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Research Highlights
VA Research Chief Feussner receives Eisenberg Award
Taken from the Veterans Health Administration Highlights dated May 17, 2002
John R. Feussner, MD, MPH, Chief Research and Development Officer for, received the second John Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research in General Medicine at the 25th annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, in Atlanta. The award recognizes members of the society whose work has had an important impact on research methodology, patient care or health policy.
Feussner has directed VA’s health research program since 1996, and conducted research for VA for more than 20 years. He has authored or co-authored some 118 publications in the medical literature, with a focus on health-care delivery, systemic quality improvement, primary-care screening and risk assessment, geriatrics, and cardiovascular health. Prior to his role at Central Office, Feussner was based in Durham, N.C., where he directed VA’s Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care.
Feussner has been in the forefront of VA’s Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), which has gained wide recognition for its progress in translating research findings into clinical practice. He has been a strong advocate for patient-centered care and evidence-based medicine, an approach that has become the hallmark of VA health care in recent years.
The John Eisenberg Award is named for the former director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, who passed away earlier this year after a long illness.
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