Programs
John M. Eisenberg, MD, Memorial Lectureship on Therapeutics Research
Program Overview
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Centers for Research and Education on Therapeutics (CERTs) Program established a lectureship to honor John M. Eisenberg, MD, MBA. The Institutions awarded a lectureship include:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Topic: Evaluating Programs and Policies to Improve Therapeutics.
Speaker: Wayne A. Ray PhD (Vanderbilt CERTs)
Date: November 19, 2003
Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Topic: The Interface of Medication Safety and Rational Therapeutics.
Speakers: William H. Campbell PhD, Rowell Daniels MS, PharmD, Diane D. Cousins
BS,RPh (UNC CERTs)
Date: November 5, 2003
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Topic: A System Goal: Benefit the Patient; Manage the Risk.
Speaker: Robert M. Califf MD (Duke CERTs)
Date: December 2, 2003
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Topics: How can we improve outcomes and safety in musculoskeletal disorders?
Speakers: Kenneth Saag MD, MSc (UAB CERTs)
Date: February 5, 2004
Regenstrief Institute at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Topics: Grand Rounds: Using drugs well: what do we need to know and how
can we know it?
Speaker: Richard Platt MD, MSc (HMO Research Network CERTs)
Date: November 19, 2003
University of California, San Francisco, California
Topic: What are our drugs truly doing to our patients?: Lessons from Pharmacoepidemiology.
Speaker: Brian L. Strom MD, MPH (Penn CERTs)
Date: October 16, 2003
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
Topics: Drug-Drug Interactions; Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamic Differences
Between Men and Women; Herbal Products.
Speakers: Daniel C. Malone PhD, RPh, Marietta Anthony PhD, Lane P. Johnson
MD, MPH (Arizona CERTs)
Date: November 14, 2003
Background on John M. Eisenberg, MD, MBA
John. M. Eisenberg, MD, MBA was a highly respected leader in health care. His career was dedicated to ensuring that health care is based on a strong foundation of research and that the services provided reflect the needs and perspectives of patients. As the former Director of AHRQ, Eisenberg spearheaded the efforts of the federal government to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety in American health care. He also worked to increase research in areas that have been relatively neglected in the past, especially improving health care quality, health care disparities and translating evidence-based medicine into improved health care. Eisenberg's work as a clinician and leader in the field of health services research spanned more than 30 years. He held academic appointments at many leading institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and Georgetown University, where he served as the Chairman of the Department of Medicine from 1992 until 1997, when he left to assume the directorship of AHRQ.