FACP named 2012 MacArthur Fellow

Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, FACP, has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2012.

Dr. Coleman, a professor in the Division of Health Care Policy and Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, is the creator of the well-known Care Transitions Program, which aims to help clinicians provide high-quality transitional care.

MacArthur Fellows are awarded unrestricted fellowships of $500,000 based on exceptional creativity, promise for future advances based on past accomplishments, and potential for subsequent creative work.

More information is available online.