Division of General Internal Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine
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Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Core Faculty Member, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Staff Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Physician, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Director, Leonard Davis Institute Health Services Research Data Center
Department: Medicine

Contact information
1229 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 898-2569
Fax: (215) 573-8778
Education:
S.B. (Computer, Electrical, and Systems Engineering)
Harvard College, 1991.
M.D. (Medicine)
Tufts University, 1995.
M.S. (Health Services Research)
Stanford University, 2003.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1995-1996.
Resident in Internal Medicine; VA Primary Care Residency Track, University of California, San Francisco, 1996-1998.
Fellow in Healthcare Research and Policy, Stanford University Department of Medicine, 2000-2003.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1998.
American Board of Internal Medicine (renewal), 2008.
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Description of Research Expertise

Health economics
Health services research
Medical technology assessment
Health care outcomes research
Diffusion of innovation
Racial disparties in health care
Medical claims data analysis
Observational data analysis
Cost-effectiveness analysis

Selected Publications

Epstein AJ, Polsky D, Yang L, Yang F, Groeneveld PW: Coronary revascularization trends in the United States: 2001-2008. JAMA 305(17): 1769-1776, May 2011.

Groeneveld PW, Polsky D, Yang F, Yang L, Epstein AJ: The impact of new cardiovascular device technology on health care costs. Arch Intern Med 171(14): 1289-91, July 2011.

Merchant RM, Becker LB, Yang F, Groeneveld PW: Hospital racial composition: A neglected factor in cardiac arrest survival disparities. Am Heart J 161(4): 705-11, April 2011.

Groeneveld PW, Epstein AJ, Yang F, Yang L, Polsky D: Medicare’s policy on carotid stents limited use to hospitals meeting quality guidelines yet did not hurt disadvantaged. Health Affairs 30(2): 312-321, February 2011.

Zafar HM, Armstrong KA, Najjia M, Mitra M, Wirtalla C, Groeneveld PW: Adoption of FDG-PET in resected colorectal cancer among Medicare beneficiaries. Radiology 254(2): 501-508, February 2010.

Merchant RM, Becker LB, Asch DA, Groeneveld PW: Cost-effectiveness of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2(5): 421-428, September 2009.

Groeneveld PW, Yang L, Greenhut A, Yang F: Comparative effectiveness of carotid arterial stenting versus endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg 50: 1040-8, November 2009.

Groeneveld PW, Matta MA, Greenhut A, Yang F: Drug-eluting compared to bare metal coronary stents among elderly patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 51(21): 2017-24, May 2008.

Groeneveld PW, Kruse GB, Chen Z, Asch DA: Variation in cardiac procedure use and racial disparity at VA hospitals. Am Heart J 153(2): 320-7, February 2007.

Groeneveld PW, Seema S. Sonnad SS, Lee AK, Asch DA, Shea JA: Racial differences in attitudes toward innovative medical technology. J Gen Intern Med 21(6): 559-563, June 2006.

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