HOSPITAL MEDICINE NEWS
September 2011
Jeffrey Barsuk was named a top hospitalist for 2011 by the American College of Physicians
Congratulations to all hospitalists who were promoted this year:
Jeffrey Barsuk, MD, MS, Associate Professor
Luke Hansen, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor
Keiki Hinami, MD, MS, Assistant Professor
Kevin O'Leary, MD, MS, Associate Professor
May 2011
Congratulations to Luke Hansen and Keiki Hinami who were both awarded Young Researchers Awards by The Society of Hospital Medicine. The SHM Young Researchers Award is a mentored research award intended to support junior hospitalist faculty as they apply for a research career development award. Each will receive $50,000 for their work.
June 2011
Jeffrey Barsuk was awarded the Excellence Award for clinical innovation. The award is given to a physician who has improved the quality of care by developing innovative clinical practices, techniques, or new technology.
January 2011
Northwestern receives two International Simmy Awards from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare:
Best Patient Safety Article
Cohen ER, Feinglass J, Barsuk JH, Barnard C, O’Donnell A, McGaghie WC, Wayne DB. Cost savings from reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection after simulation-based education for residents in a medical intensive care unit. Simul Healthc 2010; 5(2):98-102.
Best Cost Effectiveness Article
Barsuk JH, Cohen ER, Feinglass J, McGaghie WC, Wayne DB. Use of Simulation-based Education to Reduce Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections. Arch Intern Med 2009; 169(15):1420-1423.
September 2010
Kevin O'Leary has agreed to assume the newly created NMFF position of Medical Director of Quality and Safety. While this is part-time role, it will be critically important to advancing NMFF’s desire to expand patient access to our services and to assure that we remain a leader in providing high “value” services to all our patients.
Congratulations to all hospitalists who were promoted this year:
Anjali Desai, MD, Assistant Professor
Swapan Gaddam, MD, Assistant Professor
Nita Kulkarni, MD, Assistant Professor
Joseph Munsayac, MD, Assistant Professor
Cory Ritter, MD, Assistant Professor
Eytan Szmuilowicz, MD, Assistant Professor
June 2010
Mark Williams was quoted in a New York Times article regarding a study about patient compliance with hospital discharge instructions. Read the article here.
Congratulations to Eytan Szmuilowicz on being a recipient of the Department of Medicine's teaching award.
Congratulations to Kevin O'Leary on receiving this year's NMFF Excellence Award for Clinical Innovation. Dr. O’Leary serves as Associate Chief in the Division of Hospital Medicine and is an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. He also co-chairs the Department of Medicine Quality Management Committee and is the competency leader for Systems Awareness and Team-Based Care for the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Curriculum Renewal Project. His clinical and research interests are focused on using enhancements in interdisciplinary teamwork to reduce adverse events in the hospital. Dr. O’Leary led efforts to implement unit based co-leadership and Structured Inter-Disciplinary Rounds (SIDR) which has resulted in improved teamwork ratings among hospital professionals and reduced the rate of preventable adverse events on medical units.
May 2010
Jeffrey Barsuk was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune about central line training and the reduction in infection rates. Read article here.
February 2010
Kevin O'Leary becomes the only known hospitalist with a Master's degree in quality and safety. Learn more in The Hospitalist.
January 2010
Eytan Szmuilowicz is named as one of four recipients of the first Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards. Read more here.
September 2009
Jeffrey Barsuk was interviewed by The Hospitalist about simulation-based mastery learning. Read the article here.
July 2009
Congratulations to all hospitalists who were promoted this year:
Abby Agulnek, DO, Assistant Professor
Michael Kornfeld, MD, Assistant Professor
Matthew Landler, MD, Assistant Professor
Stevie Mazyck, MD, Assistant Professor
Salma Mohsin, DO, Assistant Professor
Adeboye Ogunseitan, MD, Assistant Professor
April 2009
Mark Williams was quoted in the Chicago Tribune about Medicare patient readmissions. See story here.
