Partners HealthCare System Inc.

Thomas H. Lee, MD, is an internist and cardiologist, and is Network President for Partners Healthcare System, the integrated delivery system founded by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, and Chief Executive Officer for Partners Community HealthCare. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Cornell University Medical College, and Harvard School of Public Health. He is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests include risk stratification and optimal management strategies for common cardiovascular problems, and improvement of quality of care, with a particular focus on critical pathways, guideline development and implementation, and managed care. Dr. Lee is co-chair of the Committee for Performance Measures of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and has been the Chairman of NCQA's Cardiovascular Measurement Advisory Panel since 1996. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Geisinger Health System. He is a member of the Board on Health Care Services of the Institute of Medicine. He is the Editor-in-Chief for The Harvard Heart Letter and Associate Editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.

George E. Thibault, M.D. became the seventh president of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation in January 2008. He graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University in 1965 and magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1969. He completed his internship and residency in Medicine and fellowship in Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He also trained in Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute in Bethesda and at Guys Hospital in London, and served as Chief Resident in Medicine at MGH. In 1977, he founded and became the first director of the Medical Practices Evaluation Unit, and was named director of the Medical ICU/CCU at the MGH. In 1978, he became the Director of the Training Program in Internal Medicine and Assistant Chief (subsequently Associate Chief) of the Department of Medicine, MGH. In 1988, he was named Chief of the Medical Services at Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center and Vice Chairman of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). In 1990, he was also named Director of Health Services Research at the Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center. In 1995, Dr. Thibault was named the Chief Medical Officer at the BWH. Since January 1999, he has been Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Partners HealthCare System, Inc. He is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). In September 2001 he was chosen as the first Director of The Academy at HMS. The Academy has been created to recognize teaching excellence and to promote curriculum innovation at HMS. In 2005, he was named the first Daniel D. Federman Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at HMS. His research has focused on the evaluation of practices and outcomes of medical intensive care units and variations in the use of cardiac technologies. In addition to an active research and clinical career, Dr. Thibault has served in many capacities at Harvard Medical School, including leadership roles in the New Pathway Project and in the current medical education reform effort. He has also served on, and has chaired, numerous committees of national organizations, including the Institute of Medicine, the Department of Veteran's Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the American College of Physicians. He is past President of the Harvard Medical School Alumni Association and was recently named Director of Alumni Relations for HMS. Dr. Thibault has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors from Georgetown (Ryan Prize in Philosophy, Alumni Prize, and Cohongaroton Speaker) and Harvard (Alpha Omega Alpha, Henry Asbury Christian Award and Society of Fellows). He has been a visiting Scholar both at the Institute of Medicine and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a Visiting Professor of Medicine at many medical schools in the U.S. and abroad.

Jay B. Pieper became a director of Biopure in October 2004. Since 1995, he has been vice president for Corporate Development and Treasury Affairs of Partners HealthCare System, Inc., the parent company of several healthcare-related entities including Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. From 1986 to 1995, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of The Brigham Medical Center. He is a director of Eclipsys, a healthcare information systems company; WorldCare, Inc., a global telemedicine company; Controlled Risk Insurance Company (CRICO), Ltd., and the Harvard Clinical Research Institute. He is past director of Financial Executives International and past chairman of the Boston Organization of Teaching Hospital Financial Officers. He received his M.B.A. degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., and his B.A. degree from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

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Gil is the Director of Clinical Information System R&D at Partners HealthCare System in Eastern Massachusetts (including the widely recognized Brigham and Women?s Hospital). In that capacity, he helps set the clinical systems direction for Partners. His evaluation work has included studying the epidemiology of adverse events and the ability of information systems to reduce the frequency of these events. The order entry application at Brigham and Women's Hospital has been recognized as an important example of how information systems can improve care. Gil will contribute valuable insight in knowledge-based systems, evaluation, and order entry applications. Back to list

Donald Friswell, a graduate of Bentley College, is currently a Business Analyst with Partners Healthcare System in Boston, MA, where he is a member of the Clinical Systems Management team at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has also served as a corporate consolidations accountant for an international manufacturer, as a customer support analyst and senior software engineer working with financial systems and as a software engineer for a large retail pharmacy chain. Mr. Friswell has had an almost life long association with Prudence Island, first vacationing with his parents and sister on the island in 1951. In 1955, his family bought property here and today he enjoys watching his own daughters explore and enjoy the island and develop friendships with island peers much as he did growing up on the island. In addition to kayaking, enjoying the close proximity to the ocean and the island's quiet atmosphere, Mr. Friswell is extremely interested in island history and he is a member of the Prudence Island Historical and Preservation Society. He is also an active member of the Homestead Plat Improvement Association. A year-round visitor, he can often be found walking in the woods exploring the physical remains of early Prudence - foundations dating back to the mid 1700's to numerous sheep pens, stone walls and other historic sites. Mr. Friswell is committed to working with the Conservancy and other island and off-island groups to help preserve and maintain open space on the island for the enjoyment of others.

Dr. Jeffrey Gelfand is the Senior Advisor for International Medical Affairs at Partners HealthCare System, the parent organization for the Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as a Senior Attending Physician at MGH and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School. Until recently, Dr. Gelfand served as Director of the International Program of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), a consortium of M.I.T., The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital. CIMIT's focus is on the development of innovative approaches to medical problems by collaborative research between engineers and physicians. Previously, he had been Dean for Research at Tufts University School of Medicine and Senior Vice President for Research and Technology at the New England Medical Center, positions he assumed in March 1998. From 1994 to 1998, Dr. Gelfand was the Sheldon M. Wolff, MD Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine of Tufts University School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at the New England Medical Center. A 1971 graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Gelfand subsequently did his clinical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and at the National Institutes of Health. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Immunology and Allergy.

Gary A. Spiess (President of the Board) is the former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of FleetBoston Financial Company. He is currently a Trustee of Partners Healthcare System, Inc., where he is chair of the Audit Committee. He is also Board Chair of the North Shore Medical Center and a board member of Partners Continuing Care, Inc. He is a board member and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Chewonki Foundation (an environmental foundation in Maine). He is a former Board Chairman of the New England Legal Foundation, former President of the Boston Bar Foundation and a member of the Council of the Boston Bar Association. He is former Board Chair of the Holderness School (Plymouth, New Hampshire) and a former member of the Board of Advisors of the Graduate Program in financial services law studies at the Boston University School of Law, as well as having been a board member of Greater Boston Legal Services.

Michael serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Brigham and Women's Hospital and as a member of the Board of Directors for Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Veridian, IGI/Earth Color and Smart Mail. Michael is a founder and managing director of Monitor Clipper Partners Inc., a private equity fund. Michael received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a MBA from Harvard Business School.