Anthony Hollenberg, Boston Medical Center’s new president, was tapped to “further cement” the hospital’s profile as a model of equitable care. Photo courtesy of Hollenberg

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Anthony Hollenberg Named New President of Boston Medical Center

The BU endocrinologist and department of medicine chair will remain on the medical school faculty

Anthony Hollenberg, a nationally renowned endocrinologist and physician-in-chief at Boston Medical Center (BMC), as well as the chair of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine department of medicine, has been named the new president of BMC, Boston University’s primary teaching hospital and New England’s largest safety net facility, serving disadvantaged patients.

The appointment, effective June 3, was made by BMC’s trustees, whose chair, Martha Samuelson, said that Hollenberg “will further cement our hospital and health system’s role as a national model in equitable care.” BMC is one of nine healthcare providers and plans in the Boston Medical Center Health System, which is creating a coordinated care system to give patients state-of-the-art treatments, while also conducting cutting-edge research.

“I’m truly honored to lead BMC and our world-class clinical, research, administrative, and operational team members as our health system reimagines the future of equitable, expert care for our patients and members,” Hollenberg says. “I look forward to hearing from my colleagues across the hospital to build on their ideas and expertise to meet the health and social challenges of the patients we serve. Every role at the hospital is critical to helping our patients and communities thrive.”

A native of Toronto, Hollenberg is taking a newly created job as BMC’s president, under the hospital’s restructuring as an integrated health system.

Hollenberg will remain a professor of medicine. BMC and the medical school will begin a search for both department of medicine chair and physician-in-chief.

Before joining BMC in 2022, Hollenberg chaired the department of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and he was physician-in-chief at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

“Dr. Hollenberg’s extensive leadership background at academic medical centers, demonstrated experience as a highly accomplished physician-researcher, and his long-standing commitment to clinical innovation and health equity make him ideal to drive BMC forward as a premier academic medical center,” says Alastair Bell, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center Health System. 

“As our health system rewrites how to best deliver care to our patients and members,” Bell says, “Dr. Hollenberg will further advance systems of care to ensure BMC remains a strong, trusted, and sustainable organization.”

Hollenberg’s research and clinical practice focus on thyroid disorders. He studies how thyroid hormones govern metabolism, including body weight. He also researches thyroid gland development. He has published more than 100 studies and 30 book chapters and reviews.

A graduate of Harvard University, he earned a medical degree from the University of Calgary. He did his residency in internal medicine at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, following that with a clinical and research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.

“Tony is an accomplished physician-scientist and leader in academic medicine,” says Karen Antman, dean of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and provost of the Boston University Medical Campus. “He is deeply committed to clinical excellence and health equity. We wish him great success and look forward to collaborating with him in his new role.”