Nathan Connell

Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH, FACP is an associate physician in the Hematology Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Clinical Chief of Hematology at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and a member of the active staff at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Dr. Connell earned his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at Cornell University and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Miami. He subsequently completed his internal medicine residency at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, where he also served as chief medical resident. He stayed at Brown to complete his fellowship in hematology and medical oncology while also earning his Master of Public Health degree in Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health.

His work focuses on the spectrum of von Willebrand factor in health and disease. An excess of von Willebrand factor, due to a deficiency of its cleaving protease ADAMTS13, leads to the life-threatening disorder thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. On the other extreme, an inherited or acquired deficiency of VWF leads to bleeding, including von Willebrand disease, the most common inherited bleeding disorder.

In partnership with the American Society of Hematology (ASH), he helped define the field of systems-based hematology, and his research includes the application of decision-analytic models to evaluate the most cost-effective strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of hematologic conditions. He has shown that rapid turnaround of clinical laboratory information significantly reduces unnecessary blood plasma utilization at a health-systems level. He is past chair of the ASH Working Group on Systems-Based Hematology and is a faculty member for the ASH Medical Educators Institute.

Education and Training

Degrees

• Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2001
• Doctor of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 2007
• Master of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2014

Training

• Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital, Internal Medicine 2007 - 2010
• Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital, Chief Medical Resident 2010 - 2011
• Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital, Hematology & Medical Oncology 2011 - 2014

Awards

• 2007: John K. Robinson Award for Community Service, University of Miami
• 2014: Alpha Omega Alpha
• 2019: Young Alumni Achievement Award, Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences