JudyAnn Bigby

JudyAnn Bigby
Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office
2007–2013
Preceded byTimothy R. Murphy
Succeeded byJohn Polanowicz
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Residence(s)Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materWellesley College
Harvard Medical School
OccupationSecretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

JudyAnn Bigby is an American doctor and the former Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013. She currently serves as director of the Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women's health.[1]

Prior to becoming Secretary, Bigby was a primary care physician and medical director of Community Health Programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital.[2] One of her patients was Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who declared January 18, 2001 "Dr JudyAnn Bigby Day" in Boston.[3] In addition to her work as a doctor, Bigby was also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the school's Center of Excellence in Women's Health.[4]

A resident of Jamaica Plain, Bigby holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "JudyAnn Bigby". National Institutes of Health. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Tomaselli, Kathleen Phalen (October 20, 2003). "Most in U.S. see disparities in care of minority patients". Amednews. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  3. ^ Dunn, Catherine (August 10, 2003). "The good doctor is in, not just to the mayor, but to many women in need". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "About Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, MD". The Official Website of the Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  5. ^ The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century. National Academies Press. 2003. pp. 467. ISBN 0309133181.