the Institute’s leadership team in planning, conducting and evaluating educational programs and activities for physicians and other health care professionals.

Dr. Boulter was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Tufts Health Plan. Prior to his retirement from Tufts Health Plan, Dr. Boulter’s responsibilities included strategic planning, care management program, quality assurance, and clinical services. In addition, Dr. Boulter served as founder and president of the Alliance for Healthcare Improvement, a consortium of non-profit health plans in Massachusetts collaborating on quality initiatives. He served on the board of the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, chaired the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) sub-committee on Patient Safety, and served on a number of advisory commissions including the Northeast Advisory Board, the Advisory group on the future of clinical research, and the Executive Committee of the Managed Care/Public Health Partnership Taskforce. Prior to joining Tufts Health Plan, Dr. Boulter served in leadership positions in a large multi-specialty group practice. As Medical Director of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic Concord division, he was responsible for incorporating managed care principles into clinical practice and served as Regional Medical Director for Matthew Thornton Health Plan.

In addition to his role as Medical Director for Tufts Health Care Institute, Dr. Boulter is Co- Chair of the New Hampshire Citizen’s Health Initiative and the Task Force on Quality of Care and Payment Reform.

Dr. Boulter is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a member of the American College of Physician Executives and Fellow of the American College of Clinical Endocrinology. Dr. Boulter also served as a physician executive mentor in the Executive Leadership Program of AHIP. He has been a lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; the Heller School’s MBA program at Brandeis University; and the Tufts University Medical School’s MD/MBA program. Dr. Boulter is the author of a number of publications as well as a frequent lecturer on issues of health care policy, health care quality, and physician leadership.

 

 
Marc M. Edelstein, MD, PhD, FAAP
Consultant Medical Director, Tufts Health Care Institute

Dr. Edelstein is a Consultant Medical Director for the Tufts Health Care Institute (THCI) and Tufts University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Education (TUSM/OCE). Dr. Edelstein’s role primarily involves reviewing and overseeing the integrity and quality of the continuing education and training provided or credentialed through THCI and TUSM/OCE for several programs and services offered through the organization.

Dr. Edelstein has more than 30 years experience in both clinical and administrative health care. He served as Chief Executive Officer for Primary Care, LLC, a community-based Physician Organization of almost 200 physicians in Greater Boston and southeastern Massachusetts. At AvMed Health Plan, a Florida-based, not-for-profit Managed Care Health Plan, Dr. Edelstein served as Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice-President for Network Contracting and Operations, and Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Quality. He has practiced medicine in a number of clinical environments and was a fulltime faculty member of the University of Miami School of Medicine.

He received his MD from the University of Miami and completed a Rotational ("Family Practice") Internship and Residency in Pediatrics at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA. Dr. Edelstein also earned a PhD in Philosophy/Medical Ethics from the University of Miami. He has served on several institutional Ethics Committees and taught courses in both the Philosophy of Medicine and Medical Ethics, including Tufts University School of Medicine and the Tufts Medical Center.

 
Carolyn S. Langer, MD, JD, MPH
Medical Director

Dr. Langer is Medical Director of Medical Management and Quality at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. In this role, she provides medical leadership for utilization, medical policy, new technology assessment, quality, pharmacy and other related functions. She previously worked in medical management roles at Fallon Community Health Plan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, and the Tufts Health Care Institute. She also served as VP and Chief Medical Officer at ManagedComp, a managed care workers' compensation company. Dr. Langer is an Instructor at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), where she teaches a graduate course on Occupational Health Law, Policy and Administration and sits on the HSPH Occupational Medicine Residency Advisory Committee. Dr. Langer is also an Adjunct Instructor in Public Health and Family Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Langer received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and completed her residency at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is board certified in occupational medicine. Dr. Langer holds a law degree and a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University. She is also a retired Colonel and former flight surgeon in the Army National Guard.