I'm an Academic Med-Peds hospitalist at the Cleveland Clinic and a Full Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU. My interests include hospital and perioperative medicine, quality and patient safety with emphasis in perioperative blood management. In addition, in Pediatrics, I'm interested in perioperative management of medically complex children, eating disorders, and transition to adulthood of patients with complex chronic diseases of childhood.
I was a core faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Internal Medicine residency program, one of the largest in the country with 172 residents and interns, from 2011-2023; I'm also a core faculty of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship.
I was the Quality Improvement Officer (QIO) of the Department of Hospital Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic from 2015 to 2024 and am strongly interested in leveraging technology to facilitate best practices, as well as to promote education of our staff and housestaff to enhance mindfulness around all aspects that impact patient safety.
I'm the Medical Director of Blood Management at the Cleveland Clinic since 2018 and am focused on leveraging IT resources for data comparison and benchmarking of best performers in blood utilization (less is more) and educating providers to pursue a parsimonious and evidence based approach to blood product utilization.
I'm also an Advanced Peer Coach and Mentor at the Cleveland Clinic. I'm strongly interested in physician mentorship to promote engagement and personal and professional development. I was awarded the Cleveland Clinic Center for Executive Coaching and Mentoring "Coach of the Year award" in 2019 and the "Susan J Rehm Inspiration Award" in 2020.
At the ACP I am the Governor of the ACP Ohio Chapter (2023-2027). I was the Chair of the Council of Early Career Physicians (2016-2017) and a member of the BOG and BOR. I have been involved in the ACP Medical Practice and Quality committee, the Coding and Payment Policy subcommittee. I'm strongly interested in healthcare policy with emphasis in decreasing barriers to care and enhancing delivery and access, as well as in Medical Education - having been a member of the ACP Annual Meeting Committee 2017, and a current member of the ACP Education Committee.
At the SHM I have been a member of the Pediatric, Healthcare quality and Public Policy committees. I'm was a ember of the Annual conference committee (ACC) from 2018 to 2023. I'm a member of the Perioperative Medicine SIG as well as of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Education subcommittee.
I'm a member of the SPAQI (Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Imrovement) Annual conference Scientific Committee).
In Pediatrics, I'm a member of the AAP Section on Hospital Medicine, subsection on Pediatrics Surgical Care and Comanagement. I'm also a member of the American Board of Pediatrics Subboard of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
At Case Western Reserve University, I served at the CAP for the School of Medicine (2021-2024) and the Faculty Council (2021-20224) and now serve as a Senator for the CWRU Faculty Senate (2024-2027).
I'm a productive national and international speaker, mostly ontransfusion and blood management, Perioperative Medicine as well as topics pertaining to Med-Peds and transitions of care.