Daniel B. Chonde, MD, PhD

Radiology Resident , Massachusetts General Hospital

Daniel “Dan” B. Chonde, MD PhD is a researcher and clinical fellow in Neuroradiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from MIT with a minor in Theater Arts. Interested in pursuing work with a more direct connection to people, he went on to pursue his doctorate through the Harvard University Program in Biophysics with further training in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics through the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Science & Technology. Through his research in medical imaging he developed a deep interest in patient care and, after completing his PhD, he went on to receive his MD from Harvard Medical School. He did his intern year of clinical medicine at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital in Brockton, MA and then went on to his radiology residency at MGH.

Dan’s current research interests include exploring how art can be used as a tool to engage underserved communities, how art can help develop empathy, and how art-design-technology can be used to improve inclusivity and (in a broader sense) the patient experience. Working with the Mass General Brigham MESH Incubator, he helped develop RadTranslate, a free webtool that provides multilingual instructions to patients. He is the executive director of The Peoples heART, a healthcare-community collaboration aimed at transforming medical culture though reimagining clinical spaces using art and design to ensure health equity. Dan was excited to help build an accessible platform to highlight Native voices in health and hopes it will encourage collaborations between Native communities and academic and industrial partners to foster improved patient and community centered care.

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