Cheri Blauwet, MD is the Chief Medical Officer of Mass General Brigham Spaulding Rehabilitation as well as Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. She is also a retired Paralympic athlete in the sport of wheelchair racing, competing for the United States Team in three Paralympic Games (Sydney ’00, Athens ’04, Beijing ’08) and bringing home a total of seven Paralympic medals. She is also a two-time winner of both the Boston and New York City Marathons.

Translating her background as an athlete to the clinical setting, Dr. Blauwet is a change agent in the area of health equity, with a specific focus on sport and physical activity for health promotion and chronic disease prevention. Her scientific research is focused on injury and illness prevention, athlete mental health, concussion, and the unique needs of the female athlete as well as athletes with disabilities. As evidence of the impact of this work, since joining the Harvard faculty she has been invited to provide 60 national and 32 international lectures on these topics, including multiple keynotes and plenary sessions at major sports medicine and rehabilitation conferences. She has published over 100 peer reviewed papers in distinguished academic journals. In recognition of her work, in 2025 she was named to the Forbes global “Accessibility 100” list. She has been named one Boston’s “Ten Outstanding Young Leaders” by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and designated as named as one of the “40 under 40” community leaders by the Boston Business Journal.

She serves as a Member of the International Paralympic Committee’s Medical Committee, the International Olympic Committee Medical & Scientific Commission, and the Paralympic Advisory Council for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). She additionally serves as Chair of the Board for the Boston Athletic Association (Boston Marathon).