Thom Walsh

Thom Walsh, PhD , is the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Cardinal Point Healthcare Solutions, an Adjunct Lecturer at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and a Visiting Associate Professor of Community Medicine at the Oxley College of Health Sciences at the University of Tulsa. He holds an MS degree in Physical Therapy, an MS in Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and a PhD in Health Policy. Known as an excellent teacher and mentor, he draws on extensive clinical,...See more

Thom Walsh, PhD , is the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Cardinal Point Healthcare Solutions, an Adjunct Lecturer at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and a Visiting Associate Professor of Community Medicine at the Oxley College of Health Sciences at the University of Tulsa. He holds an MS degree in Physical Therapy, an MS in Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and a PhD in Health Policy. Known as an excellent teacher and mentor, he draws on extensive clinical, research, and consulting experience to help people and organizations to navigate a rapidly changing healthcare environment. His clinical career spanned private practice and academic settings, including the development and launch of a multidisciplinary spine center at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. His writings on patient-reported outcome measures, healthcare costs and utilization, shared decision-making, motivational interviewing, and ethical leadership have appeared in numerous publications, including the BMJ, JAMA, Spine, The Journal of Healthcare Management, Forbes, The New America Foundation, and The Atlantic . His first book, Navigating to Value in Healthcare , was released in 2017. Dr. Walsh also enjoys hiking, running, reading, and writing. He volunteers with a mountain search and rescue unit and Team Rubicon, a disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization. See less