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SHM Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Janet Nagamine, MD, BSN, SFHM
Dr. Nagamine is a hospitalist physician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, Calif., where she previously was a quality chief and safety officer. She is a member of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Complications Steering Committee, an SHM board member, and a member of SHM’s Hospital Quality and Patient Safety Committee, which she chaired for four years.
Undergraduate education: University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Medical school: University of Hawaii.
Notable: In the early stages of the patient-safety movement, Dr. Nagamine worked with aviation-safety experts and Kaiser colleagues to develop innovative patient-safety programs. She has led numerous quality-improvement (QI) projects, including the development of a patient-safety curriculum for staff and anonymous reporting mechanisms that focus on identifying problems in the system rather than focusing simply on individuals. For her efforts, she was awarded SHM’s Clinical Award of Excellence in 2002.
After leading many other QI initiatives on a national level, she was named a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine in 2010. Dr. Nagamine has been with SHM’s Project BOOST since its inception, serving on the advisory board and as a mentor. She says the SFHM designation acknowledges that she has contributed to hospital medicine in a meaningful way.
FYI: A doctor who enjoys creative projects outside of the workplace, Dr. Nagamine is working on a documentary about her father’s struggles as a World War II soldier and a poor immigrant starting a new life in California.
Quotable: “Creating a culture of safety and transparency allows us to get real about the fact that we’re human and fallible. Ultimately, we get much more information about where the problems are and how to fix them.”
Dr. Nagamine is a hospitalist physician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, Calif., where she previously was a quality chief and safety officer. She is a member of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Complications Steering Committee, an SHM board member, and a member of SHM’s Hospital Quality and Patient Safety Committee, which she chaired for four years.
Undergraduate education: University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Medical school: University of Hawaii.
Notable: In the early stages of the patient-safety movement, Dr. Nagamine worked with aviation-safety experts and Kaiser colleagues to develop innovative patient-safety programs. She has led numerous quality-improvement (QI) projects, including the development of a patient-safety curriculum for staff and anonymous reporting mechanisms that focus on identifying problems in the system rather than focusing simply on individuals. For her efforts, she was awarded SHM’s Clinical Award of Excellence in 2002.
After leading many other QI initiatives on a national level, she was named a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine in 2010. Dr. Nagamine has been with SHM’s Project BOOST since its inception, serving on the advisory board and as a mentor. She says the SFHM designation acknowledges that she has contributed to hospital medicine in a meaningful way.
FYI: A doctor who enjoys creative projects outside of the workplace, Dr. Nagamine is working on a documentary about her father’s struggles as a World War II soldier and a poor immigrant starting a new life in California.
Quotable: “Creating a culture of safety and transparency allows us to get real about the fact that we’re human and fallible. Ultimately, we get much more information about where the problems are and how to fix them.”
Dr. Nagamine is a hospitalist physician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, Calif., where she previously was a quality chief and safety officer. She is a member of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Complications Steering Committee, an SHM board member, and a member of SHM’s Hospital Quality and Patient Safety Committee, which she chaired for four years.
Undergraduate education: University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Medical school: University of Hawaii.
Notable: In the early stages of the patient-safety movement, Dr. Nagamine worked with aviation-safety experts and Kaiser colleagues to develop innovative patient-safety programs. She has led numerous quality-improvement (QI) projects, including the development of a patient-safety curriculum for staff and anonymous reporting mechanisms that focus on identifying problems in the system rather than focusing simply on individuals. For her efforts, she was awarded SHM’s Clinical Award of Excellence in 2002.
After leading many other QI initiatives on a national level, she was named a Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine in 2010. Dr. Nagamine has been with SHM’s Project BOOST since its inception, serving on the advisory board and as a mentor. She says the SFHM designation acknowledges that she has contributed to hospital medicine in a meaningful way.
FYI: A doctor who enjoys creative projects outside of the workplace, Dr. Nagamine is working on a documentary about her father’s struggles as a World War II soldier and a poor immigrant starting a new life in California.
Quotable: “Creating a culture of safety and transparency allows us to get real about the fact that we’re human and fallible. Ultimately, we get much more information about where the problems are and how to fix them.”
SHM Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Tosha Wetterneck, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
Dr. Wetterneck is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. She is an affiliate faculty member in the university’s department of industrial and systems engineering and a faculty researcher at the Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement. Named a senior fellow by SHM in 2012, she is a member of the society’s career satisfaction and work-life survey team and a quality-improvement (QI) mentor for the SHM-sponsored medication reconciliation QI study (MARQUIS), which is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Undergraduate education: University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Notable: In 2012, Dr. Wetterneck won the AMA’s Women Physicians Congress Physician Mentor Recognition Program Award. As president of the Wisconsin Medical Society, she advocates for hospitalists in AMA meetings; her current goal is to pass a resolution that focuses on care reimbursements for hospitalists. Because of her quality and safety expertise and focus on human specialized engineering, she has created a quality and safety curriculum for third- and fourth-year medical students and developed methods to proactively design hospitalist programs that prevent burnout.
FYI: Her love of dolls while growing up has inspired Dr. Wetterneck to collect all types of Raggedy Ann and Andy memorabilia.
Quotable: “The fact that SHM recognizes hospitalists is important because it recognizes those who want to stay in hospital medicine and give back to their profession.” TH
Dr. Wetterneck is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. She is an affiliate faculty member in the university’s department of industrial and systems engineering and a faculty researcher at the Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement. Named a senior fellow by SHM in 2012, she is a member of the society’s career satisfaction and work-life survey team and a quality-improvement (QI) mentor for the SHM-sponsored medication reconciliation QI study (MARQUIS), which is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Undergraduate education: University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Notable: In 2012, Dr. Wetterneck won the AMA’s Women Physicians Congress Physician Mentor Recognition Program Award. As president of the Wisconsin Medical Society, she advocates for hospitalists in AMA meetings; her current goal is to pass a resolution that focuses on care reimbursements for hospitalists. Because of her quality and safety expertise and focus on human specialized engineering, she has created a quality and safety curriculum for third- and fourth-year medical students and developed methods to proactively design hospitalist programs that prevent burnout.
FYI: Her love of dolls while growing up has inspired Dr. Wetterneck to collect all types of Raggedy Ann and Andy memorabilia.
Quotable: “The fact that SHM recognizes hospitalists is important because it recognizes those who want to stay in hospital medicine and give back to their profession.” TH
Dr. Wetterneck is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. She is an affiliate faculty member in the university’s department of industrial and systems engineering and a faculty researcher at the Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement. Named a senior fellow by SHM in 2012, she is a member of the society’s career satisfaction and work-life survey team and a quality-improvement (QI) mentor for the SHM-sponsored medication reconciliation QI study (MARQUIS), which is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Undergraduate education: University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Notable: In 2012, Dr. Wetterneck won the AMA’s Women Physicians Congress Physician Mentor Recognition Program Award. As president of the Wisconsin Medical Society, she advocates for hospitalists in AMA meetings; her current goal is to pass a resolution that focuses on care reimbursements for hospitalists. Because of her quality and safety expertise and focus on human specialized engineering, she has created a quality and safety curriculum for third- and fourth-year medical students and developed methods to proactively design hospitalist programs that prevent burnout.
FYI: Her love of dolls while growing up has inspired Dr. Wetterneck to collect all types of Raggedy Ann and Andy memorabilia.
Quotable: “The fact that SHM recognizes hospitalists is important because it recognizes those who want to stay in hospital medicine and give back to their profession.” TH
Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Efren Manjarrez, MD, SFHM
Dr. Manjarrez is associate chief of the division of hospital medicine, associate chief of patient safety, and quality officer for UHealth, as well as an assistant professor of clinical medicine, all at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. Additionally, he is a diplomat for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and co-chair of SHM’s international hospitalist section.
Undergraduate education: University of California at Irvine.
Medical school: University of California School of Medicine at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.
Notable: In 1999, Dr. Manjarrez co-founded the first hospitalist group in the nation staffed by internal-medicine and pediatrics-trained physicians. One year later, he became the first director of hospital medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He co-authored “Hospitalist Handoffs: A Systematic Review and Task Force Recommendations,” and a chapter of the recently published “Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management” titled “Postoperative Cardiac Complications.”
An active member of SHM, he has been appointed course director of the 2015 annual SHM meeting. Committed to adding international SHM members and supporting hospitalists internationally, Dr. Manjarrez is working to develop HM by maintaining international colleague connections. He hopes to have an overseas SHM meeting someday.
FYI: Dr. Manjarrez loves to travel, especially to Mexico City and Madrid, where his family and his wife’s family live, respectively.
Quotable: “Being an SHM fellow is one of my greatest achievements, and it demonstrates to my colleagues my accomplishments as a hospitalist.”
Dr. Manjarrez is associate chief of the division of hospital medicine, associate chief of patient safety, and quality officer for UHealth, as well as an assistant professor of clinical medicine, all at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. Additionally, he is a diplomat for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and co-chair of SHM’s international hospitalist section.
Undergraduate education: University of California at Irvine.
Medical school: University of California School of Medicine at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.
Notable: In 1999, Dr. Manjarrez co-founded the first hospitalist group in the nation staffed by internal-medicine and pediatrics-trained physicians. One year later, he became the first director of hospital medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He co-authored “Hospitalist Handoffs: A Systematic Review and Task Force Recommendations,” and a chapter of the recently published “Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management” titled “Postoperative Cardiac Complications.”
An active member of SHM, he has been appointed course director of the 2015 annual SHM meeting. Committed to adding international SHM members and supporting hospitalists internationally, Dr. Manjarrez is working to develop HM by maintaining international colleague connections. He hopes to have an overseas SHM meeting someday.
FYI: Dr. Manjarrez loves to travel, especially to Mexico City and Madrid, where his family and his wife’s family live, respectively.
Quotable: “Being an SHM fellow is one of my greatest achievements, and it demonstrates to my colleagues my accomplishments as a hospitalist.”
Dr. Manjarrez is associate chief of the division of hospital medicine, associate chief of patient safety, and quality officer for UHealth, as well as an assistant professor of clinical medicine, all at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. Additionally, he is a diplomat for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and co-chair of SHM’s international hospitalist section.
Undergraduate education: University of California at Irvine.
Medical school: University of California School of Medicine at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.
Notable: In 1999, Dr. Manjarrez co-founded the first hospitalist group in the nation staffed by internal-medicine and pediatrics-trained physicians. One year later, he became the first director of hospital medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He co-authored “Hospitalist Handoffs: A Systematic Review and Task Force Recommendations,” and a chapter of the recently published “Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management” titled “Postoperative Cardiac Complications.”
An active member of SHM, he has been appointed course director of the 2015 annual SHM meeting. Committed to adding international SHM members and supporting hospitalists internationally, Dr. Manjarrez is working to develop HM by maintaining international colleague connections. He hopes to have an overseas SHM meeting someday.
FYI: Dr. Manjarrez loves to travel, especially to Mexico City and Madrid, where his family and his wife’s family live, respectively.
Quotable: “Being an SHM fellow is one of my greatest achievements, and it demonstrates to my colleagues my accomplishments as a hospitalist.”
Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Rachel Thompson, MD, FHM
Dr. Thompson is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is director of the medicine consult service and the medicine operative consult clinic at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She also is president of SHM’s Pacific Northwest chapter and a member of the National Chapter Support Committee.
Undergraduate education: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
Medical school: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
Notable: Dr. Thompson says one of her greatest career achievements has been the development of collegial services with surgeons and researchers in order to look at surgical outcomes through the lens of a hospitalist. She also developed a glycemic-control center in her hospital to improve insulin ordering, a project for which she has been published and presented locally and nationally. She has served as a resident research project mentor since 2005, helping 13 students achieve their research goals. Dr. Thompson volunteers at the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Saturday Academy, an inner-city high school program for advancement in math and science, for which she won the 2007 MESA Saturday Academy Outstanding Volunteer Award.
FYI: Dr. Thompson enjoys hiking and takes part in two soccer leagues. Her children are following in her footsteps: Both are on their own soccer teams.
Quotable: “Becoming an SHM fellow shows that you have what it takes to be engaged as a hospitalist. Hospital medicine is not just a job; it’s a career and a dedication.”
Dr. Thompson is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is director of the medicine consult service and the medicine operative consult clinic at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She also is president of SHM’s Pacific Northwest chapter and a member of the National Chapter Support Committee.
Undergraduate education: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
Medical school: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
Notable: Dr. Thompson says one of her greatest career achievements has been the development of collegial services with surgeons and researchers in order to look at surgical outcomes through the lens of a hospitalist. She also developed a glycemic-control center in her hospital to improve insulin ordering, a project for which she has been published and presented locally and nationally. She has served as a resident research project mentor since 2005, helping 13 students achieve their research goals. Dr. Thompson volunteers at the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Saturday Academy, an inner-city high school program for advancement in math and science, for which she won the 2007 MESA Saturday Academy Outstanding Volunteer Award.
FYI: Dr. Thompson enjoys hiking and takes part in two soccer leagues. Her children are following in her footsteps: Both are on their own soccer teams.
Quotable: “Becoming an SHM fellow shows that you have what it takes to be engaged as a hospitalist. Hospital medicine is not just a job; it’s a career and a dedication.”
Dr. Thompson is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is director of the medicine consult service and the medicine operative consult clinic at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She also is president of SHM’s Pacific Northwest chapter and a member of the National Chapter Support Committee.
Undergraduate education: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
Medical school: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
Notable: Dr. Thompson says one of her greatest career achievements has been the development of collegial services with surgeons and researchers in order to look at surgical outcomes through the lens of a hospitalist. She also developed a glycemic-control center in her hospital to improve insulin ordering, a project for which she has been published and presented locally and nationally. She has served as a resident research project mentor since 2005, helping 13 students achieve their research goals. Dr. Thompson volunteers at the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Saturday Academy, an inner-city high school program for advancement in math and science, for which she won the 2007 MESA Saturday Academy Outstanding Volunteer Award.
FYI: Dr. Thompson enjoys hiking and takes part in two soccer leagues. Her children are following in her footsteps: Both are on their own soccer teams.
Quotable: “Becoming an SHM fellow shows that you have what it takes to be engaged as a hospitalist. Hospital medicine is not just a job; it’s a career and a dedication.”
Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Mangla Gulati, MD, FACP, FHM
Dr. Gulati is a physician advisor, the medical director for clinical effectiveness, and an assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is secretary of SHM’s Maryland chapter.
Undergraduate education: London.
Medical school: Dayanand Medical School, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Notable: An academic hospitalist, Dr. Gulati has been awarded the Physician-Colleague of the Year Award for her efforts to promote communication between doctors, nurses, and other nonphysician staff, as well as the Theodore Woodward Teaching Award for her exemplary teaching and patient care. One example of her unique teaching style is taking her residents and students to the patient placement center so that they understand the reality and importance of a timely discharge and how throughput affects an 800-bed facility. As a mentor for the first chief resident focused on patient safety and quality at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, she designed and developed a curriculum catered to the chief resident’s needs.
FYI: A fan of the outdoors, Dr. Gulati enjoys kayaking and loves to travel. She has camped in the Sahara and visited the Scandinavian peninsula. When not outdoors, she spends her time reading; her current favorite book is The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, MD.
Quotable: “I am honored to be a fellow in the Society of Hospital Medicine, as it gives credence to how I focus on patient care from beginning to end, and how it is essential to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centered, quality care across the continuum of care.”
Dr. Gulati is a physician advisor, the medical director for clinical effectiveness, and an assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is secretary of SHM’s Maryland chapter.
Undergraduate education: London.
Medical school: Dayanand Medical School, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Notable: An academic hospitalist, Dr. Gulati has been awarded the Physician-Colleague of the Year Award for her efforts to promote communication between doctors, nurses, and other nonphysician staff, as well as the Theodore Woodward Teaching Award for her exemplary teaching and patient care. One example of her unique teaching style is taking her residents and students to the patient placement center so that they understand the reality and importance of a timely discharge and how throughput affects an 800-bed facility. As a mentor for the first chief resident focused on patient safety and quality at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, she designed and developed a curriculum catered to the chief resident’s needs.
FYI: A fan of the outdoors, Dr. Gulati enjoys kayaking and loves to travel. She has camped in the Sahara and visited the Scandinavian peninsula. When not outdoors, she spends her time reading; her current favorite book is The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, MD.
Quotable: “I am honored to be a fellow in the Society of Hospital Medicine, as it gives credence to how I focus on patient care from beginning to end, and how it is essential to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centered, quality care across the continuum of care.”
Dr. Gulati is a physician advisor, the medical director for clinical effectiveness, and an assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is secretary of SHM’s Maryland chapter.
Undergraduate education: London.
Medical school: Dayanand Medical School, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Notable: An academic hospitalist, Dr. Gulati has been awarded the Physician-Colleague of the Year Award for her efforts to promote communication between doctors, nurses, and other nonphysician staff, as well as the Theodore Woodward Teaching Award for her exemplary teaching and patient care. One example of her unique teaching style is taking her residents and students to the patient placement center so that they understand the reality and importance of a timely discharge and how throughput affects an 800-bed facility. As a mentor for the first chief resident focused on patient safety and quality at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, she designed and developed a curriculum catered to the chief resident’s needs.
FYI: A fan of the outdoors, Dr. Gulati enjoys kayaking and loves to travel. She has camped in the Sahara and visited the Scandinavian peninsula. When not outdoors, she spends her time reading; her current favorite book is The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, MD.
Quotable: “I am honored to be a fellow in the Society of Hospital Medicine, as it gives credence to how I focus on patient care from beginning to end, and how it is essential to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centered, quality care across the continuum of care.”
Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Arvind Gupta, MD, FACP, FHM
Dr. Gupta is a hospitalist at Wellspan York Hospital in York, Pa. He is the former medical director of the hospitalist program at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa., and the former director of the department of medicine research at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. He is president and founder of the South Central Pennsylvania chapter of SHM.
Undergraduate education: Punjab University, India
Medical school: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica
Notable: After spending 10 years as a director of microbiology at Vencor Hospital in Arlington, Va., Dr. Gupta began attending medical school when he was 36. Although he started his hospitalist career much later than most, he has made up the time through active participation at the hospitals in which he worked. He has been a part of the medical executive committee, the quality council, and the performance improvement committee,. He also chaired the credential committee. As a research specialist, he has taken part in 34 clinical trials. As a hospitalist, he focuses on providing efficient, safe, and cost-effective care for his patients.
FYI: Dr. Gupta’s favorite pastime is golf. He loves watching sports and movies with his family. He says one of his greatest achievements is having sons who attend Duke University and Cornell University.
Quotable: “Becoming an SHM fellow is a great honor and recognition. It means a lot for the new designation of the hospitalist.”
Dr. Gupta is a hospitalist at Wellspan York Hospital in York, Pa. He is the former medical director of the hospitalist program at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa., and the former director of the department of medicine research at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. He is president and founder of the South Central Pennsylvania chapter of SHM.
Undergraduate education: Punjab University, India
Medical school: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica
Notable: After spending 10 years as a director of microbiology at Vencor Hospital in Arlington, Va., Dr. Gupta began attending medical school when he was 36. Although he started his hospitalist career much later than most, he has made up the time through active participation at the hospitals in which he worked. He has been a part of the medical executive committee, the quality council, and the performance improvement committee,. He also chaired the credential committee. As a research specialist, he has taken part in 34 clinical trials. As a hospitalist, he focuses on providing efficient, safe, and cost-effective care for his patients.
FYI: Dr. Gupta’s favorite pastime is golf. He loves watching sports and movies with his family. He says one of his greatest achievements is having sons who attend Duke University and Cornell University.
Quotable: “Becoming an SHM fellow is a great honor and recognition. It means a lot for the new designation of the hospitalist.”
Dr. Gupta is a hospitalist at Wellspan York Hospital in York, Pa. He is the former medical director of the hospitalist program at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa., and the former director of the department of medicine research at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. He is president and founder of the South Central Pennsylvania chapter of SHM.
Undergraduate education: Punjab University, India
Medical school: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica
Notable: After spending 10 years as a director of microbiology at Vencor Hospital in Arlington, Va., Dr. Gupta began attending medical school when he was 36. Although he started his hospitalist career much later than most, he has made up the time through active participation at the hospitals in which he worked. He has been a part of the medical executive committee, the quality council, and the performance improvement committee,. He also chaired the credential committee. As a research specialist, he has taken part in 34 clinical trials. As a hospitalist, he focuses on providing efficient, safe, and cost-effective care for his patients.
FYI: Dr. Gupta’s favorite pastime is golf. He loves watching sports and movies with his family. He says one of his greatest achievements is having sons who attend Duke University and Cornell University.
Quotable: “Becoming an SHM fellow is a great honor and recognition. It means a lot for the new designation of the hospitalist.”
Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Katherine Hochman, MD, MBA, FHM
Dr. Hochman is assistant chief of medicine service and director of the hospitalist program at New York University Medical Center (NYUMC) in New York City. She is a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine. She earned her Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation in 2008.
Undergraduate education: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Medical school: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Notable: In 2004, Dr. Hochman was the first and only hospitalist at NYUMC. Today, there are 23.5 hospitalists in the program, thanks to her work in founding the NYU Hospitalist Group. Although she and her team struggled with recruiting hospitalists to work nights and weekends, her directorship of the NYU Hospitalist Scholars program, which combines clinical work and research mentorship, has helped the group attract physicians for those shifts.
As director, she and other hospitalists have created the NYC Hospitalist Directors’ Consortium, which meets regularly through SHM. Dr. Hochman has mentored and passed on her hospitalist passion to dozens of graduate students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows. As a result of her mentorship and dedication to education, she was awarded the 2003 Firm Chief Award for Outstanding Medical Student Teaching and the 2005 NYU Teacher of the Year Award.
FYI: A mother of three, Dr. Hochman still finds time to follow her passion for museum visits. Her favorite haunt is the Museum of Modern Art. She has even staged innovative team-building events using themed museum tours. She also coaches an indoor soccer club.
Quotable: "The SHM fellowship is an important distinction for me. It shows a continued commitment to the field of hospital medicine."
Dr. Hochman is assistant chief of medicine service and director of the hospitalist program at New York University Medical Center (NYUMC) in New York City. She is a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine. She earned her Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation in 2008.
Undergraduate education: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Medical school: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Notable: In 2004, Dr. Hochman was the first and only hospitalist at NYUMC. Today, there are 23.5 hospitalists in the program, thanks to her work in founding the NYU Hospitalist Group. Although she and her team struggled with recruiting hospitalists to work nights and weekends, her directorship of the NYU Hospitalist Scholars program, which combines clinical work and research mentorship, has helped the group attract physicians for those shifts.
As director, she and other hospitalists have created the NYC Hospitalist Directors’ Consortium, which meets regularly through SHM. Dr. Hochman has mentored and passed on her hospitalist passion to dozens of graduate students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows. As a result of her mentorship and dedication to education, she was awarded the 2003 Firm Chief Award for Outstanding Medical Student Teaching and the 2005 NYU Teacher of the Year Award.
FYI: A mother of three, Dr. Hochman still finds time to follow her passion for museum visits. Her favorite haunt is the Museum of Modern Art. She has even staged innovative team-building events using themed museum tours. She also coaches an indoor soccer club.
Quotable: "The SHM fellowship is an important distinction for me. It shows a continued commitment to the field of hospital medicine."
Dr. Hochman is assistant chief of medicine service and director of the hospitalist program at New York University Medical Center (NYUMC) in New York City. She is a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine. She earned her Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation in 2008.
Undergraduate education: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Medical school: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Notable: In 2004, Dr. Hochman was the first and only hospitalist at NYUMC. Today, there are 23.5 hospitalists in the program, thanks to her work in founding the NYU Hospitalist Group. Although she and her team struggled with recruiting hospitalists to work nights and weekends, her directorship of the NYU Hospitalist Scholars program, which combines clinical work and research mentorship, has helped the group attract physicians for those shifts.
As director, she and other hospitalists have created the NYC Hospitalist Directors’ Consortium, which meets regularly through SHM. Dr. Hochman has mentored and passed on her hospitalist passion to dozens of graduate students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows. As a result of her mentorship and dedication to education, she was awarded the 2003 Firm Chief Award for Outstanding Medical Student Teaching and the 2005 NYU Teacher of the Year Award.
FYI: A mother of three, Dr. Hochman still finds time to follow her passion for museum visits. Her favorite haunt is the Museum of Modern Art. She has even staged innovative team-building events using themed museum tours. She also coaches an indoor soccer club.
Quotable: "The SHM fellowship is an important distinction for me. It shows a continued commitment to the field of hospital medicine."
Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Danielle Smith, MD, SFHM
Dr. Smith is president of the Southeastern Wisconsin chapter of SHM, and is a member of SHM’s Physician in Training Committee, for which she promotes hospital medicine as a career.
Undergraduate education: University of Wisconsin at La Crosse.
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Notable: Dr. Smith has increased her hospital’s patient satisfaction levels to the 90th percentile from the 60th percentile by creating a program that keeps patients’ family members informed daily about their condition. She says the hardest part of keeping patients happy is bonding with them and building a rapport in a short amount of time; only after bonding with patients will they be aware of hospitalists as physicians. Dr. Smith also is a Six Sigma black belt.
FYI: When she was growing up, she wanted to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Today, she enjoys dance and gymnastics with her children. Dr. Smith is looking forward to receiving her MBA, which she plans to use to help fix parts of the healthcare system in a time of change.
Quotable: “To me, being an SHM fellow means a validation of the years of commitment I have to quality patient care, not only of the individual patient, but of the way we deliver healthcare as a society. I am honored to be an SHM Senior Fellow and privileged to be part of a group of hospitalists truly committed to providing quality patient care, lifelong learning, and improving the ways we deliver care.”
Dr. Smith is president of the Southeastern Wisconsin chapter of SHM, and is a member of SHM’s Physician in Training Committee, for which she promotes hospital medicine as a career.
Undergraduate education: University of Wisconsin at La Crosse.
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Notable: Dr. Smith has increased her hospital’s patient satisfaction levels to the 90th percentile from the 60th percentile by creating a program that keeps patients’ family members informed daily about their condition. She says the hardest part of keeping patients happy is bonding with them and building a rapport in a short amount of time; only after bonding with patients will they be aware of hospitalists as physicians. Dr. Smith also is a Six Sigma black belt.
FYI: When she was growing up, she wanted to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Today, she enjoys dance and gymnastics with her children. Dr. Smith is looking forward to receiving her MBA, which she plans to use to help fix parts of the healthcare system in a time of change.
Quotable: “To me, being an SHM fellow means a validation of the years of commitment I have to quality patient care, not only of the individual patient, but of the way we deliver healthcare as a society. I am honored to be an SHM Senior Fellow and privileged to be part of a group of hospitalists truly committed to providing quality patient care, lifelong learning, and improving the ways we deliver care.”
Dr. Smith is president of the Southeastern Wisconsin chapter of SHM, and is a member of SHM’s Physician in Training Committee, for which she promotes hospital medicine as a career.
Undergraduate education: University of Wisconsin at La Crosse.
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Notable: Dr. Smith has increased her hospital’s patient satisfaction levels to the 90th percentile from the 60th percentile by creating a program that keeps patients’ family members informed daily about their condition. She says the hardest part of keeping patients happy is bonding with them and building a rapport in a short amount of time; only after bonding with patients will they be aware of hospitalists as physicians. Dr. Smith also is a Six Sigma black belt.
FYI: When she was growing up, she wanted to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Today, she enjoys dance and gymnastics with her children. Dr. Smith is looking forward to receiving her MBA, which she plans to use to help fix parts of the healthcare system in a time of change.
Quotable: “To me, being an SHM fellow means a validation of the years of commitment I have to quality patient care, not only of the individual patient, but of the way we deliver healthcare as a society. I am honored to be an SHM Senior Fellow and privileged to be part of a group of hospitalists truly committed to providing quality patient care, lifelong learning, and improving the ways we deliver care.”
Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Amir Jaffer, MD, SFHM
Undergraduate education: Boston University, College of Liberal Arts.
Medical school: Boston University School of Medicine.
Notable: Dr. Jaffer is a pioneer in demonstrating how hospitalists can perform preoperative evaluations. He was the medical director of the IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment) Center at Cleveland Clinic. He is an editor of the recently published “Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management”, the first comprehensive reference text focused on perioperative medicine created specifically for hospitalists. Dr. Jaffer’s focus is on perioperative medicine, and he is passionate about anticoagulation and thrombosis; he has served on the panel of the 8th and 9th edition of the American College of Chest Physician’s Antithrombotic Guidelines. In 2010, he received the SHM Award of Excellence in Teaching and was HM10 course director.
FYI: Dr. Jaffer loves to travel with his family. In recent years he’s visited Spain, Australia, and Turkey. He has become more health-conscious and works out four to five times a week.
Quotable: “Being a senior fellow means being a role model for other leaders, hospitalists, residents, and students, and highlighting for them how one can be a leader in education, teamwork, quality, and systems improvement.”
Undergraduate education: Boston University, College of Liberal Arts.
Medical school: Boston University School of Medicine.
Notable: Dr. Jaffer is a pioneer in demonstrating how hospitalists can perform preoperative evaluations. He was the medical director of the IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment) Center at Cleveland Clinic. He is an editor of the recently published “Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management”, the first comprehensive reference text focused on perioperative medicine created specifically for hospitalists. Dr. Jaffer’s focus is on perioperative medicine, and he is passionate about anticoagulation and thrombosis; he has served on the panel of the 8th and 9th edition of the American College of Chest Physician’s Antithrombotic Guidelines. In 2010, he received the SHM Award of Excellence in Teaching and was HM10 course director.
FYI: Dr. Jaffer loves to travel with his family. In recent years he’s visited Spain, Australia, and Turkey. He has become more health-conscious and works out four to five times a week.
Quotable: “Being a senior fellow means being a role model for other leaders, hospitalists, residents, and students, and highlighting for them how one can be a leader in education, teamwork, quality, and systems improvement.”
Undergraduate education: Boston University, College of Liberal Arts.
Medical school: Boston University School of Medicine.
Notable: Dr. Jaffer is a pioneer in demonstrating how hospitalists can perform preoperative evaluations. He was the medical director of the IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment) Center at Cleveland Clinic. He is an editor of the recently published “Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management”, the first comprehensive reference text focused on perioperative medicine created specifically for hospitalists. Dr. Jaffer’s focus is on perioperative medicine, and he is passionate about anticoagulation and thrombosis; he has served on the panel of the 8th and 9th edition of the American College of Chest Physician’s Antithrombotic Guidelines. In 2010, he received the SHM Award of Excellence in Teaching and was HM10 course director.
FYI: Dr. Jaffer loves to travel with his family. In recent years he’s visited Spain, Australia, and Turkey. He has become more health-conscious and works out four to five times a week.
Quotable: “Being a senior fellow means being a role model for other leaders, hospitalists, residents, and students, and highlighting for them how one can be a leader in education, teamwork, quality, and systems improvement.”
Pediatric Hospitalist Certification Options Still Up for Debate
While the debate about whether pediatric hospitalists should obtain certification is alive and well, the majority of hospitalists favor further education through fellowships, or a recognition of focused practice for the subspecialty.
When asked in a recent poll by The Hospitalist which certification options pediatric hospital medicine should pursue, 40% of respondents preferred having a recognition of focused practice for pediatric hospitalists, similar to that of adult hospitalists; 25% thought a one-year fellowship should be in place; and 9% would keep the status quo. Currently, there is no specific certification option for pediatric hospitalists. Still, the topic has raised some strong opinions and remains popular fodder for debate among hospitalists.
"I think it is clear the vast majority of pediatric hospitalists believe there are skills necessary to function at a high level in pediatric hospitalist medicine that are not gained during just three years of pediatric residency," says Douglas W. Carlson, MD, SFHM, SHM's representative to the Joint Council of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Dr. Carlson says he considers two-year fellowships the best option. However, he does see the possible negative consequences to further education. "If we go to a fellowship, I am worried we will turn off that pipeline [of bright young physicians] … particularly when so many medical students in residency are coming out with such huge debt," he adds.
Rather than debating which result is best, Mark Shen, MD, SFHM, medical director of hospital medicine at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, is more interested in the "why"of the matter."Whatever result comes out will be well thought through," he says. "In my mind, I would be more interested in what the underlying thought process is in the decision more than anything else."
Visit our website for more information about pediatric hospitalist certification.
While the debate about whether pediatric hospitalists should obtain certification is alive and well, the majority of hospitalists favor further education through fellowships, or a recognition of focused practice for the subspecialty.
When asked in a recent poll by The Hospitalist which certification options pediatric hospital medicine should pursue, 40% of respondents preferred having a recognition of focused practice for pediatric hospitalists, similar to that of adult hospitalists; 25% thought a one-year fellowship should be in place; and 9% would keep the status quo. Currently, there is no specific certification option for pediatric hospitalists. Still, the topic has raised some strong opinions and remains popular fodder for debate among hospitalists.
"I think it is clear the vast majority of pediatric hospitalists believe there are skills necessary to function at a high level in pediatric hospitalist medicine that are not gained during just three years of pediatric residency," says Douglas W. Carlson, MD, SFHM, SHM's representative to the Joint Council of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Dr. Carlson says he considers two-year fellowships the best option. However, he does see the possible negative consequences to further education. "If we go to a fellowship, I am worried we will turn off that pipeline [of bright young physicians] … particularly when so many medical students in residency are coming out with such huge debt," he adds.
Rather than debating which result is best, Mark Shen, MD, SFHM, medical director of hospital medicine at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, is more interested in the "why"of the matter."Whatever result comes out will be well thought through," he says. "In my mind, I would be more interested in what the underlying thought process is in the decision more than anything else."
Visit our website for more information about pediatric hospitalist certification.
While the debate about whether pediatric hospitalists should obtain certification is alive and well, the majority of hospitalists favor further education through fellowships, or a recognition of focused practice for the subspecialty.
When asked in a recent poll by The Hospitalist which certification options pediatric hospital medicine should pursue, 40% of respondents preferred having a recognition of focused practice for pediatric hospitalists, similar to that of adult hospitalists; 25% thought a one-year fellowship should be in place; and 9% would keep the status quo. Currently, there is no specific certification option for pediatric hospitalists. Still, the topic has raised some strong opinions and remains popular fodder for debate among hospitalists.
"I think it is clear the vast majority of pediatric hospitalists believe there are skills necessary to function at a high level in pediatric hospitalist medicine that are not gained during just three years of pediatric residency," says Douglas W. Carlson, MD, SFHM, SHM's representative to the Joint Council of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Dr. Carlson says he considers two-year fellowships the best option. However, he does see the possible negative consequences to further education. "If we go to a fellowship, I am worried we will turn off that pipeline [of bright young physicians] … particularly when so many medical students in residency are coming out with such huge debt," he adds.
Rather than debating which result is best, Mark Shen, MD, SFHM, medical director of hospital medicine at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, is more interested in the "why"of the matter."Whatever result comes out will be well thought through," he says. "In my mind, I would be more interested in what the underlying thought process is in the decision more than anything else."
Visit our website for more information about pediatric hospitalist certification.