top of page

Wayne Altman, MD

Dr. Wayne Altman is President and co-owner of Family Practice Group. At FPG, he has co-led nearly 100 Wellness Groups over the past 16 years. He is also the co-founder of Wellness Campaign, a nonprofit created to promote wellness in communities, as well as with patients and clinicians.

He serves as the Jaharis Family Chair and Professor of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, where he has spent 27 years teaching and mentoring students. During his time at Tufts, he has received 35 teaching awards and citations and has been recognized as a Boston Top Doc 15 times. He previously served as Family Medicine Clerkship Director for 17 years and has directed the Foundations of Patient Care curriculum since 2009.

In addition to his clinical and academic work, Dr. Altman founded MAPCAP (Massachusetts Primary Care Alliance for Patients), which advocates for health policy that features an emphasis on Social Determinants of Health, health equity, a prospective global payment for primary care, and the doubling of primary care investment. Dr. Altman is a Board member and Vice President for the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians and serves as their Legislative Committee Chair. He was presented with the 2023 Advocacy Award by the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1994
University of Massachusetts Family Medicine Residency, 1997

Wayne Altman, MD

(781) 648-9700

bottom of page