The Dartmouth Institute
Faculty Biographies
Director, Center for Education
Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine
Associate Dean for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School
Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine
Associate Dean for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School
Contact:
- Dartmouth Medical School
- HB 7505
- Hanover, NH 03755
- Phone: (603) 653-3534
- Fax: (603) 653-3554
- Email: gerald.t.oconnor@dartmouth.edu
Education:
Columbia University, BS (Biological Sciences)
Union Graduate School, PhD (Health Services Research)
Boston University, School of Public Health, ScD (Epidemiology)
Harvard Medical School, post-doctoral fellow (Cardiovascular Epidemiology)
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPA (Public Administration)
Union Graduate School, PhD (Health Services Research)
Boston University, School of Public Health, ScD (Epidemiology)
Harvard Medical School, post-doctoral fellow (Cardiovascular Epidemiology)
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPA (Public Administration)
Experience and Interests:
Gerald T. O'Connor
PhD, ScD
PhD, ScD
Profile:
Dr. O'Connor’s primary interest is in the use of epidemiologic techniques to improve clinical and patient decision-making and to accelerate the improvement of clinical care.
He is the Research Director of the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. The NNECDSG is regional voluntary consortium of hospitals and practitioners in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The group maintains a clinical database and works with care teams to improve the management of cardiovascular disease. The consortium was organized in 1987 and is ongoing.
He is the Principal Investigator of the National Quality Program of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This project uses the CFF database and works with CF teams across the US. This CFF sponsored project has resulted in substantial improvement in clinical outcomes. In 2005-06 Dr. O’Connor was chairman of the committee that developed and implemented national public reporting of CF clinical outcomes.
He is the Research Director of the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. The NNECDSG is regional voluntary consortium of hospitals and practitioners in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The group maintains a clinical database and works with care teams to improve the management of cardiovascular disease. The consortium was organized in 1987 and is ongoing.
He is the Principal Investigator of the National Quality Program of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This project uses the CFF database and works with CF teams across the US. This CFF sponsored project has resulted in substantial improvement in clinical outcomes. In 2005-06 Dr. O’Connor was chairman of the committee that developed and implemented national public reporting of CF clinical outcomes.