Leadership & Teams

Dr. Adam Burrows has been the Medical Director of Upham’s Corner PACE, since its inception in 1996 and has guided the program’s expansion to three PACE Centers serving older adults throughout the city of Boston.

Dr. Burrows has been active nationally in promoting and supporting integrated models of community-based care for frail and disabled older adults, serving as chair of the National PACE Association’s Primary Care Committee, editor of the PACE Medical Director’s Handbook, health services consultant for the Rural PACE Project, and member of the National PACE Association Board of Directors, where he is the first physician to serve as chair. Dr. Burrows developed and chairs the Rural PACE Ethics Committee and is a long-standing member of the Massachusetts PACE Ethics Committee.

Dr. Burrows is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his medical residency at Boston City Hospital, chief residency at the Boston VA Medical Center, and geriatric fellowship at the Harvard Division on Aging. He is a member of the Boston University Geriatrics faculty and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine where he twice received the Department of Medicine’s annual Excellence in Teaching Award for community-based faculty. Dr. Burrows is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.

Mari has worked with the Upham’s PACE program since 2002.  In collaboration with the Boston Housing Authority, she developed the first PACE supportive housing for the organization. Most recently in partnership with the City of Boston and the Boston Housing Authority, Mari Pérez-Alers participated in the development of a housing stabilization program with integrated PACE clinical services to end chronic homelessness in Massachusetts.  She has always been and remains committed to the development and implementation of innovative health initiatives that significantly enhanced people’s quality of life.

Her educational background includes a bachelor in Exercise Physiology from Boston University, as well as a Masters and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the MGH-Institute of Health Professions.  Mari Pérez-Alers has completed a one-year intensive management and leadership program at Boston University School of Management.

Nancy joined the Upham’s Elder Service Plan in March 2016.  In September 2018, she assumed the role of PACE Program Director. Her primary responsibilities include oversight and management of PACE clinical and operation staff, ensuring program integrity, and safeguarding the mission of the program.  Nancy works closely with the PACE leadership team to identify strategic and business opportunities.  Together they set the annual goals for the program.

Nancy is also responsible for representing PACE at the UCHC corporate level and is the key contact for both the State and Federal regulators.  Nancy has a thirty five year professional history working in healthcare; her interest and experience has been operational oversight of programs caring for elders and persons with disabilities.  She has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science. In addition, she holds an English as a Second Language degree and certification.