Lisa Iezzoni
Lisa Iezzoni | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School |
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| Institutions | Harvard University |
Lisa I. Iezzoni (born 1954)
Education
Iezzoni attended the
Career
Iezzoni served as an assistant professor at
Boston University School of Medicine, while also working in the Health Care Research Unit there.[1] For sixteen years, she was director of research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she became the first woman affiliated with the center to be appointed a professor at Harvard Medical School.[5] In 2006, she became the associate director of Massachusetts General Hospital's Partners Institute for Health Policy (since renamed the Mongan Institute for Health Policy), and became its director in 2009.[5] One of the students she mentored at Harvard Medical School was Cheri Blauwet.[11] She wrote When Walking Fails, Mobility Problems of Adults with Chronic Conditions.[9]
Selected publications
- Rosemarie Garland-Thomson & Lisa I. Iezzoni (2021) Disability Cultural Competence for All as a Model, The American Journal of Bioethics, 21:9, 26–28,
- Lisa I. Iezzoni, Sowmya R. Rao, Julie Ressalam, Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic, Karen Donelan, Nicole Agaronnik, Tara Lagu, Eric G. Campbell, Use of Accessible Weight Scales and Examination Tables/Chairs for Patients with Significant Mobility Limitations by Physicians Nationwide, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Volume 47, Issue 10, 2021, Pages 615–626,
- Lisa I. Iezzoni, Opening Doors For People With Disability. Health Affairs 2021 40:4, 677–678.
- Iezzoni, L. I., & O'Day, B. (2006). More than ramps: A guide to improving health care quality and access for people with disabilities. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517276-8
- Iezzoni, L. I. (2013). Risk adjustment for measuring health care outcomes. Health Administration Press. ISBN 978-1-56793-437-3
- Souza, A., Kelleher, A., Cooper, R., Cooper, R. A., Iezzoni, L. I., & Collins, D. M. (2010). Multiple sclerosis and mobility-related assistive technology: Systematic Review of Literature. The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 47(3), 213.
Honors and awards
In 1996, Iezzoni received an Investigator Award in Health Policy Research from the
Institute of Medicine.[5] She has served on the National Quality Forum's board of directors, and has received the American College of Medical Quality's Founder's Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field. She was also included in a National Institutes of Health exhibit on American women physicians who are "changing the face of medicine".[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni". Changing the Face of Medicine. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Doctor's visits can be real hurdles for disabled people". The Denver Post. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.Sc". RWJCSP. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ Gordon, Elana (2018-04-14). "Doctors with disabilities seek to mend attitudes". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ a b c d "Iezzoni leads Institute for Health Policy". Massachusetts General Hospital (Press release). 2009-05-01. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Doctors With Disabilities Push For Culture Change In Medicine". www.kcur.org. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "MGH Find a Researcher: Lisa Iezzoni, MD". Massachusetts General Hospital. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "What does it mean to be a doctor with a disability?". WHYY. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ a b Shapiro, Joseph (2003-10-16). "When Walking Fails". NPR. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ Villarosa, Linda (2003-11-25). "Barriers Toppling for Disabled Medical Students". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ Blauwet, Cheri (2017-12-06). "I Use a Wheelchair. And Yes, I'm Your Doctor". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Lisa Iezzoni, MD". NMSS. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
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