Gilbert H. Mudge, Jr., MD
President & CEO, Partners HealthCare International
Vice President of International Programs, Partners HealthCare
Appointed to serve as President and CEO of Partners HealthCare International (PHI)
in 2011, Gilbert H. Mudge, Jr., MD, is a global health expert, a Professor of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School, and a world-renowned cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital (BWH) specializing in heart failure, cardiac transplantation and mechanical hearts.
His international career has spanned more than two decades and includes developing
clinical sub-specialty programs, quality initiatives and educational programs throughout
Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Prior to assuming his current international responsibilities with Partners HealthCare, Dr. Mudge
served in a variety of leadership roles at BWH, including Director of Clinical Cardiology, Director
of Cardiac Transplantation, Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, and Chairman
of the BWH and Partners Graduate Medical Education Programs.
Dr. Mudge graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and
completed his internal medicine training at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He joined the
staff at BWH after completing his cardiovascular fellowship there in 1977. Dr. Mudge has held
numerous positions of national leadership, and has authored more than 130 publications.
Gilbert H. Mudge, Jr., MD
President & CEO, Partners HealthCare International
Vice President of International Programs, Partners HealthCare
International work experience
Bermuda, Buenos Aires, Canada, China, Greece,
India, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
Key roles
• Oversee Partners International programs
Key areas of expertise
• Global health care needs
• Developing clinical sub-specialty programs
• Developing quality initiatives and
educational programs
• Medical education
• Strategic assessment, negotiation and
organization of contracts and programs
• International expert in heart failure, cardiac
transplantation and mechanical hearts
Educational background
• MD from Columbia University, College of
Physicians and Surgeons
Additional titles
• Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School
• Internal medicine training at Presbyterian
Hospital, New York
• Senior Cardiologist, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
• Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Diseases
at Harvard Medical School
• Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine
at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Notable past experience
• Director of Clinical Cardiology, Director
of Cardiac Transplantation, and Director
of Cardiovascular Fellowship Program at
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Chairman of the Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and Partners HealthCare Graduate
Medical Education Programs
• Authored over 130 publications