Dr. Hutter is a general and gastrointestinal surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where his clinical work focuses on advanced laparoscopic, foregut and bariatric surgery. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, completed his surgical training and a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery at MGH. He is a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and earned a Master’s in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and a Master’s in Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the Director of the Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery at the MGH and serves as an executive director of the Department of Surgery Quality and Safety Program.
Dr. Hutter was elected by membership to be the president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) in 2019-20. He has been the chair of the Data Committee for the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®) and has helped to lead the development and implementation of the national data collection system for bariatric surgery since its inception in 2005. Dr. Hutter has served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, as chair of the Health Care Quality and Outcomes Committee for the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and as member of the Board of the Fellowship Council.
His overall academic focus is on the development, implementation and responsible use of data collection systems in surgery, with a focus on assessing and improving the quality of surgical care.