Instructor in Medicine

Dr. Birdee received his B.A. in Religion and B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Rochester. He continued at the University of Rochester to obtain his M.D. He completed an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. He received a Masters of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed the Integrative Medicine Research and Faculty Development Fellowship at the Osher Research Center Harvard Medical School in 2009. He is in a 500 hour teaching training program with the Krishnamacarya Healing and Yoga Foundation in Chennai, India and the Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Birdee's research focuses on the translation and evaluation of traditional and modern yoga techniques for clinical therapy among patients with chronic diseases. He practices Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital Revere Healthcare Center.