Gregory Esper MD, MBA
- Department of Neurology
Professor
- (404) 778-3444
- gesper@emory.edu
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Brain Health Center
Department of Neurology
12 Executive Park Drive NE
Overview
Gregory J. Esper, MD, MBA, is currently Professor &Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Neurology. He is the Vice President of Lean Promotion and the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Emory Healthcare, and leads Emorys systemwide telehealth initiatives. He earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University, completed neurology residency at Washington University St. Louis, and finished clinical neurophysiology fellowship and a clinical research fellowship in Electrical Impedance Myography at Harvard University's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He earned his MBA from Emorys Goizueta Business School in 2009, and is Affiliate Professor of Business at Goizueta. Clinically, Dr. Esper sees patients with general neurology conditions, including but not limited to headache, neuromuscular diseases, neuroinflammatory diseases, and the like. Dr. Esper serves the American Academy of Neurology as the Chair of the Health Services Research subcommittee, and he chaired the AANs Navigating Health Reform Task Force for the AAN in 2012. He publishes and lectures nationally on such topics as electronic health record implementation, medical economics, and health care reform, and internationally on health care leadership and talent management.
Academic Appointment
- Professor, Neurology, Emory University
Education
Degrees
- MBA from Emory University
- MD from Vanderbilt University
- BS from University of Pittsburgh
Research
Publications
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Wait Time to See a Neurologist After Referral Among Medicare Participants.
Neurology Volume: 104 Page(s): e210217
02/11/2025 Authors: Lin CC; Muthukumar L; Reynolds EL; Hill CE; Esper GJ; Callaghan BC -
The Patient Portal Messaging Crisis.
JAMA Neurol
12/09/2024 Authors: Grouse CK; Esper GJ -
Burden of Neurologic Health Care and Incident Neurologic Diagnoses in the Year After COVID-19 or Influenza Hospitalization.
Neurology Volume: 102 Page(s): e209248
04/23/2024 Authors: de Havenon A; Callaghan BC; Xu Y; Connor M; Hill CE; Ney J; Esper GJ -
Prescription Opioid Initiation for Neuropathy, Headache, and Low Back Pain: A US Population-based Medicare Study.
J Pain Volume: 24 Page(s): 2268 - 2282
12/01/2023 Authors: Lin CC; Callaghan BC; Burke JF; Kerber KA; Bicket MC; Esper GJ; Skolarus LE; Hill CE -
Patient Travel Distance to Neurologist Visits.
Neurology Volume: 101 Page(s): e1807 - e1820
10/31/2023 Authors: Lin CC; Hill CE; Kerber KA; Burke JF; Skolarus LE; Esper GJ; de Havenon A; De Lott LB; Callaghan BC -
Examining the National Representativeness of the Axon Registry: A Neurology-Specific Patient Registry.
Neurology Volume: 101 Page(s): e1167 - e1177
09/12/2023 Authors: Wilson AM; Lundgren KB; Schierman B; Mante A; Lien A; Benish SM; Esper GJ; Nair KV; Ney JP -
Telemedicine impact on post-stroke outpatient follow-up in an academic healthcare network during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis Volume: 32 Page(s): 107213
08/01/2023 Authors: Alabyad D; Lemuel-Clarke M; Antwan M; Henriquez L; Belagaje S; Rangaraju S; Mosley A; Cabral J; Walczak T; Ido M -
The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleeve gastrectomy at a major academic institution.
Surg Endosc Volume: 37 Page(s): 6558 - 6564
08/01/2023 Authors: Mou D; Kumarasamy M; Grunewald Z; Cooper K; Fay K; Hall CE; Bibler J; Lin E; Davis S; Sweeney JF -
Measuring Ambulatory Racial and Ethnic Neurologic Disparities With the Axon Registry.
Neurol Clin Pract Volume: 13 Page(s): e200132
04/01/2023 Authors: Benson RT; Benish SM; Esper GJ; Kissela B; Rosendale N; Marulanda-Londono E; Hope OA; Pham TTA; Roe M; Torres A -
Costs and Utilization of New-to-Market Neurologic Medications.
Neurology Volume: 100 Page(s): e884 - e898
02/01/2023 Authors: Reynolds EL; Gallagher G; Hill CE; Banerjee M; Mante A; Esper GJ; Callaghan BC