Professional Activities:

Honors And Awards

• Bruce Zimmerman Award from Minnesota Department of Health diabetes care improvement 2009.
• National Quality Health Care Award, National Quality Forum, 2006 (Awarded to HealthPartners)
• Acclaim Award, American Medical Group Association, 2006 (Awarded to HealthPartners)
• Researcher of the Year, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, 2005
• Special Leadership Award for Excellence in Diabetes Care, HealthPartners, 1999
• Bush Foundation Medical Fellowship 1998-1999
• Researcher of the Year, HealthPartners, 1996
• J.D. Lane Young Investigator Award, United States Public Health Service, 1985. Awarded by C. Everett Koop
• “Guide to America’s Top Family Doctors” listing, 2002-2003, 2005-2006
• National Exemplary Practice Award Winner, HealthPartners Medical Group, Diabetes Care Program, 1999
• Alpha Omega Alpha, elected 1979
• General Faculty-Student Representative, 1974-1977
• Sue Rubenstein Prize "For social concern in the practice of medicine."
• Phi Beta Kappa, elected 1974
• Summa Cum Laude, Honors Program, Boston College
• Cardinal O'Connell Medal "For Excellence in Theology"
• Scholarship Award - Junior Year Abroad (1972-1973), University of Durham, England
• National Science Foundation Student Research Grant, 1972              

Professional Responsibilities

• Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation, 1993-present
• Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Chronic Care Innovation, 2011-present
• Assistant Medical Director, HealthPartners Medical Group, 1993-present
• Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 1998-present