National Program Office

Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH
Director

Dr. Bruce Siegel is a Research Professor in the Department of Health Policy at The George Washington University Medical Center, School of Public Health and Health Services.  There he directs two national programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Urgent Matters*, focused on the health care safety-net and emergency departments; and Expecting Success, dedicated to reducing disparities in health care for minority Americans. His other research projects include work with the Commonwealth Fund and other organizations on hospital quality and patient flow.

Dr. Siegel has previously held the positions of New Jersey Commissioner of Health, President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and President of Tampa General Healthcare. In addition, he served as a Director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, as a Senior Fellow at New School University, and as an advisor to the World Bank, hospitals, hospital associations, philanthropies, state governments and pharmaceutical firms. He is a member of the Board of Stewardship Trustees of Catholic Health Initiatives.

Dr. Siegel received his AB degree from Princeton University, MD from Cornell University Medical College, and MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He is board certified in Preventive Medicine. He has written and spoken extensively on health care administration, policy and public health issues. He and his wife, Dr. Maura Cooper, reside with their two daughters in Bethesda, Maryland.

* For information about Urgent Matters, an initiative to strengthen the safety net in our communities, visit www.urgentmatters.org