Paul Pirraglia, MD, MPH

Department of Medicine
Division of General Medicine and Community Health

Departmental/Divisional Leadership Roles

• Division Chief, General Medicine and Community Health, Department of Medicine
• Co-Chief Medical Officer, BeHealthy (Medicaid) Accountable Care Organization

Academic Appointment

• Associate Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Education and Training

• Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  Fellowship, General Internal Medicine (2001-2003)
• Brown Medical School/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
  Residency, General Internal Medicine (1998-2001)
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
  M.P.H. (2001-2003)
• Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY
  M.D. (honors in Research) (1994-1998)
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  B.A., Psychology (1985-1989)

Scholarly Foci

• Primary care
• Health service research
• Overlap of medical conditions and mental health
• Social determinants of health

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

• Association of Chiefs and Leaders in General Internal Medicine
  • Member (2021-present)
• Society of General Internal Medicine
  • Board of Regional Leaders
    • Member (2010-2011)
  • New England Region
    • President (2009-2010)
    • President-Elect (2008-2009)
  • SGIM New England Regional Meeting
    • Scientific Abstract Review Committee
      • Chair (2008)
      • Co-Chair (2007)
      • Abstract Reviewer (2005-2007)
  • Member (2001-present)
• American College of Physicians
  • Member (1999-2003)

Significant Honors and Awards (Limit 5)

• Healthcare Hero, Collaboration in Health/Wellness, BusinessWest (2022)
• Beckwith Family Award for Outstanding Teaching, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (2012)
• Special Contribution Award for Serious Mental Illness Primary Care Clinic, Providence VA Medical Center (2009)
• Preceptorship Award, Rhode Island Hospital, Miriam Hospital, and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2004)
• Physician-Scientist Fellowship, American Psychosomatic Society (2004)

Contact Information

Department of Medicine
Division of General Medicine and Community Health
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-0169
paul.pirraglia@baystatehealth.org

(Updated March 2023)