Alexa (Lexi) Curt, MD

MassGeneral Brigham "A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Including Non-English Speakers in Research"

Biography

Alexa (Lexi) Curt, MD, is a resident physician in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Curt’s academic and research interests focus on advancing health equity in the emergency department. Additionally, with an emphasis on language access, gender-based needs, and inclusion of historically marginalized populations in clinical research. Her work includes qualitative and quantitative studies examining barriers to equitable care and research participation, including limited English proficiency and gender discrimination.

As a medical student at Harvard Medical School, she led initiatives to increase diversity in medicine and expand language-concordant care. She received the American College of Emergency Physicians and Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association National Outstanding Medical Student Award in 2024 for these efforts.

Dr. Curt aims to improve emergency department systems through research-driven interventions that reduce disparities in communication, access, and outcomes. Also, she has a commitment of integrating patient and community perspectives into care delivery.

Alexa (Lexi) Curt, MD