Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc, MHM

Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences 

Institutional Leadership Roles

• Chair, Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Assistant Dean for Population Health at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Academic Appointments

• Professor of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Professor of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School

Education and Training

• University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • Chief Resident (1995-1996)
  • Residency, Internal Medicine (1992-1995)
• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  M.D. (1992)
• London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom
  M.Sc., Health Planning and Financing (1991)
• University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  A.B., History and Philosophy of Science (1987)

Scholarly Foci

• Healthcare delivery research
• Comparative effectiveness research
• Implementation science

Scholarly Activity

View a list of Dr. Lindenauer's publications in the Scholarly Commons repository.

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

• American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Research Committee
    • Member (2019-present)
• American Thoracic Society
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Behavioral Science/Health Service Research Assemblies (2017-present)
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline working group
    • Member (2021-2023)
  • Informing Health Care Decisions with Observational Research: Addressing Real World Problems with Real World Data
    • Co-Chair (2017-2021)
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Pulmonary Trials Cooperative
    • Member (2016-present)
  • Preparing for Effectiveness-Implementation Trials
    • Study Section Chair (2018)
• Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Development and maintenance of hospital outcome measures for pneumonia and COPD
    • Technical Expert Panel Member (2013-present)
    • Project Lead (2010-2022)
• Society of Hospital Medicine
  • Information and Technology Steering Committee (2009-2021)
  • Award Committee (2010-2012)
  • Performance and Standards Committee (2006-2012)
  • Board of Directors (2001-2005)
  • Hospital Quality and Patient Safety Committee
    • Chair (2000-2003)
  • Founding Board Member (1997-2001)
  • Membership Committee
    • Chair (1998-2000)
  • Member (1997-present)

Significant Honors and Awards (Limit 5)

• Middletown Memorial Lectureship, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston (2021)
• Excellence in Research Mentoring, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate (2018)
• Roger Pecoraro Memorial Lectureship, University of Washington (2014)
• Weinberg Family Award for Academic Excellence, Baystate Medical Center (2013)
• Master in Hospital Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine (2012)

Academic Office Contact Information

Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences
3601 Main Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-5987
Peter.Lindenauer@baystatehealth.org

(Updated December 2022)