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Thomas H. Gallagher, MD

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Professor
Medicine
Professor
Bioethics and Humanities
Associate Chair, Department of Medicine, Patient Care Quality, Safety and Value
Director, UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety
Related Links: 
Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety [1]
The Collaborative on Accountability and Improvement [2]

Faculty Information

Biography
Education & Training: 
MD
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
1990
Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine
Barnes Hospital, Washington University
St. Louis, MO
1990–1993
Honors: 
Phi Beta Kappa
1986
Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
1993–1995
Milton W. Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award
1996
SGIM Initial Mentorship Award
2000
Samuel L. Goldstein Leadership Award in Medical Student Education
2001
David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Education Award
2002
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars in Bioethics Award
2003
Marion E. Smith Junior Faculty Research Award
2003
SGIM Best Published Research Paper of the Year
2004
Fellow, American College of Physicians
2004
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research
2008
SGIM Physician-Investigator of the Year Award
2008
President, Society of General Internal Medicine Northwest Region
2009
Elected to 3-Year Term on Council, Society of General Internal Medicine
2010
Contact
Email: 
thomasg@uw.edu [3]
Research & Clinical Interests
Research Interests: 

Ethical and communication issues in conflicts of interest
Research ethics
Disclosure of medical errors and adverse events

Publications
PubMed: 
PubMed Bibliography [4]
Publications: 
  • Gallagher TH, St Peter RF, Chesney M, Lo B. 2001. Patients' attitudes toward cost control bonuses for managed care physicians [5]. Health affairs (Project Hope). 20(2):186–92.
  • Gallagher TH, Waterman AD, Ebers AG, Fraser VJ, Levinson W. 2003. Patients' and physicians' attitudes regarding the disclosure of medical errors [6]. JAMA. 289(8):1001–7.
  • Gallagher TH, Garbutt JM, Waterman AD, Flum DR, Larson EB, Waterman BM, Dunagan CW, Fraser VJ, Levinson W. 2006. Choosing your words carefully: How physicians would disclose harmful medical errors to patients [7]. Archives of internal medicine. 166(15):1585–93.
  • Gallagher TH, Studdert D, Levinson W. 2007. Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients [8]. The New England Journal of Medicine. 356(26):2713–9.
  • Gallagher TH. 2009. A 62-year-old woman with skin cancer who experienced wrong-site surgery: Review of medical error [9]. JAMA. 302(6):669–77.
  • Dudzinski DM, Hébert PC, Foglia MB, Gallagher TH. 2010. The disclosure dilemma: Large-scale adverse events [10]. The New England journal of medicine. 363(10):978–86.

Source URL: https://gim.uw.edu/faculty/thomas-h-gallagher-md

Links
[1] https://patientsafety.uw.edu/
[2] http://communicationandresolution.org/
[3] mailto:thomasg@uw.edu
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Gallagher%2C%20Thomas%20H
[5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=11260942
[6] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12597752
[7] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=16908791
[8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17596606
[9] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=19584321
[10] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20818911