GREGG S. MEYER, MD, MSc
Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc, was named the first Senior Vice President for the new Center for Quality and Safety at Massachusetts GeneralHospital in December 2006.A national leader in the area of quality and safety, Dr. Meyer heads the multi-faceted efforts to set forth a vision ofwhat quality and patient safety at Massachusetts GeneralHospital should be.
In 2002, Dr. Meyer was appointed Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, the largest physician group practice in New England. The organization is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation that employs 1,269 physicians and 2,718 people in total. The MGPO also exclusively represents more than 1,500 physicians for managed care contracting. Dr. Meyer, a practicing internist, provided leadership to the MGPO’s medical management efforts.
Dr. Meyer was previously the Director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). There he was responsible for conducting and supporting research on the measurement, improvement, and reporting of healthcare quality including clinical performance measurement, patient safety issues, and consumer surveys. He took the lead position in articulating the Department of Health and Human Service’s quality and safety agenda, and coordinating activity with other federal and non-governmental entities. He has served on numerous key committees related to quality and safety, including The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners, the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Committee on Performance Measurement, the World Health Organization’s Scientific Peer Review Group on Health Systems Performance Assessment, and NASA’s Medical Policy Board.
Before his tenure at AHRQ, Dr. Meyer was an Associate Professor at the UniformedServicesUniversity of the Health Sciences (USUHS), where he served as Division Director for General Medicine, coordinated the design and analysis of the Department of Defense's National Quality Management Project, and developed curricula for senior military medical leaders in quality improvement. While at USUHS, Dr. Meyer was an active duty Medical Corps officer and a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force.
Dr. Meyer is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UnionCollege and magna cum laude graduate of AlbanyMedicalCollege. He earned a Master’s degree at OxfordUniversity and was honored as a Rhodes Scholar. In addition, he holds a Master’s degree from the Department of Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Meyer served as a fellow in the U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee’s health office. He has authored more than80 articles, editorials, chapters, and monographs, and is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Contact Information:
Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc
Senior VP, Center for Quality andSafety
Massachusetts General Hospital/Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 284
Phone: 617-724-9194
Fax:617-726-4304
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