Dr. Manraj Kaur

Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation, Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value and Experience (PROVE) Center, Department of Surgery at Mass General Brigham

Dr. Manraj Kaur is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation at the Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value and Experience (PROVE) Center in the Department of Surgery at Mass General Brigham. She is internationally recognized for advancing the systematic inclusion of patient voice in clinical care and research through the development and application of validated patient-reported outcome instruments. Her work has focuses on oncology and reconstructive surgery with a strong emphasis on equity-driven innovation. She has led international initiatives that produced rigorously validated instruments now used worldwide (e.g., GENDER-Q, LARY-Q), enabling standardized assessment of outcomes across diverse populations. These tools support evaluation of treatment effectiveness, inform clinical decision-making, and strengthen the evidence base for high-quality patient-centered care. At Mass General Brigham, Dr. Kaur studies how patient-reported outcome data can be integrated into clinical workflows to guide treatment planning, enhance patient-clinician communication and identify disparities using an intersectional framework. She serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes and as a Board Member of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL). Dr. Kaur has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, received the ISOQOL Donna Lamping Emerging Leader Award, and is recognized globally for advancing equity-focused measurement science that shapes both practice and policy.

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