Medical Firms

About Our Medical Firms

The Department's inpatient medicine services are organized around the four medical firms. Named after leading educators from the Beth Israel and Deaconess Hospitals, the firms have been in place for over 30 years.

Over 25 years ago, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program created a novel teaching, learning and patient care environment in the form of our medical firm system. At the time, BIDMC was one of the first institutions in the country to create and utilize such a firm structure in medical education. Each firm is named after a prestigious leader in medicine from BIDMC. Each house officer is assigned to a firm for the duration of their training. The firm is led by a Firm Chief, Associate Firm Chief, Associate Program Director, and Chief Medical Resident; this group organizes teaching on the firm, social events, and provides mentorship and feedback. The firm leadership is comprised of physicians representing multiple BIDMC divisions including General Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Rheumatology, and Hematology/Oncology. At the start of an intern's tenure in our program, they are matched with a Firm Chief or Associate Firm Chief, who will serve as a mentor and assist with career development throughout the internship year and residency.

The Firms each have geographical homes on the wards. When on a general medicine ward rotation, a house officer will practice on the same floor and work with the same team of nurses, case managers, and staff under the direction of the Firm leadership. They will work with other junior and senior year residents and interns on the same firm, and each week they will attend a Firm Conference (an opportunity to discuss recent cases on the wards) led by the Firm Chief and Associate Firm Chief. In this way, a smaller group of residents and housestaff get to know each other very well. On all other rotations (Ambulatory, ICU, Cardiology, Oncology, electives, etc.), residents work with interns and residents from other firms. Throughout the year, Firm leadership is available to serve as mentors and advisors, and also arrange formal, individual meetings several times a year.

The Firms and Firm Chiefs

Blumgart Firm: Named for Hermann Blumgart, former Physician in Chief of Beth Israel Hospital

• Wendy Stead, MD
• Jason Matos, MD

Kurland Firm: Named for George Kurland, former Cardiologist at Beth Israel Hospital

• Ariane Fraiche, MD
• Emmanuel Mensah, MD, MBA

Robinson Firm: Named for Stephen Robinson, former Hematologist at BIDMC

• Shani Herzig, MD, MPH
• Zahir Kanjee-Khoja MD, MPH

Tullis Firm: Named for James Tullis, former Chairman and Physician in Chief at Deaconess Hospital

• Deepa Rangachari, MD
• Jeffrey William, MD