Joseph Hopkins

Clinical Professor Emeritus (Active), Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

Academic Appointments

Clinical Professor Emeritus (Active), Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health

Administrative Appointments

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Stanford Health Care (2013 - 2021)
Director, Center for Education & Research in Family & Community Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine (2009 - 2010)
Division Chief, Family & Community medicine, Stanford School of Medicine (2009 - 2010)
Sr. Medical Director for Quality, Stanford Health Care (2007 - 2021)
Director, Stanford Leadership Development Program, Stanford School of Medicine/SHC (2005 - Present)
Associate Director, Center for Eucation & Research in Family & Community Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine (2002 - 2009)
Assoc Chief of Staff, Stanford Hospital & Clinics (2001 - 2007)
Director of Primary Care, Stanford Hospital & Clinics (2000 - 2007)
Assoc Chief Medical Officer, Stanford Hospital & Clinics (2000 - 2001)
Regional Medical Director, Brown & Toland Medical Group (1999 - 1999)
Medical Director Stanford Home Care, Stanford Health Services (1994 - 2001)
Medical Director for Health Plans, Stanford Health Services (1994 - 1998)
Medical Director, Midpeninsula Health services (1977 - 1993)

Honors & Awards

John A Benson Jr, MD Professionalism Article Prize, American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (2018)
Divisional Teaching Award, Stanford Dept. of Medicine, Family & Community Medicine (2003)
Family Medicine Teaching Award, Stanford Center for Education in Family & Community Medicine (2003)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Member, California Academy of Family Physicians (1993 - Present)
Member, American Association for Physician Leadership (2000 - Present)
Member, American Academy of Family Physicians (1977 - Present)

Professional Education

MMM, Univ. of Southern California, Medical Management (2004)
MD, Stanford School of Medicine, Medicine (1973)
BS, University of Illinois, Agricultural Science (1967)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Quality improvement, process improvement, physician leadership development, patient safety, physician professionalism.

2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Medicine
  MED 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Early Clinical Experience in Medicine
  MED 280 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  MED 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  MED 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Directed Reading and Research in Family and Community Medicine
  FAMMED 199 (Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  MED 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Hospice & Palliative Medicine (Fellowship Program)

All Publications

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Professor of Health Policy, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics
Research Interests
Dr. Baker's research is in the area of health economics, and focuses on the effects of financial incentives, organizational structures, and government policies on the health care delivery system, health care costs, and health outcomes.

211 Total Publications
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David Bergman

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Emeritus
Clinical Focus
Pediatrics, General, Health Service Area, Adolescent Medicine
Research Interests
My research has involved the use of new technologies to create different types of patient-doctor transactions. I am also interested in how these new transactions impact clinical care processes. Current work includes the evaluation of a patient portal for children with cystic fibrosis, the use of telemedicine to bring asthma experts into the schools and the attitudes of teens and parents about the use of a secure patient portal for teens.

50 Total Publications
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Jeffrey Chi

Clinical Professor, Medicine
Clinical Focus
Internal Medicine

34 Total Publications
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Ricky Y. Choi, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Clinical Focus
Pediatrics, Primary care, Digital Health, Immigrant health

7 Total Publications
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Alain Enthoven

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Shannon Gilmartin

Sr Res Scholar

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Kate Lorig

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Community based psycoeducational intervention studies of disease self management for people with chronic diseases. arthritis, lung diseases, heart disease AIDs, low back pain and diabetes. Programs and studies in Spanish and English. Interventions are in small groups, mailed or on the Internet.

198 Total Publications
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Gordon O. Matheson

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (Sports Medicine) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Research Interests
Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Rehabilitation, Exercise Medicine, Prevention of Chronic Disease, Human-Centered Design, Conflict of interest in healthcare

41 Total Publications
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Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell

Causal temp, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics

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Arnold Milstein

Professor of Medicine (General Medical Discipline)
Research Interests
Design national demonstration of innovations in care delivery that provide more with less. Informed by research on AI-assisted clinical workflow, positive value outlier analysis and triggers of loss aversion bias among patients and clinicians.

Research on creation of a national index of health system productivity gain.

152 Total Publications
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Nancy Morioka-Douglas, MD, MPH

Clinical Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Research Interests
--Community outreach to underserved populations to address health care disparities, chronic illness prevention, and health promotion.
--Chronic illness care: implementing optimal care for these patients and training the next generation of physicians in these best practices.
--Enhancing physician and staff satisfaction in caring for patients

15 Total Publications
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Michael Adam Pfeffer

Chief Information Officer, Stanford Health Care and Stanford School of Medicine, Associate Dean, Stanford School of Medicine, and Clinical Professor, Medicine Clinical Professor, Medicine
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29 Total Publications