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Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN<br />

PETER BUERHAUS, PHD, RN, FAAN<br />

Peter Buerhaus is a nurse and a healthcare economist. He is the Valere Potter Distinguished<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> at Vanderbilt University School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong>, and Director <strong>of</strong> the Center<br />

for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, the Institute for Medicine and Public Health, at<br />

Vanderbilt University Medical Center. From 2000 to 2006, Dr. Buerhaus served as the Senior<br />

Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong>. Before coming to<br />

Vanderbilt University, Dr. Buerhaus was assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> health policy and management at<br />

Harvard School <strong>of</strong> Public Health (1992-2000) where he developed the Harvard <strong>Nursing</strong> Research<br />

Institute and its post-doctoral program in nursing health services research. During the 1980s he<br />

served as assistant to the chief executive <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> The University <strong>of</strong> Michigan Medical Center’s<br />

seven teaching hospitals (1983-1986) and assistant to the Vice Provost for Medical Affairs, the chief<br />

executive <strong>of</strong> the medical center (1987-1990).<br />

Dr. Buerhaus maintains an active research program involving studies on the economics <strong>of</strong> the<br />

nursing workforce, nurse and physician workforce forecasting, developing and testing measures<br />

<strong>of</strong> hospital quality <strong>of</strong> care, and determining public and provider opinions on issues involving the<br />

delivery <strong>of</strong> health care. Of the nearly 100 articles he has published in peer-reviewed journals, five<br />

publications are designated as “Classics” by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality<br />

(AHRQ) Patient Safety Network. Other publications have ranked among the most widely accessed<br />

articles published in the health policy journal Health Affairs in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010.<br />

Dr. Buerhaus is co-author <strong>of</strong> the 2008 book The Future <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Nursing</strong> Workforce in the United<br />

States: Data, Trends, and Implications. He has editorial responsibilities with many peer reviewed<br />

health services research and nursing journals, and has advised policy makers and legislators on<br />

nursing workforce policy.<br />

In 2003, Dr. Buerhaus was elected into the National Academies Institute <strong>of</strong> Medicine and since<br />

1994 has been a member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>American</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong>. He served on the Advisory<br />

Council <strong>of</strong> the National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health National Institute <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> Research (2001-2006),<br />

National Quality Forum Steering Committee on <strong>Nursing</strong> Quality Performance Measures (2004-<br />

2005), as a Board <strong>of</strong> Director <strong>of</strong> Sigma Theta Tau International (2001-2005), and as a member <strong>of</strong><br />

The Joint Commission’s <strong>Nursing</strong> Advisory Committee (2003-2010). He serves as an expert advisor<br />

for the Bipartisan Policy Center’s health care workforce initiative.<br />

Dr. Buerhaus earned his baccalaureate degree in nursing from Mankato State University (1976), a<br />

master’s degree in nursing health services administration from The University <strong>of</strong> Michigan (1981),<br />

a doctoral degree from at Wayne State University (1990), and completed a Robert Wood Johnson<br />

Foundation post doctoral faculty fellowship in health care finance at The Johns Hopkins University<br />

from 1991-1992.<br />

On September 30, 2010, Dr. Buerhaus was appointed to Chair the National Health Workforce<br />

Commission, which was established under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Among<br />

other responsibilities, the Commission (once funded) will provide advice to the Congress and to the<br />

President on national health care workforce policy.

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