Email

laurap@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Health Srvcs Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Associate Chief of Staff for Research

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States

Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt)

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

John P. McGovern Campus (Office)

2450 Holcombe, Room 01Y
Houston, TX 77021
United States

Education

MD from Case Western Reserve University

05/1988 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Internship at Brigham and Women's Hospital

05/1989 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Internal Medicine

Residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital

05/1991 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Harvard Medical School

05/1993 - Boston, MA United States

General Internal Medicine

BS from University of California, Davis

05/1982 - Davis, California United States

MPH from Harvard School of Public Health

05/1993 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

Member, Strategic Advisory Committee

VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (01/2013)

Member, External Advisory Board

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes (CCOR) (01/2011 - 01/2015)

Member, CMS Technical Expert Panel

Hospital Quality Star Ratings on Hospital Compare (01/2014 - 01/2015)

Member, Executive Committee

Ischemic Heart Disease, VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (01/1998)

Member, National Advisory Committee

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholar Award Program (01/2008 - 01/2012)

Member, Technical Expert Panel

Evidence-Based Synthesis Program, Pay for Performance and Veterans: Effects, Implementation, and Unintended Consequences (01/2017)

Member, Quality Measures Workgroup

Health Information Technology Policy Committee (advisory to National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. David Blumenthal) (01/2010 - 01/2014)

Established Investigator Award

American Heart Association (01/2005)

Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (01/2002)

Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year

Society of General Internal Medicine (01/2001)

Under Secretary's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research

VA HSR&D (12/2017 - 12/2017)

Websites

Memberships

American College of Physicians

Invited Fellow (01/2008)

Association of American Physicians

Elected Member (01/2011)

American Clinical and Climatological Association

Elected Member (01/2013)