Harry Hoar III, MD

Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Departmental/Divisional Leadership Roles

• Associate Designated Institutional Official, UMMS-Baystate

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

Education and Training

• Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (2007-2008)
  • Internship/Residency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics (2003-2007)
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
  M.D. (1999-2003)
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
  B.S., Biology (1995-1999)

Scholarly Foci

• Clinical reasoning and diagnostic error
• Expertise development
• Medical education
• Remediation of struggling learners

Scholarly Activity

View a list of Dr. Hoar's publications in the Scholarly Commons repository.

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles (Limit 5)

• Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
  • Member (2011-present)
  • Education Committee
    • Clinical Reasoning Toolkit Subcommittee
      • Member (2017-present)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Member (2005-present)
  • Section of Hospital Medicine
    • Member (2009-present)
• Massachusetts Medical Society
  • Member (2005-present)
• Association of Pediatric Program Directors
  • Member (2014-2019)
  • Curriculum Committee
    • Member (2017-2018)
• Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
  • Member (2012-2017)
  • Curriculum Committee
    • Member (2013-2014)

Significant Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (2015)
• Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine (2011, 2014, 2015, 2017)
• Physical Diagnosis Teacher of the Year, Tufts University School of Medicine (2008)

Contact Information

Department of Pediatrics
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-2398
Harry.HoarIIIMD@baystatehealth.org