IE alumnus honored by VA

Robert Dittus (BSIE '73), MD, MPH, is a member of the School of Industrial Engineering Advisory Council. Dittus has been honored with the 2024 David M. Worthen Career Achievement Award by the Department of Veteran's Affairs.
IE Alumnus Robert DIttus
Robert Dittus (BSIE '73), MD, MPH

 

Dittus is the Albert and Bernard Werthan Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University, as well as Chief Innovation Officer & Senior Vice President of the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network and director of both the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) and the Quality Scholars Program at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System.

The award honors “champions” of health professions education who have advanced the VA’s health care education mission.
 

Full Story at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

Source: Bill Snyder

Writer: Dave Montgomery