Nancy Dunlap, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.

Fellowship Year(s): 2011-2012

Profession: Administrator;Physician

Specialty:

Fellowship Details:

Title at Beginning of Fellowship:

Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical affairs

Organization at Beginning of Fellowship:

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Placement(s):

House Committee on Energy and Commerce (Majority)

State at beginning of Fellowship:

Alabama

At time of Fellowship

Nancy E. Dunlap is professor and vice chair for clinical affairs for the department of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and a professor of management in the UAB School of Business. Throughout her career, Dunlap has worked to improve health care quality and outcomes through more efficient patient care delivery processes and information technology. She has been the clinical lead for the selection and implementation of large, clinical information technology systems for the UAB Health System.

Dunlap’s clinical practice and research has focused in the area of pulmonary and critical care medicine, concentrating on the care of patients with mycobacterial infections. She served as the medical director for the Alabama Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Program from 1992 to 2001. From 2001 to 2009, Dunlap served as chief of staff for the Kirklin Clinic, a UAB Health System outpatient care center. She served as the clinic’s vice president for ambulatory services and chief operating officer from 2005 to 2009.

Dunlap received her A.B. in biology from Wellesley College and an M.D. from the Duke University School of Medicine. She obtained a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an M.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Current Info:

Current Title:

Professor Emerita

Current Organization:

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Since Fellowship:

Nancy E. Dunlap, MD, PhD, MBA, is Professor Emerita of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and former President of the Alabama Public Health Institute. She has practiced medicine in the field of pulmonary critical care for over 25 years and held executive positions in two academic medical centers, most recently as the Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia.

Nancy participated in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship Program where she worked on the Health Subcommittee of Energy and Commerce in the U.S. House of Representatives. She later served as Physician-in-Residence at the Center for Best Practices at the National Governor’s Association in Washington D.C. helping states address issues related to health.