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Joel Tsevat, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Department of Medicine

Joaquin G. Cigarroa, Jr., MD, Distinguished Chair

Director, ReACH Center and CTSA KL2 Program

Dr. Tsevat is a general internist and outcomes researcher. He is Professor of Medicine and Joaquin G. Cigarroa, Jr., MD, Distinguished Chair; Director, Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH); and PI, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) KL2 program. He holds a joint appointment at Dell Medical School, where he is a professor in the Departments of Population Health and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Tsevat is a graduate of UT Austin (BA in Plan II) and of the Long School of Medicine (MD), from which he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award. He received an MPH degree from the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health and completed a fellowship in Clinical Decision Making at Tufts Medical Center. He was on faculty at Harvard, then moved to Cincinnati where he spent 22 years in roles ranging from Director of Outcomes Research to Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and in various roles at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center and VA Central Office. He relocated to Texas in 2017.

A past-president of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM), he is recognized internationally in health-related quality of life research, in particular health status vs. utility assessment; cost-effectiveness analysis; decision analysis; and spirituality/religion research. He has published over 175 peer-reviewed papers, reviews, book chapters, and editorials. He has served as PI on multiple federally-funded grants from NIH, VA, and AHRQ. He is currently multi-PI on an AHRQ grant in which patient-reported outcomes will be incorporated into a predictive analytic tool to support shared decision making in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. He has a long track record of mentoring trainees and junior faculty and won an award for a short course on mentoring from SMDM. He recently completed a 3-year term on the CTSA Steering Committee at NCATS and serves on the external advisory boards for 6 CTSA hubs. The ReACH Center brings together community partners and professionals from diverse disciplines to advance population health through research that improves health outcomes, addresses health inequities, promotes sustainability, acknowledges context, and respects culture.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 1988 - MPH - T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health
    • 1983 - MD - Long School of Medicine, UTHSCSA
    • 1979 - BA - Plan II - University of Texas at Austin

    Training

    • 1988 - fellowship - Clinical Decision Making and Medical Information Sciences - Tufts Medical Center
    • 1986 - residency - internal medicine - Emory University Affiliated Hospitals

    Highlights

    Past-President, Society for Medical Decision Making

    Eugene Saenger Award for Distinguished Service, Society for Medical Decision Making

    Distinguished Alumnus Award, Long School of Medicine, UTHSCSA

    Alpha Omega Alpha

    Appointments

    • 1988-94 - Instructor and Assistant Professor - Harvard Medical School and T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health
    • 1994-2017 - Associate Professor, Professor, and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
    • 2017- - Professor - Long School of Medicine, UTHSCSA and Dell Medical School, UT Austin

  • Research & Grants

    • patient-reported outcomes, in particular health status vs. utility assessment
    • cost-effectiveness analysis and decision analysis
    • population health research and community-engaged research

    Tsevat Lab

    Grants

    • 2017-20     HRSA     U90 (Special Projects of National Significance)     Co-Investigator     Targeted Access to Community Knowledge, Linkage to treatment and Education for HIV/HCV in people of color (TACKLE HIV/HCV in People of Color)
    • 2018-23     NCATS     UL1/KL2/TL1 (Institutional CTSA)     KL2 PI     Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve Health
    • 2018-21     Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas     Co-Investigator     Stop HCC Expansion
    • 2019-24     CDC     Site PI     Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
    • 2020-22     AHRQ     R21     Multi-PI     Incorporating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Shared Decision Making with Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee
    • 2020          Bexar County Health Collaborative     PI     Impact of the Disease and Priorities Looking Forward Among San Antonians Who Have Recovered from COVID-19
    • 2020-23     HRSA     Co-Program Director     Rural Telementoring Training Center

  • Service

    National

    Member, 6 CTSA External Advisory Boards

    Community

    City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District COVID-19 Community Response Coalition

  • Publications

      Over 175 full-length publications

  • Clinical

    Attending physician, Residents Clinic, Robert B. Green Clinic

    Board Certifications

    • 1986 - American Board of Internal Medicine