Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• During my tenure as President of the Medical Staff, I had a unique opportunity to help my fellow physicians, APPs, and other medical staff members have their interests and concerns voiced to the hospital executive team and hospital board. My mission is to improve the quality of life of the medical staff through workflow efficiencies, improving the quality and safety of the care we provide, and thereby improving the care we provide to our community.

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

• As the Medical Director of Informatics, I am able to help bring cutting edge technology to our medical staff. I am able to help shape the use of our electronic medical record in a way that it works for the medical staff and not the other way around. I have been able to lead projects in our EMR at a system level. One recent example is allowing the care of patients with mild DKA to be allowed on general medical floors instead of the ICU allowing for improved throughput of these patients through the hospital, decreasing both ED and ICU length of stay, decreasing total nursing cost of care, and creating a better experience for the patient.
• I have also led hospital deployment of a new secure texting application and participate in ongoing system development of best practices regarding the use of this tool.

Nov 2015 – Jun 2024 · 8 yrs 7 mos

• I have had the privilege to do many various activities as the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine. A few of those activities are listed below.
• Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director: Coordinate emergency medicine residents rotating in the UM BWMC emergency department. Bedside clinical teaching and education on a variety of emergency medicine topics, documentation, ED management and workflow strategies.
• Claims Review Committee for Maryland Medicine Comprehensive Insurance Program (2020-Present, and 2004-2009): Review and assess claims.
• Credentials Committee: Review all credentials files for Medical Staff wanting to join UM BWMC to ensure we are credentialing the best medical staff we can for safe and high quality care for the community we serve.
• Co-Chair of University of Maryland system wide ED Risk Management Forum [Now Emergency Medicine Leadership and Operations Council] (2016-Current): Develop and share best practices across all of our U of MD system emergency departments in collaboration with ED leadership and Risk Management.
• Co-Chair of BWMC Sepsis Committee and member of system sepsis committee (2016-Current): Promote and help to create best practices in the care of septic patients that present to the U of MD Medical System for care.
• Chair of ED Peer-Review Committee (member since 2009, Chair since 2014): Review all peer review cases that involve the care provided by our team in the emergency department. This is done in a non-punitive and collaborative way with the involvement of many of our ED clinicians.
• Maryland American College of Emergency Physicians Chapter ( member since 2001); was a Board Member from 2017-2021 and the Chair of the Practice Management Committee from 2020-2022.
• I am well versed in all other assets of ED management from revenue cycle, billing / coding, documentation, denials management, operational efficiency to quality based care. We strive to always improve the care we provide to our community.

Jun 2004 – Present · 22 yrs

• This defines me. The ability to be able to quickly and calmly handle anything that walks or rolls through our doors in the Emergency Department is why I do what I do. I have loved all of my time in the Emergency Department. The teamwork that makes up the family environment at the UM BWMC ER is why I have stayed here for 18 years. It is home away from home, and I absolutely love being able to take care of our wonderful community in AA County. We are one of the three busiest EDs in the state of Maryland. The acuity is extremely high and allows me to practice at the very top of my license.
• A highlight of mine was being awarded the BWMC Physician of the Year award in 2012 which was voted on by my colleagues and coworkers.