Program for Language Equity (PLE)

About Us

Our Mission

To promote linguistically accessible healthcare services for patients and families through research, clinical care, medical education, and advocacy.

Core Team

Alisa Khan , MD, MPH

Director, Program for Language Equity, Department of Pediatrics; Pediatric Hospitalist, Hospital Medicine

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Bianca Quiñones-Pérez, MD

Associate Director, Program for Language Equity

Attending Physician, Hospital Medicine Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Veronica Roa

Program Manager, Program for Language Equity

Nadia Pineda-Villegas, BS

Clinical Research Assistant II, Division of General Pediatrics

PLE Steering Committee

Christopher Landrigan , MD, MPH

Chief, Division of General Pediatrics

William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Silvana Bonilla , MD

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Eva Gómez, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CPN

Senior Director, Nursing Lattice Program; Nursing/Patient Care Diversity, Inclusivity, & Professional Advancement

Nandini Mallick

Parent Liaison, Complex Care Services, Boston Children's Hospital

Program Coordinator, Culturally and Linguistically Accessible Services, Massachusetts DPH

Nate Shaar

Business Operations Administrator, Interpreter Services Program, Boston Children's Hospital

PLE Subcommittee Chairs

Marcella Luercio , MD

Attending Physician, Hospital Medicine

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Christina Briscoe Abath , MD, EdM

Pediatric Epileptologist, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Alyssa Coffin, MD