Ms. Wasser is the Executive Director for Tufts CTSI and has a faculty appointment in the Tufts University School of Medicine as an Instructor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science. She is responsible for implementing and maintaining all infrastructure and management processes as well as strategic planning; and actively develops Tufts CTSI programming initiatives including public outreach and utilizing technology for distance learning and communications. Her career has spanned both the non-profit and for-profit worlds. Prior to joining Tufts CTSI, Ms. Wasser worked as a contractor to the Department of Defense, educating health professionals in the military. She also held senior level management positions at the American College of Cardiology Foundation, WebMD, and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons directing continuing medical education initiatives.
Her academic career began at Northwestern University Medical School and the University of Chicago Comptrollers’ Office. Her professional experience includes operations, finance, research administration, business development, strategic planning, and medical education programming. She has participated in numerous professional society activities and national conferences related to the topics of continuing medical education and distance learning. Ms. Wasser earned a Bachelor of Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Master of Arts at the University of California at Los Angeles. She also completed two additional years of advanced graduate studies at the University of Chicago.
