Clifford C. Dacso, MD, MPH, MBA
John S. Dunn, Sr., Chair of General Internal Medicine, The Methodist Hospital
Distinguished Research Professor, College of Technology, University of Houston
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Executive Director, Abramson Center For The Future of Health
6560 Fannin St., Suite 1150
Houston, TX 77030
U.S.A.
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1-713-790-3015 (fax)
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Current Research Interests:
Decisioning in health care; Bioinformatics; Patient education and empowerment; Individualized health care, Health economics; Biosensors for chronic disease management.
Education and Training:
BA: 1972, University of Pennsylvania, History and Philosophy of Science
MA: 1972, University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy of Science
MD: 1975, Baylor College of Medicine
Internship/Residency: 1975-1978, Baylor College of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Chief Residency: 1978, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: 1978-1980, Baylor College of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Virology
MPH: 1980, University of Texas School of Public Health
MBA: 1990, Pepperdine University
Honors:
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National Academies-Keck Futures Initiative, Invited Participant
Silver Medal, Texas Film Festival, Documentary, Writer & Producer: "Now That You Have Cancer"
Silver Medal, WorldFest International Film Festival, Documentary, Writer & Producer: "Now That You Have Cancer"
Fulbright & Jaworski Award for Teaching Excellence, Baylor College of Medicine
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1999
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Eisenhower Exchange Fellow in Health Policy, Budapest and Prague
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1995-96 & 1997-98
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Outstanding Visiting Professor, Houston VA Medical Center
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1993
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National Science Foundation, Antarctica Service Medal
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1993
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Antarctica Service Medal, US Navy
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1991, 1992
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Senior Resident Teaching Award, UC San Diego
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1989, 1991 1992
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Chief Resident Teaching Award, UC San Diego
Chief Resident Teaching Award, UC San Diego
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1983
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Student Teaching Award, University of South Alabama
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1975
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Lange Award for Academic Excellence
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Patents:
"Non-Invasive Monitoring of Physiological Measurements in a Distributed
Health Care Environment” U.S. Patent #: 12/108,177 (Pending)
Funded Research:
"Cancer Education Grant"
National Cancer Institute 5% effort |
1985-1987 |
"Women's Health Initiative"
Co-investigator, NIH |
1994-2005 |
“Program on Domestic Violence”
Pfizer |
1999 |
“First Annual Teleconference on Women’s Health”
Pfizer |
1999 |
“Second Annual Teleconference on Women’s Health”
Pfizer |
2000 |
“Project On Decisioning”
Private philanthropy |
2002-2005 |
“Power over Sickness Project”
Baylor College of Medicine |
2004 |
“Now That You Have Cancer” Project
Private philanthropy |
2005 |
NIH Planning Grants for Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards (JM Musser, MD, PHD PI) (Dacso Co-PI) |
2006-2007 |
NSF Collaborative Research: CRI/IAD: Information Communication and Processing at Scale for Under-Resourced Urban Communities. Edward Knightly, PhD, and Dacso, PI $1.5 m total cost. |
2008-2013 |
Selected Publications:
Dacso CC, Rajan NO, Harris AM, McArthur K. Development of a Serious Video Game to Reduce Uncertainty in the Treatment Choices of Men with Localized Prostate Cancer. American Public Health Association. (abstract) 136th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. October 2008.
Harris AM, McArthur K, Huang C, Harcrow M, Dacso CC. The Houston Community Health Worker Survey: Unanticipated Effects of Certification. Proceedings of the Third International Community-University Partnerships Scientific Meeting 2008;3:103-107.
Dacso CC, Harris AM, McArthur K, Carrasco J, Rajan N. Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes by Technology and Community-Based Interventions at Scale. (Invited Presentation) Keck Futures Conference, 2007.
McArthur K, Dacso C. Submaximal Decision Making and Health Resource Conservation: The Example of Heart Failure. Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2007;5:41-47.
Rajan N, Ben-Haim Y, Dacso CC. Medical Applications of Info-Gap. Society for Medical Decision Making. 26th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. October 2007.
Ben-Haim Y, Dacso CC. Robust-Satisficing Decisions Under Severe Uncertainty. European Society for Medical Decision Making 10th Biennial Meeting. Manchester, UK. June 11-13, 2006.
Carrasco J, Rajan N, Kudrle W, Dacso CC. Uses of Info-Gap Decision Making in Managing Medical Uncertainty. Information Gap Conference. U. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. 29 September 2005.
Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book. Panel Publishing of Aspen Press, 5 Editions, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003.
Dacso CC, Dacso ST. Risk Contracting and Capitation Strategies. Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Press 1999.
Hutchison M, Dacso CC, Sabin D, Shaw A. Examining Operational and Scheduling Efficiency in Ambulatory Academic Practices: Opportunities for Optimizing Resource Utilization. J Amb Care Mgmt Apr;20(2):61-9, 1997.
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