Bram Wispelwey, MD, MPH, MS

Bram Wispelwey is a Hospitalist and Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Wispelwey is Co-founder and Chief Strategist of Health for Palestine, a community organizing initiative in Palestinian refugee camps that seeks to maximize wellness and address health barriers via social accompaniment and creative integration with existing facilities. Dr. Wispelwey’s research and writing focuses on structural racism in hospital triage, ethics, community health worker impact, social and political barriers to health, and colonial violence. Before the start of his medical career, Dr. Wispelwey pursued LGBT-rights activism, which informed his health approach at the bedside and in advocacy. Dr. Wispelwey holds a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University, Doctor of Medicine degree from Ben-Gurian University, Master of Science degree in Human Nutrition from Columbia University, and Bachelor of Arts degree in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University.

Fellowship Focus: Developing and implementing strategies to eliminate racial inequities in hospital triage and care in the United States.