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Laura A. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

Laura A. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

Center Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Associate Chief of Staff for Research (ACOS/R), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine

Board Certified Internist

Email: laura.petersen@med.va.gov (for primary VA business)

Email: laurap@bcm.edu

Phone: 713-794-8623

Phone: 713-791-1414 ext. 10314

Phone: 713-794-8696

Research Interests

  • Assessment of the influence of financing of health care services (structure) upon the quality (process and outcome) of health care, focusing upon enhancing the value of health care
  • Implementing best evidence into best clinical practice, emphasizing the results of comparative effectiveness research
  • Development of state-of-the-art methods for assessing the quality of health care for cardiovascular disease
  • Rigorous studies of health policy interventions

Education

  • Harvard Medical School Faculty Development Fellowship in General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Chief Medical Resident, West Roxbury Division, Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
  • Residency in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  • M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
  • M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Undergraduate Honours Program, St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland, U.K.
  • B.S. with Honors, University of California, Davis, California

Awards and Activities

  • Member, CMS Technical Expert Panel, Hospital Quality Star Ratings on Hospital Compare, 2014-2015
  • Member, VISN 16 Joint Advisory Governing Board Health Care Delivrye Committee, 2014-2016
  • Elected Member, American Clinical and Climatological Association, 2013
  • Member, VA HSR&D Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Strategic Advisory Committee, 2013-present
  • Member, External Advisory Board, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes (CCOR), 2011-2015
  • National Advisory Committee - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholar Program, 2008-2012
  • Member, National Executive Committee, Ischemic Heart Disease Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, 1998-2015
  • Elected Member, Association of American Physicians
  • Invited Fellowship, American College of Physicians
  • American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, 2005
  • Current Primary Mentor to Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine) for a completed K23 award
  • Current Primary Mentor to Salim Virani, M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine) for a completed VA Career Development Award
  • Current Primary Mentor to LeChauncy Woodard, M.D., M.P.H. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine) for a completed AHRQ Career Development Award
  • Current Primary Mentor to Sylvia Hysong, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine) for a completed VA Career Development Award
  • Current Primary Mentor to Patrick O'Mahen, Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Fellow)
  • Current Secondary Mentor to Molly Horstman, M.D. (Instructor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award, 2002
  • Society of General Internal Medicine, Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year, 2001
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Dr. Petersen's PubMed Link*

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