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W Stephen Black-Schaffer

W Stephen Black-Schaffer, MD

Surgical PathologyClinical and Laboratory PathologyCytopathology

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

About W Stephen Black-Schaffer

Stephen Black-Schaffer, MD, is Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Pathology at Mass General, Pathology Residency Training Program Director, and a surgical pathologist and cytopathologist.

Steve is a past chair of the Program Directors Section at the Association of Pathology Chairs. He is chair of the ACGME Cytopathology Milestone Working Group; led the Pathologists Workforce Summit Group for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) in 2013; is vice-chair of CAP's Economic Affairs Committee and on CAP's Accountable Care Organization Steering Committee and Council on Governmental and Professional Affairs. He is the Medicare Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) representative for the Massachusetts Society of Pathologists, of which he is a past president. He is chair of Massachusetts General Physicians Organization's Managed Care and Contracting Committee, and the Mass General Brigham Physician Fee Council, and a member of Mass General Brigham's Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Governing Council.

Locations

  1. Massachusetts General Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology/Cytopathology, 1983
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology/Cytopathology, 1981
  • Medical Education: Indiana University, 1978

Board Certifications

  • Anatomic Pathology: American Board of Pathology, 1989
  • Anatomic Pathology: American Board of Pathology, 1983
  • Clinical Pathology: American Board of Pathology, 1983