Beth Israel Deaconess names new OB-GYN chief

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has appointed a new chief of obstetrics and gynecology to fill a vacancy created when its former chief left to help rebuild healthcare in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Dr. John Yeh, who was a resident at Beth Israel Hospital in the 1980s, is the new chief. He comes from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, where he was chairman of gynecology-obstetrics since 2000. He earned an undergraduate degree at Harvard College and a medical degree at the University of California, San Diego. After n obstetrics and gynecology residency at Beth Israel, he did clinical fellowships at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston’s Children’s Hospital.

Yeh succeeds Dr. Benjamin Sachs, who became dean of Tulane Medical School in 2007. While at Beth Israel Deaconess, he was honored for a team training approach to reduce medical errors.