Jeffrey M. Borkan, MD, PhD is a family physician educator, researcher, clinician, and advocate whose career has bridged two fields (family medicine and medical anthropology), both in the US and abroad.  He joined the Department of Family Medicine at Brown University as Professor and Chair in 2001. He is the Board Chair of the national Association of Departments of Family Medicine, PI on a major Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative (AAU Grant, HRSA, 2010-2015) and is on the Advisory Committee of the PCPCC. Dr. Borkan received his BA from the University of Michigan and his MD and PhD at Case Western Reserve University.  He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Washington and was a fellow in Social Medicine at Harvard.