Family Medicine

Leadership

We aim to increase the number of graduating medical students who have the skills required for and the interest in careers in Family Medicine.

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Leadership

We aim to increase the number of graduating medical students who have the skills required for and the interest in careers in Family Medicine.

  • David Anthony, MD

    David Anthony, MD, MSc

    Director, Medical Student Education; Associate Professor, Teaching Scholar, Department of Family Medicine

    Family Medicine Academic Fellowship: Boston University School of Medicine
    Family Medicine Residency: Brown Family Medicine Residency/Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
    MD, Bowman Gray School of Medicine; MSc, Boston University; BA, Swarthmore College

    Dr. Anthony joined the department in September 2003 after completing a Family Medicine Academic Fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine. He currently serves as Director of Medical Student Education. In this capacity, he oversees the clerkship curriculum, teaches in the clerkship, deals with student issues, attends new preceptor site visits and oversees the faculty that teaches in the clerkship. He is the Co-PI on a HRSA Predoctoral Education Grant devoted to increasing the number and preparedness of Alpert Medical School graduates who are caring for underserved communities. His residency responsibilities include precepting in the Family Care Center, advising, and leading the clinical epidemiology curriculum. He also leads the monthly resident Journal Club. Dr. Anthony is on the Editorial Board of the fmCASES, a network of online virtual patient cases used at over 95 medical schools. His academic interests include the use of electronic resources in education, teaching the care of the underserved, and use and evaluation of reflective narrative in education. 

    Dr. Anthony has received numerous teaching and academic awards, and has been recognized by medical students as a Positive Champion of the Learning Environment multiple times, most recently in 2024.

  • Andrea Arena, MD

    Andrea Arena, MD

    Co-Director, Medical Student Education, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Clinician Educator

    Family Medicine Residency: New York Columbia Presbyterian
    MD, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York; BA, UVM

    Dr. Arena completed her Family Medicine residency at NY Columbia Presbyterian, where she served as chief resident. She completed a mini fellowship in Reproductive Health at Rochester University Department of Family Medicine and a Faculty Leadership Development Fellowship at Brown. Before joining the faculty, she taught in community health centers in Boston, served as the medical director at Stanley Street Treatment and Resources and started a private micropractice. She serves as the Co-Director of Medical Student Education, the director of the FM sub-internship, and faculty advisor for the Family Medicine Interest group and the Women's Clinic at Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic. She is the RI co-cluster leader for the Reproductive Health Access Project, and is active with Brown Human Rights Asylum Clinic. She teaches in the colposcopy and suboxone clinics in the residency.