Sean O. Hogan

Sean O. Hogan, Ph.D. is Vice President for Research and Evaluation at the ACGME. Dr. Hogan joined the ACGME in 2019 and provides leadership for ACGME’s research and evaluation agenda with emphasis on understanding the impact of accreditation standards on education and quality of care, the transitions between undergraduate- and graduate-medical education and the effects of various training experiences on the quality of care provided by physicians in early unsupervised practice. His recent research has focused on the ways in which the ACGME’s Milestones evaluations correlate with performance in Board exams and unsupervised care, clinical experiences and operative procedures during training, and conflicts of interest in medicine. Prior to joining ACGME, Dr. Hogan led research and evaluation studies at RTI International. These boutique studies focused on health services delivery, physician practices, adoption of health information technology, and public health interventions for state and f