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Nancy Dickey

Nancy Dickey
Nancy Dickey, MD

President Emeritus, Health Science Center

Professor Emerita, College of Medicine

Contact

Humanities in Medicine
Instructional Admin; 1114 TAMUS
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Bryan, TX 77807

Biography

I currently serve as executive director of the Rural and Community Health Institute which serves in a consultative role with hospitals and communities across the state of Texas to facilitate best practices in patient safety, enhanced quality of care, and physician excellence. The Institute was created during her time of leadership at the Health Science Center and exemplifies the importance of translating sound policy into practice not only in traditional academic health centers but across the spectrum of practice sites and care delivery.

Education and Training

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, MD, Medicine, 1976

Awards, Recognition and Service

  • Leveraging bright spots in the operation of rural hospitals to help other communities awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
  • Vulnerable Rural Hospitals Assistance Program awarded by DHHS-HRSA-Health Resources Development
  • Building the capacity and sustainability of the Center for Optimizing Rural Health awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
  • Developing a blueprint for effective, efficient, affordable access to health care in rural communities in Texas awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
  • Member conferred by National Academy of Medicine - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

Representative Publications