Anne C. Beal

Anne C. Beal, M.D., M.P.H., is Assistant Vice President for the Program on Quality of Care for Underserved Populations. The goal of the program is to improve the quality of health care delivered to low-income Americans and members of racial and ethnic minority groups and to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. The program builds on efforts to improve quality of care overall in the United States, focusing on safety net institutions and other health care settings that serve large numbers of low-income and minority patients. Dr. Beal’s entire career has focused on addressing the healthcare needs of low income and minority patients, beginning with her work as a physician on mobile medical units delivering healthcare services to children living in homeless shelters throughout New York City. Prior to joining the Fund, Dr. Beal was a health services researcher at the Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, she was Associate Director of the MGH Multicultural Affairs Office, an attending physician within the division of General Pediatrics, an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and was a research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Beal’s research interests include social influences on preventive health behaviors for minorities, racial disparities in health care, collection of race/ethnicity data, and quality of care. She serves on the advisory boards for many organizations, has been a reviewer for the Health Systems Research study section of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and was recently appointed as co-chair of the Healthcare Disparities Technical Advisory Panel for the National Quality Forum (NQF) Ambulatory Care Measures’ Project. Dr. Beal is also the author of The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years. Dr. Beal holds a B.A. from Brown University, an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, and an M.P.H. from Columbia University. She completed her internship, residency, and NRSA fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.