Fallon Health names Jean Jaoude, MD, MHA, CMD as VP and Medical Director of its Massachusetts PACE program
Worcester, Mass., May 22, 2024—Fallon Health, a nationally recognized not-for-profit health
care services organization, is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Jean Jaoude,
MD as Vice President and Medical Director of its Massachusetts Program of All-Inclusive Care
for the Elderly (PACE), locally called Summit ElderCare®.
In this role, Dr. Jaoude is responsible for supervising the medical care delivery of the
approximately 1,400 participants enrolled in the organization’s five PACE Centers in
Massachusetts. The PACE Centers are located in the communities of Lowell, Springfield,
Leominster, Webster and Worcester. The primary goal of PACE is to allow older adults to live
independently in their homes and communities instead of a nursing home, while maintaining or
enhancing their quality of life with a dedicated care team, transportation, full medical care, and
opportunities for socialization.
Dr. Jaoude comes to Fallon Health with deep experience in family medicine, geriatrics,
hospice, and palliative care. Most recently, he served as the Chief Medical Director of the
Supportive and Palliative Care department within the ChristianaCare Health System in Newark,
Delaware. Prior to that, he was the Chief Medical Officer for Baystate Home Health, Hospice
and Community Palliative Care division in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Jaoude has also
served as a volunteer physician for free medical clinics for underserved populations in Iowa and
was a missionary in South Africa providing education and free hospice care for underserved
communities.
He is Board certified in family, geriatric, and hospice and palliative medicine. He earned his
medical degree from Lebanese University in Lebanon and a Master of Health Care
Administration from the University of Minnesota- Carlson School of Management. Dr. Jaoude
also holds a Medical Director Certification (CMD) from the American Medical Director
Association- the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and completed the
Physician Leadership Academy of the American College of Physician Executives at UnityPoint
Clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Jaoude is multi-lingual and is fluent in written and spoken
Arabic, French, and English.
He is an active member of the American Association for Physician Leadership, American
Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Director Association, American Geriatrics
Society, and American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine as well as the National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
Melissa Randall
Director, Corporate Communications
Fallon Health
508-368-9345
melissa.randall@fallonhealth.org
About Fallon Health
Backed by nearly 30 years’ experience in PACE, Fallon Health is a national leader in providing
high quality care and coverage to frail older adults. Today, its PACE program is the largest in
New England and among the largest in the country. The not-for-profit health care services
organization also operates a PACE program in Western New York. To learn more about Fallon
Health’s Summit ElderCare program, please visit: www.fallonhealth.org/summiteldercare.
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