Eugene C. Nelson

Eugene C. Nelson, DSC, MPH
Director
Quality Education, Measurement and Research

Eugene C. Nelson, D.Sc., M.P.H., is Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and Director, Quality Education, Measurement and Research for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He was a founding board member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and continues to work with IHI as a senior faculty member and advisor.

Prof. Nelson teaches in the graduate degree program at Dartmouth's Center for the Clinical and Evaluative Sciences and leads performance improvement work in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock delivery system. His main interests are

durable principles and methods to promote quality improvement and effective uses of performance measurement.

Dr. Nelson received the JCAHO's Ernest A. Codman lifetime achievement award for the use of outcomes measurement to improve health care. He serves as a consultant to major organizations such as the Institute of Medicine, the University of California at Davis Health System, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the international Vermont Oxford Neonatal Care Network.

Dr. Nelson, who has authored over 100 books and articles, received his AB from Dartmouth College, his MPH from Yale Medical School, and his DSc from Harvard School of Public Health.