Mary Whooley, MD

MPI and Research Education Core (REC) Lead
Medicine
+1 415 221-4810

Mary Whooley MD FACP FAHA FACC FAMIA is a primary care physician, implementation scientist, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Director of the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness (CHIME) at the San Francisco VA and UCSF. Her work focuses on applying health services research methods (including data science, implementation science, and program evaluation) to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based practices within the VA's national learning healthcare system. Most recently, she and her colleagues completed a PCORI-funded study that demonstrated similar functional outcomes among patients undergoing virtual (versus traditional facility-based) cardiac rehabilitation programs. Dr. Whooley is currently Director of the VA Measurement Science QUERI, Principal Investigator (PI) of the 20-year Heart and Soul Study, and Site PI for the Million Veterans Program at the San Francisco VA. She also serves as Director of the UCSF Clinical Research Informatics Postdoctoral (CRISP) fellowship and has received numerous mentoring awards.