Meet Our Team

Eric Chess, JD, MD is the founder and Director of the Paul Freeman Financial Security Program. He is a physician and lawyer with a focus on prevention, wellness and aging populations. Dr. Chess has over a decade of experience as both an inpatient and outpatient internal medicine physician. In addition, Dr. Chess has founded a company developing and implementing evidence-based prevention, health and wellness plans for individuals, corporate and government employees. He has an undergraduate degree in economics and a graduate law degree with experience as a legal and economic consultant. In his role at the Institute, Dr. Chess has developed and implemented a multidisciplinary research and education initiative involving business, law, medicine, neuroscience and social work. His work involves the broad implications of the intersection between financial security and cognitive health.