Mount Auburn Hospital Names Two New Department Chiefs
Cambridge, Mass. – Today, Mount Auburn Hospital announced the appointment of two new department chiefs. Lauren Curtis, MD, has been selected as the Chief of Hematology & Oncology and Lawrence Borges, MD, MPH, has been appointed Chief of Gastroenterology.
“Lauren and Larry are both skilled clinicians and compassionate caregivers, which will help us deliver on our mission of providing extraordinary care to all of our patients,” said Ed Huang, MD, president of Mount Auburn Hospital.
Prior to joining Mount Auburn, Curtis was a Hematologist and Oncologist at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, a community-based teaching hospital. Curtis previously served as a faculty clinician researcher at the Johns Hopkins Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, and at the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health. During her career, she served as principal investigator on several clinical trials, led multiple educational programs related to research or clinical content, and continued as a teacher of medical students and residents in clinical settings.
Curtis graduated from McGill University with Great Distinction, and from the University of Montreal Medical School. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital and completed fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology at the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health.
“We are pleased to welcome Lauren back to Mount Auburn, as she completed her residency here,” said Huang. “With her deep experience with research, I know she will bring more opportunities for clinical trials to our patients, helping to expand access to innovative research in our community.”
“I am very happy to be back at Mount Auburn and look forward to reconnecting with the residents of Cambridge and surrounding communities,” said Curtis. “Cancer affects everyone one way or another. I am excited to lead our department as we address the future of cancer care.”
Borges was named interim Chief of Gastroenterology in July of 2022. He previously served as Associate Chief of the department since October 2021 and joined Mount Auburn Hospital in 2018 as a Gastroenterologist and Director of GI Motility and Quality for the GI Division. In 2021, he was asked to lead the Multidisciplinary GI Oncology Program - overseeing the tracking of critical epidemiologic and quality data.
“Larry served as interim chief of the Gastroenterology Department with distinction for over a year, helping to lead the department forward,” said Huang. “I am grateful that he will take on this new leadership role.”
“I am proud to be appointed Chief and look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues in the department,” said Borges. “Gastrointestinal diseases affect the majority of the population, and at Mount Auburn, we are committed to providing the most current treatments so we can better help our patients in the community.”
Borges graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science and Public Policy. He obtained his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He completed a Pediatrics residency through Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center.
Borges completed his residency in Internal Medicine at and a gastroenterology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During his fellowship, he earned a master’s in Public Health for Clinical Effectiveness from Harvard Chan School of Public Health.
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.
