David C. Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
Health Economist
Health Economics Resource Center (HERC)
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
795 Willow Road (152 MPD)
Menlo Park, CA 94025
P: (650) 725-9582
F: (650) 617-2639
E: david.chanjr@va.gov
David Chan, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Stanford School of Medicine, an investigator at the Department of Veterans Affairs, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Drawing on labor and organizational economics, he is interested in studying how information is used in health care, how this affects productivity, and the implications for design. In 2014, he received the NIH Director’s High-Risk, High-Reward Early Independence Award to study the optimal balance of information in health information technology for patient care. In 2023, he received the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) Medal, awarded to the early-career economist with the most significant contributions to health economics. His VA research focuses on provider behavior and measures the causal impact of care inside and outside of VA.
