Meet the Providers

Alexi Wright, M.D., MPH

Alexi Wright, MD, MPH is a Medical Oncologist in the Gynecologic Oncology Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a health services researcher whose work focuses on improving advanced cancer patients’ quality of life and medical outcomes by developing an evidence base to guide chemotherapy decision-making at the end-of-life and translating these findings into communication-based interventions to ensure that advanced cancer patients’ care is both patient-centered and effective.

Another area of her research agenda focuses on cervical cancer, and specifically discovery work examining the molecular mutations underlying this disease, using high-throughput, next-generation sequencing technology, and understanding how these impact patient outcomes at a population-based level. Her research is supported by grants from the American Cancer Society, American Society for Clinical Oncology, the National Palliative Care Research Center, and generous support from donors.

Dr. Wright has been a regular contributor to The New England Journal of Medicine, and has published papers in Journal of the American Medical Association, The Journal of Clinical Oncology, Archives of Internal Medicine, and Cancer, among others. She is the recipient of merit awards from the American Society of Clinical Oncology in 2008 and 2009. In 2012 she received the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment’s Award for the “Best Trainee Paper” (2008-2012). She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Ovarian Cancer Outcomes Database, National Comprehensive Cancer Center Network.

After receiving her MD from the University of Pennsylvania, she completed an internship and residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, followed by a medical oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber. In 2011 Dr. Wright received her MPH from Harvard School of Public Health.