Speaker Biographies

Harris A. Berman, M.D., F.A.C.P. - Health Professions Breakfast

Harris A. Berman, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Tufts Medical Center, and its parent company, Wellforce.

Dr. Berman has inter…

The Honorable David J. Shulkin, M.D. - Health Professions Annual Breakfast

The Honorable David J. Shulkin, M.D., was the ninth Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, nominated by President Trump and confirmed in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 100-0. Dr. Shulkin previously served as Under Secretary for Health, where he represented 21 million American ve…

Rabbi Susan Silverman - Lion of Judah Luncheon Nov. 7, 2018

As founder of Second Nurture: Every Child Deserves a Family — And a Community, Rabbi Susan Silverman has moved the issue of adoption from the private sphere to the public, and from the realm of a household decision to the common mission of communities. Her best-selling memoir, Casting Lots…

Rabbi Jeffrey A. Summit

Jeffrey A. Summit, Ph.D. serves as rabbi and Neubauer Executive Director of Tufts Hillel where he also holds the appointment of Research Professor in the Department of Music and in the Judaic Studies program at Tufts University. He is the author of Singing God’s Words: The Performance of B…

Celebrating Inclusion, Spring 2018 - Panelists

Kitty & Michael Dukakis


Katharine (Kitty) D. Dukakis
is the author of two books: Now You Know, the story of her battle with addiction and depression, and Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy, co-authored with Larry Tye, which tells the story of how ECT proved to be the one…