Laura Sullivan

Laura Sullivan, MD, was named CHA’s chief of family medicine in 2017. Dr. Sullivan joined CHA in 2006 as the medical director of the East Somerville Health Center. She then became the medical director at the Malden Family Medicine Center in 2008 and later served as interim chief of family medicine. Dr. Sullivan was a staff physician at both sites and has held many leadership positions including president and secretary/treasurer of the CHA medical staff. She has played a key role in CHA’s transition to an accountable care organization and the implementation of the patient-centered-medical-home model of care.

As chief of family medicine, Dr. Sullivan is responsible for helping the department grow, improving its systems and access and supporting the training for the next generation of physicians as part of the Tufts University Family Medicine Residency program in Malden.

Dr. Sullivan is an assistant clinical professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. She received her medical doctorate from Chicago Medical School and completed the University of Massachusetts Worcester Family Medicine Residency. Prior to joining CHA, Dr. Sullivan worked with various vulnerable populations as a locum tenens physician, in rural Washington state, the Massachusetts state prison system and Plumley Village Health Services, part of UMass Memorial Health Care.