Infectious Disease Fellow
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA, United States
Courtney Harris is a physician educator, award-winning leader, and aspiring clinical researcher. She is a current a second year infectious disease fellow at the combined Harvard affiliated program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, specializing in transplant infectious disease. She is board certified in internal medicine and completed a chief residency year prior to starting fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she completed her residency. As a researcher, she has conducted retrospective projects on fungal infections in the immunocompromised host and has previously presented at IDWeek. She also has conducted research surveying women physicians in medicine and has a passion for gender equity in medicine. As an educator, she actively participates in mentorship, has led curriculum development in quality improvement, run one of the largest internal medicine programs social media accounts, and won awards as an educator during her residency training. As a leader, she has been involved in organized medicine at a local, state, and national level, with formative experiences as a Board of Trustee representative for the Minnesota Medical Association for four years and most recently she founded of a new council of resident and fellow members for the Minnesota Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) where she served as chair. Her track record in leadership has led to recognition with several awards from her residency program and the Zumbro Valley Medical Society’s “Outstanding Young Physician Award”, and now serves as a national ACP Council of Resident and Fellow Member representative. Dr. Harris hopes to continue to find new ways to innovate and lead, using her strengths in interpersonal communication, experience with social media, and passion for mentorship and education.
Contact Information
Email: charris30@mgh.harvard.edu or courtneyharrismd134@gmail.com
Twitter: @CourtHarrisMD
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.