Donald Fry, MD, Executive-Vice-President, Clinical Outcomes

Biography

Donald E. Fry, M.D. is Executive Vice President for Clinical Outcomes Management at MPA, Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University, and Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. At MPA, Dr. Fry provides clinical leadership in analyzing and evaluating clinical performance, guiding quality improvement, and creating incentives for coordinated, cost-effective care. Dr. Fry is the lead developer of the Specialized Intervention modules of GlobalPRIME™.

Born in Marion, Ohio, Dr. Fry received his undergraduate and medical degrees at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He completed a straight surgical internship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas and residency in general surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky.

In 1977, Dr. Fry joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery at the University of Louisville. Five years later, Dr. Fry was appointed Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1987, he was appointed Professor and Chairman of Surgery at the University of New Mexico, a position he held for 16 years. While at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Fry also served as Chief of Surgery and director of the trauma service at the University of New Mexico Hospital.

Dr. Fry has served on the board of governors of the American College of Surgeons and as President of the Surgical Infection Society, the Shock Society, and the Association of VA Surgeons. He is also a past president of the American College of Surgeons New Mexico Chapter, the Hiram C. Polk Surgical Society, and the Albuquerque Academy of Surgery. Dr. Fry has served on the editorial boards of nearly one dozen journals and published more than 400 scholarly papers, abstracts, book chapters, and books. His special academic interests are in the areas of surgical infection, sepsis, complications of surgical care, and more recently in the areas of clinical outcomes research and healthcare economics. In 1997, he received the Alumni Achievement Award of The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

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