Edward Ralph Marcantonio MD, MS

Dr. Edward Ralph Marcantonio, MD, SM is the Section Chief for Research in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Under Dr. Marcantonio’s leadership over the last 13 years, the program has grown from 8 to 18 investigators, while extramural funding has increased from $2 million to over $10 million annually. Dr. Marcantonio is an internationally recognized expert and clinical investigator in the area of delirium (acute confusion), in which he has performed numerous observational and interventional research studies. He currently leads two NIH-funded R01 studies in this area focused on improving diagnostic strategies for delirium, and biomarker discovery for delirium. 

Dr. Marcantonio's broader research interests include improving the quality of care for hospitalized older adults, predictors of hospitalization and unplanned hospital readmission, and outcomes of non-cardiac and cardiac surgery in older adults. Dr. Marcantonio serves as BIDMC site director of the HMS Fellowship in General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, teaches Epidemiology in the Clinical Effectiveness Program at Harvard School of Public Health, and has mentored nearly 50 students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members.