Jatin Dave, MD

Dr. Dave is the primary clinical liaison between MassHealth (Massachusetts Medicaid) and Commonwealth Medicine, emphasizing the close working relationship between the organizations. In addition to helping guide the leadership team in the Office of Clinical Affairs, Dr. Dave is a key part of the MassHealth executive team. As chief medical officer, he provides medical, clinical, policy, and strategic oversight of all health care services for MassHealth members and represents the program on clinical matters. Previously Dr. Dave served for the New England Quality Care Alliance as a chief medical officer. He is also a consultant for the palliative care team at Tufts Medical Center and assistant clinical professor of medicine with Tufts University School of Medicine. Prior to that, Dr. Dave served as medical director of geriatrics and Senior Care Options at Tufts Health Plan and he was a primary care physician and consultant geriatrician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After his internal medicine training at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Dave completed a general internal medicine fellowship at NYU. He completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Harvard University and received a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Dave earned a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery at Gujarat University in Gujarat, India.