Jeff Belkora. Ph.D. (Photo: S. Paris)
Brief Bio:
I am a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). I contribute to patient care as the Director of Decision Services at the UCSF Breast Care Center. My unit provides decision support to hundreds of breast cancer patients every year. I also collaborate with 4 resource center sites that implement elements of my decision support programs with hundreds of diverse cancer patients around Northern California every year. I conduct research as an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Surgery, as well as the Institute for Health Policy Studies, evaluating the outcomes of our patient support programs. The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality selected our program as one of the first 100 innovations profiled in its Innovations Exchange, see http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=95.
My professional mission is to help people deal more effectively with high stakes situations through improved leadership, teamwork, and decision-making skills.
Prior to joining UCSF, I co-founded Outcome Software, a provider of decision analysis software. Before Outcome, I was a management consultant with Strategic Decisions Group.
My training includes a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, a Master's Degree in Statistics from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
More detailed bio:
Jeff Belkora, PhD, is Director of Decision Services and Assistant Adjunct Professor of Surgery in the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Belkora is an expert on leadership, teamwork, and decision making. Dr. Belkora has created and evaluated patient education, participation, and decision support programs that have been implemented at UCSF and elsewhere. He is involved with national and international initiatives promoting patient-centered care as a part of quality improvement in medicine. Dr. Belkora is a guest lecturer on decision making at the UCSF School of Medicine, the Health Psychology Program at UCSF, the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies, and in various Engineering courses at Stanford University. Dr. Belkora has been the featured speaker at decision making conferences and seminars in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. He is the author of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and case studies on decision-making. Dr. Belkora serves on the Board of Directors of the Community Breast Health Project in Palo Alto, CA. Prior to joining the UCSF faculty, Dr. Belkora was a co-founder of Outcome Software, a decision analysis software company. Prior to Outcome, Dr. Belkora worked as a management consultant at Strategic Decisions Group.
Dr. Belkora earned an Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University. His graduate training at Stanford University included an M.Sc. in Statistics and culminated with a Ph.D in Engineering. Dr. Belkora’s doctoral dissertation in the Department of Management Science & Engineering at Stanford won the Goldsmith Award from the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation in 1997. The Oncology Roundtable of the Advisory Board singled out his Consultation Planning methodology as a National Best Practice in 1999. In 2006, Dr. Belkora was selected as a UCSF Teaching Scholar and as the recipient of a Career Development Award sponsored by UCSF and the National Institutes of Health. In 2008, The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality selected his Decision Services Program as one of the first 100 innovations profiled in its Innovations Exchange, see http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=95.