Michael VanRooyen
Michael Johannes VanRooyen (born November 19, 1961) is an American humanitarian and physician, best known for his expertise in emergency medicine and aid delivery in humanitarian crises. VanRooyen is the co-founder and current director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative at Harvard University, a university-wide research center that aims to provide practice-based solutions to "relieve human suffering in war and disaster" through interdisciplinary research, education, and policy-development. A leader in the humanitarian field, Boston magazine posited that "the Harvard professor's exploits have inspired legions of followers to dedicate themselves to helping right the political, military, and environmental wrongs of the world." VanRooyen is currently the chairman of the Departments of Emergency Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and also serves as the inaugural chief of Enterprise Emergency Medicine for the Mass General Brigham health system. He is an endowed professor at both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health []. In April 2016, VanRooyen published, The World's Emergency Room: The Growing Threat to Doctors, Nurses, and Humanitarian Workers, a memoir that traces the growing number of attacks on aid workers through VanRooyen's personal experiences in the field. His current work focuses