Andrew Ellner

Dr. Andrew Ellner is an Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a primary care physician at the Phyllis Jen Center for Primary Care. Previously he served as Assistant Medical Director of the Jen Center. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, and directs the Program in Global Primary Care and Social Change, at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ellner is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He received an MSc with distinction from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics and completed his internship and residency in the Division of General Medicine Primary Care program at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Ellner's work focuses on the redesign of health service delivery and medical training to incorporate advances in information technology, to hasten the adoption of higher functioning organizational models, and to better address the social determinants of health. He previously worked with the World Health Organization and Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative on projects to improve health systems in low- and middle-income countries. He serves on the board of several non-profit organizations focused on advancing primary care and community health.

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