Bio
Donna Zulman, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health at Stanford University and Associate Director at VA Palo Alto’s Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i). Dr. Zulman received her MD from the University of California, Los Angeles. After completing her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, she received a Masters in Health and Health Care Research through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor VA.
Dr. Zulman received a VA Health Services Research & Development Career Development Award (2013-2018). Currently, her research focuses on improving health care delivery and patient-facing technology for individuals with complex medical and social needs. She is one of the PIs of the national VA Virtual Care Consortium of Research, and directs the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative focused on implementing and evaluating virtual care for Veterans with access barriers. Dr. Zulman also leads the Stanford Presence 5 research program, which focuses on interventions to foster physician humanism and connection with patients, and an associated initiative, Presence 5 for Racial Justice, that promotes antiracism communication strategies and interventions to advance health equity.
Dr. Zulman serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, and directs an evaluation center for Stanford's Racial Equity to Advance a Community of Health program. She is actively involved in teaching and mentoring students, residents, and fellows at the VA, and at Stanford, where she directs a course entitled, Methods for Health Care Delivery Innovation, Implementation, and Evaluation. Dr. Zulman was the recipient of the Stanford McCormick Award for the Advancement of Women in Academic Medicine in 2016 and an Exceptional Mentor Award from the American Medical Women’s Association in 2020.
