NAC Member: Patrick Romano Biography
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics,
University of California Davis
Patrick S. Romano, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, FACP, is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of California (UC) Davis School of Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. He has been involved in mentorship, education, and research on healthcare quality and safety for 30 years. Dr. Romano has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers focusing on the development, validation, and application of quality measures, the impact of public reporting, and comparative effectiveness research. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare & Medicard Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and various California agencies have all supported his work.
From 2014 -2020, Dr. Romano served as co-Editor-in-Chief of Health Services Research, an official journal of AcademyHealth published by the Health Research and Educational Trust. Since October 2019, he has also been co-Editor in Chief of Patient Safety Network (PSNet)/WebM&M, AHRQ’s online resource for disseminating current information, perspectives, and continuing education on patient safety.
Dr. Romano has served extensively on expert panels for the National Quality Forum (including its Scientific Methods Panel), the Leapfrog Group, the National Academy of Medicine, Physicians’ Consortium for Performance Improvement, The Joint Commission, CMS, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the World Health Organization. He is the 2016 recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award from AHRQ, and former Director and Associate Director of multiple training grants in primary care research.
Dr. Romano is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B.), Georgetown University School of Medicine (M.D.), and the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley (M.P.H.). He completed joint residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics at University Hospitals of Cleveland, followed by fellowship training in health services research at UC San Francisco.
Contact Information:
University of California Davis
Division of General Medicine
4150 V Street, Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-7005
Email: psromano@ucdavis.edu
