Christopher Myers, PhD

Highlights

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Christopher Myers

Professional Titles

Faculty Director, Center for Innovative Leadership

Background

Dr. Christopher G. Myers holds a joint appointment in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research explores questions of learning, development, and innovation in organizations, as well as how people learn vicariously from others’ knowledge and experience in healthcare organizations and other knowledge-intensive industries. Dr. Myers is an Associate Professor of Management & Organization and the founding Faculty Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and holds a joint appointment in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Myers was an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School. He earned his PhD in management and organizations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and his BS in business administration with highest honors and highest distinction from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.

Centers and Institutes

CV

https://christophergmyers.phd/cv

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-g-myers-phd/

Additional Academic Titles

Joint Appointment in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Contact for Research Inquiries

100 International Drive
Baltimore, MD 21202

Research Interests

Healthcare Organizations, Leadership Development, Learning & Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior

Research Summary

In his research, Dr. Myers uncovers and tests the mechanisms by which individuals learn and develop from their own and others’ experiences at work, with a particular emphasis on learning in health care organizations. Though his interest is in individual-level learning, he focuses specifically on how this learning is influenced by interpersonal relationships and interactions in organizations.

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=egFSOjcAAAAJ&hl=en

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/christopher.myers.2/bibliography/public/

Selected Publications

Mayo AT, Myers CG, Bucuvalas JC, Feng S, Juliano CE. Supporting robust teamwork — Bridging technology and organizational science. N Eng J Med. 2023;388(22):2019-21.
Myers CG, Sutcliffe KM. High reliability organising in healthcare: Still a long way left to go. BMJ Qual Saf. 2022;31(12):845-8.
Myers CG, Polsky D, Desai S. The growing role of Chief Medical Officers in major corporations. JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(7):e222194
Mayo AT, Myers CG, Sutcliffe KM. Organizational Science and Health Care. Acad Manag Ann. 2021;15(2):537-76
Myers CG, Sutcliffe KM, Ferrari BT. Treating the “Not-Invented-Here Syndrome” in Medical Leadership: Learning from the Insights of Outside Disciplines. Acad Med. 2019;94(10):1416–8.

Honors

Best 40-under-40 Business School Professors, Poets & Quants
Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Visiting Education Overseas Expert, National Healthcare Group, Singapore
Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award, Academy of Management MOC Division
Dykstra Fellow for Teaching Excellence, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Making Connections Award, Academy of Management OB Division