Zirui Song
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Zirui Song, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and general internist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he practices primary care and attends on the inpatient teaching service. His research focuses on the health and economic effects of public policies and private sector interventions. He has worked federally on Medicare payment policy and with state policy makers on healthcare access and affordability. He currently serves on the Massachusetts Health Care Affordability Working Group. At Harvard, he directs admissions for the PhD program in Health Policy and leads the Health Policy track of the MGH Internal Medicine Residency. He teaches health policy courses for Harvard medical and dental students, Mass General Brigham residents and Harvard Executive Education cohorts. Dr. Song serves as Associate Editor of JAMA Health Forum and on the Editorial Board of Health Affairs and Health Services Research. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and National Academy of Social Insurance.