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UC Davis Health System

Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H.

Thomas S. Nesbitt

Clinical/Research Interests

Thomas S. Nesbitt, associate vice chancellor for strategic technologies and alliances, is responsible for advancing the UC Davis Health System's excellence in telemedicine. Toward that goal, he works closely with leaders throughout the state in developing partnerships with regional hospitals, clinics and centers to expand access to quality health care and create a statewide broadband telehealth network. He also ensures that faculty and staff excel at using innovative technologies to provide high-quality, state-of-the-art medical care.

A member of the UC Davis faculty since 1988, Nesbitt is a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine who specializes in rural health and using advanced telecommunications technologies to improve access to medical education and care. He has been a driving force behind a variety of innovative programs that address the unique health-care and educational needs of diverse populations of patients and physicians, particularly in rural Northern California.

As founding director of the Center for Health and Technology, for instance, Nesbitt oversees UC Davis' telemedicine, distance learning and medical informatics programs. A key focus of the center is assuring interaction among physicians, educators, information technology and communications specialists, engineers and researchers. The multidisciplinary collaboratives he establishes are responsible for leveraging new telecommunications technologies to improve access to high-quality patient care, information resources and medical education opportunities.

Title:

Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Technologies and Alliances

Specialty:

Family and Community Medicine, Rural Health Care

Center/Program Affiliation:

Center for Health and Technology, Center for Healthcare Policy and Research , Northern California Center for AIDS Research

Address:

Education Building
4610 X Street , Suite Suite 3101
Sacramento, CA 95817

Education:

UC Davis School of Medicine
Davis, California
M.D. 1979

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
M.P.H. 1988

UC Davis
Davis, California
B.A. 1975

Residency:

University of Washington
Spokane, Washington
1979-1982
Family Medicine

Fellowships:

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
1986-1988

Board Certifications:

American Board of Family Medicine, 1982

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Family Physicians
California Academy of Family Physicians
California Telehealth/Telemedicine Coordination Project
Community Partnership for Healthy Children
Faculty Physician Scholar
National Board of Medical Examiners
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sierra Health Foundation