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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.D., Stanford University, 1986

Residency in Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1986-89

Fellowship in General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, 1990-92

M.H.A., University of Washington, 1992

  Daniel S. Lessler, M.D., M.H.A.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Medical Director for Ambulatory and Managed
   Care Systems, Harborview Medical Center
Attending Physician, HMC Adult Medicine Clinic
Division of General Internal Medicine


OFFICE ADDRESS

Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Ave.
Campus Box 359704
Seattle, WA 98104

Email: dlessler@u.washington.edu
Academic Office: (206) 744-2477 or (206) 744-3361
Fax: (206) 744-8668


HONORS

Designated an "Outstanding Teacher" by the UCSF Class of
     1989, 1988
Research Honors Award, Stanford University School of
     Medicine, 1986
March of Dimes Medical Student Fellowship, 1983
Stanford Medical Student Scholars Award, 1983
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Medical Student Fellowship, 1983


CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Impact of strategies for managing care on cost and quality of care
Technology assessment
Physician management


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Goldberg HI, Lessler DS, Mertens K, et al. Self-management support in a web-based medical record: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal on Quality and Safety. 2004;30:629-635.

Wickizer TM, Lessler DS. Utilization management: Issues, effects and future prospects. Annual Reviews of Public Health. 2002;23:233-254.

Lessler DS, Brennan C. Improving health care with evidence-based initiatives. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2002;59:2171.

Lessler DS, Wickizer TM. The impact of utilization management on re-admissions among patients with cardiovascular disease. Health Services Research. 2000;34(6)1315-1315.

Lessler DS, Avins AL. Cost, uncertainty and doctors’ decisions: The case of thrombolytic therapy. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1992;152:1665-1672.



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