Division of General Internal Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine
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Kevin G.M. Volpp, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician
Senior Fellow
Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Director, Center for Health Incentives
Department: Medicine

Contact information
1232 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-573-0270
Fax: 215-573-8778
Education
A.B. (Biology )
Harvard College Cambridge, MA, 1989.
N/A (Rotary Scholar )
Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany, 1990.
Ph.D. M.A. (Health Economics, Public Policy and Management)
The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 1998.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1998-1999.
Resident in Internal Medicine and Clinical Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Harvard Medical School, 1999-2001.
Certifications
Diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine , 2001.
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Selected Publications

Rathore SS, Epstein AJ, Volpp KGM, Krumholz HM: Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Volume and Patient Mortality, 1998-2000. Annals of Surgery 239(1): 110-117, January 2004.

Epstein AJ, Rathore SS, Volpp KGM, Krumholz HM : "Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Volume and Patient Mortality, 1998-2000: Does the Evidence Support Current Procedure Volume Minimums?" Journal of the American College of Cardiology 43(10): 1755-62, May 2004.

Volpp, KGM and Buckley E: The Effect of Increases in HMO Penetration and Changes in Payer Mix on In-hospital Mortality and Treatment Patterns for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am J Managed Care 10(7 Pt 2): 505-12, July 2004.

Volpp, Kevin G.M., Waldfogel J, Williams SV, Silber JH, Schwartz, JS, Pauly, MV: The Effect of the New Jersey Health Care Reform Act on Mortality from Acute Myocardial Infarction. Health Services Research 38(2): 515-533, April 2003.

Volpp, Kevin G.M., Grande D: Within the Black Box: Suggestions for Reducing Errors in Teaching Hospitals. N Engl J Med 348(9): 851-855, February 2003.

Grande D, Volpp Kevin: Cost and Quality of Industry-Sponsored Meals for Medical Residents. JAMA 290(9): 1150-1151, September 2003.

Taylor, WC, Associate Editor and Volpp, KGM: Does Prescription Drug Cost Sharing Lead to Adverse Events? Journal Watch, published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, publishers of The New England Journal of Medicine Page: 51, March 2001.

Volpp, Kevin G.M. and Bundorf, M. Kate: Consumer Protection and the HMO Backlash: Are HMOs to Blame for Drive-Through Deliveries?" Inquiry 26: 101-109 Spring 1999.

Volpp, Kevin G.M.: The APPAM Ph.D. Dissertation Award. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 18(3): 542-543, 1999.

Volpp, Kevin G.M.: Market-Based Reforms and the Impact on Quality of Care: An Examination of the Quality Impacts of the Transition from Hospital Rate-Setting to Price Competition in New Jersey. May 1998 Notes: Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.

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