Before joining Tulane University in November 2007, Dr. Benjamin Sachs held several senioradministrative positions at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), including Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Harold H. Rosenfield Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (HMS). He also served as a professor in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health in the Faculty of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health. He was the elected President of the BIDMC Physician Organization, an organization of 1,500 physicians for three terms.