Overview
Patient safety and quality improvement, hospital based performance improvement, care transitions and hospital readmissions, general internal medicine hospital care, resident and medical student education.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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2020 - Present
Pediatrics, Medicine/Pediatrics,
Pediatrics
Recent Publications
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and 30-Day Outcomes for Common Cardiovascular Conditions.
Journal Article J Am Heart Assoc · August 20, 2024 BACKGROUND: Understanding the relationship between neighborhood environment and cardiovascular outcomes is important to achieve health equity and implement effective quality strategies. We conducted a population-based cohort study to determine the associat ... Full text Link to item CiteIncorporating Acute Conditions into Risk-Adjustment for Provider Profiling: The Case of the US News and World Report Best Hospitals Rankings Methodology.
Journal Article Am J Med Qual · March 2024 Several years ago, the US News and World Report changed their risk-adjustment methodology, now relying almost exclusively on chronic conditions for risk adjustment. The impacts of adding selected acute conditions like pneumonia, sepsis, and electrolyte dis ... Full text Link to item CiteNeighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Healthcare Access, and Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Common Pulmonary Conditions: A National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries.
Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · October 2023 Rationale: Understanding how systemic forces and environmental exposures impact patient outcomes is critical to advancing health equity and improving population health for patients with pulmonary disease. This relationship has not yet been assessed at the ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Improving Quality Improvemnet Residency Education and Provider Performance Through a Shared Online Experience
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American College of Physicians · 2013 - 2015View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Virginia Commonwealth University ·
2005
M.D.