David Axelrod MD MBA

Dr. David Axelrod is a currently the Section Chief of Transplant Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School. His training has included clinical training in transplantation and research training in health services research and economic analysis. His professional responsibilities include leadership of the national pancreas transplant committee and directorship of the business practice committee which educates transplant leaders on health care delivery organizations. He is the author of over 50 publications in the area of transplantation economics and outcome research. Dr. Axelrod has a four year history of collaboration with Drs. Schnitzler and Lentine using health care claims data to assess the economic implications of care for patients with end state organ disease. This collaborative work was supported with an NIH funded and has been published in leading journals including JAMA and NEJM. The collaboration has also brought together a multidisciplinary team to assess the surgical, medical, and economic aspects of care for patients with end stage organ failure that will provide the necessary expertise to complete the project. Dr. Axelrod lectures nationally on transplant outcomes and economics and serves as an editor and reviewer for the leading specialty journals as well as JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine.