CURRICULUM VITAE
Lawrence Peter Casalino MD, MPH, PhD
Livingston Farrand Professor of Public Health
Chief, Division of Health Policy and Economics
Weill Cornell Medical College
402 E. 67th St. , Room LA-217 Phone: 646-962-8044
New York, NY 10065-6304 E-mail:
Education:
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Health Services Research) 1997
Specialty area: organizational sociology
M.P.H. University of California, Berkeley 1992
M.D. University of California, San Francisco 1979
B.A. Boston College (Philosophy) 1970
Academic Appointments:
Weill Cornell Medical College:
Chief, Division of Healthcare Policy and Economics 2014-
Department of Healthcare Policy and Research
Livingston Farrand Professor of Public Health 2013-
Chief, Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research 2008-2013
Department of Public Health
Livingston Farrand Associate Professor of Public Health 2008-2013
University of Chicago:
Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Health Studies 2007-2008
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Studies 2000-2007
Faculty, Center for Health and the Social Sciences 2005-2008
Faculty, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy 2001-2008
Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program 2000-2006
Stanford University:
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine 1995-2000
Other Employment:
Senior Advisor to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research 2014-2016
and Quality (AHRQ)
U.S. Federal Trade Commission:
Consultant, anti-trust cases 2003-2006, 2009, 2014
Center for the Study of Health System Change
Provider Research Team Member for the Community Tracking Study 2000-2001
Provider Research Team Leader for the Community Tracking Study 2002-2004; 2007-2008
California Bureau of State Audits 1998
consultant
Coastside Medical Clinic 1980-1995
family physician, co-founder
Stanford Coastside Medical Clinic 1995-2000
family physician
United Farmworkers Union 1972, 1974
organizer
Honors and Awards:
John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize from the American Board 2016
of Internal Medicine
Herbert W. Vaughan Visiting Professor in General Internal Medicine and Primary 2011
Care, Harvard Medical College and Brigham & Women’s Hospital
John Fry Fellow, Nuffield Trust, London 2010
Chair, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting 2010
Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award in Health Policy Research 2000-2004
Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1966-1970
Professional Service
External Boards, Technical Expert Panels, Committees:
Technical Expert Panel 2016-
AHRQ Comparative Health System Performance Initiative
New England Journal of Medicine 2015-
Thought Leader – New Marketplace, New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst
Congressional Budget Office 2015-
Panel of Health Advisors
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at the 2015
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services/RAND Corporation
Technical Expert Panel: Ambulatory Care Payment and SES
New York City Advanced Primary Care Planning Workgroup 2015-
Institute on Medicine as a Profession 2015-
Medical Professionalism in an Organizational Age Task Force
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at the 2015
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services/RAND Corporation
Technical Expert Panel: Provider and Insurer Market Concentration
Rutgers Center for State Health Policy 2015
External Advisory Committee
American Hospital Association 2012-
Committee on Research
Health Research and Educational Trust 2012-
Board of Trustees
American Medical Group Association Foundation
Board of Directors 2008-2015
Steering Committee: Chronic Illness Care Challenge Campaign 2012-2014
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2008-2016
National Advisory Committee
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program
American Medical Group Association Foundation: 2014-15
National Advisory Committee for the AMGA National Diabetes Campaign
National Quality Forum 2013-14
Expert Panel for the Risk Adjustment and Socioeconomic Status project
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) 2013
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Mathematica
Policy Research Institute
Technical Expert Panel: “Identifying High-Performing Health Care
Organizations”
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2012-13
Technical Expert Panel: "AHRQ Value and Efficiency Surveys and
Communicating About Value Checklist”
American Medical Group Association Foundation 2012-
Scientific Advisory Committee for the “Measure Up, Pressure Down
National Campaign to Improve Hypertension Detection
and Care in Clinical Settings”
American Medical Association 2012-
Advisory Committee on Professional Satisfaction,
Care Delivery and Payment
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services 2012
Technical Expert Panel: “Evaluation of DHHS Delivery
System Reform Efforts and Affordable Care Provisions.”
American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation 2012
Organizational Assessment Tool Advisory Committee
National Cancer Institute 2012
Expert Panel
Evaluation of the NCI Provider Survey Initiative
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2011-
Technical Expert Panel
Collecting Data on Physicians and Their Practices
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting
Abstract Review Committee: Improving Safety, Quality, and Value 2014
Chair of the Annual Research Meeting 2010
Planning Committee 2008-2009
Theme Leader: Processes to Improve Quality 2008-2009
Chair, Article of the Year Committee 2008
Article of the Year Committee 2006-2007
Abstract Review Committee 2007
Executive Committee 2005
Theme Leader: Care of Patients with Chronic Diseases 2005
Chair, Dissertation Award Committee 2005
Dissertation Award Committee 2004
Partners Community Health Care 2011
External evaluator for the Partners Pay for Performance
Program
National Committee for Quality Assurance 2010-2011
Accountable Care Organization Task Force
CAHPS Patient-Centered Medical Home Survey 2010-2011
Technical Expert Panel
CAHPS Clinician and Group Survey 2009-10
Technical Expert Panel
Health Affairs 2009-2010
Special assistant to the editors for the special issue on
Reinventing Primary Care
The Century Foundation 2008
Working Group on Medicare Reform
American Pediatric Association, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2008-2009
and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Steering Committee, Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative
Department of Health and Humans Services and the Robert Wood 2007
Johnson Foundation
Expert Panel on Quality and Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology Adoption Initiative
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) 2007
Reviewer for the March, 2007 Report to the Congress: Assessing
Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth System
Advisory Council for “Transforming Medicare into a Sustainable and 2006-2007
Equitable Health Program for America’s Elderly.”
Funded by the Smith-Richardson Foundation
PIs: Len Nichols and Robert Berenson
Regional Market Pilot Evaluation for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2006-2007 Consultant. P.I. Dennis Scanlon, U. Pennsylvania
Institute of Medicine 2005
External Reviewer for Report #2 – “Medicare’s Quality Improvement
Organization Program: Maximizing Potential” - for the Committee on
Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures, Payment
and Performance Improvement Programs.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2005-2006
Expert Advisory Council for the Regional Market Pilot Program
The Leapfrog Group 2005-2006
Advisory Panel re Expanding Rewards for Quality
Aetna Medicare Health Support Disease Management Program 2005-2006
(funded under a competitive contract with the Center for Medicare
and Medicaid services); Physician Advisory Board member
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2004
Technical Review Panel: Medicare Fee-for-Service Chronic Care
Improvement Program
Center for Value Purchasing Project 2004
Park Nicollet Institute Health Research Center
funded by the AHRQ Partnership for Quality Initiative
Center for Health Information Technology Leadership 2004
Expert Panel Member for “The Value of Information Technology
in Chronic Disease Management”
Connecting for Health (Markle Foundation; Robert Wood 2004
Johnson Foundation)
Work Group on Financial, Legal, and Organizational
Sustainability of Electronic Interconnectivity
Robert Wood Johnson and California HealthCare Foundations 2002
"Rewarding Results" program
National Advisory Committee
Harvard University Study 1998-1999
"Incentives in California Physician Groups”
Advisory Committee
Mathematica Policy Research Institute 1998-2000
MedPAC Study of "Health Plans’ Selection and Payment of Providers"
Advisory Committee
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1997-1998
"Strengthening the Patient-Provider Relationship"
Advisory Committee
Study Sections:
National Institutes of Health 2011
Common Fund Center for Scientific Review
Special Emphasis Panel
Integrating Comparative Effectiveness Research Findings into Care Delivery through
Economic Incentives
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2010
Special Emphasis Panel
Delivery System Demonstration Grants
National Institutes of Health 2004
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Special Emphasis Panel
Translational Research for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2002
"Partnerships for Quality" program
Editorial Boards and Activities:
Co-editor (with Richard Kronick and Andrew Bindman) for a special issue of
Health Services Research. December, 2015:
“Incentives for Physicians: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn”
Medical Care Research and Review (editorial board) 2002-2015
Peer Review for Journals:
Annals of Family Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Health Affairs
- theme advisor, primary care issue, 2010
- theme advisor, workforce issue, 2013
Health Services Research
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Journal of Health Economics
Inquiry
Lancet
Medical Care Research and Review
Milbank Quarterly
New England Journal of Medicine
Social Science & Medicine
Peer Review for Foundations:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"Partnerships in Quality" program
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"Health Care Financing and Organization" program
National Endowment for the Humanities
California Healthcare Foundation
Administrative and Committee Activities at Weill Cornell Medical College:
Member, Care Delivery and Operations Committee, Weill Cornell Physician Organization 2015-
Reviewer, Seed Grant Proposals for Cornell-Ithaca and Well Cornell Medical College 2014
Collaborations
Co-chair, search committee for a chief for the Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness 2015
Research
Member, search committee for a chief of the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology 2014
Co-chair, search committee for a chief for the Division of Health Systems Innovation 2014-
and Implementation Science
Co-chair, search committee for a chief for the Division of General Internal Medicine 2013-14
Chief, Division of Health Economics and Policy, Dept. of Healthcare Policy and Research 2014-
Chief, Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Dept. of Public Health 2008-13
Co-chair, Weill Cornell Healthcare Leadership Fellows Program 2011-
Member, Clinical Transformation Task Force, Weill Cornell Medical College Physician 2011-2014
Organization
Co-chair, search committee for a new chief for the Division of General Internal Medicine 2010-2012
Weill Cornell Physician Organization Clinical Integration Task Force 2010-11
Administrative and Committee Activities at the University of Chicago:
Admissions Committee, PhD Program, Dept. of Health Studies 2008
Physician In Context Committee, the Pritzker Initiative Curriculum Review 2005-2008
Faculty Advisor, Pritzker Student Advising Societies 2005-2008
Faculty Grading Working Group, Pritzker School of Medicine 2005-2006
Steering Committee, Licensing Committee for Medical Education 2004
Institutional Task Force
Chief Faculty Advisor, MD/MBA program 2003-2008
Chair, Departmental Health Service Research Search Committee 2003-2004
Dean’s Special Committee to Review the Department of Medicine 2003
Dean’s Institutional Task Force to Review the School of Medicine 2003
Chair, Family Medicine Governance/Search Committee 2001-2002
Faculty Club 2002-2003
board member and chair of membership committee
Admissions Committee, MS Program 2001-2008
Dept. of Health Studies
Pre-Clinical Course Review Committee 2000-2008
Other Administrative and Board Responsibilities:
Integrated Bay Area Network Physician-Hospital Organization 1993-1994
Board of Directors
Serra Medical Group IPA 1985-1992
Board of Directors
Vice President (1990-92)
Seton Medical Center, Coastside 1984-1986
Medical Staff President
Teaching:
Courses:
Co-director: Health Policy Medical Student Area of Concentration 2014-
Study Design and Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research 2012
Weill Cornell Medical College
(course co-creator and co-director)
The Social Context of Medicine, University of Chicago 2000-2008
(course director; required course for all first year medical students)
Topics in U.S. Health Economics, Sociology, and Policy, University of Chicago 2003-2008
(course director: graduate seminar cross-listed in Law, Public Policy,
Sociology, and Health Studies)
Summer Research Course for Medical Fellows, University of Chicago 2002-2008
(instructor; teach segments on qualitative methods and on the use of
organized processes to improve quality in health care)
Medical Student Summer Research Group Leader, University of Chicago 2005-2006
Instructor, Executive MBA Program In Health Care, University of California, 1999
Irvine
Primary Care Clerkship Preceptor, Stanford University 1995-2000
K Awards Mentored:
Alyna Chien, M.D. K08 from AHRQ. “Do Performance Incentives Improve Healthcare Quality For Vulnerable Populations?” Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.
Caleb Alexander. M.D. K08 from AHRQ. “A randomized trial to reduce patient’s out-of-pocket prescription costs.” Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Andrew Ryan, Ph.D. K01 from AHRQ. “Estimating Hospital Outcome Quality: Applications to Pay-for-Performance.” Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College.
Yuhua Bao, Ph.D. K01 from the National Institute of Mental Health. “Designing payment and performance evaluation for depression care management.” Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College.
Tara Bishop, MD. K23 from the National Institute of Aging. “Hospital Employment of Physicians and the Quality of Medical Care for Older Adults.” In progress.
Other Career Development Awards Supervised:
Matthew Press, MD. “Primary Care-Oncology Collaboration for Patients with Medical Comorbidities.” American Cancer Society Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians, 7/1/13-7/1/16.
Doctoral Dissertation Committees:
David Nyweide (Health Services Research, Dartmouth, May, 2009). “Does Continuity Matter? Measuring the Quality of Ambulatory Care Among Chronically Ill Elders in the United States.”
Lei Jin. (Sociology, University of Chicago, May, 2005). “Effects of Clinical Decision Support Tools on Physicians’ Clinical Autonomy.”
Doctoral Specialty Field Exams Supervised:
Alex Chandler (Sociology, University of Chicago, 2006)
Daniel Menchik (Sociology, University of Chicago, 2006)
Masters Theses Supervised:
Pamela Ehliach. MS in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Weill Cornell Medical College. (2014) “Impact of Health Insurance on Emergency Department Utilization.”
Melinda Chen. MS in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, 2014. “Patient Care Outside of Office Visits: A Primary Care Physician Time Study.”
Alyna Chien. MS in Health Studies, University of Chicago. (2010). “Unintended Consequences of Quality Measurement.”
Dinesh Kumar. MA in the Social Sciences, University of Chicago. (2007). “A Dose of Competition: Selective Contracting in the 1980s. California and the Further Transformation of American Medicine.”
Alexia Torke. MS in Health Studies, University of Chicago (2007). “Physician Communication with Surrogate Decision Makers About End of Life Care.”
Emily Pela. M.A. in the Social Sciences, University of Chicago (2006). “Quality Measurement and Improvement of Depression Treatment: The Roles of Treatment-Seeking, Compliance, and the Coordination of Care.”
Rachelle Bernacki. M.S. in Health Studies, University of Chicago (2005). “Predictors of documented code status among six academic medical centers.”
Blyrn Caharian. M.A. in the Social Sciences, University of Chicago (2004). "The Business of Medicine: The MD/MBA Dual Degree Trend in Medicine."
Caleb Alexander. M.S. in Health Studies, University of Chicago (2003). “Patient-Physician Communication About Out of Pocket Costs.”
In addition, I have supervised a number of medical fellows’ research (e.g. through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar program), including, but not limited to:
Keiki Hinami. Hospitalist Scholar, University of Chicago (2008). “Coordinating the Hospital Care of Chronic Liver Patients Under Co-Management.”