JoAnna K. Leyenaar, MD, MPH, PhD

Paul Batalden Chair for Clinical Improvement and Professional Development

A pediatrician and health services researcher, Dr. JoAnna Leyenaar’s work is focused on improving the quality of healthcare provided to children, particularly those who are most vulnerable and underserved. Dr. Leyenaar works as a pediatric hospitalist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and serves as the Paul Batalden Chair for Clinical Improvement and Professional Development at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Dr. Leyenaar’s main areas of research interest include: care coordination for children with chronic illnesses, urban-rural disparities in healthcare quality, hospital-to-home transitions, integration of mental and behavioral healthcare in pediatrics, and care of opioid-exposed infants. She is currently receiving funding from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Leyenaar received her MD from McMaster University (Canada), her MPH from Harvard University, and her PhD from Tufts University.