Dr. Griffin Plattner is an Internal Medicine Physician who specializes in Implementation Science with application to his interests in Medical Education and innovations in healthcare delivery that promote equitable access to preventative care. He grew up as a Red Sox and Florida Gator fan in Fort Myers, Florida. Griffin studied Business Management and Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida (Go Gators!). He completed his medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine followed by residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital. His areas of interest include health equity, medical education, and health systems improvements for early preventative care and transitions of care. His current projects include a qualitative study on the factors that influence physician engagement in medical education and evaluating/improving, a review of strategies to measure and promote sustainability of preventative care innovations, and evaluation/improvement of efforts to ensure timely colonoscopies after positive stool colon cancer screenings. He works with quality improvement teams at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the Richard Fine People's Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. During his time as an NCSP scholar he has worked towards a Master's of Science in Clinical and Epidemiologic research with a focus on Implementation Science, worked clinically as an attending and Internal Medicine Resident preceptor at the Richard Fine People's Clinic, and completed in externship in Saipan working with the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation to evaluate tuberculosis programs and draft new policies around isolation during active treatment of tuberculosis. His time in NCSP allowed him an appointment at Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center as a clinician educator with protected time for work in healthcare innovation as he grew his family with a dog and baby boy!
Research Interests: Quantifying the impact of social determinants of health with the goal of guiding and evaluating policy and resource utilization designed to reduce inequities through innovative and equitably accessible primary care.