David O. Meltzer | |
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 Meltzer lecturing in Chicago, May 2015 | |
| Born | David Owen Meltzer |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Health economics Hospital medicine |
| Institution | University of Chicago |
| Alma mater | Yale University University of Chicago |
| Influences | Gary Becker Sherwin Rosen |
David Owen Meltzer (born 1964) is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He holds faculty appointments in the Department of Medicine, Department of Economics and the Harris School of Public Policy. He is Chief of the Section of Hospital Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine, and is the Director of the Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS), as well as the Director of the Urban Health Lab in Chicago, IL.[1] In 2015 he was appointed a member of the faculty for the forthcoming Barack Obama Presidential Center which will be located in Chicago's South Side.
Meltzer was elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2015 and has served on several committees,[2] including the Committee for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy.[3] He is also a member of the Methodology Committee for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).[4] Finally, he serves on the 2nd U.S. Panel on Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine.[5]
- ^ "$10 million Pritzker gift helps U. of C. expand evidence-based labs projects". Chicago. 8 March 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NAM Elects 80 New Members". 19 October 2015.
- ^ Gibbons RD, Meltzer D, Duan N. Waiting for organ transplantation. Institute of Medicine Committee on Organ Transplantation. Science. 2000 Jan 14;287(5451):237–238.
- ^ "David O. Meltzer, MD, PhD". pcori.org. 21 July 2014.
- ^ "2nd Cost-Effectiveness Panel Web Site". ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-08-24.