Matthew Weinger, MD, MS, FAAAS
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 in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. For Vanderbilt Health, he is the Director of Research, Outreach, and Industry Relations of the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment (CELA). He is also a Member and Founding Director of the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Science (CRISS).
Dr. Weinger has been teaching and conducting research in human factors engineering and human-centered design in healthcare, clinical informatics, patient safety, healthcare simulation, and decision making for four decades. His current interests are in the design and implementation of technology and systems that improve the ability of clinicians and patients to enhance individual and population health with a particular emphasis on medical devices and decision support systems. He has been on more than 70 grants & contracts (including 16 as PI) receiving >$11 million as PI and >$35 million overall. Dr. Weinger has more than 250 publications; His published work has been cited more than 6000 times with an H-index of 40. A strong advocate for training and mentoring, he has mentored several dozen post-doctoral fellows, nearly 100 pre-doctoral students, and numerous national and international faculty.
In 2020, Dr. Weinger received the A. R. Lauer Safety Award for “outstanding contributions to human factors aspects in the broad area of safety” from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). He has previously received the J. S. Gravenstein Award for lifetime achievement from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA) and the Laufman-Greatbach Award of the Association for the Advancement in Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) “in recognition of leadership and dedication to medical instrumentation, service, patient care, and patient safety.” He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Dr. Weinger 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 degree at the University of California–San Diego in 1982 and did his anesthesiology residency training at the University of California–San Francisco.