Matthew Weinger, MD, MS

Dr. Weinger holds the Norman Ty Smith Chair in Patient Safety and Medical Simulation and is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Risk and Reliability) in the School of Engineering. He is the Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Science (CRISS), a nationally recognized leader in human factors engineering in healthcare. 

Dr. Weinger has been teaching and conducting research in human factors engineering and human-centered design in healthcare, clinical informatics, decision making, patient safety and healthcare simulation for three decades. HIs current interests are in the design and implementation of technology that improves the ability of clinicians and patients to enhance individual and population health. Dr. Weinger has more than 200 publications which have been cited nearly 5,000 teims (H-index of 26 by Web of Science). He has played an active role in more than 70 grants and contracts (including 15 as PI). A strong advocate for training and mentoring, he has mentored 23 post-doctoral fellows, 83 pre-doctoral students and numerous faculty working across the US and beyond. He has given nearly 250 invited national and international presentations. 

Dr. Weinger received the 2020 A. R. Lauer Safety Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES); he was the first physician Fellow of that society. He received the Laufman-Greatbach Award of the Association for the Advancement in Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), its highest honor, "in recognition of leadership and dedication to medical instrumentation, service, patient care and patient safety." Dr. Weinger is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 

He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in biology (neurosciences) from Stanford University in 1978. He completed his MD at the University of California-San Diego in 1982 and did his anesthesiology residency training at the University of California-San Francisco.