Last updated on: 5/22/2008 | Author: ProCon.org

David Asch, MD, MBA Biography

Title:
Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Position:
None Found to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Oct. 18, 2006

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to end-of-life issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to end-of-life.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
  • Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management and Economics, The Wharton School
  • Professor of Medicine, Health Care Systems, Operations and Information Management and Medical Ethics, The Wharton School
  • Director, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, 2002-Present
  • Co-Director, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2001-Present
  • Chief, Health Services Research, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 1992-Present
  • Arthur K. Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, 2004
  • Mid Career Research Mentorship Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2004
  • Robert C. Witt Research Award, American Risk and Insurance Association, 2000
  • Samuel P. Martin, III Award in Health Services Research, 1999
  • Outstanding Investigator Award in Clinical Science, American Federation for Medical Research, 1999
  • Nellie Westerman Prize, American Federation for Medical Research, 1998
  • Outstanding Paper Award, Society for Medical Decision Making, 1997
  • Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 1993-1996
  • Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, 1992-1996
Education:
  • MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1989
  • MD, Cornell University, 1984
  • AB, Philosophy, Harvard University, 1980
Other:
  • None found