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, CMS Technical Expert Panel

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

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)

Member, Learning Health System Planning Committee

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2023)

Inducted Member

Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame (10/2015 - 10/2015)

Professional Interests

• Assessing how health care policy, organization, and financing affects the quality and safety of health care
• Development of state-of-the-art methods for assessing the quality of health care
• Rigorous studies of health policy interventions

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)