Division Faculty

Title:
Professor of Medicine

Contact Information:
Email:   dmirvis@uthsc.edu
Office:  (901) 448-5738

Clinical/Research Interest:
Dr. Mirvis' research interests include health care delivery processes and health policy as well as theoretical and applied electrocardiology, organizational design and behavior.  He has published over 150 manuscripts and two texts in these areas, and has been elected to numerous professional honor societies.  He recently authored the ECG chapter in the most recent edition of Braunwauld's Heart Disease.

Residency: Albert Einstien College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
Fellowship: NIH, University of Tennessee
Joined UT: 1974

Dr. David M. Mirvis is the founder and Director of the Center for Health Services Research and Professor in the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.  He also serves on the graduate faculty of the program in health sciences administration and epidemiology.

He received his MD degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1970, and subsequently trained in internal medicine and cardiology at the National Institutes of Health and at the University of Tennessee.  From 1987 through 1997, Dr. Mirvis served as Chief of Staff of the Memphis VA Medical Center and as an Associate Dean of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine.  His other academic appointments include positions as Adjunct Professor of Economics and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Memphis.

1. Mirvis, D.M.: Academic health centers: you can't (and shouldn't) go home again.  American Journal of Medical Science 315(1): 1-3, 1998.
2. Chang C.F., Kiser L.J., Bailey J.E., Martins M., Gibson W.C., Schaberg K.A., Mirvis D.M., Applegate W.A.:  TennCare Partners:  Tennessee's failed managed care program for mental health and substance abuse services.  Journal of the American Medical Association 279 (11): 864-869, 1998.
3. Mirvis D.M.: Managed care, managing ethics.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 46: 389-390, 1998.
4. Mirvis, D.M., Graney, M.G.:  Impact of race and age on effects of regionalization of cardiac procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system.  American Journal of Cardiology 81:982-987, 1998.
5. Mirvis, D.M.: Health care structure and function Ð and outcomes.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 46(10):1320-1321, 1998.
6. Mirvis, D.M.: What's wrong with the electrocardiogram?  Journal of Electrocardiology 31 (4):313-316, 1998.
7. Mirvis, D.M., Graney, M.J.:  Variations in the use of cardiac procedures in the Veterans Health Administration.  American Heart Journal 137(4):706-713, 1999.
8. Mirvis, D.M., Graney, M.J., Kilpatrick, A.O.:  Factors contributing to burnout among leaders of Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.  Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 21 (3):390-412, 1999.
9. Mirvis, D.M., Graney, M.J., Kilpatrick, A.O.:  Trends in burnout and related measures of organizational stress among leaders of Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.  Journal of Health Care Management 44(5):353-366.
10. Bailey, J.E., vanBrunt, D., Chang, C.F., Applegate, W.B., Mirvis, D.M., Schaberg, D:  Academic managed care organizations and adverse selection under Medicaid managed care in Tennessee.  Journal of the American Medical Association 282(11): 1067-1072, 1999.
11. Mirvis, D.M., Graney, M. J.:  Cumulative effects of historical and physical examination findings on the prognostic value of the electrocardiogram.  Journal of Elelctrocardiology 34 (3):215-223, 2001.
12. Goldbergerger, A.L., Schwartz J., Mirvis D.M.:  Utility of the routine electrocardiogram before surgery and on general hospital admission: updated review and guidelines.  Ann Intern Med, in press.
13. Mirvis, D.M., Bailey. J.E., Chang, C.F.:  TennCare Ð Six years of Medicaid managed care in Tennessee.  American Journal of Managed Care, in press.
14. Chang, C.F., Mirvis, D.M., Waters, T.F.: Do HMOs foot the bill? Managed care as a vehicle for delivering clinical preventive services.  Submitted.
15. Koppel, M., Graney, M.F., Ingram, L.I., Mirvis, D.M.:  Impact of academic health centers on the performance of regional hospitals.  In preparation.

1. Mirvis, D.M.:  "Physician Behavior".  In "Handbook of Health Administration", J. Johnson and A.O. Kilpatrick, eds.  Marcel Dekker, Boston, 1999, pp. 439-460.
2. Barth TJ, Mirvis DM, Hill KP, Mulholland KL: "Strategic Planning in a VA Medical Center". In "Handbook of Health Administration", J. Johnson and A.O. Kilpatrick, eds.  Marcel Dekker, Boston, 1999, pp 655-668.
3. Mirvis DM, Plonsey R:  "The Electrocardiogram and Electrophysiological Analysis".  In "Cardiac Arrhythmias", M. Rosen and P. Spooner, eds.  Marcel Dekker, Boston, 2000.
4. Mirvis DM, Goldberger AL:  "Electrocardiography."  In "Heart Disease", E. Braunwald, D. Zipes and P. Libby, eds.  W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2001.
5. Mirvis, D.M.:  "Physician Behavior".  In "On-Line Handbook of Health Administration", A.O. Kilpatrick, ed.  Marcel Dekker, Boston, in press.