Toni Golen, MD, Joins Mount Auburn Hospital as Chief Medical Officer
Golen Comes to Mount Auburn from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cambridge, Mass. – Toni Golen, MD, has joined Mount Auburn Hospital as Chief Medical Officer. Golen comes to Mount Auburn from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, where she has been a practicing physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the last 28 years.
“Dr. Golen brings outstanding clinical experience and a strong reputation for operational expertise to Mount Auburn,” said Ed Huang, MD, interim president, Mount Auburn Hospital. “She is a highly skilled clinical leader who is committed to delivering safe, high-quality patient care, and we are thrilled to have her join Mount Auburn Hospital.
As Chief Medical Officer, Golen will partner with the hospital’s clinical providers to ensure the interests of patients and physicians are represented, collaborate with administrative and senior leaders to enhance hospital operations and oversee the hospital’s quality and safety efforts. Golen will be responsible for physician leader development and provider recruitment and engagement – including burnout avoidance, academic affairs, and medical education – and will actively manage relationships with outside provider groups.
“The clinicians at Mount Auburn Hospital are top-notch, compassionate caregivers, and I am excited to partner with them as chief medical officer.” Golen, who is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, also said, “Many Mount Auburn clinicians, like me, are also educators and researchers, and I am honored to lead this exceptional group. I also look forward to advancing Mount Auburn’s commitment to the health and well-being of residents of Cambridge and surrounding communities.
Since 2011, Golen has served as Vice Chair of Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She was Interim Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2018 until 2022.
Golen is an accomplished researcher and author whose work has been published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and The Joint Commission on Quality and Patient Safety as well as other peer reviewed journals. Golen has been an active member of the Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network’s (BILHPN) Medical Management and Policy Committee and also served on BILHPN’s Board of Directors. She has been the Vice Chair of BIDMC’s Medical Executive Committee since 2020.
Golen earned her undergraduate degree from Union College and her medical degree from New York Medical College.
About Mount Auburn Hospital
Mount Auburn Hospital was founded in 1886. A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, its mission is to provide clinically excellent care with compassion and to teach students of medicine and the health professions.
Mount Auburn Hospital is a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a healthcare system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.
