Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a general internist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he practices primary care and attends on the inpatient medicine teaching service.
Dr. Song’s research focuses on the health and economic effects of public policies and private sector interventions in the health care system. This includes studies of payment reform, Medicare financing, health care prices, employer programs, and private capital investments in health care delivery. Related work examines issues in primary care and public health. He directs the Health Policy concentration in the MGH Medicine Residency Program and leads health policy courses for Harvard Medical students and Mass General Brigham residents.
Dr. Song has worked on Medicare payment policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with state policymakers on issues around access and affordability. He has served on committees for the AHRQ, NASEM, and other institutions. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and American Society for Clinical Investigation. He serves as an Associate Editor of JAMA Health Forum and Editorial Board member of Health Services Research and Health Affairs.
Dr. Song trained in internal medicine at MGH. He received an M.D., magna cum laude, and Ph.D. in Health Policy (economics) from Harvard, where he was a fellow in Aging and Health Economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received a B.A. in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University.
