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Gregory Esper MD, MBA

  • Department of Neurology
    Professor
  • Brain Health Center
    Department of Neurology
    12 Executive Park Drive NE
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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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