Wayne Altman, MD

Dr. Wayne Altman served as the Jaharis Family Chair and Professor of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine for close to a decade. Dr. Altman received 35 teaching awards and citations during his 28 years at Tufts. He has also been recognized as a Boston Top Doc 15 times.

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Dr. Altman’s research interests include health policy, wellness group visits, medical education, medical scribes, and vaccine hesitancy.

 

Dr. Altman practices at Family Practice Group (FPG) in Arlington where he is President and co-owner of the practice. At FPG, Dr. Altman has co-led close to 100 Wellness Groups over 17 years. He is the Co-Founder of Wellness Campaign, a non-profit created to promote wellness in communities, as well as with patients and clinicians.

 

Dr. Altman is the founder of MAPCAP (MA Primary Care Alliance for Patients) which advocates for health policy that features an emphasis on Social Determinants of Health, a prospective global payment for primary care, and the doubling of primary care investment.

 

Dr. Altman cofounded Care That Matters, a multi-disciplinary group of health care professionals across the country advocating for pay for performance quality measures that are both patient-centered and evidence-based.

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Dr. Altman is a Board member and President-Elect for the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians and serves as their Legislative Committee Chair. He was presented with the 2023 Advocacy Award by the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians