Gene Bukhman
Harvard University
Research areas: Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Global Health and Epidemiology · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
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About
I am a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who is focused on developing a science of integration for delivery of interventions to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among populations living in extreme poverty (NCDI Poverty). I completed my MD and PhD in medical anthropology in 2001, and completed my clinical training in 2007. I spent the next 5 years working closely with colleagues in Rwanda to develop an integrated approach for decentralizing care for rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathies and other severe chronic NCDs such as type 1 diabetes and sickle cell disease. This approach has since been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the Package of Essential NCD Interventions - Plus (PEN-Plus). Between 2010 and 2015, I was the Senior Technical Advisor on NCDs to the Rwanda Ministry of Health, and contributed to strategic planning to address NCDs among the rural poor. Between 2016 and 2020, I co-chaired the Lancet Commission on Reframing NCDs and Injuries for the Poorest Billion, and was the lead author of the Commission’s report. I currently co-chair the 29-country NCDI Poverty Network launched in December of the 2020 to support the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations, including initiation and scale-up up of PEN-Plus programs. I am the author of more than 130 articles and book chapters that apply a range of methodologies from ethnography and archival research to epidemiology and mathematical modelling to identify solutions to the problem of “NCDI Poverty.” I am the founding Director of the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and I am the founding director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Integration Science and Service Delivery. In 2022, I received the World Heart Federation award for Outstanding Contribution to Global Cardiovascular Health.
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Publications (134)
- Patient and provider experiences with PEN-Plus in rural Mozambique: cohort characteristics at baseline Save
- WHF Roadmap for Integrated Care in People Living with - or at Risk of - Cardiovascular Disease and Multiple Long-Term Conditions Save
- Child and adolescent mortality from severe NCDs and injuries: a call for inclusion Save
- Endomyocardial fibrosis: recent advances and future therapeutic targets Save
- Evaluating a PEN-Plus training of trainers program in cardiac point-of-care ultrasound in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol and initial results Save
- Facility readiness for decentralized Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions-Plus (PEN-Plus) care in nine lower-income countries Save
- Models of care for noncommunicable diseases in primary care: key elements and design in low- and middle-income countries - a scoping review Save
- Organization of services for severe chronic Noncommunicable diseases at first-level hospitals in nine lower-income countries: Results from a Baseline assessment of PEN-Plus initiation Save
- Prospective cohort study evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and clinical impact of diabetes self-management education in a PEN-Plus program in Southeastern Liberia Save
- Appropriateness and acceptability of continuous glucose monitoring in people with type 1 diabetes at rural first-level hospitals in Malawi: a qualitative study Save
- Clinical insights from continuous glucose monitor use in patients living with type 1 diabetes in rural Malawi Save
- Correction: Decentralization and Integration of Advanced Cardiac Care for the World's Poorest Billion Through the PEN-Plus Strategy for Severe Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Save
- Cost analysis for initiating an integrated package of essential non-communicable disease interventions (PEN-Plus) in Kondoa District Hospital, Tanzania: a time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) study protocol Save
- Decentralization and Integration of Advanced Cardiac Care for the World's Poorest Billion Through the PEN-Plus Strategy for Severe Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Save
- Feasibility of continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 1 diabetes at two district hospitals in Neno, Malawi: a randomised controlled trial Save
- Heart Failure Care Facilitators and Barriers in Rural Haiti: A Qualitative Study Save
- Models of care for sickle cell disease in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a scoping review Save
- Non-communicable disease care in Sierra Leone: a mixed-methods study of the drivers and barriers to retention in care for hypertension Save
- Protocol for an evaluation of the initiation of an integrated longitudinal outpatient care model for severe chronic non-communicable diseases (PEN-Plus) at secondary care facilities (district hospitals) in 10 lower-income countries Save
- Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Outcomes Among American Indian and Alaska Native Medicare Beneficiaries Save