Chris Vanderwarker, MD, MBA | Division of General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

Medicine

Deputy Director of General Medicine Service Line, VAPSHCS

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

2003–2008

Residency in Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track and Global Health Pathway

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2008–2011

Honors:

Mary Gates Research Grant

1998

Bonderman Travel Fellowship

2000

Mary Gates Leadership Grant

2000

Phi Beta Kappa

2000

School of Medicine Mellon Scholarship

2004–2006

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Publications

Publications:

Vanderwarker C, Kaminetzky CP, Wipf JE, Levitt DS, Murphy CM. “Residents as agents of change in the ambulatory setting: successes and challenges of implementing an Internal Medicine residency continuity clinic-based quality improvement project on chronic opioid monitoring.” Society of General Internal Medicine Workshop, 2014.
Poppe AP, Marcotte L, Vanderwarker C, Foucault PD, Wilkerson P, Schachtel A, Li E, Reddy L, Beaulieu M, Hopps B, Davis J, Kaminetzky CP. “Reducing low acuity visits to the emergency department: An interprofessional approach focused on super-utilization.” Institute for Health Care Improvement, 2014.