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Jason Higdon MD, FACP

  • SOM: Medicine: Primary Care
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 778-0480
  • jason.higdon@emory.edu

  • A1209
    1365 Clifton Rd
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Overview

Jason Higdon is a Board Certified Internist who joined the Emory Clinic as a Primary Care Physician in 2010. He is devoted to high quality, cost-effective, and personalized primary care. Along with Dr. Jennifer Zreloff, he started Patient-Centered Primary Care (PCPC) in 2011 as a pilot of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) care model at The Emory Clinic. PCPC gained and has maintained recognition by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Level 3 PCMH. He is also dedicated to medical education, serving as a medical student Society Advisor in the Holmes Society and a faculty advisor for the Internal Medicine Interest Group in the School of Medicine.

Dr. Higdon is originally from the Memphis, Tennessee area and graduated from Christian Brothers University with a degree in Biology. He graduated from medical school and completed internal medicine residency at Emory. He is an avid tennis fan and loves to travel.

Academic Appointment

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Senior Physician, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Emory University School of Medicine
  • BS from Christian Brothers University

Research

Publications

  • Optimizing Discharge Summaries: A Multispecialty, Multicenter Survey of Primary Care Clinicians.
    J Patient Saf Volume: 18 Page(s): 58 - 63
    01/01/2022 Authors: Silver AM; Goodman LA; Chadha R; Higdon J; Burton M; Palabindala V; Jonnalagadda N; Thomas A; O'Donnell C
  • Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Impact on Quality of Life 1-6 Months After Illness and Association With Initial Symptom Severity.
    Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 8 Page(s): ofab352
    08/01/2021 Authors: O'Keefe JB; Minton HC; Morrow M; Johnson C; Moore MA; O'Keefe GAD; Benameur K; Higdon J; Fairley JK
  • Prolonged Symptoms After COVID-19 Infection in Outpatients.
    Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 8 Page(s): ofab060
    03/01/2021 Authors: Ramakrishnan A; Zreloff J; Moore MA; Bergquist SH; Cellai M; Higdon J; O'Keefe JB; Roberts D; Wu HM
  • ACCURATE DISEASE ATTRIBUTION IS A HURDLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A PAY FOR PERFORMANCE REIMBURSEMENT MODEL
    Volume: 28 Page(s): S16 - S16
    06/01/2013 Authors: Zreloff J; Gaumond J; Higdon J
  • Gene expression profiles of mouse retinas during the second and third postnatal weeks.
    Brain Res Volume: 1098 Page(s): 113 - 125
    07/07/2006 Authors: Liu J; Wang J; Huang Q; Higdon J; Magdaleno S; Curran T; Zuo J
  • Distinct gene expression profiles and reduced JNK signaling in retinitis pigmentosa caused by RP1 mutations.
    Hum Mol Genet Volume: 14 Page(s): 2945 - 2958
    10/01/2005 Authors: Liu J; Huang Q; Higdon J; Liu W; Xie T; Yamashita T; Cheon K; Cheng C; Zuo J
  • Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd) phenotypes caused by mutations in the axotomy-induced gene, Nna1.
    Science Volume: 295 Page(s): 1904 - 1906
    03/08/2002 Authors: Fernandez-Gonzalez A; La Spada AR; Treadaway J; Higdon JC; Harris BS; Sidman RL; Morgan JI; Zuo J
  • TYPHOID FEVER: AN UNEXPECTED SOUVENIR

    Authors: Higdon J; Klein R
  • TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT

    Authors: Higdon J; Agrawal M
  • MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT

    Authors: Gay H; Higdon J
  • A NURSE VISIT PROTOCOL COMBINED WITH POPULATION MANAGEMENT REPORTS IMPROVES QUALITY METRICS IN HYPERTENSION ocr issue

    Authors: Higdon J; Agrawal M; Zreloff J
  • USING TEAM-BASED CARE TO IMPROVE MONITORING AND QUALITY OF CARE IN DIABETES

    Authors: Higdon J; Gaumond J; Zreloff J
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