Dee W. Ford

Dee W. Ford, MD, MSCR, is a Professor of Medicine and Division Director at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Medicine. She specializes in health services research, implementation science, and digital health, with a focus on improving critical care outcomes through multidisciplinary collaboration and mentoring early career professionals.

• Education: BS in Biology (University of South Carolina), MD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship and MSCR (MUSC)

Her research spans health disparities, patient-family communication, and palliative care, evolving into digital health innovations. She leads MUSC’s HRSA-Funded Telehealth Center of Excellence and CTSA dissemination and implementation science collaborative, securing continuous NIH and HRSA funding.

Recent publications highlight her work in clinical decision support systems, telehealth implementation, and critical care quality improvement. Notable awards include the 2019 Department of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Award and 2020 Population Health Award from the MUSC Foundation.

• Key Contributions: ICU clinical trials program leadership, telehealth expansion, sepsis and ARDS research collaborations (PETAL, ACTIV networks)