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Dale W. Bratzler, D.O., MPH
Health Administration & Policy

Dale W Bratzler, D.O., MPH

Dean
Chair & Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor

The Edward E. and Helen T. Bartlett Foundation Chair in Public Health

 

Hudson College of Public Health
801 Northeast 13th Street, Room 128
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

(405) 271-2201

Dale-Bratzler@ou.edu

Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH, is the Dean of the Hudson College of Public Health and a Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Administration and Policy. He is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma (OU) Health Sciences.

Dr. Bratzler has a long history of working on healthcare performance measurement and reporting. He worked closely with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the development of national quality reporting programs for hospitals, nursing homes and physician practices starting in the mid-90s. For more than 25 years, Dr. Bratzler has participated in research on prevention of surgical infections and on adult vaccination. He was appointed to the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee in 2010 and subsequently spent a year as a Senior Policy Advisor for the CDC.  He has given more than 600 lectures nationally on health care quality topics with a particular emphasis on prevention of surgical site infections and adult vaccination and has published more than 100 manuscripts in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Journals of the American Medical Association, Health Affairs and others. According to Google Scholar, he has more than 23,000 citations of his publications by other authors and an H-index of 50.

 

Education:

  • MPH, Health Administration and Policy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1996
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Tulsa Regional Medical Center, 1981–1985
  • DO, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 1981
  • BS, Biology, University of Central Missouri, 1977

Board Certification(s):

Board certified in internal medicine, he is a Master Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists, and a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Appointments:

  • Dean, Hudson College of Public Health, 2023 to present
  • Professor and Chair, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Hudson College of Public Health, 2019–present
  • Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, 2012–present
  • University Chief COVID Officer, June 2020 – June 2023
  • Hospital Advisory Council, Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2012–present
  • Member, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010–2013
  • Member, National Advisory Council, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2001–2011
  • President and CEO, and Medical Director, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, 2001–2011
  • President, American Health Quality Association, 2003–2005 and 2010–2011

Teaching:

  • HAP 5883 Healthcare Quality Management
  • HAP 5960 Directed Reading

Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Development and maintenance of national performance measures used to profile and publicly report metrics on quality of inpatient and outpatient health care
  • Evidence-based management of hospitalized patients
  • Prevention of surgical complications, and in particular evidence-based approaches to prevention of surgical site infections
  • Use of administrative data to profile hospital outcomes of care (infection, mortality)
  • Use of information technology to improve the quality of health care
  • Evaluation of the relationship between surgical processes of care and patient outcomes
  • Evaluation of the relationship between pneumonia processes of care and patient outcomes
  • Use of Medicare claims to profile hospital rate of surgical site infections
  • Population-based surveillance for venous thromboembolic disease
  • Development of national guidelines for prevention of surgical site infections

Select Honors and Accomplishments:

  • 2023 Oklahoma Charitable Clinic Association (OCCA) Outstanding Volunteer of the Year – October 17, 2023

  • 2023 Kansas City University College of Medicine and Biosciences – Alumni Achievement Award. September 21, 2023. Kansas City, Missouri.

  • 2023 Prevention in Practice Award. Awarded by the Physician’s Campaign for a Healthier Oklahoma, sponsored by the Oklahoma State Medical Association. April 14, 2023.

  • 2023 The Staab Legacy Award. Department of Internal Medicine, OSU Center for Health Sciences. April 1, 2023.

  • 2023 The Journal Record – 2023 Journal Record Health Care Hero, March 23, 2023.

  • 2022 The Journal Record – 2022 The Power List. Most Influential Oklahomans. Forty-five individuals whose efforts, decisions and leadership affected people, actions or events in our cities, state and beyond.

  • 2021 Turning Point Public Health Innovator Award. August 26, 2021.

  • 2021 Oklahoma State Medical Association Gordon H. Deckert, MD, Award for Community Service, August 21, 2021.

  • 2021 American Business Awards, COVID-19 Response Award, Media Hero of the Year, Bronze Stevie Award, June 30, 2021

  • 2021 The Journal Record – 2021 Journal Record Health Care Hero, May 21, 2021

  • 2021 University of Oklahoma Distinguished Service Award – May 14, 2021

  • 2021 Oklahoma Osteopathic Association Award of Appreciation – May 1, 2021

  • 2021 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation – May 12, 2021

  • 2021 David L. Boren Faculty Governance Award – April 28, 2021

  • 2021 Regents’ Award for Superior Professional and University Service and Public Outreach – April 28, 2021

  • 2021 Oklahoma Charitable Clinic Association (OCCA) Outstanding Volunteer of the Year – March 26, 2021

  • 2021 Oklahoma State Medical Association Gordon H. Deckert, MD, Award for Community Service

  • 2021 Oklahoma Public Health Association. Contribution to the Field of Public Health award. September 21, 2021.

  • 2020 Hudson College of Public Health Student Association Outstanding Teacher Award

Select Publications:

Link to Dr. Bratzler's current publications

  1. Bratzler DW, Dellinger EP, Olsen KM, Perl T, Auwaerter PG, Bolon MK, Fish DN, Napolitano LM, Sawyer RG, Slain D, Steinberg JP, Weinstein RA. Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2013; 70:195-283. PMID: 23327981.
  2. Berrios-Torres SI, Yi S, Bratzler DW, Ma A, Mu Y, Edwards JR, Zhu L, Jernigan JA. Activity of commonly used antimicrobial prophylaxis regimens against pathogens causing coronary artery bypass graft and arthroplasty surgical site infections in the United States, 2006-2009. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014; 35:231-9. PMID: 24521586
  3. Letourneau AR, Calderwood MS, Huang SS, Bratzler DW, Ma A, Yokoe DS. Harnessing claims to improve detection of surgical site infections following hysterectomy and colorectal surgery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013; 34:1321-3. PMID: 24225620
  4. Anderson DJ, Podgomy K, Berrios-Torres SI, Bratzler DW, Dellinger EP, Green L, Nyquist A, Saiman L, Yokoe DS, Maragakis LL, Kaye KS. Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals – 2014 Update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014; 35:605-27. PMID: 24799638
  5. Berríos-Torres SI, Umscheid CA, Bratzler DW, Leas B, Stone EC, Kelz RR, Reinke CE, Morgan S, Solomkin JS, Mazuski JE, Dellinger EP, Itani KMF, Berbari EF, Segreti J, Parvizi J, Blanchard J, Allen G, Kluytmans JAJW, Donlan R, Schecter WP; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017. JAMA Surg. 2017; 152:784-791. PMID: 28467526
  6. Wendelboe AM, Campbell J, Ding K, Bratzler DW, Beckman MC, Reyes N, Raskob GE. Incidence of venous thromboembolism in a racially diverse population of Oklahoma County, OK.  Thromb Haemost. 2021 Jan 10. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1722189. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33423245
  7. Calderwood M, Anderson DJ, Bratzler DW, Dellinger EP, Garcia-Houchins S, Nyquist AC, Perkins KM, Preas MA, Saiman L, Schweizer M, Schaffzin JK, Yokoe DS, Maragakis L, Kaye KS. Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2022 Update. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol. 2023, May 4. 1-26. doi:10.1017/ice.2023.67.  PMID: 37137483
  8. Ding K, Naqvi OH, Seeberger RJ, Bratzler DW, Wendelboe AM. A spatial-temporal ecologic analysis of COVID-19 vaccination coverage and outcomes, Oklahoma, USA, February 2020-December 2021. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024. November;30:2333-2342. doi: 10.3201/eid3011.231582. PMID: 39447160