DHP 2014 Forum

The Diamantina Health Partners Annual Forum is an opportunity for clinicians, researchers, educators, managers, policy makers and community representatives to meet and discuss the advances being made through collaborative practice to improve health outcomes. The forum, which is held annually in May, presents a unique platform for the establishment of trans-disciplinary partnerships between researchers, educators and health professionals.

The 2014 Diamanatina Health Partners Annual Forum will be held 30 April – 2 May 2014

Keynote speaker

Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc
Director, Healthcare Delivery Research Program and Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic 

Dr. Montori is a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He serves as a physician consultant in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, and as director of the Healthcare Delivery Research Program.  He has joint appointments in the Division of Healthcare Policy and Research at Mayo and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University in Canada.

Dr. Montori is an internationally-recognised researcher focusing on understanding and improving the process by which clinicians and patients use knowledge to make better decisions and improve patient outcomes. He is currently the lead investigator of the Knowledge and Encounter Research (KER) Unit, and previously was the co-director of the NIH-funded Translating Comparative Effectiveness Research (TRACER) Unit of the Mayo Center for Translational Science Activities. He has authored over 300 research reports published in top medical journals.

Dr. Montori received the Excellence in Teaching Award at Mayo Medical School for his work as both a teacher and a mentor. He serves on the editorial boards of prestigious medical journals, including Annals of Internal Medicine, has delivered keynote presentations at major academic institutions worldwide, and has chaired a special panel of the National Institutes of Health focused on translating diabetes research into practice.  He is a member of the expert panel of the AHRQ Innovations Exchange.

Dr. Montori received his MD degree from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru. He completed his residency training and became chief resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic. He earned his MSc degree in biomedical research at Mayo Graduate School and completed a fellowship in endocrinology at Mayo. Dr. Montori also completed a research fellowship in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University in Canada.