Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD MPH

Assistant Professor in the Division of Interventional Radiology in the Department of Radiology at Boston Medical Center

He received his BA from Macalester College (Saint Paul, MN), and MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He holds an Advanced Professional MPH with a concentration in Health Care Policy and Health Care Administration from Yale University. He completed a residency in Radiology as well as a 4th year concentration in Interventional Radiology (IR) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a fellowship in IR at the University of Virginia and is a diplomat of the American Board of Radiology. At Boston Medical Center, he serves as the Associate Program Director for the Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology pathway and as the Director of the Radiology Medical Student Selective and Electives. He is the Founding Chair of RISQCS (Radiology Interventions Safety Quality and Complications Symposium), a dedicated medicolegal, patient-safety, and risk management IR educational initiative for medical students, IR trainees and practicing IR’s, and which has been endorsed by the Society of Interventional Radiology