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'm a core faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Internal Medicine residency program, one of the largest in the country with 172 residents and interns; I'm also a core faculty of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship.
I'm the Quality Improvement Officer (QIO) of the Department of Hospital Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic 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 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 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.
At the SHM I have been a member of the Pediatric, Healthcare quality and Public Policy committees. I'm a current member of the Annual conference committee (ACC) since 2018. I'm a member of the Perioperative Medicine SIG as well as of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Education subcommittee.
I'm a productive national and international speaker, mostly on blood management as well as topics pertaining to Med-Peds and transitions of care.