Joseph Hopkins

Joseph R Hopkins, MD, MMM, is Associate Chief Medical Officer and Senior Medical Director for Quality at Stanford Health Care (SHC), and Clinical Professor of Medicine/Primary Care & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine. He is one of the principal physicians working with the SHC Quality, Patient Safety & Effectiveness Department, with particular emphasis on developing physician leadership to improve quality scores. He supervises the Unit Based Medical Directors, a program he created to enhance the effectiveness of physician leaders working in dyad partnerships with nurse managers. He founded and directs the Stanford Leadership Development Program, now in its 13th year.

As co-chair of the Medical Staff Committee for Professionalism, Dr. Hopkins oversees interventions to help physicians who have more patient complaints or incidents of disrespectful behavior compared to their peers. He currently chairs the SHC Quality, Patient Safety & Effectiveness Committee and is expert in quality improvement and clinical process improvement. Previously, he directed the Stanford Breakthrough Collaborative on Access and Operational Excellence in Clinics.

Dr. Hopkins speaks at national conferences and publishes on quality improvement, leadership development and physician professionalism.

Dr. Hopkins did his undergraduate work at the University of Illinois. He received his MD from Stanford University School of Medicine and a Master of Medical Management degree from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He completed his internship at Harbor-UCLA Hospital in Torrance, CA, and his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Rochester.