Tyler

W.

Barrett

MD, MSCI

Tyler W. Barrett, MD, MSCI, is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Compliance at Vanderbilt Health. His clinical and operational interests focus on delivering efficient, high-quality patient care, advancing quality improvement initiatives, strengthening opioid stewardship and treatment programs, and addressing reimbursement and compliance-related challenges.

Dr. Barrett has held numerous leadership positions within the Department of Emergency Medicine, including Executive Medical Director, Medical Director, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, and Director of the Clinical Operations Division. He previously led the department’s documentation compliance and reimbursement program and served as Chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Reimbursement Committee. He currently serves as the ACEP Alternate Advisor to the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC).

A recognized leader in opioid stewardship, Dr. Barrett co-chairs Vanderbilt Health's Controlled Substances Quality Oversight Committee and previously chaired the Vanderbilt Committee on Opioid Monitoring and Stewardship. His research focuses on improving treatment of patients with opioid use disorder and increasing the use of non-opioid analgesia. His earlier work with youth sports organizations inspired a lasting commitment to educating adolescents and young adults about the risks associated with opioid use.

Dr. Barrett is the immediate past Chair of the Vanderbilt University Faculty Senate and currently serves on the Faculty Athletics Committee. He is a voting member of the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council, having been appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Academy of Medicine and as Senior Associate Editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine.

In addition to his academic and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Barrett serves as an emergency medicine team physician for the Nashville Predators and as an emergency response physician for the NFL Player Health and Safety Program.

Outside of medicine, he enjoys spending time with his family, exercising, attending live music performances, traveling, mentoring premedical students, and reading historical fiction and history.