Kathryn McDonald
Academic Appointments
- Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver), Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research
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Contact Information
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Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-0559Alternate Contact Samantha Chiu Assistant Email Tel Work (650)725-3654
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Executive Director, Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (Stanford School of Medicine) (1998 - present)
- Executive Director, Center for Health Policy (Stanford Insititute for International Studies) (2003 - present)
- Co-Director, Health Services and Policy Scholarly Concentration (Stanford School of Medicine) (2003 - present)
- Past President, Society for Medical Decision Making (2010 - 2011)
- President, Society for Medical Decision Making (2009 - 2010)
- President-Elect, Society for Medical Decision Making (2008 - 2009)
Honors and Awards
- Saenger Distinguished Service Award, Society for Medical Decision Making (2007)
- Teaching Award, Stanford Department of Medicine (2006)
- Most Outstanding Abstracts Award, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (2006)
- Outstanding Student in Health Services Management Award, Northwestern University (1992)
- Austin Scholar, Northwestern University (1990)
- Arthur Anderson Award, Northwestern University (1990)
Professional Education
| MM/MBA: | Northwestern University(Kellogg), Management, Health Services (1992) |
| BS: | Stanford University, Chemical Engineering (1984) |
Community and International Work
- Health and Governance
- Technological Changes in Healthcare (TECH), Stanford Coordinating Center
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
My research and educational activities focus on evidence-based medicine, patient-centered concerns, health care quality, and patient safety. I enjoy forming and participating in multi-disciplinary teams to identify, highlight and formulate solutions to issues of suboptimal performance of the health care system, both in the US and abroad.
Publications
- Determinants of adverse events in vascular surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2012; (5): 788-97
- Assessment of a novel hybrid Delphi and Nominal Groups technique to evaluate quality indicators. Health Serv Res. 2011; (6pt1): 2005-18
- Expanding the uses of AHRQ's prevention quality indicators: validity from the clinician perspective. Med Care. 2011; (8): 679-85
- Systematic review: benefits and harms of in-hospital use of recombinant factor VIIa for off-label indications. Ann Intern Med. 2011; (8): 529-40
- Approach to improving quality: the role of quality measurement and a case study of the agency for healthcare research and quality pediatric quality indicators. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009; (4): 815-29
- CABG versus PCI for multivessel coronary artery disease - Authors' reply. Lancet. 2009; (9682): 2200
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