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Alan M. Garber

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Phone:(650) 723-0920
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Alan_Garber/
Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Professor
Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch
Professor (By courtesy)
Economics
Senior Fellow (By courtesy)
Stnfd Inst for Economic Policy
Senior Fellow (By courtesy)
Spogli Inst for Intrntl Studies
Member
Cancer Center
Member
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Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Health Research and Policy ; Health Services Research ; Medicine ;
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Member
Institute of Medicine
1998
Member
Association of American Physicians
2003
Member
American Society for Clinical Investigation
1998
Fellow
Association for Health Services Research (AcademyHealth)
1996
Young Investigator Award
Association for Health Services Research (AcademyHealth)
1992
6  honors and awards: view full list
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Chair
Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2005
-
Research Associate and Director, Health Care Program
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
1990
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Director
Center for Health Policy, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
1997
-
Director
Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University School of Medicine
1997
-
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
A.B.
Harvard College
Economics
1976
Ph.D.
Harvard University
Economics
1982
M.D.
Stanford University
-
1983
Postdoctoral Advisees
Barrett Levesque
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:   CHP/PCOR Profile
Research Interests

Topics in the health economics of aging; health, insurance; optimal screening intervals; cost-effectiveness of, coronary surgery in the elderly; health care financing and delivery, in the United States and Japan; coronary heart disease

Publications
  • Garber AM., Baily MN, "Health care productivity. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity" Microeconomics 143-202, More »
  • Garber A, Goldman DP, Jena AB "The promise of health care cost containment." Health Aff (Millwood) 2007 Nov-Dec; 26: 6: 1545-7 More »
  • Shetty K, Garber A "B type natriuretic peptide testing was more cost effective than conventional diagnosis in patients with acute dyspnoea." Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 1: 28 More »
  • Kurian AW, Thompson RN, Gaw AF, Arai S, Ortiz R, Garber AM "A cost-effectiveness analysis of adjuvant trastuzumab regimens in early HER2/neu-positive breast cancer." J Clin Oncol 2007; 25: 6: 634-41 More »
  • Liu H, Bravata DM, Olkin I, Nayak S, Roberts B, Garber AM, Hoffman AR "Systematic review: the safety and efficacy of growth hormone in the healthy elderly." Ann Intern Med 2007; 146: 2: 104-15 More »
56 publications:   view full list

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