David Asch
Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management and Economics


Education

MD, Cornell University, 1984; MBA, The Wharton School, 1989; AB, Harvard University, 1980

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2009; Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2008; Elected Member, Institute of Medicine, 2007; Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2006; Elected Member, Association of American Physicians, 2005; 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; Young Investigator Award, Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, 1997; John M. Eisenberg Teaching Award, 1995

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1998-present (named Robert D. Eilers Professor, 1998; Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics 1998-present). University of Pennsylvania: 1989-present (Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, 1992-1996; Chief, Health Services Research, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 1992-present; Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 1993-1996; Co-Director, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2001-present; Director, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, 2002-present)

 
 
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Phone
asch@wharton.upenn.edu

Research Interests:
Clinician and patient decision making; health policy; medical ethics; technology assessment; health care management; physician executives