
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Eric B. Bass
Professional Titles
- Director, Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Center
- Director of the Foundations of Public Health Course in the School of Medicine
- Co-Director of the Scholarly Concentration in Public Health and Community Service in the School of Medicine
- Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Promotions, Department of Medicine
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Bass attended Duke University for college and medical school, and received residency training in internal medicine and an MPH degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed a fellowship in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins, and joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1989. His strongest research interests are in evidence-based medicine and assessment of the effectiveness, safety, and costs of medical and surgical management strategies. He has been the Director of the Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Center since 2001. His teaching activities focus on medical student education at the interface between medicine and public health. He is the Director of the medical school's course on Foundations of Public Health, and Co-Director of the medical school's Scholarly Concentration in Public Health Research. He was the Director of the General Internal Medicine Fellowship at Johns Hopkins for 15 years. He served as the Editor of the Journal of General Internal Medicine for 5 years, and was the founding Editor-in-Chief of a journal dedicated to community-based participatory research called Progress in Community Health Partnerships. He has been the CEO of the Society of General Internal Medicine since 2017. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and over 50 evidence reports. He continues to have a clinical practice as a general internist.
Centers and Institutes
Research Interests
and Comparative Effectiveness of Medical and Surgical Interventions, Evidence-Based Medicine
Lab Website
Eric Bass Lab
- Work in the Eric Bass Lab focuses on evidence-based medicine, comparative effectiveness research, and community health partnerships. Our work is closely aligned with the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research and the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Center.
Selected Publications
Bennett WL, Wilson RF, Zhang A, Tseng E, Knapp EA, Kharrazi H, Stuart EA, Shogbesan O, Bass EB, Cheskin LJ. Methods for evaluating natural experiments in obesity: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med. 2018; 168: 791-800.
Chang SM, Bass EB, Berkman N, Carey TS, Kane RL, Lau J, Ratichek S. Challenges in implementing The Institute of Medicine systematic review standards. Syst Rev. 2013 Aug 27;2(1):69. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-69. PMID: 23981546
Goyal M, Singh S, Siblinga EM, Gould NF, Rowland-Seymour A, Sharma R, Berger Z, Sleicher D, Maron DD, Shihab HM, Ranasinghe PD, Linn S, Saha S, Bass EB, Haythornthwaite JA. Meditation programs for psychological stress & well-being. A systematic review & meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2014; 174: 357-68.
Hsiao YL, Bass EB, Wu AW, et al. Implementation of a comprehensive program to improve coordination of care in an urban academic health care system. J Health Organ Manage. 2018; 32: 638-57.
Viswanathan M, Patnode CD, Berkman ND, Bass EB, Chang S, Hartling L, Murad MH, Treadwell JR, Kane RL. Recommendations for assessing the risk of bias in systematic reviews of health care interventions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018; 97: 26-34.
Honors
- Leadership and Mentoring Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education, 1/1/21
- Election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1/1/18
- Fellow, America College of Physicians, 1/1/08
- George Morris Piersol Teaching and Research Scholar, American College of Physicians, 1/1/93
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-0670
- fax: 410-367-2185
Expertise
Education
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Fellowship, Internal Medicine, 1989UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Residency, Internal Medicine, 1986Duke University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1983Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
30 ratings, 14 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/19/2025
Fabulous doctor - listens and provides thoughtful responses
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/12/2025
Very friendly and kind
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/5/2025
Dr. Bass I say wonderful scientist and a caring physician as well as a very respectful person.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/29/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/27/2024
Excellent practitioner, outstanding oversight of my health care for several years
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/13/2024
Expertise in "evidence based" medicine
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/25/2024
Eric Bass is an outstanding clinician
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/25/2024
Excellent communicator and answers
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/14/2024
Dr Bass is a very diligent provider and is always ready to answer any questions between visits.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/14/2024
Eric Bass is an excellent physician.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/7/2024
Friendly, courteous, professional, competent.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/19/2024
My provider always take the time to listen and understand what I'm saying and he will ask me if I want to be with my spouse. His concerns are so important and make my family feel safe.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/8/2024
I am very please with the care I receive from Dr Bass
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/24/2024
I felt that I received excellent care from Dr Bass