Michael K. Gould, MD, MS

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Director, Fellowship, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (2006 - present)
• Co-Director, Research Training Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (2001 - present)
• Research Associate and Staff Physician, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (1998 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Excellence in medical student teaching, Stanford School of Medicine (2007)
• Early Career Contribution Award, Behavioral Sciences Assembly, American Thoracic Society (2005)
• Advanced Research Career Development Award, Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service (2003)
• Faculty Teaching Award, Stanford School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (2002)
• Finalist, Alfred Soffer Research Award, Chest Foundation (2001)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Nayer Khazeni

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Health Research and Policy
• Health Services Research
• Medicine

Research Interests

Dr. Gould’s research interests include technology assessment, cost-effectiveness analysis, meta-analysis, prognostic modeling, and quality of care. He applies quantitative research tools to study clinical and policy questions in thoracic oncology, pulmonary medicine and critical care. Previously, Dr. Gould evaluated the cost-effectiveness of low-molecular-weight heparin preparations for treatment of patients with acute deep venous thrombosis, for which he received the award for Best Applied Research from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. In more recent work, Dr. Gould examined the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for diagnosis in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules and for regional lymph node staging in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Dr. Gould found that PET is most cost-effective when used selectively, specifically when the clinical pre-test probability and the results of computed tomography (CT) disagree. For work related to this project, he was selected as a Finalist for an Alfred Soffer Research Award from the Chest Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians.

In current funded research, Dr. Gould is evaluating a novel computerized decision support system for managing patients with pulmonary nodules. In another project performed in collaboration with the CanCORS consortium of the NCI and funded by the VA Health Services Research and Development Service, Dr. Gould is examining variability in staging practices and timeliness of care in patients with lung cancer. Dr. Gould is also collaborating with the VA Office of Quality and Performance to develop quality indicators for lung cancer care.

Dr. Gould serves on the Documents Committee of the American Thoracic Society, the Health and Science Policy Committee of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the ACCP Lung Cancer Guidelines Panel, and the ACCP Antithrombotics Guidelines Pa...

Publications

• Timeliness of care in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review. Olsson JK, Schultz EM, Gould MK. Thorax. 2009; 64 (9): 749-56
• Hospital characteristics associated with timeliness of care in veterans with lung cancer. Schultz EM, Powell AA, McMillan A, Olsson JK, Enderle MA, Graham BA, Ordin DL, Gould MK. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009; 179 (7): 595-600
• Validation of two models to estimate the probability of malignancy in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules. Schultz EM, Sanders GD, Trotter PR, Patz EF, Silvestri GA, Owens DK, Gould MK. Thorax. 2008; 63 (4): 335-41
• Evaluation of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Gould MK, Fletcher J, Iannettoni MD, Lynch WR, Midthun DE, Naidich DP, Ost DE. Chest. 2007; 132 (3 Suppl): 108S-130S
• Accuracy of transbronchial needle aspiration for mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis. Holty JE, Kuschner WG, Gould MK. Thorax. 2005; 60 (11): 949-55