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Phillip Phan, PhD

Alonzo and Virginia Decker Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Academic Area(s): Management & Organization, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Health

Area(s) of Interest: Healthcare Innovation Commercialization, National Innovation Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Patient Safety and Quality

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Phillip H. Phan, PhD, is the Alonzo and Virginia Decker Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, with a joint appointment as Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His scholarship bridges strategy, entrepreneurship, health services research, and the economics of innovation, with particular emphasis on how technologies move from discovery to adoption in health care. 

His current research examines artificial intelligence and digital health, aging and Alzheimer’s care, patient safety and quality, substance use disorder innovation, health-care operations, and technology commercialization. His broader work has also shaped research on academic entrepreneurship, university technology transfer, corporate governance, and innovation ecosystems. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, edited or authored 19 books and edited volumes, and has more than 17,000 Google Scholar citations (h-index 55). 

Dr. Phan is director of strategy for the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality; principal investigator and director of the Johns Hopkins Innovation for Substance Use Disorder Program; and principal investigator and core director of the Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research. He is editor of the Journal of Technology Transfer, deputy editor of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, and section editor for non-clinical medicine at Medicine®. His work focuses on building evidence, implementation pathways, and sustainable business models for innovations that improve patient outcomes and health-system performance.

Education

  • PhD, University of Washington - Seattle
  • BBA, Hospitality Management School of Travel Industry Management, University of Hawaii - Manoa

Research

Selected Publications

  •  Chae Kacey, Massare Jacqueline, Ashida Sato, Cudjoe Thomas K. M., Abadir Peter, Arbaje Alicia I., Unberath Mathias, Phan Phillip, Schoenborn Nancy L. (2026) Stakeholders' Perceived Benefits and Concerns Regarding Artificial Intelligence in the Care of Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 74(2): 355-364 
  • Sumner, J., Anjali Bundele, Hui Wen Lim, Phillip Phan, Mehul Motani, Amartya Mukhopadhyay (2024) Developing an Artificial Intelligence-Driven Nudge Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence: A Human-Centred Design Approach. Journal of Medical Systems 48(1), 3 
  • Abadir, P.M., Chellappa, R., Choudhry, N. et al. (2023) The promise of AI and technology to improve quality of life and care for older adults. Nature Aging. 3(6): 629-631 
  • Long, V, Chen Z, Du RC, Chan YH, Yik WY, Oon HH, Thng S, Qasrina NBIL, Tan C, Chandran NS, Valderas JM, Phan P, Choi E (2023) Understanding Discordant Perceptions of Disease Severity Between Physicians and Patients with Eczema and Psoriasis using Structured Equation Modeling. JAMA Dermatology. 159 (8), 811-819 
  • Lee, Soo-Hoon, Tinglong Dai, Phillip H Phan, Nehama Moran, Jerry Stonemetz (2022) The Association Between Timing of Elective Surgery Scheduling and Operating Theater Utilization: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study, Anesthesia & Analgesia, 134(3): 455-462 
  • Phan, Phillip & Dean F. Wong (2017). Lost opportunities. Nature, 552 (7683): S18 
  • Lee, Soo-Hoon, Phillip H. Phan, Todd Dorman, Sallie J. Weaver and Peter J. Pronovost (2016) Handoffs, safety culture, and practices: evidence from the hospital survey on patient safety culture, BMC Health Services Research, 16(1):254
  • Walls, Judith, Pascual Berrone, and Phillip H. Phan (2012) Corporate Governance and Environmental Performance: Is There Really a Link? Strategic Management Journal, Vol.33, No.8, pp 885-913 9. Phan, Phillip H., Donald Siegel and Michael Wright (2005) “Science Parks and Incubators: Observations, Synthesis and Future Research”, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol20 No2, pp. 165-182

Teaching

Current

  • Entrepreneurial Ventures

Previous

  • Design Lab
  • Commercializing Discoveries
  • Research and Policy Seminars in Health
  • Social Innovation and Business Sustainability
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Innovation for Humanity
  • Discovery to Market
  • Networked Organizations

Honors and Distinctions

  • SmartState® Center for Innovation + Commercialization, University of South Carolina, Advisory Panel
  • Haniel-Stiftungsgastprofessur, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin, 2004
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Business Venturing, 2001-2015
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Stability, 2003-2019
  • Robert Bosch Foundation Public Policy Fellow, The American Academy in Berlin, 2007
  • Tommie Goh Distinguished Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University, 2008
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Technology Transfer, 2011-present
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2014-2020
  • Editor-in-Chief, Academy of Management Perspectives, 2014-present
  • Academic Editor, Medicine®, health services research, 2014-present
  • STaRs Visiting Professor, University of Bergamo, Italy, 2019

Impact and Engagement

Business

  • Director and Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins Innovation for Substance Use Disorder Program, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
  • Director, Networking and Mentoring Core, Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research, Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare and Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Co-founder of:
    • P4 Microbiome Inc., developer of antimicrobials for the gastrointestinal tract
    • Pistevo LLC, developer of AI solutions to improve medical billing accuracy
    • FKP Consulting LLC, consultancy devoted to vascular and interventional radiology

Community

  • Mentor, A-Level Capital
  • Editor, eix.org, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Exchange

In the Media