Medicine Grand Rounds with Dr. Joshua Liao

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:

Topic: “Behaviorally Designed Population Health Interventions: Principles and Practice”
Joshua Liao, MD, MSc

Noon-1 p.m., Lecture Hall, Room 5403
College of Medicine – Tucson
(See flyer below for ALL virtual viewing links.)

— A light lunch will be provided. —

■ Flyer for this event:  dom_gr_spark_dei_lecture_10.02.24_flyer_v4.pdf

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Presenter: Dr. Liao, is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and chief of the William T. and Gay F. Solomon Division of General Internal Medicine where he holds the Walter Family Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine in Honor of Albert D. Roberts, MD, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He also serves as director of the UTSW Program on Policy Evaluation and Learning, where his work focuses on improving health care payment and delivery through policy and practice change, and director of research methods in the UTSW Clinical and Translational Science Program.

He earned bachelor's degrees magna cum laude in English literature, biochemistry and cell biology from Rice University. He obtained his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honor Societies. He completed internal medicine residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he was a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School and completed the Management and Leadership Track. He holds a master's degree in health policy research from the University of Pennsylvania, where he remains an adjunct senior fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics in the Wharton School.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2024, Dr. Liao served as associate chair for health systems in the Department of Medicine and enterprise medical director of payment strategy at the University of Washington, with a dual appointment in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health within the School of Public Health. There, he founded a nationally recognized policy evaluation unit that became the formal evaluation partner for the Washington Health Care Authority, the largest purchaser of health care services in the state. In that work, he conducted evaluations, analysis, and briefings to inform decision-makers on health care issues, including primary care delivery and telemedicine.

A national leader in health systems, policy, and care delivery, Dr. Liao has provided recommendations on these topics to the U.S. Congress through service on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services through service on the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee. He is the first person to be appointed to both expert groups.

Dr. Liao has served as an expert on funding and accountability issues as part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation. He participated on national advisories for the American College of Physicians, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association's RVU Update Committee, and advised state policymakers on payment and delivery policy issues.

An accomplished scholar, Dr. Liao has published over 330 articles, including more than 210 in peer-reviewed publications, and has given more than 80 national and international presentations related to his clinical work, policy proposals, and practice transformation. With continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Liao has served as PI on grants totaling over $15 million.

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Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held in Room 5403, on the fifth floor of the College of Medicine – Tucson. To view Medicine Grand Rounds remotely, see this live weblink: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/. To view it after the fact, click on "Archive" at the top of this same link's webpage and, from the dropdown menu under "Category," select "Medicine Grand Rounds" and click "Search" to find the event you're seeking.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians

As this is a Spark Lecture, the college’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion also designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 DEI credit. To that end, a QR code and link to how to apply for that credit will be displayed at the start and end of the lecture.

For questions or special accommodations, please contact the Office of the Chair, 520-626-6349 at least three days in advance of event.