Peter S. Antkowiak, MD, MPH

Chief of Emergency Medicine, APHMFP at Harrington Healthcare
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, BIDMC
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Peter Antkowiak is the Chief of Emergency Medicine at a Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians community affiliate with 40,000+ combined patient visit per year at two emergency departments. In this role, Dr. Antkowiak has recruited and led a team of physicians that have significantly enhanced quality and operational metrics while concurrently optimizing practice revenues. Dr. Antkowiak is responsible for developing long-term strategy, managing the practice budget, and leads all clinical operations including overseeing physician directors in Ultrasound, Education, EMS, Operations, and Quality/Patient Safety at Harrington. Dr. Antkowiak is also an attending physician at BIDMC, is an Associate Program Director of ED Operations Fellowship, and is an instructor at Harvard Medical School. After residency at Maine Medical Center, Dr. Antkowiak completed a fellowship in ED Operations & Administration and an MPH in Healthcare Management & Policy at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His primary interests include ED throughput optimization, understanding resource-utilization, and ED leadership development.