About Us/Leadership
Affiliated Pediatric Practices
115 Fourth Avenue
Needham, MA 02494
(781) 433-3049
President --- Shelly C. Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D.
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Dr. Bernstein received his A.B. and Ph.D. in genetics from The University of Chicago and his M.D. from The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine prior to completing his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital in Boston. He then completed a hematology-oncology fellowship at Children's Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He had a significant research career prior to joining Weston Pediatric Physicians in 1990, and is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Prize. Dr. Bernstein is an |
| Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and has ongoing teaching responsibilities of medical students and residents. He is board certified in pediatrics, a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Bernstein has a special interest in hematology and oncology and, in addition to his patients at Weston Pediatrics, he also cares for children at The Jimmy Fund Clinic at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He also holds hospital appointments at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Children’s Hospital Boston, Newton Wellesley Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Bernstein has established himself as a leader in pediatric medical management. He was a founding member of Affiliated Pediatric Practices (APP) and has been instrumental in leading and supporting the growth of the organization from five original practices to 17 practices in eastern Massachusetts, representing over 80 physicians in community pediatric practice offices. He previously served as Vice President and Medical Director of APP and was responsible for developing and overseeing medical management and utilization management activities for the organization. Dr. Bernstein has served on numerous Partners Healthcare Inc. (PCHI) Committees, including PCHI Medical Management, as well as having co-chaired the Pediatric Medical Management and Pediatric P & T Committees. He currently serves on the PCHI Board of Trustees.
Dr. Bernstein was awarded the 2004 Partners Community HealthCare, Inc. (PCHI) Samuel O. Thier, M.D. Physician Leadership Award recognizing a PCHI physician whose qualities inspire others and who leads by example. In addition, APP received the Nesson Award for Excellence in 2003 for the development of an Asthma Disease Management Program, which Dr. Bernstein developed and oversees, and in 2005 for APP’s Patient Experience Program. He was a founding member and President of the Tufts Affiliated Health Plan IPA at Children’s Hospital, and served on the Central Physicians Committee and Overseers Committee for Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization, Inc. He also served on the Physicians Liaison and Pediatric Advisory Committees for Blue Cross of Massachusetts. |
Medical Director --- Gregory Felch, M.D. |
| Dr. Felch graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in philosophy, and received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He served as Resident and Chief Resident in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He has been a Pediatrician and Managing Partner at Greater Lowell Pediatrics since 1988, and has held numerous positions at Lowell General Hospital, including Chief of Pediatrics and Director of the
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| Newborn Nursery. In 1999, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Lowell General Hospital Physician-Hospital Organization, which provides healthcare contracting and medical management services for more than 220 physicians, and served as Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2004. He was named a Corporator of Lowell General Hospital in 2003.
Dr. Felch joined the clinical faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine in 1982, and spent many years training pediatric residents at the Floating Hospital for Children, for which he was twice honored with their faculty teaching award. From 1985 to 1989, he staffed the Hospital’s School Function Program, which evaluated and treated children with attentional and learning disorders.
In 2005, Dr. Felch joined the Board of Directors of Affiliated Pediatric Practices (APP), and was subsequently elected Medical Director. He is responsible for developing and overseeing medical management and utilization programs for the organization. He also serves on the Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. (PCHI) Managed Care Contracting and Medical Management Committees, as well as the Central Physicians Committee of the Tufts Associated HMO.
Dr. Felch completed the Certificate Program of advanced training in Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, with faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health, in 1994. That same year his co-authored book on infant development and health care was published by Dell Publishing in New York.
Dr. Felch is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the American College of Physician Executives. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of its Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
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