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Austin, Texas, United States

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Developed One Brooklyn Health ambulatory strategy, unified and grew system-wide Department of Medicine, and led comprehensive quality improvement and educational growth at new 3-hospital safety-net system in Central Brooklyn.Comprehensive responsibility for access, quality, patient experience, growth, and financial performance of 11 clinical divisions, 50-member physician leadership team, 570+ physicians and staff providing >70% of clinical care across 3 hospital campuses and 27 ambulatory areas. Oversight of graduate medical education of 260 physicians-in-training.Key Achievements:> Developed 3-year Board-approved strategy and $100M funding proposal to NY State to reduce 11-year life expectancy gap for 1 million+ people in Central Brooklyn> Integrated 3 hospital medical staffs into unified OBH Department of Medicine with system- and site-based leadership across 11 clinical divisions> Improved hospital mortality ~1%, severe sepsis mortality 20%, population health quality (4 out of 5 stars, Medicaid), earned Silver Plus Award for Heart Failure (AHA, 2023)> Established 24/7/365 critical care coverage, advanced cancer diagnostics (GI, pulmonary), regionalized hospital medicine model, industry-standard physician-patient ratios in hospital medicine and critical care> Launched new fellowships in pulmonary/critical care, palliative care, gastroenterology> Led primary care redesign of 2 large internal medicine residency programs> Established DOM research program including Director of Research, cancer clinical trials program, resident research council> Established new partnerships with City University of New York (research, teaching), University of Cincinnati (residency redesign), Columbia Mailman School of Public Health (health care consulting)> Recruited 10 physician leaders, hired 24 new physicians, promoted 7 internal candidates to leadership roles> Established Business Transformation Team (5 FTEs) to redesign care and implement Lean management system

Salem, Ma

Recruited to lead Department of Medicine when previous Chairman was promoted to CEO. Oversight of 14 medical subspecialties, internal medicine residency, 9 clinical programs, 25-member physician leadership team, 400+ clinical providers responsible for 80% of clinical care at MGB Salem Hospital. Led Dept of Medicine response to highest Covid-19 patient volume among community hospitals in MA with >1200 patients discharged alive (2x reduction vs. published national mortality rate). Member of Executive Leadership Team that achieved >$70M improvement in financial performance 2018-2020. Advanced safety culture resulting in 300% increase in MD-reported safety events, reduction in adverse surgical events on medical service from 22/year (2018) to 0-1/year (2019-2020). Achieved all national benchmarks in hospital medicine operational efficiency. Coordinated safe early closure of intensive care unit at secondary hospital earning system-wide MGB 2020 Nesson Award for Safety and Quality.

Salem, Massachusetts

Led NSMC Medicine Residency through period of leadership transition and program redesign. Improved American Board of Internal Medicine pass rate to 91% in 2019-2020 (from 68% in 2016-2018) with residents matching to top US fellowship programs (Mass General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Hopkins, U Penn, Beth Israel Deaconess, Brown, Tufts). Implemented block redesign of residency schedule resulting in increased resident well-being, compliance with ACGME duty hour limits, and improved primary care and ambulatory subspecialty experience. Redesigned Program Evaluation Committee resulting in increased resident voice and engagement. Improved resident satisfaction with training experience from 18% (2019) to 73% (2020) "very positive" on ACGME survey.

Boston, Ma

Taught and mentored medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty with focus on strengthening health systems for vulnerable populations and leading change through trust and shared purpose. Founding Course Director, Clinical Topics in Global Health, 30-hour elective course for Harvard medical & dental students. Founding Course Director, Global Primary Care Curriculum, required 4-week course for Mass General Hospital primary care medicine residents. Mentored dozens of students, residents, and junior faculty resulting in several practice innovations, 2 “Best Research” awards, 22 scientific abstracts, 52 joint publications. Delivered 3 medical grand rounds, 26 invited national/international presentations, 100+ local and regional presentations. Published 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and 57 book chapters, case studies, editorials.

Lynn, Ma

Recruited as physician champion for EPIC electronic health record implementation. Engaged leaders and staff to implement redesigned standard office visit for 50+ primary care providers across 6 teams, resulting in >95% encounter closure within 3 days, improved team morale, zero union grievances, and improved cash flow. Promoted to lead lean transformation initiative for 600+ employees serving 40,000+ patients. Led True North Quality improvement initiatives, exceeding 6-month targets in all selected areas and earning National Quality Leader Award (U.S. Human Resources and Services Administration, 2017) and Million Hearts Hypertension Control Champion (U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 2017).

Cambridge, Ma

Recruited to lead team-based medical home transformation of internal medicine teaching practice, resulting in NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Level 3 designation in 12/2014. Improved practice-wide quality from bottom third to #1 overall performance in ambulatory quality goals. Received 2013 CIRCLE Awards for Patient Care and Practice Transformation. Selected by 2014 residency class as “Outpatient Attending of the Year”. Hired 24 new interdisciplinary team members (with practice leadership team). Co-founded Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Mindfulness and Compassion.

Hanover, Nh

Consulted on learner-driven approaches to teaching optimal care delivery. Co-developed “RePlay Health”, a role-playing sport that allows teams of players to experiment with U.S. health system dynamics in less than an hour, won David E. Rogers Education Award at Society of General Internal Medicine 2013 Annual Meeting. Lead-authored “A Cobbler’s Tale”, a teaching parable about the problems and solutions in U.S. health care and the public’s role in transforming it.

Boston, Ma And Mbarara, Uganda

Designed and implemented the first 4-year integrated global primary care residency program in the country. Obtained Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education approval, created novel comparative health systems curriculum, developed new service partnership with Mbarara University in Uganda. Member of MGH team awarded national Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service. Founded Global Primary Care Scholars Program enabling inter-professional MGH primary care teams to learn and teach through service trips to Uganda.

Zwedru, Liberia

Led team of 25 international volunteers and 20 Liberia-based staff during period of 10-fold increase in revenue and growth from local to national health care policy and delivery. Supervised national scale-up of paid HIV community health worker model in partnership with Liberia Ministry of Health. Led implementation of Liberia’s first rural mental health program.

Kirehe, Rwanda

Trained and mentored Rwandan clinical staff to enable scale-up of chronic disease program and implementation of novel Rwandan-led quality improvement program. Oversaw 10-fold growth in chronic disease program, from 1 to 8 sites and 200 to ~2000 patients.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English And Creative Writing

Doctor Of Medicine (Md)

Residency, Internal Medicine And Primary Care

Diploma Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene

Fellowship In Medical Education

Program For Chairs Of Clinical Services

Executive Mba