Neal Dickert, Jr., MD, PhD
Thomas R. Williams Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology (Secondary)
Director, Network Capacity Core and Recruitment Center, Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
Co-Director, Emory Health Services Research Center
Neal Dickert, Jr., MD, PhD, is an associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. He also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health, is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Emory Center for Ethics, and is a member of the Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute. Dr. Dickert is a board-certified cardiologist whose clinical work is primarily in cardiac critical care and echocardiography. He completed medical school at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a PhD in health policy and bioethics and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins and a cardiology fellowship at Emory. Dr. Dickert joined the faculty at Emory in 2012.
Dr. Dickert’s research focuses on ethics and decision-making, primarily in the context of clinical care and clinical research in cardiovascular disease. In particular, he is actively engaged in research projects addressing challenges related to operationalizing shared decision-making and cost communication and the conduct of clinical research in acute care contexts where informed consent is either impossible or very difficult. Dr. Dickert is also interested in and has published work regarding research recruitment broadly, informed consent, and diversity and representativeness in clinical trials.
As the interim director of the HSR Center, Dr. Dickert will be entrusted with the continued advancement of health services research in the combined center, as well as nurturing collaborative efforts in health services research across the SOM, WHSC, RSPH, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Grady Memorial Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Atlanta VA Medical Center, and other related Emory departments and schools. The interim director’s overarching mandate in this regard will be to lead the expansion, implementation, and promotion of health services research that is designed to improve patient outcomes and value, optimize patient-centeredness, enhance access, and minimize disparities within the Emory system. In this respect, the Center and its affiliated faculty seek to impact care locally and to grow Emory’s reputation as a paradigm for clinical/research institutions nationwide.
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology (Secondary)
Director, Network Capacity Core and Recruitment Center, Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
Co-Director, Emory Health Services Research Center
Neal Dickert, Jr., MD, PhD, is an associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. He also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health, is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Emory Center for Ethics, and is a member of the Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute. Dr. Dickert is a board-certified cardiologist whose clinical work is primarily in cardiac critical care and echocardiography. He completed medical school at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a PhD in health policy and bioethics and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins and a cardiology fellowship at Emory. Dr. Dickert joined the faculty at Emory in 2012.
Dr. Dickert’s research focuses on ethics and decision-making, primarily in the context of clinical care and clinical research in cardiovascular disease. In particular, he is actively engaged in research projects addressing challenges related to operationalizing shared decision-making and cost communication and the conduct of clinical research in acute care contexts where informed consent is either impossible or very difficult. Dr. Dickert is also interested in and has published work regarding research recruitment broadly, informed consent, and diversity and representativeness in clinical trials.
As the interim director of the HSR Center, Dr. Dickert will be entrusted with the continued advancement of health services research in the combined center, as well as nurturing collaborative efforts in health services research across the SOM, WHSC, RSPH, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Grady Memorial Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Atlanta VA Medical Center, and other related Emory departments and schools. The interim director’s overarching mandate in this regard will be to lead the expansion, implementation, and promotion of health services research that is designed to improve patient outcomes and value, optimize patient-centeredness, enhance access, and minimize disparities within the Emory system. In this respect, the Center and its affiliated faculty seek to impact care locally and to grow Emory’s reputation as a paradigm for clinical/research institutions nationwide.
Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP
O. Wayne Rollins Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Atlanta
Co-Director Emory Health Services Research Center
Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health, Co-Director of the Center for Health Services Research, and a practicing neonatologist at Emory University. He is also an Adjunct Physician Policy Researcher at RAND Corporation. Dr. Patrick joined Rollins from Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, the William R. Long Director of Child Health Policy at the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, and Executive Director of Firefly. Dr. Patrick is a graduate of the University of Florida, Florida State University College of Medicine, and Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Patrick completed his training in pediatrics, neonatology and health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan.
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Atlanta
Co-Director Emory Health Services Research Center
Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health, Co-Director of the Center for Health Services Research, and a practicing neonatologist at Emory University. He is also an Adjunct Physician Policy Researcher at RAND Corporation. Dr. Patrick joined Rollins from Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, the William R. Long Director of Child Health Policy at the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, and Executive Director of Firefly. Dr. Patrick is a graduate of the University of Florida, Florida State University College of Medicine, and Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Patrick completed his training in pediatrics, neonatology and health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Patrick’s National Institutes of Health-funded research focuses on improving outcomes for pregnant people with opioid use disorder and their infants. He previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy where he led an interagency policy process that resulted in the Administration’s action plan to improve outcomes for pregnant people with substance use disorder and their infants. He also previously served as a Guest Researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Substance Use and Prevention, and has been a voting member on several US Food and Drug Administration Advisory Boards focused on opioid use in children. He has testified about the impact of the opioid crisis on pregnant people and infants before committees in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. Dr. Patrick’s awards include the American Medical Association Foundation Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award, the Nemours Child Health Services Research Award, the Society for Pediatric Research Young Investigator Award and the Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research. He has published more than 130 peer review articles including in leading scientific journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Pediatrics and Health Affairs.