Jonathan Santiago, MD

Jonathan Santiago, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Santiago is also a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and has been deployed overseas. He has also volunteered for the Peace Corps, organizing sugarcane workers and communities in the Dominican Republic. Additionally, he won a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Paris and ultimately spent almost five years abroad working across Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Beyond his work as an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Santiago fights to address health disparities and combat the opioid epidemic as a state representative in the Massachusetts Legislature. He secured millions of dollars for his neighborhood to address the opioid crisis, helped to preserve and expand affordable housing, and worked to pass a once-in-a-generation education reform bill. He also successfully lobbied the MBTA to preserve the #43 MBTA bus, protecting vital public transportation serving seniors and vulnerable communities. Dr. Santiago is proud to have been a leader in one of the most productive and progressive legislative sessions in recent memory. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Santiago was one of the city's leading voices informing and educating the public. In addition to doubling his hours in the emergency room, he served as a member of the House of Representative COVID-19 Working Group to advise policy making and ensure state government accountability. He has also filed legislation to ensure equitable distribution of vaccinations to working families and communities of color throughout the city.