Bio
Dr. Joseph Hopkins is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health. His clinical practice was in Family Medicine and Geriatrics. He helped found and led an innovative clinic based on patient centered care, evidence-based medicine, shared decisions making, self-management of minor illness and multidisciplinary teams.
Over his career he held multiple major leadership positions at Stanford including Associate Chief Medical Officer, Senior Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety, Associate Chief of Staff, Director of Primary Care, Director of Managed Care and Division Chief of Family Medicine. He received the Physician Leader of the Year award in 2021. He served on multiple local, regional and national committees. At Stanford, he chaired many task forces, project teams and governance groups, including the Committee for Quality, Patient Safety and Effectiveness; the Committee for Professionalism and the Clinician Educator Appointments and Promotions Committee. He also founded and led the Stanford Unit Based Medical Directors program supporting physician and nurse leader dyads in improving care on hospital units. He now serves as an advocate for care of adults with Down Syndrome.
Dr. Hopkins founded and directed the Stanford Leadership Development Program, now in its 21st year. He also initiated a separate program on leading team science research projects. He taught leadership skills to Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows, Emergency Medicine Administrative Fellows, Medicine Chief Residents and Family Medicine Residents. He held workshops on quality improvement, project management and team leadership for residents.
At Stanford, he precepted medical students, residents and physician assistant students in primary care clinics. He received two teaching awards. He also taught quality improvement and cost efficiency as part of the required Family Medicine Clerkship.
Dr. Hopkins scholarship focused on leadership development, physician professionalism, clinical quality improvement, patent safety and team development. He continues to serve as a reviewer of manuscripts for several medical and leadership journals.
