Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., was appointed Director of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) on February 5, 2003. Prior to her appointment,
Dr. Clancy served as the Agency's Acting Director and previously
was Director of the AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research.
Dr. Clancy, who is a general internist and health services researcher, is a graduate of Boston College and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Following clinical training in internal medicine, Dr. Clancy was a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. She was also an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond before joining AHRQ in 1990.
Dr. Clancy holds an academic appointment at George Washington University School
of Medicine (Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine) and serves
as Senior Associate Editor, Health Services Research.
Dr. Clancy has served on multiple editorial boards and is currently on the
board of the Annals of Family Medicine, American Journal of Medical
Quality, and Medical Care Research and Review. She has
published widely in peer reviewed journals and has edited or contributed to
seven books. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and was elected a
Master of the American College of Physicians in 2004.
Her major research interests include improving health care quality and patient
safety and
reducing disparities in care associated with patients' race, ethnicity,
gender, income, and
education. As Director, she launched the first annual report to the Congress
on health care disparities and health care quality.
Dr. Clancy lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C, with her husband,
Bill. She enjoys jogging, watching movies, and spending time with her extended
family, especially her four nieces in Virginia.
Current as of April 2009
Internet Citation:
Biography: Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director, AHRQ. April 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/clancybio.htm