I have known Greg for nearly 20 years. We are both primary care physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Greg has also taught in a health policy course for first year medical students at Harvard Medical School. For the past 8 years or so, I have worked with Greg in clinic supervising residents in training every Wednesday afternoon. Between seeing patients and writing notes, we have the opportunity to talk about clinical care as well as broader issues that include public health, the state of our schools, and local and national politics. Through these many conversations, I’m always impressed with how Greg approaches complex issues and challenges thoughtfully… listening carefully, considering the benefits and harms of various approaches, and gathering more information to inform his views. It is the same approach that Greg and all good doctors take with their patients. I’m certain that Greg will be great asset to the Massachusetts State House, and I endorse his candidacy without hesitation. Just yesterday, STAT News published an essay from Professor Guy David at Wharton Business School highlighting many of the same reasons that physicians make great leaders (including in politics), concluding that “those who seek leaders for ailing organizations even outside of medicine may find that an M.D. is just, well, what the doctor ordered.”
Nancy L. Keating, MD, MPH
Newton Center
