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Kathryn McDonald
Academic Appointments
- Sr Research Engineer (PI Waiver), Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Rsrch
Contact Information
- Academic
Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-0559Administrative Contact Lauren Albin Assistant Email Tel Work ( 650)724-3544
Professional Snapshot
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)
- President-Elect, Society for Medical Decision Making (2008 - 2009)
- President, Society for Medical Decision Making (2009 - 2010)
- Board of Trustees, Society for Medical Decision Making (2000 - 2005)
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)
Professional Education
| MM/MBA: | Northwestern University(Kellogg), Management, Health Services (1992) |
| BS: | Stanford University, Chemical Engineering (1984) |
Community & International Work
Web Site Links
Scientific Focus
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
- Quality improvement strategies for children with asthma: a systematic review. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009; (6): 572-81
- Coronary artery bypass surgery compared with percutaneous coronary interventions for multivessel disease: a collaborative analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials. Lancet. 2009; (9670): 1190-7
- The influence of economic incentives and regulatory factors on the adoption of treatment technologies: a case study of technologies used to treat heart attacks. Health Econ. 2009; (10): 1114-32
- CABG versus PCI for multivessel coronary artery disease - Authors' reply. Lancet. 2009; (9682): 2200
- 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
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