Robert Burke, MD, MS is the Associate Chief for Research in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Division of Hospital Medicine at Penn, and a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Burke’s research seeks to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and long-term nursing home care for frail older adults. For example, he is leading a VA implementation science program center (the SAGE QUERI) seeking to implement evidence-based practices aligned with the “Age-Friendly Health System” model. He is also leading projects involving health policy and payment reform, including R01-level funding from NIH, AHRQ, and the VA leveraging changes in payment policy to improve care for older adults after hospitalization in skilled nursing facilities.
Dr. Burke was selected as a 2017-8 Health and Aging Policy fellow working with the Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services on programs for dual-eligible populations. He matriculated from Stanford University School of Medicine and completed residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
