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Leadership

Head and shoulders photo of Martin Charns    Martin Charns, DBA

         Emeritus Director, CHOIR Boston       

         Investigator, CHOIR        

         Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

         Martin.Charns@va.gov

EDUCATION

  • BS, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, OH
  • MBA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 
  • DBA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Organization design 
  • Coordination of care
  • Organizational transformation and implementation
  • Leadership

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Medical Grand Rounds Presentation, Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, 2014
  • Teaching Award for "Theory and Research in Healthcare Organizations," Boston University School of Public Health, 2009 & 2011
  • Best Paper Award for "Patterns of Coordination and Clinical Outcomes: A Study of Surgical Services,” Academy of Management Health Care Administration Division, 1997

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES

  • Chair, Steering Comittee, Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare
  • Member, Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC), VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
  • Member, Executive Steering Committee, VA Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Collaborative Research to Enhance and Advance Transformation and Excellence Initiative (CREATE)
  • Member, Editorial Board, "Forum" VA Health Services Research & Development Newsletter

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