Lead Faculty & Visiting Faculty

Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas, PhD, SIIPC Director
Co-Director of the Center for Informed Choice,
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
(formerly the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences)
Director of The Summer Institutes on Informed Patient Choice
Professor, Department of Community & Family Medicine,
Dartmouth Medical School

Lesley Bainbridge, BSR(PT), M.Ed, PhD (c)
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
Associate Principal, College of Health Disciplines
Director, Interprofessional Education, Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia

Michael J. Barry, MD
SIIPC 2008 Lead Faculty
Chief, General Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jeff Belkora, ScB, MSc, PhD
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Surgery,
University of California at San Francisco
Director, Decision Services, UCSF Breast Care Center

George T. Blike, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology & Community and Family Medicine
Medical Director, Office of Patient Safety
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

W. Blair Brooks, MD
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
Section Chief, General Internal Medicine,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine,
Dartmouth Medical School

Kate Clay, RN, MA
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
Program Director for the Center for Shared Decision Making (CSDM)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Nancy E. Cochran, MD
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
Associate Professor of Medicine (Ambulatory Care) and
Community & Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School

Glyn Elwyn, BA, MB, BCh, MSc, FRCGP, PhD
SIIPC 2008 Lead Faculty
Professor of Primary Care Medicine, Department of General Practice,
Centre for Health Sciences Research
Cardiff University

William Godolphin, BSc, PhD, FACB
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
Co-Director, Division of Health Care Communication,
College of Health Disciplines
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia

France Légaré, MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP
SIIPC 2008 Lead Faculty
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Implementation of
Shared Decision Making in Primary Care
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Université Laval Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec

John Norcini, PhD
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
President and Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education
and Research (FAIMER)
Philadelphia, PA

Annette O'Connor, MScN, PhD, FCAHS
SIIPC 2008 Lead Faculty
Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Health Care
Consumer Decision Support, University of Ottawa
Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program,
Ottawa Health Research Institute

Dawn Stacey, RN, PhD
SIIPC 2008 Lead Faculty
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa
Associate Scientist, Ottawa Health Research Institute

Richard Street, PhD
SIIPC 2008 Visiting Faculty
Professor and Head of Communication
Research Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M University
Director, Program in Health Communication and Decision-Making
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies
Baylor College of Medicine

Guest Speaker

Paul B. Batalden, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine
Healthcare Improvement Leadership Development
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice

Professional Interests:

• Systems for managing the improvement of health and value of health care for a panel of patients.
• Systems for assessing the burden of illness in a defined population.
• Systems for assessing the degree to which health care workers can learn in their work setting

Selected Publications:

• Nelson EC, Batalden PB, Godfrey MM. Quality By Design: A Clinical Microsystems Approach. Jossey-Bass, in press March 2007
• Batalden PB, Nelson EC, Gardent PB, Godfrey MM. Leading the Macrosystem and Mesosystem for Microsystem Peak Performance. From Front Office to Front Line: Essential Issues for Health Care Leaders. Steven Berman (ed), Joint Commission On Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, pp 1-40, 2005.
• Davidoff F, Batalden PB. Toward stronger evidence on quality improvement. Draft publication guidelines: the beginning of a consensus project. Quality & Safety in Health Care, 14, 319-325, October 2005.