Dr. Tepperberg is the Residency Program Director for the Department of Family Medicine. Prior to this she has led residency and faculty initiatives for this department as both an Associate Program Director and Academic Site Director for the Codman Square Health Center residency practice. She has practiced Family Medicine at the Codman Square Health Center since 1996. She graduated from Cornell University and received her M.D. degree from the State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn. She completed her residency training at the Brown University Family Practice Residency Program. Dr. Tepperberg completed a fellowship in Preventive Medicine at Carney Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health. Suki is board certified in both Family Medicine and General Preventive Medicine. Areas of expertise and teaching include Family Centered Care, Community Medicine and Engagement, Childhood Obesity Prevention, and Group Medical Visits. Her academic efforts have focused on social justice and innovation for a diverse and representative physician work force.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Background:
My medical school clinical training was at King’s County Hospital and affiliated public hospitals in Brooklyn, NY. Choosing to practice Family Medicine was in large part my reaction to the fragmented care that the financially poor, refugee, and immigrant patients were receiving. It has been a privilege to serve the health and social needs of the Codman Square (Dorchester/Roxbury/Mattapan) Community for over twenty-five years, as a physician and as a leader in the training of the future healthcare workforce. This beloved community and others like it would be best served by excellent comprehensive primary care providers who represent and are from the community members themselves. This belief is fundamental to the work I hope to support with my advocacy and academic efforts.
Selected Activities:
Committee on Equity and Inclusion, Department of Family Medicine (formerly DEI Committee), founding and continuing member, 2015-present
Association of Family Medicine Program Directors (AFMRD) Health Equity and Diversity Task Force and Committee, 2019-present
Publications about Holistic Review, Reducing Bias to expand Diversity and Representation of Family Medicine Residents, Milestones for Programs to address DEIA
Community Engagement efforts in the Dorchester community to lengthen and broaden the pathway to health careers
Codman Square Health Center
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Paul A. Ravenna, MD; Santina Wheat, MD, MPH; Fadya El Rayess, MD, MPH; Leon McCrea, II, MD, MPH; A. Ildiko Martonffy, MD; Cara Marshall, MD; Suki Tepperberg, MD, MPH; Rachel S.C. Friedman, MD, MHS; Wendy B. Barr, MD, MPH, MSCE. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Milestones: Creation of a Tool to Evaluate Graduate Medical Education Programs. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2022; 2(14):166-170.
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Tepperberg S, Barnett KG, Fischer J, Johnson M, Coles S, Hines T. Training Toward Our Future: Questions About Length of Training in Family Medicine Programs. Fam Med. 2019 09; 51(8):636-637.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31509213
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Wusu MH, Tepperberg S, Weinberg JM, Saper RB. Matching Our Mission: A Strategic Plan to Create a Diverse Family Medicine Residency. Fam Med. 2019 01; 51(1):31-36.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30633795
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| 2019 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
Dr Tepperberg has mentored residents, fellows, junior faculty and peers and has training in coaching, professional wellness, organizational behavior, and primary care work force development.
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Work / Life Integration Mentor