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Monthly Newsletter | March 2017
News
Andy Auerbach was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), a prestigious society honoring world-class physician-scientists.
Meet Priya Prasad
Computational & Data Science Specialist
Other News
Michelle Mourad was appointed the DOM Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Value Improvement
Maria Novelero was named the DOM Associate Chair for Administration. She also received the Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service.
Steve Pantilat published a book entitled, "Life after the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers."
Kiran Gupta was appointed as the Medical Director of Patient Safety.
Sujatha Sankaran was named director of Neurosurgery QI and Safety.
Sirisha Narayana, Adeena Khan, and Steve Ludwin were selected as faculty coaches for the School of Medicine Bridges Curriculum.
Rosemary Yau was a recipient for the School of Medicine Great People Award.
Publications
Steve Pantilat and colleagues developed a consensus definition for advance care planning for adults to guide clinical, research, and policy initiatives.
Descriptions of the holdover admission process in internal medicine are sparse; therefore Jonathan Duong, Trevor Jensen, Michelle Mourad, and James Harrison conducted a qualitative study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine to describe this type of handoff and explore factors affecting its quality.
Sajan Patel and his team asked physicians at a teaching hospital if their patients were on telemetry, and found that overall they were incorrect 27% of the time. These findings have implications for both patient safety and telemetry overuse.
The DHM Quality Post
Jennifer Feld
"Jennifer Feld has made my work life experience better with her unwavering positivity, her tremendous contributions to the Medicine UBLT, and for rapidly becoming an integral member of the DHM.”
Cindy Lai
“Cindy Lai is an incredible mentor - super available (even last minute!) and extremely helpful."
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