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Michael O'Neal is a freelance writer in New York.
Hospital Medicine's Movers and Shakers – July 2016
Several prominent hospitalist leaders have been named to Modern Healthcare magazine’s “50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders” for 2016. Among them are Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, MHM, a pediatric hospitalist as well as CMO and deputy administrator for innovation and quality at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, a hospitalist and the current U.S. Surgeon General; Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and executive chairman of the hospitalist staffing firm TeamHealth; and Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, a national hospitalist leader, professor, and interim chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and a founder of the hospitalist movement.
Susan George, MD, SFHM, recently received the Katharine F. Erskine Award from the YWCA in Worcester, Mass. Dr. George served as an internal medicine physician at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester for a total of 20 years and as hospitalist medical director there from 2007 until this year, when she left to go into private practice. Dr. George still teaches at the University of Massachusetts Medical School as an associate professor of medicine. The award is named for Katharine F. Erskine, a former YWCA president and women’s advocate since before the turn of the 20th century.
Alanna Small, MD, was recently named deputy chief of staff for Physician Services at Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital in Barrow, Alaska. Prior to this role, Dr. Small served as a hospitalist at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
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Envision also announced its planned acquisition of Emergency Physicians Medical Group (EPMG), based in Ann Arbor, Mich., a private emergency and hospital medicine staffing firm serving the Midwestern United States since 1976.
Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Several prominent hospitalist leaders have been named to Modern Healthcare magazine’s “50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders” for 2016. Among them are Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, MHM, a pediatric hospitalist as well as CMO and deputy administrator for innovation and quality at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, a hospitalist and the current U.S. Surgeon General; Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and executive chairman of the hospitalist staffing firm TeamHealth; and Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, a national hospitalist leader, professor, and interim chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and a founder of the hospitalist movement.
Susan George, MD, SFHM, recently received the Katharine F. Erskine Award from the YWCA in Worcester, Mass. Dr. George served as an internal medicine physician at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester for a total of 20 years and as hospitalist medical director there from 2007 until this year, when she left to go into private practice. Dr. George still teaches at the University of Massachusetts Medical School as an associate professor of medicine. The award is named for Katharine F. Erskine, a former YWCA president and women’s advocate since before the turn of the 20th century.
Alanna Small, MD, was recently named deputy chief of staff for Physician Services at Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital in Barrow, Alaska. Prior to this role, Dr. Small served as a hospitalist at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
Business Moves
Envision also announced its planned acquisition of Emergency Physicians Medical Group (EPMG), based in Ann Arbor, Mich., a private emergency and hospital medicine staffing firm serving the Midwestern United States since 1976.
Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Several prominent hospitalist leaders have been named to Modern Healthcare magazine’s “50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders” for 2016. Among them are Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, MHM, a pediatric hospitalist as well as CMO and deputy administrator for innovation and quality at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, a hospitalist and the current U.S. Surgeon General; Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and executive chairman of the hospitalist staffing firm TeamHealth; and Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, a national hospitalist leader, professor, and interim chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and a founder of the hospitalist movement.
Susan George, MD, SFHM, recently received the Katharine F. Erskine Award from the YWCA in Worcester, Mass. Dr. George served as an internal medicine physician at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester for a total of 20 years and as hospitalist medical director there from 2007 until this year, when she left to go into private practice. Dr. George still teaches at the University of Massachusetts Medical School as an associate professor of medicine. The award is named for Katharine F. Erskine, a former YWCA president and women’s advocate since before the turn of the 20th century.
Alanna Small, MD, was recently named deputy chief of staff for Physician Services at Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital in Barrow, Alaska. Prior to this role, Dr. Small served as a hospitalist at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
Business Moves
Envision also announced its planned acquisition of Emergency Physicians Medical Group (EPMG), based in Ann Arbor, Mich., a private emergency and hospital medicine staffing firm serving the Midwestern United States since 1976.
Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Hospital Medicine's Movers and Shakers – May 2016
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Winter Haven Hospital in Winter Haven, Fla., is now offering pediatric hospitalist services thanks to an agreement with Watson Clinic, based in Lakeland, Fla. The new pediatric unit consists of eight beds and is supervised by three pediatric hospitalists. Winter Haven Hospital is a 468-bed nonprofit hospital and is one of 14 hospitals in the BayCare Health System, which serves the greater Tampa Bay region of Florida.
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Winter Haven Hospital in Winter Haven, Fla., is now offering pediatric hospitalist services thanks to an agreement with Watson Clinic, based in Lakeland, Fla. The new pediatric unit consists of eight beds and is supervised by three pediatric hospitalists. Winter Haven Hospital is a 468-bed nonprofit hospital and is one of 14 hospitals in the BayCare Health System, which serves the greater Tampa Bay region of Florida.
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Winter Haven Hospital in Winter Haven, Fla., is now offering pediatric hospitalist services thanks to an agreement with Watson Clinic, based in Lakeland, Fla. The new pediatric unit consists of eight beds and is supervised by three pediatric hospitalists. Winter Haven Hospital is a 468-bed nonprofit hospital and is one of 14 hospitals in the BayCare Health System, which serves the greater Tampa Bay region of Florida.
Hospital Medicine's Movers and Shakers – March 2016
Zeshan Anwar, MD, is the new medical director of the hospitalist group at Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa. Before arriving at Evangelical as a hospitalist in 2013, Dr. Anwar served as a hospitalist at Lock Haven Hospital in Linden, Pa., where he was also chair of the quality improvement committee and a physician advisor.
Deshini Moonesinghe, MD, is the new senior vice president and chief medical officer for the Howard Region of Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo, Ind. Dr. Moonesinghe spearheaded the foundation of Community Howard’s hospitalist program in 2010, and she currently serves as lead hospitalist of the health system. Dr. Moonesinghe received Community Howard’s Physician of the Year Award in 2014.
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Sound Physicians is celebrating with one of its partner hospitals, OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Mich., which was recently named one of The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospitals in the U.S. for the fourth consecutive year. Sound Physicians manages OSF St. Francis’s hospitalist physicians and oversees more than half of the hospital’s total inpatient admissions. The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospitals list is compiled from survey results based on Leapfrog’s quality and safety standards.
Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Zeshan Anwar, MD, is the new medical director of the hospitalist group at Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa. Before arriving at Evangelical as a hospitalist in 2013, Dr. Anwar served as a hospitalist at Lock Haven Hospital in Linden, Pa., where he was also chair of the quality improvement committee and a physician advisor.
Deshini Moonesinghe, MD, is the new senior vice president and chief medical officer for the Howard Region of Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo, Ind. Dr. Moonesinghe spearheaded the foundation of Community Howard’s hospitalist program in 2010, and she currently serves as lead hospitalist of the health system. Dr. Moonesinghe received Community Howard’s Physician of the Year Award in 2014.
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Sound Physicians is celebrating with one of its partner hospitals, OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Mich., which was recently named one of The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospitals in the U.S. for the fourth consecutive year. Sound Physicians manages OSF St. Francis’s hospitalist physicians and oversees more than half of the hospital’s total inpatient admissions. The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospitals list is compiled from survey results based on Leapfrog’s quality and safety standards.
Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Zeshan Anwar, MD, is the new medical director of the hospitalist group at Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa. Before arriving at Evangelical as a hospitalist in 2013, Dr. Anwar served as a hospitalist at Lock Haven Hospital in Linden, Pa., where he was also chair of the quality improvement committee and a physician advisor.
Deshini Moonesinghe, MD, is the new senior vice president and chief medical officer for the Howard Region of Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo, Ind. Dr. Moonesinghe spearheaded the foundation of Community Howard’s hospitalist program in 2010, and she currently serves as lead hospitalist of the health system. Dr. Moonesinghe received Community Howard’s Physician of the Year Award in 2014.
Business Deals
Sound Physicians is celebrating with one of its partner hospitals, OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Mich., which was recently named one of The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospitals in the U.S. for the fourth consecutive year. Sound Physicians manages OSF St. Francis’s hospitalist physicians and oversees more than half of the hospital’s total inpatient admissions. The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospitals list is compiled from survey results based on Leapfrog’s quality and safety standards.
Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine December 2015
John Carlile, MD, is the new medical director of pediatric hospitalist and intensivist services at Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Carlile worked as a pediatric critical care specialist at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Mo.
Elaine McElveen, RN, has been named director of the hospitalist program at McLeod Medical Center Dillon in Dillon, S.C. In her new role, McElveen also will oversee the case management department. She has been a practicing nurse for the McLeod Health system for 28 years.
Christine Wentt, PA, an adult hospitalist physician assistant, has been inducted into the VIP Woman of the Year Circle for 2015-2016 by the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). Wentt works for Physicians Inpatient Care Specialists (MDICS), a private hospitalist group in Glen Burnie, Md. Wentt also serves as an adjunct professor in Drexel University’s physician assistant program.
Robert Zurcher, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer for emergency medicine at HNI Healthcare (formerly Hospitalists Now, Inc.), based in Austin, Texas. Dr. Zurcher comes to HNI Healthcare from IPC Healthcare, where he served as the administrative director for their Northwest Region. Dr. Zurcher has 27 years of practice experience and has founded and managed physician services companies in both hospital medicine and emergency medicine.
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North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC Healthcare recently announced its acquisition of Hospital Medicine Consultants, LLC, in Elgin, Ill., a locally owned practice serving several hospitals in the Chicago suburbs. IPC staffs hospitalist providers in more than 400 hospitals across the country.
The Schumacher Group, a private hospitalist and emergency medicine provider, announced the implementation of a new telehospitalist program at Abrom Kaplan Memorial and Acadia General Hospitals, both in Lafayette, La. The program will allow physicians to provide overnight care to the two facilities from a remote location. The Schumacher Group was founded in 1994 and currently serves more than four million patients per year.
Mike O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
In Memoriam
Dr. Ayantuga completed his PhD thesis at Oxford University in less than three years, during which time he received the Bishop Frazer Prize for excellence in research in organic chemistry. Following his tenure at Oxford, Dr. Ayantuga obtained his medical degree from Cambridge University in 1994.
As his memorial site notes, “he continued until his death, to demonstrate dedication to quality and process involvement, illustrating commitment to active engagement in lifelong learning.”
John Carlile, MD, is the new medical director of pediatric hospitalist and intensivist services at Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Carlile worked as a pediatric critical care specialist at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Mo.
Elaine McElveen, RN, has been named director of the hospitalist program at McLeod Medical Center Dillon in Dillon, S.C. In her new role, McElveen also will oversee the case management department. She has been a practicing nurse for the McLeod Health system for 28 years.
Christine Wentt, PA, an adult hospitalist physician assistant, has been inducted into the VIP Woman of the Year Circle for 2015-2016 by the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). Wentt works for Physicians Inpatient Care Specialists (MDICS), a private hospitalist group in Glen Burnie, Md. Wentt also serves as an adjunct professor in Drexel University’s physician assistant program.
Robert Zurcher, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer for emergency medicine at HNI Healthcare (formerly Hospitalists Now, Inc.), based in Austin, Texas. Dr. Zurcher comes to HNI Healthcare from IPC Healthcare, where he served as the administrative director for their Northwest Region. Dr. Zurcher has 27 years of practice experience and has founded and managed physician services companies in both hospital medicine and emergency medicine.
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North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC Healthcare recently announced its acquisition of Hospital Medicine Consultants, LLC, in Elgin, Ill., a locally owned practice serving several hospitals in the Chicago suburbs. IPC staffs hospitalist providers in more than 400 hospitals across the country.
The Schumacher Group, a private hospitalist and emergency medicine provider, announced the implementation of a new telehospitalist program at Abrom Kaplan Memorial and Acadia General Hospitals, both in Lafayette, La. The program will allow physicians to provide overnight care to the two facilities from a remote location. The Schumacher Group was founded in 1994 and currently serves more than four million patients per year.
Mike O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
In Memoriam
Dr. Ayantuga completed his PhD thesis at Oxford University in less than three years, during which time he received the Bishop Frazer Prize for excellence in research in organic chemistry. Following his tenure at Oxford, Dr. Ayantuga obtained his medical degree from Cambridge University in 1994.
As his memorial site notes, “he continued until his death, to demonstrate dedication to quality and process involvement, illustrating commitment to active engagement in lifelong learning.”
John Carlile, MD, is the new medical director of pediatric hospitalist and intensivist services at Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Carlile worked as a pediatric critical care specialist at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Mo.
Elaine McElveen, RN, has been named director of the hospitalist program at McLeod Medical Center Dillon in Dillon, S.C. In her new role, McElveen also will oversee the case management department. She has been a practicing nurse for the McLeod Health system for 28 years.
Christine Wentt, PA, an adult hospitalist physician assistant, has been inducted into the VIP Woman of the Year Circle for 2015-2016 by the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). Wentt works for Physicians Inpatient Care Specialists (MDICS), a private hospitalist group in Glen Burnie, Md. Wentt also serves as an adjunct professor in Drexel University’s physician assistant program.
Robert Zurcher, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer for emergency medicine at HNI Healthcare (formerly Hospitalists Now, Inc.), based in Austin, Texas. Dr. Zurcher comes to HNI Healthcare from IPC Healthcare, where he served as the administrative director for their Northwest Region. Dr. Zurcher has 27 years of practice experience and has founded and managed physician services companies in both hospital medicine and emergency medicine.
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North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC Healthcare recently announced its acquisition of Hospital Medicine Consultants, LLC, in Elgin, Ill., a locally owned practice serving several hospitals in the Chicago suburbs. IPC staffs hospitalist providers in more than 400 hospitals across the country.
The Schumacher Group, a private hospitalist and emergency medicine provider, announced the implementation of a new telehospitalist program at Abrom Kaplan Memorial and Acadia General Hospitals, both in Lafayette, La. The program will allow physicians to provide overnight care to the two facilities from a remote location. The Schumacher Group was founded in 1994 and currently serves more than four million patients per year.
Mike O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
In Memoriam
Dr. Ayantuga completed his PhD thesis at Oxford University in less than three years, during which time he received the Bishop Frazer Prize for excellence in research in organic chemistry. Following his tenure at Oxford, Dr. Ayantuga obtained his medical degree from Cambridge University in 1994.
As his memorial site notes, “he continued until his death, to demonstrate dedication to quality and process involvement, illustrating commitment to active engagement in lifelong learning.”
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine September 2015
Solomon Noguera, MD, is the new assistant medical director at Serenity HospiceCare in Farmington, Mo. Dr. Noguera most recently served as a hospitalist for both St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis and St. Genevieve (Mo.) Hospital. He also practices primary care at Millennium Medical PC in Festus, Mo., and attends to patients at several other St. Louis-area hospitals.
Leonard Castiglione is the new chief executive officer of Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG). Castiglione joins the Greenville, S.C.-based company after recently serving as CEO of Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesia Holdings, LLC, in Tampa, Fla. OBHG has been providing OB/GYN emergency and hospitalist services since 2006.
We’re always looking for hospitalists “on the move”? Send us details of your recent award, promotion, or business deal to Jason Carris.
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Solomon Noguera, MD, is the new assistant medical director at Serenity HospiceCare in Farmington, Mo. Dr. Noguera most recently served as a hospitalist for both St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis and St. Genevieve (Mo.) Hospital. He also practices primary care at Millennium Medical PC in Festus, Mo., and attends to patients at several other St. Louis-area hospitals.
Leonard Castiglione is the new chief executive officer of Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG). Castiglione joins the Greenville, S.C.-based company after recently serving as CEO of Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesia Holdings, LLC, in Tampa, Fla. OBHG has been providing OB/GYN emergency and hospitalist services since 2006.
We’re always looking for hospitalists “on the move”? Send us details of your recent award, promotion, or business deal to Jason Carris.
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Solomon Noguera, MD, is the new assistant medical director at Serenity HospiceCare in Farmington, Mo. Dr. Noguera most recently served as a hospitalist for both St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis and St. Genevieve (Mo.) Hospital. He also practices primary care at Millennium Medical PC in Festus, Mo., and attends to patients at several other St. Louis-area hospitals.
Leonard Castiglione is the new chief executive officer of Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG). Castiglione joins the Greenville, S.C.-based company after recently serving as CEO of Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesia Holdings, LLC, in Tampa, Fla. OBHG has been providing OB/GYN emergency and hospitalist services since 2006.
We’re always looking for hospitalists “on the move”? Send us details of your recent award, promotion, or business deal to Jason Carris.
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, July 2015
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IPC Healthcare named three of its physicians as 2014 Acute Care Hospitalists of the Year:
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IPC Healthcare named three of its physicians as 2014 Acute Care Hospitalists of the Year:
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IPC Healthcare named three of its physicians as 2014 Acute Care Hospitalists of the Year:
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, June 2015
Tammy Bugger, hospitalist practice administrator at Alton Memorial Hospital (AMH) in Alton, Ill., was awarded Manager of the Year for Illinois by BJC Medical Group. Bugger is being honored for helping to improve overall patient satisfaction scores for the AMH hospitalist group by ensuring that each patient understands the role of the hospitalist in his or her inpatient care at the hospital.
Rakhi Dimino, MD, has been promoted to one of Greenville, S.C.-based Ob Hospitalist Group’s medical directors of operations as part of its OBHG’s Clinical Leadership Team. Dr. Dimino is currently an OB hospitalist at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Roger Lee, MD, has been appointed to the role of chief of staff at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. Dr. Lee is the current co-director of the hospitalist program at UCLA and has served as the chair of UCLA Medical Center’s Medicine Department since 2009. Dr. Lee provides inpatient care at the UCLA Santa Monica campus and at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica.
Jordan Messler, MD, is the new glycemic mentor at the Diabetes Center for Excellence at Heywood Healthcare in North-Central Massachusetts, as part of its partnership with SHM’s Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation Program. Dr. Messler is the current chair of SHM’s Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Committee. He is based in Clearwater, Fla., where he serves as the medical director of Morton Plant Hospital’s hospitalist program.
Shiraz Nisar, MD, was appointed chairperson of the department of medicine at University Hospitals (UH) Ahuja Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Nisar is the current clinical site director for Community Hospitalists, a division of the Martin Healthcare Group (MHG) based in Cleveland, at UH Ahuja.
Stephen P. O’Mahony, MD, FACP, has been appointed chief medical information officer for Barnabas Health system based in West Orange, N.J. Most recently, Dr. O’Mahony served as vice president of information technology at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn. He is credited with founding one of Connecticut’s first ever hospitalist programs at Norwalk Hospital in 1999.
O’Neil J. Pyke, MD, SFHM, is the new national director of hospital medicine for Keystone Healthcare Management, Inc., based in Memphis, Tenn. Prior to his new role, Dr. Pyke had worked as a hospitalist consultant for Keystone since 2006. Dr. Pyke previously served on SHM’s Ethics and Non-Physician Provider Committees and was a SHM Leadership Academy faculty facilitator.
Jeff Sperring, MD, has been named the new CEO of Seattle Children’s Hospital in Seattle, Wash. Most recently, Dr. Sperring was the CEO of Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. Before joining the C-suite, Dr. Sperring served as director of pediatric hospital medicine, chief of staff, and associate chief of staff at Riley Hospital.
Robin Thomas, DO, is the new chairperson of the department of medicine at UH Regional Hospitals, Richmond Campus. Dr. Thomas is a hospitalist for Community Hospitalists, a division of Martin Healthcare Group (MHG) based in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Thomas is the current residency director for UH Regional Hospitals.
Jane van Dis, MD, FACOG, was recently promoted to one of the positions of medical directors of operations for Ob Hospitalist Group based in Greenville, S.C. Dr. van Dis is an OB hospitalist at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Before launching her clinical career six years ago, Dr. van Dis taught at the University of Minnesota Department of OB/GYN as an assistant professor and served as director of the Medical Student OB/GYN Clerkship at the University of Minnesota.
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Bates County Memorial Hospital (BCMH) in Butler, Mo., has partnered with Saint Luke’s Health System and Saint Luke’s Physician Specialists to offer hospital medicine services at the facility. The new hospitalist program will staff four hospitalists seven days a week in the hospital from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and via telemedicine at night. Saint Luke’s Health System is a regional hospital system that consists of 10 acute care facilities and dozens of outpatient, specialty, and laboratory practices throughout the greater Kansas City area.
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital (BRRH) in Spruce Pine, N.C., recently launched its first hospitalist program. BRRH is a 46-bed, nonprofit, acute care facility serving lower Avery, upper McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey counties in North Carolina.
IPC Healthcare, Inc. (formerly IPC The Hospitalist Company), based in North Hollywood, Calif., recently acquired Capital Internal Medicine, LLC, based in Silver Spring, Md.; Geriatrics Associates, PC, in Albuquerque, N.M., and GTA Health Solutions in Morristown, Tenn. Capital Internal Medicine is a physician staffing company serving the greater Washington, D.C., metro area. Geriatrics Associates is a long-term and hospice care provider serving greater Albuquerque. GTA Health Solutions is a post-acute behavioral health practice. IPC provides hospitalist and post-acute staffing services in 27 states across the country.
Moses Taylor Hospital, a 217-bed acute care center in Scranton, Penn., recently opened a brand new pediatric wing that will be staffed by a team of pediatric hospitalists from Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The new Pediatric Center of Excellence will provide 18 beds for pediatric care 24 hours a day. Moses Taylor Hospital is part of Commonwealth Health, a regional healthcare network in Northeastern Pennsylvania consisting of six hospitals and dozens of post-acute and laboratory centers throughout the region.
Sound Physicians is now providing hospitalist services to Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican hospital in Henderson, Nev. St. Rose Dominican is a nonprofit, religiously sponsored hospital part of the Dignity Health network, which operates hospitals, clinics, and care centers in 21 states across the country. Sound Physicians is one of the largest hospitalist providers in the United States, serving hospitals in 35 states across the United States.
Southland MD, a regional hospitalist service provider based in Thomasville, Ga., is now providing hospital medicine at Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga. Memorial Hospital and Manor is an 80-bed acute care hospital with an adjacent 107-bed nursing home next door. Southland MD is a regional hospitalist, emergency medicine, and outpatient care provider serving patients throughout South Georgia and North Florida.
–Michael O’Neal
Tammy Bugger, hospitalist practice administrator at Alton Memorial Hospital (AMH) in Alton, Ill., was awarded Manager of the Year for Illinois by BJC Medical Group. Bugger is being honored for helping to improve overall patient satisfaction scores for the AMH hospitalist group by ensuring that each patient understands the role of the hospitalist in his or her inpatient care at the hospital.
Rakhi Dimino, MD, has been promoted to one of Greenville, S.C.-based Ob Hospitalist Group’s medical directors of operations as part of its OBHG’s Clinical Leadership Team. Dr. Dimino is currently an OB hospitalist at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Roger Lee, MD, has been appointed to the role of chief of staff at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. Dr. Lee is the current co-director of the hospitalist program at UCLA and has served as the chair of UCLA Medical Center’s Medicine Department since 2009. Dr. Lee provides inpatient care at the UCLA Santa Monica campus and at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica.
Jordan Messler, MD, is the new glycemic mentor at the Diabetes Center for Excellence at Heywood Healthcare in North-Central Massachusetts, as part of its partnership with SHM’s Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation Program. Dr. Messler is the current chair of SHM’s Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Committee. He is based in Clearwater, Fla., where he serves as the medical director of Morton Plant Hospital’s hospitalist program.
Shiraz Nisar, MD, was appointed chairperson of the department of medicine at University Hospitals (UH) Ahuja Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Nisar is the current clinical site director for Community Hospitalists, a division of the Martin Healthcare Group (MHG) based in Cleveland, at UH Ahuja.
Stephen P. O’Mahony, MD, FACP, has been appointed chief medical information officer for Barnabas Health system based in West Orange, N.J. Most recently, Dr. O’Mahony served as vice president of information technology at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn. He is credited with founding one of Connecticut’s first ever hospitalist programs at Norwalk Hospital in 1999.
O’Neil J. Pyke, MD, SFHM, is the new national director of hospital medicine for Keystone Healthcare Management, Inc., based in Memphis, Tenn. Prior to his new role, Dr. Pyke had worked as a hospitalist consultant for Keystone since 2006. Dr. Pyke previously served on SHM’s Ethics and Non-Physician Provider Committees and was a SHM Leadership Academy faculty facilitator.
Jeff Sperring, MD, has been named the new CEO of Seattle Children’s Hospital in Seattle, Wash. Most recently, Dr. Sperring was the CEO of Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. Before joining the C-suite, Dr. Sperring served as director of pediatric hospital medicine, chief of staff, and associate chief of staff at Riley Hospital.
Robin Thomas, DO, is the new chairperson of the department of medicine at UH Regional Hospitals, Richmond Campus. Dr. Thomas is a hospitalist for Community Hospitalists, a division of Martin Healthcare Group (MHG) based in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Thomas is the current residency director for UH Regional Hospitals.
Jane van Dis, MD, FACOG, was recently promoted to one of the positions of medical directors of operations for Ob Hospitalist Group based in Greenville, S.C. Dr. van Dis is an OB hospitalist at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Before launching her clinical career six years ago, Dr. van Dis taught at the University of Minnesota Department of OB/GYN as an assistant professor and served as director of the Medical Student OB/GYN Clerkship at the University of Minnesota.
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Bates County Memorial Hospital (BCMH) in Butler, Mo., has partnered with Saint Luke’s Health System and Saint Luke’s Physician Specialists to offer hospital medicine services at the facility. The new hospitalist program will staff four hospitalists seven days a week in the hospital from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and via telemedicine at night. Saint Luke’s Health System is a regional hospital system that consists of 10 acute care facilities and dozens of outpatient, specialty, and laboratory practices throughout the greater Kansas City area.
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital (BRRH) in Spruce Pine, N.C., recently launched its first hospitalist program. BRRH is a 46-bed, nonprofit, acute care facility serving lower Avery, upper McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey counties in North Carolina.
IPC Healthcare, Inc. (formerly IPC The Hospitalist Company), based in North Hollywood, Calif., recently acquired Capital Internal Medicine, LLC, based in Silver Spring, Md.; Geriatrics Associates, PC, in Albuquerque, N.M., and GTA Health Solutions in Morristown, Tenn. Capital Internal Medicine is a physician staffing company serving the greater Washington, D.C., metro area. Geriatrics Associates is a long-term and hospice care provider serving greater Albuquerque. GTA Health Solutions is a post-acute behavioral health practice. IPC provides hospitalist and post-acute staffing services in 27 states across the country.
Moses Taylor Hospital, a 217-bed acute care center in Scranton, Penn., recently opened a brand new pediatric wing that will be staffed by a team of pediatric hospitalists from Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The new Pediatric Center of Excellence will provide 18 beds for pediatric care 24 hours a day. Moses Taylor Hospital is part of Commonwealth Health, a regional healthcare network in Northeastern Pennsylvania consisting of six hospitals and dozens of post-acute and laboratory centers throughout the region.
Sound Physicians is now providing hospitalist services to Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican hospital in Henderson, Nev. St. Rose Dominican is a nonprofit, religiously sponsored hospital part of the Dignity Health network, which operates hospitals, clinics, and care centers in 21 states across the country. Sound Physicians is one of the largest hospitalist providers in the United States, serving hospitals in 35 states across the United States.
Southland MD, a regional hospitalist service provider based in Thomasville, Ga., is now providing hospital medicine at Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga. Memorial Hospital and Manor is an 80-bed acute care hospital with an adjacent 107-bed nursing home next door. Southland MD is a regional hospitalist, emergency medicine, and outpatient care provider serving patients throughout South Georgia and North Florida.
–Michael O’Neal
Tammy Bugger, hospitalist practice administrator at Alton Memorial Hospital (AMH) in Alton, Ill., was awarded Manager of the Year for Illinois by BJC Medical Group. Bugger is being honored for helping to improve overall patient satisfaction scores for the AMH hospitalist group by ensuring that each patient understands the role of the hospitalist in his or her inpatient care at the hospital.
Rakhi Dimino, MD, has been promoted to one of Greenville, S.C.-based Ob Hospitalist Group’s medical directors of operations as part of its OBHG’s Clinical Leadership Team. Dr. Dimino is currently an OB hospitalist at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Roger Lee, MD, has been appointed to the role of chief of staff at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. Dr. Lee is the current co-director of the hospitalist program at UCLA and has served as the chair of UCLA Medical Center’s Medicine Department since 2009. Dr. Lee provides inpatient care at the UCLA Santa Monica campus and at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica.
Jordan Messler, MD, is the new glycemic mentor at the Diabetes Center for Excellence at Heywood Healthcare in North-Central Massachusetts, as part of its partnership with SHM’s Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation Program. Dr. Messler is the current chair of SHM’s Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Committee. He is based in Clearwater, Fla., where he serves as the medical director of Morton Plant Hospital’s hospitalist program.
Shiraz Nisar, MD, was appointed chairperson of the department of medicine at University Hospitals (UH) Ahuja Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Nisar is the current clinical site director for Community Hospitalists, a division of the Martin Healthcare Group (MHG) based in Cleveland, at UH Ahuja.
Stephen P. O’Mahony, MD, FACP, has been appointed chief medical information officer for Barnabas Health system based in West Orange, N.J. Most recently, Dr. O’Mahony served as vice president of information technology at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn. He is credited with founding one of Connecticut’s first ever hospitalist programs at Norwalk Hospital in 1999.
O’Neil J. Pyke, MD, SFHM, is the new national director of hospital medicine for Keystone Healthcare Management, Inc., based in Memphis, Tenn. Prior to his new role, Dr. Pyke had worked as a hospitalist consultant for Keystone since 2006. Dr. Pyke previously served on SHM’s Ethics and Non-Physician Provider Committees and was a SHM Leadership Academy faculty facilitator.
Jeff Sperring, MD, has been named the new CEO of Seattle Children’s Hospital in Seattle, Wash. Most recently, Dr. Sperring was the CEO of Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. Before joining the C-suite, Dr. Sperring served as director of pediatric hospital medicine, chief of staff, and associate chief of staff at Riley Hospital.
Robin Thomas, DO, is the new chairperson of the department of medicine at UH Regional Hospitals, Richmond Campus. Dr. Thomas is a hospitalist for Community Hospitalists, a division of Martin Healthcare Group (MHG) based in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Thomas is the current residency director for UH Regional Hospitals.
Jane van Dis, MD, FACOG, was recently promoted to one of the positions of medical directors of operations for Ob Hospitalist Group based in Greenville, S.C. Dr. van Dis is an OB hospitalist at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Before launching her clinical career six years ago, Dr. van Dis taught at the University of Minnesota Department of OB/GYN as an assistant professor and served as director of the Medical Student OB/GYN Clerkship at the University of Minnesota.
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Bates County Memorial Hospital (BCMH) in Butler, Mo., has partnered with Saint Luke’s Health System and Saint Luke’s Physician Specialists to offer hospital medicine services at the facility. The new hospitalist program will staff four hospitalists seven days a week in the hospital from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and via telemedicine at night. Saint Luke’s Health System is a regional hospital system that consists of 10 acute care facilities and dozens of outpatient, specialty, and laboratory practices throughout the greater Kansas City area.
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital (BRRH) in Spruce Pine, N.C., recently launched its first hospitalist program. BRRH is a 46-bed, nonprofit, acute care facility serving lower Avery, upper McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey counties in North Carolina.
IPC Healthcare, Inc. (formerly IPC The Hospitalist Company), based in North Hollywood, Calif., recently acquired Capital Internal Medicine, LLC, based in Silver Spring, Md.; Geriatrics Associates, PC, in Albuquerque, N.M., and GTA Health Solutions in Morristown, Tenn. Capital Internal Medicine is a physician staffing company serving the greater Washington, D.C., metro area. Geriatrics Associates is a long-term and hospice care provider serving greater Albuquerque. GTA Health Solutions is a post-acute behavioral health practice. IPC provides hospitalist and post-acute staffing services in 27 states across the country.
Moses Taylor Hospital, a 217-bed acute care center in Scranton, Penn., recently opened a brand new pediatric wing that will be staffed by a team of pediatric hospitalists from Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The new Pediatric Center of Excellence will provide 18 beds for pediatric care 24 hours a day. Moses Taylor Hospital is part of Commonwealth Health, a regional healthcare network in Northeastern Pennsylvania consisting of six hospitals and dozens of post-acute and laboratory centers throughout the region.
Sound Physicians is now providing hospitalist services to Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican hospital in Henderson, Nev. St. Rose Dominican is a nonprofit, religiously sponsored hospital part of the Dignity Health network, which operates hospitals, clinics, and care centers in 21 states across the country. Sound Physicians is one of the largest hospitalist providers in the United States, serving hospitals in 35 states across the United States.
Southland MD, a regional hospitalist service provider based in Thomasville, Ga., is now providing hospital medicine at Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga. Memorial Hospital and Manor is an 80-bed acute care hospital with an adjacent 107-bed nursing home next door. Southland MD is a regional hospitalist, emergency medicine, and outpatient care provider serving patients throughout South Georgia and North Florida.
–Michael O’Neal
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, March 2015
Sam Bagchi, MD,
George Bailey, MD, has been named 2014 Physician of the Year by the Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG), based in Mauldin, S.C. Dr. Bailey has been a practicing OB/GYN hospitalist at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Wash., since the OB hospitalist program began there in July 2013. Dr. Bailey’s colleagues cite his emphasis on safety, communication, and mentorship as a few of the characteristics that define him as a leader at their hospital.
Martha Buckley, MD, is the new chief quality officer at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio. Dr. Buckley joined FMC as a hospitalist in 2010 before serving as a part-time chief medical quality officer. FMC is a 222-bed, nonprofit, acute care center serving Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, and Perry counties in central Ohio.
Marina Farah, MD, MHA, has been promoted to vice president of clinical innovation at Sound Physicians, based in Tacoma, Wash. Prior to her new role, Dr. Farah served as senior medical director of performance management at Sound. Dr. Farah has been with Sound since 2002, and, in 2011, she received the Milliman Care Guidelines Richard L. Doyle Award for Innovation and Leadership in Healthcare.
Robert Holloway, MD, SFHM, is the new executive vice president of management services and consulting for Hospitalists Now, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. Dr. Holloway comes to HNI from his role as CEO and chief medical officer for InCompass Health, an Atlanta-based national hospitalist service provider that he founded in 1999. Dr. Holloway will continue his work as a clinical faculty member at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Salima Oukachbi, MD, received the Physician Assistant Educator Award from the Canadian Physician Assistant Education Association and the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants in recognition for her performance as an educator of physician assistants in Northwestern Ontario. Dr. Oukachbi is a hospitalist at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Olevia Pitts, MD, SFHM, has been appointed executive director of IPC Healthcare’s Kansas City Region. Prior to her new role, Dr. Pitts served as regional medical director of IPC’s Kansas City Region. She is also a member of IPC’s Practice Group Leadership Council, where she serves as a mentor for future physician leaders.
Syed A. Raza, MD, is the new chief medical officer at CHI St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas. Most recently, Dr. Raza worked as associate chief of medicine and chief hospitalist for The Woodlands Hospital’s primary hospitalist group. In 2006, he helped establish the original hospitalist group at CHI St. Luke’s The Woodlands and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands hospitals.
Thomas Whalen, DO, received the Hal Belknap Heart of Gold award from Norman Regional Health System in Norman, Okla., for outstanding service to his community. Dr. Whalen is the hospitalist service medical director at Norman Regional Hospital. Before Norman, he served as an Air Force major and chief of medicine at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Dr. Whalen is also recognized as a respected Angel Flight pilot and frequent blood donor.
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Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Sam Bagchi, MD,
George Bailey, MD, has been named 2014 Physician of the Year by the Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG), based in Mauldin, S.C. Dr. Bailey has been a practicing OB/GYN hospitalist at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Wash., since the OB hospitalist program began there in July 2013. Dr. Bailey’s colleagues cite his emphasis on safety, communication, and mentorship as a few of the characteristics that define him as a leader at their hospital.
Martha Buckley, MD, is the new chief quality officer at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio. Dr. Buckley joined FMC as a hospitalist in 2010 before serving as a part-time chief medical quality officer. FMC is a 222-bed, nonprofit, acute care center serving Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, and Perry counties in central Ohio.
Marina Farah, MD, MHA, has been promoted to vice president of clinical innovation at Sound Physicians, based in Tacoma, Wash. Prior to her new role, Dr. Farah served as senior medical director of performance management at Sound. Dr. Farah has been with Sound since 2002, and, in 2011, she received the Milliman Care Guidelines Richard L. Doyle Award for Innovation and Leadership in Healthcare.
Robert Holloway, MD, SFHM, is the new executive vice president of management services and consulting for Hospitalists Now, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. Dr. Holloway comes to HNI from his role as CEO and chief medical officer for InCompass Health, an Atlanta-based national hospitalist service provider that he founded in 1999. Dr. Holloway will continue his work as a clinical faculty member at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Salima Oukachbi, MD, received the Physician Assistant Educator Award from the Canadian Physician Assistant Education Association and the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants in recognition for her performance as an educator of physician assistants in Northwestern Ontario. Dr. Oukachbi is a hospitalist at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Olevia Pitts, MD, SFHM, has been appointed executive director of IPC Healthcare’s Kansas City Region. Prior to her new role, Dr. Pitts served as regional medical director of IPC’s Kansas City Region. She is also a member of IPC’s Practice Group Leadership Council, where she serves as a mentor for future physician leaders.
Syed A. Raza, MD, is the new chief medical officer at CHI St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas. Most recently, Dr. Raza worked as associate chief of medicine and chief hospitalist for The Woodlands Hospital’s primary hospitalist group. In 2006, he helped establish the original hospitalist group at CHI St. Luke’s The Woodlands and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands hospitals.
Thomas Whalen, DO, received the Hal Belknap Heart of Gold award from Norman Regional Health System in Norman, Okla., for outstanding service to his community. Dr. Whalen is the hospitalist service medical director at Norman Regional Hospital. Before Norman, he served as an Air Force major and chief of medicine at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Dr. Whalen is also recognized as a respected Angel Flight pilot and frequent blood donor.
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Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Sam Bagchi, MD,
George Bailey, MD, has been named 2014 Physician of the Year by the Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG), based in Mauldin, S.C. Dr. Bailey has been a practicing OB/GYN hospitalist at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Wash., since the OB hospitalist program began there in July 2013. Dr. Bailey’s colleagues cite his emphasis on safety, communication, and mentorship as a few of the characteristics that define him as a leader at their hospital.
Martha Buckley, MD, is the new chief quality officer at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio. Dr. Buckley joined FMC as a hospitalist in 2010 before serving as a part-time chief medical quality officer. FMC is a 222-bed, nonprofit, acute care center serving Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, and Perry counties in central Ohio.
Marina Farah, MD, MHA, has been promoted to vice president of clinical innovation at Sound Physicians, based in Tacoma, Wash. Prior to her new role, Dr. Farah served as senior medical director of performance management at Sound. Dr. Farah has been with Sound since 2002, and, in 2011, she received the Milliman Care Guidelines Richard L. Doyle Award for Innovation and Leadership in Healthcare.
Robert Holloway, MD, SFHM, is the new executive vice president of management services and consulting for Hospitalists Now, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. Dr. Holloway comes to HNI from his role as CEO and chief medical officer for InCompass Health, an Atlanta-based national hospitalist service provider that he founded in 1999. Dr. Holloway will continue his work as a clinical faculty member at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Salima Oukachbi, MD, received the Physician Assistant Educator Award from the Canadian Physician Assistant Education Association and the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants in recognition for her performance as an educator of physician assistants in Northwestern Ontario. Dr. Oukachbi is a hospitalist at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Olevia Pitts, MD, SFHM, has been appointed executive director of IPC Healthcare’s Kansas City Region. Prior to her new role, Dr. Pitts served as regional medical director of IPC’s Kansas City Region. She is also a member of IPC’s Practice Group Leadership Council, where she serves as a mentor for future physician leaders.
Syed A. Raza, MD, is the new chief medical officer at CHI St. Luke’s Health—The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas. Most recently, Dr. Raza worked as associate chief of medicine and chief hospitalist for The Woodlands Hospital’s primary hospitalist group. In 2006, he helped establish the original hospitalist group at CHI St. Luke’s The Woodlands and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands hospitals.
Thomas Whalen, DO, received the Hal Belknap Heart of Gold award from Norman Regional Health System in Norman, Okla., for outstanding service to his community. Dr. Whalen is the hospitalist service medical director at Norman Regional Hospital. Before Norman, he served as an Air Force major and chief of medicine at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Dr. Whalen is also recognized as a respected Angel Flight pilot and frequent blood donor.
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Michael O’Neal is a freelance writer in New York City.
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, January 2015
This month, The Hospitalist features new appointments, promotions, awards, and achievements of hospital medicine physicians and healthcare industry professionals.
Douglas Carlson, MD, FAAP, SFHM, has been appointed professor and chair of the department of pediatrics at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Ill. Dr. Carlson is a pediatric hospitalist who served as director of the pediatric hospitalist medicine division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Carlson currently serves as co-chair of the SHM Pediatric Committee, as well as Workforce Taskforce Leader for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leadership Committee and chair of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine National Conference Planning Committee.
Howard Epstein, MD, FHM, has been appointed executive vice president and chief medical officer at PreferredOne, a health services and insurance provider based in Golden Valley, Minn. Dr. Epstein comes to PreferredOne from the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) in Bloomington, where he served as chief health systems officer. An SHM board member, Dr. Epstein previously helped found the hospital medicine and palliative care programs at Regions Hospital and HealthPartners Medical Group in St. Paul, Minn.
Les Hall, MD, has been appointed executive dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, as well as CEO of Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group in Columbia, S.C. Prior to his role at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Hall served as associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and chief medical officer of the University of Missouri Health System in Columbia, Mo. Dr. Hall is a practicing hospitalist and an active member of SHM, and he has continued to care for patients throughout his career as a healthcare leader.
• Liesbet Jansen, MD, was awarded the 2014 Dr. Alexander MacIntyre Award of Excellence by the Alliston (Ontario, Canada) and Area Physician Recruitment Committee for demonstrating excellence in medical practice and commitment to the local community. Dr. Jansen serves as a hospitalist and chief of family medicine at Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston, Ontario, Canada.
Hans Jeppesen, MD, is the new chief of hospital medicine at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) in Salem, Mass. In addition to overseeing the hospitalist team at NSMC, Dr. Jeppesen will also be responsible for caring for inpatients at NSMC Salem and Union (Lynn, Mass.) Hospitals. Before joining NSMC, Dr. Jeppesen served as chief of hospitalist services at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Mass.
Todd Kislak is the new chief development officer for Hospitalists Now, Inc. (HNI), a national physician management company based in Austin, Texas. In his new role, Kislak is responsible for sales and business development as well as marketing for HNI. Kislak formerly served as vice president of marketing and development for IPC The Hospitalist Company, based in North Hollywood, Calif.
Kelly London, PA-C, has been awarded Non-Physician Hospitalist of the Year by the Maryland chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine. London is the first nonphysician provider to receive the award, and was nominated along with other qualified nurse practitioners and physician assistants throughout Maryland. London serves on the hospitalist team at Anne Arundel Medical Center, managed by MDICS (Physicians Inpatient Care Specialists), in Annapolis, Md.
Jennifer Miraglia is the new executive director for the Chicago region of IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospital medicine management company based in North Hollywood, Calif. Before coming to IPC, Miraglia worked as regional vice president of operations for RehabCare, a division of Kindred Healthcare based in Louisville, Ky. IPC manages hospitalist services in over 400 hospitals across the United States.
Steven Pantilat, MD, MHM, FAAHPM, recently was awarded the Ritz E. Heerman Memorial Award by the California Hospital Association Board of Trustees for his work on improving the quality of palliative care services in California. Dr. Pantilat is the founding director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Palliative Care Program, and director of the UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center. Dr. Pantilat is a past president of SHM and currently works as a professor of clinical medicine at UCSF.
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• North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC The Hospitalist Company has acquired the following practices: Hospital Practice Associates, Inc. (HPA), in Jacksonville, Fla.; John N. Campbell, MD, PC, in Grand Rapids, Mich.; Comprehensive Health Solutions, in Newtown Square, Penn.; Midland Hospitalists PLC in Midland, Mich.; and Clyo Internal Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. IPC is a national hospitalist management company serving over 400 hospitals and 1,200 post-acute care facilities across the country.
• The Greenville, S.C.-based Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) recently received the following honors: voted one of the Inc. 5,000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America for the second year running for a growth rate of 239% since 2011; voted one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and SC Biz News, for the second consecutive year; listed on the Roaring Twenties List from SC Biz News as one of the 40 highest performing companies in South Carolina; and included on South Carolina’s 25 Fastest-Growing Companies list for the third year running. OBHG has been providing OB/GYN hospitalist services across the country since 2006.
• The OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa, Ill., has just introduced a new hospitalist program at its 99-bed acute care hospital. Robert B. Maguire, MD, a veteran Ottawa doctor, has been chosen to lead the new hospitalist program as medical director. OSF St. Elizabeth will continue to recruit additional hospitalists to the new program with the help of 24ON Physicians/In Compass Health, Inc., a hospitalist staffing firm based in Alpharetta, Ga.
• Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital is now providing pediatric care at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Penn. Moses Taylor Hospital is a 217-bed acute care facility operated by Commonwealth Health, the largest healthcare system in northern Pennsylvania, which consists of six hospitals and dozens of post-acute care practices and facilities.
• TeamHealth, a national physician management company based in Knoxville, Tenn., announced its acquisition of Premier Physician Services, Inc., based in Dayton, Ohio. Premier consists of eight hospitalist programs as well as 45 emergency medicine programs, 15 correctional care programs, and 15 occupational medicine programs, which TeamHealth will now oversee. TeamHealth provides physician management and healthcare staffing in 47 states.
This month, The Hospitalist features new appointments, promotions, awards, and achievements of hospital medicine physicians and healthcare industry professionals.
Douglas Carlson, MD, FAAP, SFHM, has been appointed professor and chair of the department of pediatrics at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Ill. Dr. Carlson is a pediatric hospitalist who served as director of the pediatric hospitalist medicine division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Carlson currently serves as co-chair of the SHM Pediatric Committee, as well as Workforce Taskforce Leader for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leadership Committee and chair of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine National Conference Planning Committee.
Howard Epstein, MD, FHM, has been appointed executive vice president and chief medical officer at PreferredOne, a health services and insurance provider based in Golden Valley, Minn. Dr. Epstein comes to PreferredOne from the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) in Bloomington, where he served as chief health systems officer. An SHM board member, Dr. Epstein previously helped found the hospital medicine and palliative care programs at Regions Hospital and HealthPartners Medical Group in St. Paul, Minn.
Les Hall, MD, has been appointed executive dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, as well as CEO of Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group in Columbia, S.C. Prior to his role at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Hall served as associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and chief medical officer of the University of Missouri Health System in Columbia, Mo. Dr. Hall is a practicing hospitalist and an active member of SHM, and he has continued to care for patients throughout his career as a healthcare leader.
• Liesbet Jansen, MD, was awarded the 2014 Dr. Alexander MacIntyre Award of Excellence by the Alliston (Ontario, Canada) and Area Physician Recruitment Committee for demonstrating excellence in medical practice and commitment to the local community. Dr. Jansen serves as a hospitalist and chief of family medicine at Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston, Ontario, Canada.
Hans Jeppesen, MD, is the new chief of hospital medicine at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) in Salem, Mass. In addition to overseeing the hospitalist team at NSMC, Dr. Jeppesen will also be responsible for caring for inpatients at NSMC Salem and Union (Lynn, Mass.) Hospitals. Before joining NSMC, Dr. Jeppesen served as chief of hospitalist services at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Mass.
Todd Kislak is the new chief development officer for Hospitalists Now, Inc. (HNI), a national physician management company based in Austin, Texas. In his new role, Kislak is responsible for sales and business development as well as marketing for HNI. Kislak formerly served as vice president of marketing and development for IPC The Hospitalist Company, based in North Hollywood, Calif.
Kelly London, PA-C, has been awarded Non-Physician Hospitalist of the Year by the Maryland chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine. London is the first nonphysician provider to receive the award, and was nominated along with other qualified nurse practitioners and physician assistants throughout Maryland. London serves on the hospitalist team at Anne Arundel Medical Center, managed by MDICS (Physicians Inpatient Care Specialists), in Annapolis, Md.
Jennifer Miraglia is the new executive director for the Chicago region of IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospital medicine management company based in North Hollywood, Calif. Before coming to IPC, Miraglia worked as regional vice president of operations for RehabCare, a division of Kindred Healthcare based in Louisville, Ky. IPC manages hospitalist services in over 400 hospitals across the United States.
Steven Pantilat, MD, MHM, FAAHPM, recently was awarded the Ritz E. Heerman Memorial Award by the California Hospital Association Board of Trustees for his work on improving the quality of palliative care services in California. Dr. Pantilat is the founding director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Palliative Care Program, and director of the UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center. Dr. Pantilat is a past president of SHM and currently works as a professor of clinical medicine at UCSF.
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• North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC The Hospitalist Company has acquired the following practices: Hospital Practice Associates, Inc. (HPA), in Jacksonville, Fla.; John N. Campbell, MD, PC, in Grand Rapids, Mich.; Comprehensive Health Solutions, in Newtown Square, Penn.; Midland Hospitalists PLC in Midland, Mich.; and Clyo Internal Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. IPC is a national hospitalist management company serving over 400 hospitals and 1,200 post-acute care facilities across the country.
• The Greenville, S.C.-based Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) recently received the following honors: voted one of the Inc. 5,000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America for the second year running for a growth rate of 239% since 2011; voted one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and SC Biz News, for the second consecutive year; listed on the Roaring Twenties List from SC Biz News as one of the 40 highest performing companies in South Carolina; and included on South Carolina’s 25 Fastest-Growing Companies list for the third year running. OBHG has been providing OB/GYN hospitalist services across the country since 2006.
• The OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa, Ill., has just introduced a new hospitalist program at its 99-bed acute care hospital. Robert B. Maguire, MD, a veteran Ottawa doctor, has been chosen to lead the new hospitalist program as medical director. OSF St. Elizabeth will continue to recruit additional hospitalists to the new program with the help of 24ON Physicians/In Compass Health, Inc., a hospitalist staffing firm based in Alpharetta, Ga.
• Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital is now providing pediatric care at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Penn. Moses Taylor Hospital is a 217-bed acute care facility operated by Commonwealth Health, the largest healthcare system in northern Pennsylvania, which consists of six hospitals and dozens of post-acute care practices and facilities.
• TeamHealth, a national physician management company based in Knoxville, Tenn., announced its acquisition of Premier Physician Services, Inc., based in Dayton, Ohio. Premier consists of eight hospitalist programs as well as 45 emergency medicine programs, 15 correctional care programs, and 15 occupational medicine programs, which TeamHealth will now oversee. TeamHealth provides physician management and healthcare staffing in 47 states.
This month, The Hospitalist features new appointments, promotions, awards, and achievements of hospital medicine physicians and healthcare industry professionals.
Douglas Carlson, MD, FAAP, SFHM, has been appointed professor and chair of the department of pediatrics at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Ill. Dr. Carlson is a pediatric hospitalist who served as director of the pediatric hospitalist medicine division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Carlson currently serves as co-chair of the SHM Pediatric Committee, as well as Workforce Taskforce Leader for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leadership Committee and chair of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine National Conference Planning Committee.
Howard Epstein, MD, FHM, has been appointed executive vice president and chief medical officer at PreferredOne, a health services and insurance provider based in Golden Valley, Minn. Dr. Epstein comes to PreferredOne from the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) in Bloomington, where he served as chief health systems officer. An SHM board member, Dr. Epstein previously helped found the hospital medicine and palliative care programs at Regions Hospital and HealthPartners Medical Group in St. Paul, Minn.
Les Hall, MD, has been appointed executive dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, as well as CEO of Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group in Columbia, S.C. Prior to his role at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Hall served as associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and chief medical officer of the University of Missouri Health System in Columbia, Mo. Dr. Hall is a practicing hospitalist and an active member of SHM, and he has continued to care for patients throughout his career as a healthcare leader.
• Liesbet Jansen, MD, was awarded the 2014 Dr. Alexander MacIntyre Award of Excellence by the Alliston (Ontario, Canada) and Area Physician Recruitment Committee for demonstrating excellence in medical practice and commitment to the local community. Dr. Jansen serves as a hospitalist and chief of family medicine at Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston, Ontario, Canada.
Hans Jeppesen, MD, is the new chief of hospital medicine at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) in Salem, Mass. In addition to overseeing the hospitalist team at NSMC, Dr. Jeppesen will also be responsible for caring for inpatients at NSMC Salem and Union (Lynn, Mass.) Hospitals. Before joining NSMC, Dr. Jeppesen served as chief of hospitalist services at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Mass.
Todd Kislak is the new chief development officer for Hospitalists Now, Inc. (HNI), a national physician management company based in Austin, Texas. In his new role, Kislak is responsible for sales and business development as well as marketing for HNI. Kislak formerly served as vice president of marketing and development for IPC The Hospitalist Company, based in North Hollywood, Calif.
Kelly London, PA-C, has been awarded Non-Physician Hospitalist of the Year by the Maryland chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine. London is the first nonphysician provider to receive the award, and was nominated along with other qualified nurse practitioners and physician assistants throughout Maryland. London serves on the hospitalist team at Anne Arundel Medical Center, managed by MDICS (Physicians Inpatient Care Specialists), in Annapolis, Md.
Jennifer Miraglia is the new executive director for the Chicago region of IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospital medicine management company based in North Hollywood, Calif. Before coming to IPC, Miraglia worked as regional vice president of operations for RehabCare, a division of Kindred Healthcare based in Louisville, Ky. IPC manages hospitalist services in over 400 hospitals across the United States.
Steven Pantilat, MD, MHM, FAAHPM, recently was awarded the Ritz E. Heerman Memorial Award by the California Hospital Association Board of Trustees for his work on improving the quality of palliative care services in California. Dr. Pantilat is the founding director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Palliative Care Program, and director of the UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center. Dr. Pantilat is a past president of SHM and currently works as a professor of clinical medicine at UCSF.
Business Moves
• North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC The Hospitalist Company has acquired the following practices: Hospital Practice Associates, Inc. (HPA), in Jacksonville, Fla.; John N. Campbell, MD, PC, in Grand Rapids, Mich.; Comprehensive Health Solutions, in Newtown Square, Penn.; Midland Hospitalists PLC in Midland, Mich.; and Clyo Internal Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. IPC is a national hospitalist management company serving over 400 hospitals and 1,200 post-acute care facilities across the country.
• The Greenville, S.C.-based Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) recently received the following honors: voted one of the Inc. 5,000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America for the second year running for a growth rate of 239% since 2011; voted one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and SC Biz News, for the second consecutive year; listed on the Roaring Twenties List from SC Biz News as one of the 40 highest performing companies in South Carolina; and included on South Carolina’s 25 Fastest-Growing Companies list for the third year running. OBHG has been providing OB/GYN hospitalist services across the country since 2006.
• The OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa, Ill., has just introduced a new hospitalist program at its 99-bed acute care hospital. Robert B. Maguire, MD, a veteran Ottawa doctor, has been chosen to lead the new hospitalist program as medical director. OSF St. Elizabeth will continue to recruit additional hospitalists to the new program with the help of 24ON Physicians/In Compass Health, Inc., a hospitalist staffing firm based in Alpharetta, Ga.
• Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital is now providing pediatric care at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Penn. Moses Taylor Hospital is a 217-bed acute care facility operated by Commonwealth Health, the largest healthcare system in northern Pennsylvania, which consists of six hospitals and dozens of post-acute care practices and facilities.
• TeamHealth, a national physician management company based in Knoxville, Tenn., announced its acquisition of Premier Physician Services, Inc., based in Dayton, Ohio. Premier consists of eight hospitalist programs as well as 45 emergency medicine programs, 15 correctional care programs, and 15 occupational medicine programs, which TeamHealth will now oversee. TeamHealth provides physician management and healthcare staffing in 47 states.
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
Chad Whelan, MD, FHM, began his new role as chief medical officer at Loyola University Health System in Chicago on June 1. Dr. Whelan previously worked as director of the hospital medicine division at Loyola before serving as associate chief medical officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Matthew Dunn, MD, is the 2014 Nathan Avery Physician of the Year at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center (FMC). Dr. Dunn has worked at FMC as an adult hospitalist since 2011 and a pediatric hospitalist since July 2012 when FMC launched its pediatric hospitalist program. Dr. Dunn is known for his emphasis on patient- and family-centered care as well as interdisciplinary teamwork.
Barbara Michael, MD, and Jim K. Hudson III, MD, were recently honored as two of the Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth’s 2014 Medical Directors of the Year. Dr. Michael, the hospital medicine honoree, is hospitalist medical director at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, W.Va. Dr. Hudson, the specialty hospitalist honoree, is medical director of orthopedic surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Murthy Madduri, MD, has been named the new hospitalist medical director at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, N.C. Dr. Madduri has been a practicing hospitalist since 1996 and a hospitalist medical director at various institutions since 2000.
Brian Pate, MD, is the new chair of the pediatrics department at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita. Prior to his current position, Dr. Pate served as pediatric hospitalist division director and vice president of inpatient services at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
Chad Whelan, MD, FHM, began his new role as chief medical officer at Loyola University Health System in Chicago on June 1. Dr. Whelan previously worked as director of the hospital medicine division at Loyola before serving as associate chief medical officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Matthew Dunn, MD, is the 2014 Nathan Avery Physician of the Year at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center (FMC). Dr. Dunn has worked at FMC as an adult hospitalist since 2011 and a pediatric hospitalist since July 2012 when FMC launched its pediatric hospitalist program. Dr. Dunn is known for his emphasis on patient- and family-centered care as well as interdisciplinary teamwork.
Barbara Michael, MD, and Jim K. Hudson III, MD, were recently honored as two of the Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth’s 2014 Medical Directors of the Year. Dr. Michael, the hospital medicine honoree, is hospitalist medical director at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, W.Va. Dr. Hudson, the specialty hospitalist honoree, is medical director of orthopedic surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Murthy Madduri, MD, has been named the new hospitalist medical director at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, N.C. Dr. Madduri has been a practicing hospitalist since 1996 and a hospitalist medical director at various institutions since 2000.
Brian Pate, MD, is the new chair of the pediatrics department at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita. Prior to his current position, Dr. Pate served as pediatric hospitalist division director and vice president of inpatient services at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
Chad Whelan, MD, FHM, began his new role as chief medical officer at Loyola University Health System in Chicago on June 1. Dr. Whelan previously worked as director of the hospital medicine division at Loyola before serving as associate chief medical officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Matthew Dunn, MD, is the 2014 Nathan Avery Physician of the Year at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center (FMC). Dr. Dunn has worked at FMC as an adult hospitalist since 2011 and a pediatric hospitalist since July 2012 when FMC launched its pediatric hospitalist program. Dr. Dunn is known for his emphasis on patient- and family-centered care as well as interdisciplinary teamwork.
Barbara Michael, MD, and Jim K. Hudson III, MD, were recently honored as two of the Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth’s 2014 Medical Directors of the Year. Dr. Michael, the hospital medicine honoree, is hospitalist medical director at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, W.Va. Dr. Hudson, the specialty hospitalist honoree, is medical director of orthopedic surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Murthy Madduri, MD, has been named the new hospitalist medical director at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, N.C. Dr. Madduri has been a practicing hospitalist since 1996 and a hospitalist medical director at various institutions since 2000.
Brian Pate, MD, is the new chair of the pediatrics department at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita. Prior to his current position, Dr. Pate served as pediatric hospitalist division director and vice president of inpatient services at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.