Alexander Blood MD, MSc, FACC, ABOM

Dr. Alexander J. Blood is a cardiologist and intensivist in the Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he serves as the associate director of the Accelerator for Clinical Transformation research group. In this role, he provides care and conducts research on optimizing healthcare delivery for both patients and providers. Dr. Blood also serves as the director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, critical care medicine, and obesity medicine, Dr. Blood is an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the CEO of AIwithCare, a startup company that delivers AI-enabled solutions for research, clinical operations, and patient care.

Dr. Blood has published 19 research articles in leading journals, including JAMA, NEJM AI, JAMA Cardiology, and Circulation. He has presented late-breaking clinical trials at the annual scientific sessions of both the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. He teaches clinical fellows at Brigham and Women's Hospital in the Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) residents in the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Intensive Care Unit. He also teaches and mentors research fellows in obesity medicine, cardiovascular disease, and clinical informatics.

Dr. Blood completed his residency in internal medicine at Duke University. He then completed fellowships in cardiovascular disease and critical care medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in 2015. Additionally, he holds a Master of Science degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University.