Clinician's Perspective
"I'm very excited to be part of GLPTN and witness firsthand some of the exciting changes that are taking place in our healthcare system to help promote high quality care. I hope to see the tools of implementation science put to the test to help rapidly disseminate meaningful improvements to healthcare processes and ultimately to patients' lives."
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Our Faculty Partners
The Great Lakes Practice Transformation Network is part of national, federally funded effort to help doctors and other healthcare providers advance their practices, lower health care costs, and improve the health of patients in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.
We’ve partnered with faculty experts from exceptional universities to help health care providers understand how they can most efficiently direct resources and coordinate care for better health outcomes, fewer hassles, and lower costs.
Indiana Faculty Advisors
Jose Azar
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medical Director, Quality and Patient Safety, AHC – Division of Hematology-Oncology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Ben Zarzaur, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Babar Khan, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
Research Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Executive Director of the IU National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Chief Physician Executive of COE/Med/Peds Outpatient Care Center, Eskenazi Health
Tim Imler, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Illinois Faculty Advisors
Stephen Persell, MD, MPH
Associate Professor in General Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
John Hickner, MD, MSc
Department Head, Professor of Family Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Anne Bobb
Administrator in Clinical Quality Excellence
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Jane Holl, MD, MPH
Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) – Center for Healthcare Studies
Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) – Center for Education in Health Sciences
Mary Harris Thompson, M.D., Professor in Pediatrics-Community-Based Primary Care, Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Donna Woods, PhD
Research Associate Professor in Pediatric – Institute for Healthcare Studies
Director, Northwestern Center for Quality and Safety Innovation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine