Dr. Michael Hood

Michael Hood is an emergency & trauma radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School. He serves as the Service Chief for Radiography across the Mass General Brigham system, where he leads enterprise-wide quality, safety, and process improvement initiatives in X-ray imaging. 

His academic work centers on trauma imaging, operations, and the development of AI/informatics systems that bring structure and clarity to the complexity of radiology data. He is an informaticist and data scientist and has collaborated with multiple industry partners and the American College of Radiology on large-scale AI and structured reporting projects, including building clinical decision support, draft reporting, and postdeployment AI monitoring tools.

Michael is deeply invested in medical education as a coach, mentor, and teacher. He currently serves as the MGH Program Director for the Emergency Radiology Fellowship. At Mass General, he founded the Hindsight Case Conference, a recurring program where residents and faculty review missed findings in a constructive, stigma-free setting. He has also received recognition for his teaching, including an award for best clinical educator during his first year as an attending.

Beyond medicine, Michael has a broad set of pursuits. He is an entrepreneur, data scientist, engineer, artist, and musician. He runs creative ventures ranging from educational platforms to graphic design, music production, and printmaking. A trained pianist and avid traveler, he brings curiosity and a sense of design to both his professional and personal projects. Michael lives in Boston with his husband Bowen.