Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, MHM, FACP

Dr. Kripalani directs the Center for Health Services Research and, as Vice President for Health System Sciences, is active in developing Vanderbilt Health's learning health system. He is an applied implementation scientist whose research interests include health communication, medication safety, care transitions, implementation of evidence-based practice, and de-implementation of low-value care. His research has been funded by the NIH, AHRQ, PCORI, and CMS. Dr. Kripalani co-leads Vanderbilt's Health Systems Implementation Initiative, directs the RAPID-LHS platform, and serves as PI of several funded implementation research studies. He also supports implementation science activities for the Vanderbilt CTSA and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. He has served as the PI or lead implementation science mentor on several postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty career development programs. Dr. Kripalani previously founded the Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research, and he was founding Chief of the Section of Hospital Medicine at VUMC. He has been named a Master in Hospital Medicine (MHM) by the Society of Hospital Medicine.