Atrius Health announced Karen DaSilva, Bonnie Hersh and Kathy Niknejad as new members to its board of trustees and the reelection of Joo Kim to the board.

Atrius Health physicians elect physician trustees to the board, representing Atrius Healths commitment to the strength of provider-patient relationships and providing the right clinical care.

Our incoming board members exemplify the compassionate and coordinated care we strive to deliver each of our patients, said Steve Strongwater, president & CEO of Atrius Health. They also offer impressive clinical leadership in primary and specialty care across our practice. We are pleased to welcome new and existing members to the board, and we look forward to working together to advance our mission to provide high quality, patient-centered and cost effective care to everyone we serve.

DaSilva, a resident of Sudbury, has served as a primary care internist at Atrius Healths Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Chelmsford practice since 1994. Over the years, she has taken on several leadership roles including vice president of innovation at Atrius Health. In this role, DaSilva helped in developing improved care delivery models to meet the low-cost, high quality care demands of the current healthcare environment. In addition, she served as the organizations specialty director for internal medicine, where she oversaw the delivery of primary care across more than 20 practice sites.

DaSilva also served as deputy chief medical officer of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, where she led the development of a new geriatric care model and several disease management programs. She spearheaded the practices early work in the development of a patient-centered medical home program, which ultimately led to Atrius Healths primary care practices receiving Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Homes from The National Committee for Quality Assurance. She received her medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed her internship and residency at Albany Medical Center Hospital in New York. DaSilva is board-certified in internal medicine and hematology.

As chief of neurology at Atrius Health, Hersh leads Atrius Healths neurology department and has worked at Atrius Health since 2000 when she joined its Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates practice. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Hersh attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal and did her internship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She completed her neurology residency at Harvard Medical Schools Harvard-Longwood Neurology Training Program. She then completed fellowship training in movement disorders at Boston Medical Center and neurophysiology/EMG at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to joining Atrius Health, Hersh was on the neurology staff at Boston Medical Center.

As chief of urology at Atrius Health, Niknejad leads Atrius Healths urology department and has worked at Atrius Health since 2004 when she joined Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Chestnut Hill/West Roxbury and Kenmore practices. After joining Harvard Vanguard, she served as its surgical specialties medical director for four years. During that time, she also served as the practices Chief of General Surgery and Urology.

Niknejad is a board-certified urologist. She received her undergraduate degree from San Diego State University and graduated from Harvard Medical School. Niknejad completed her internship and residency at Brigham and Womens Hospital and is an instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School. Niknejad is a resident of Weston.

Kim, a resident of Belmont, serves as associate chair of Atrius Healths internal medicine service line and has worked as a primary care internist at Atrius Healths Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates practice in Watertown since 2003. She enters her second term as a board clinician trustee.

Kim received her medical degree from The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont and completed her undergraduate education at Brown University. She completed her internship and residency at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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