CU DHM Summer 2023 Newsletter

DHM SUMMER 2023 NEWSLETTER

#CUDHM Accomplishments

Check out our top five Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) accomplishments from the last quarter!

Faculty & DHM Highlights

Get to know the newest faces around DHM while learning some recent facts about the division.

#CUDHMWins

Stay up to date with the latest wins, recognition, and awards within the DHM.

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Daily Summer Spotlight

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Check in on the daily happenings with the DHM that build into our efforts to improve lives through excellence in patient care, education, and cutting edge innovation.

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Get to know one of the division’s co-associate division heads, Adam Meyer, MD. Read more about what he’s currently working on, advice for early career hospitalists, and what he likes to do outside of work!

Stay Connected

Stay up to date with the latest DHM announcements, events, social posts and more!

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Marisha Burden, MD, MBA Hospital Medicine Division Head

A Message from Marisha

Welcome to our Summer 2023 Newsletter! This season, we’re celebrating both growth and notable achievements. We’ve added new team members and proudly recognized the promotions of seven faculty members to Associate Professor and four to Professor. Inside this edition, discover our collaboration with the virtual health center, a testament to our commitment to ensuring rural communities receive essential care and to building novel care models. As we evolve and build new clinical care models, we also cherish opportunities to both teach and learn. One such highlight has been the arrival of our Health Innovations Scholars, who are eagerly delving into health care redesign. We hope that you will explore this edition as we celebrate these milestones and more and hope that you find as much joy in it as we did curating it for you!

DHM Top 5 Quarterly Accomplishments

These are just four of the many accomplishments for this incredible team. Stay tuned for our next newsletter and follow us on Twitter @CUDivHospMed to hear what we are up to next!

2023 Conference Recap

We recently published an overview from the latest Society of Hospital Medicine and Society of General Internal Medicine Conferences. Learn about the latest highlights and wins from these conferences.

DOM Research Day

The Department of Medicine recently hosted their annual research day for the department. This in-person event included keynote speakers that presented their recent research along with a poster session for anyone in the department wanting to share their own research. We were thrilled to see several of our CUDHM members represented in the event including a few award winners from the research competition. Learn more about this highlight in this section below

‘Tis the Promotion Season

It’s the time of year where we celebrate our recently promoted faculty! The promotion process is not an easy one as faculty put in a lot of work into making it to the next level. Please help us take a moment to congratulate these wonderful #CUDHM hospitalists on their hard work and dedication to making our division the best it can be!

Celebrating the Launch of our Virtual Hospitalist Service Line

We recently launched our virtual hospitalist service line with the Virtual Health Center at the beginning of July! Both Adam Meyer, MD, and Darlene Tad-y, MD, MBA are leading the service to help expand our care to individuals at night and in remote areas in Colorado. We look forward to expanding our care to the larger Colorado community!

Newest Team Additions

We want to give a warm welcome to our newest faculty and staff CUDHM team members who will be starting from July to September this year! A few of the individuals below may look familiar as several are joining us after a residency or scholars program at CU Anschutz.

Jonathan Lipsey, MD Clinical Scholar

Colleen Long, MD Clinical Scholar

Lila Steinberg, MD Clinical Scholar

Dante Mesa, MD Elizabeth Loy, MD, PhD Clinical Scholar

David Scudder, MD Steffi Hu, MD Megan Calzia, MD

Anita Moudgal, MD Clinical Scholar

Michael Nguyen, MD

Katie Yamamura, MD Jacob Hershey, MD

Tyler Harris, MD

Robert “Jordan” Williams, MD

Andrew Pham, MD Anusha Raja, MD, MBA

Alan Roberts, MD

Kristen Oase, PA-C Erin Vipler, MD

Claire Brickson, MD Dagan Hammar, MD

Parisa Mortaji, MD

Leela Chockalingam, MD

Jeffrey Wagner, MD Clinical Scholar

Advanced Practice Fellows (APF) September 2023 Cohort

We welcome two Advanced Practice Fellowship Cohorts each year. Help us welcome in the six new fellows starting with us this September. We look forward to working with them and having them at the division!

Incoming Health Innovations Scholars Program

The Health Innovations Scholar Program (HISP) is an intensive training program for medical students who seek to lead innovative transformation of American healthcare. Though advances in science, technology, and models of collaboration promise continued discovery and improvement in human health, the care systems designed to bring benefits to patients do not live up to their potential. This program wouldn’t be successful without the help of our leadership including, Tyler Anstett, DO, Michelle Fleshner, MD, and Sam Porter, MD.

Yassine Lamzadrhi

Yassine is a medical student from Morocco, 2 years away from defending his MD thesis and graduating from Cheikh Anta University Faculty of Medicine in Dakar, Senegal. He is fluent in three languages and has a black belt 1st Dan in Aikido. He loves photography, music, traveling, discovering new cultures, leadership and volunteering.

Kimia Ziafat

Kimia is an incoming 2nd year medical student at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and she is originally from Iran. She is most excited to learn about the similarities and differences between the Canadian and U.S. healthcare systems through the HISP in an aim to advocate for more equitable and accessible patient care.

Michelle Yan

With a large portion of her life spent in Washington State and Vancouver, BC, Michelle has grown a great appreciation for the outdoors, cultural exchange, and the arts. She’s so excited to be a part of the HISP program to gain applicable skills that can contribute to better patient experiences on a systemic level in our healthcare system!

Emmanuel Cruz

Emmanuel is a native New Jersian and medical student here at CU Anschutz. He loves his poodle Ada, grilling anything from Costco, and bachata dancing. His background is in chemistry, business, and computer science with four years in small biotech drug discovery. At HISP, Emmanuel is thrilled to learn from close-knit, big impact hospital teams who turn common inefficiencies into savvy solutions.

Samuel Moldo NP

Cali Ormsby PA-C

Anna Pond NP

Rachel Cappello PA-C

Nicole Rento PA-C

Anthony Ribarich PA-C

Recent Publications and News

Check out our CUDHM faculty publications and blogs! Click here to see a list of the publications.

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

Perspective Piece: Ellipsis Sam Porter, MD

Dr. Porter’s perspective piece discusses the nuances with electronic healthcare.

9News

Denver Health building transitional apartments for patients who have nowhere to go Sarah Stella, MD

Dr. Stella is quoted in this recent article on transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness that are in need of a safe place to recuperate following hospitalization.

Did you know?

We have a service line in partnership with the University of Colorado Cancer Center called the CARE Clinic. It’s an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) led clinic that provides intensive symptom-management and urgent care services for solid tumor oncology patients at the University of Colorado Hospital.

Recently, CU Medicine and the University of Colorado Cancer Center Achieved ASCO Patient-Centered Cancer Care Certification. Read more about the certification here and check out an excerpt from the article below.

“We are incredibly proud to have achieved the ASCO Patient-Centered Cancer Care Certification. This represents the culmination of over 18 months of work on care delivery transformation and data submission. It is a testament to our team’s unwavering dedication to enhancing the patient experience and delivering exceptional, personalized care throughout the cancer journey,” Kasey Bowden, MSN, FNP, AG-ACNP, Director of Value Based Care in the Division of Oncology and Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Learning from others around the U.S.

We had the honor to welcome several different professionals through webinars and on our campus to share their expertise in several different areas. Some of these topics included patients experiencing delirium, writing tips and tricks, and policy as it relates to healthcare.

Visiting Professors Program

The DHM Visiting Professor Program is an exchange program that gives CU faculty opportunities to lecture at outside institutions and brings faculty from outside institutions to the University of Colorado. We host a visiting professors quarterly and get the opportunity to learn from fellow healthcare professionals on their recent research and healthcare knowledge. This past quarter we had the privilege to hear from professionals from the University of Wisconsin as well as University of California San Francisco.

Innovations Grant: Writing Speakers Series

Dr. Mark Kissler was awarded a small innovations grant for his Writing Speaker Series idea. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Narrative Medicine for the Division of Hospital Medicine. So far, this grant has brought the knowledge of two amazing professionals. Each speaker shares about their work, participates in a Q&A session, and then offers a small group writing session. Learn more about them below! We are looking forward to the future Innovation Grant Speakers Series sessions!

Dr. Ricardo Nuila brought a unique perspective to our group as an Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as an internist and hospitalist at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, TX. He has used the power of narrative writing to tell the story about healthcare in America. He read through a few passages from his book “The People’s Hospital”. This was following by a great small writing session with individuals eager to learn more about strengthening their own writing skills and learning about the power of narrative writing.

Patrice Gopo is an award-winning essayist and the author of books for adults and children. In her work, she often returns to themes of race, immigration, identity formation, and belonging. With eloquence born of pain and longing, her reflections invited us to consider our own journeys toward belonging. She provided the group with a reading and a conversation about the ways writing can contribute to advocacy, reflection, and care.

Maria Klimenko, MD

Visiting Professor Program Leads

Dr. Blair Golden | U of Wisconsin “Oh the Places You’ll Go: Navigating Academic Projects as an Early Career Hospitalist”

Dr. Farah A Kaiksow | U of Wisconsin “Policy in Practice: Intersection of Incarceration & Health”

Dr. Stephanie Rodgers | UCSF “Creating an Age-Friendly Health System”

Leadership Updates

APP Clinical Lead

Stacey

Staudinger, PA-C

Q: What is your clinical background/what brought you to apply for this role?

A: I have been a PA in the DHM since 2015 and prior to that a hospitalist PA at Denver Health and worked in the St. Anthony’s emergency departments (EDs). Our DHM APPs are arguably the most astute clinicians at navigating hospital operations and see a high volume of patients. Thus, we are also well-poised to identify potential project opportunities and inform quality improvement (QI) efforts. This role is an excellent opportunity to engage our APPs in QI efforts and to develop my own skills in this arena.

Q: What will you be doing in this role?

A: I will be attending DHM Quality Action Committee (QuAC) meetings providing input and APP perspectives on the direction of DHM Quality/Patient Safety work and assisting with bidirectional communication between the QuAC and APP faculty. Additionally, the goal is to partner with other QuAC leaders to develop quality projects and dashboards that are specific to APPs.

Q: What are you hoping to accomplish in this position?

A: I aim to build my own skillset in QI, provide input into ongoing efforts, and connect other APPs with projects of interest. I also serve as the Assistant Service Line Director for the Hospital Medicine Service. In this role, we are working to implement more Quality Improvement efforts within the service line, so this role is very complimentary and provides an opportunity to gain skills and partners to implement QI efforts into the HMS service line. Additionally, building APP-specific dashboards can provide our APPs data to support their professional development and promotions.

Q: What are you most excited for?

A: I am excited for the opportunity to advocate for our patients and providers, and, on a personal level, I look forward to additional mentorship and learning in QI. I hope this role allows me to participate in efforts that improve care for our patients and that I can mentor other APP faculty in getting involved in QI efforts. In many cases, efforts to improve the quality of care for our patients by improving and streamlining processes can benefit not only our patients, but also positively impact provider satisfaction and wellbeing, so I look forward to supporting our faculty in this capacity as well.

Michelle Fleshner, MD

Carolina Ortiz-Lopez, MD

Both Michelle and Carolina have been active participants and advocates in our Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) and procedure service lines. In this new leadership position, they will continue working on implementing POCUS in our Division. We hope to spread the knowledge and the use of POCUS among our clinicians. We will mentor those more interested in building their portfolios and becoming credentialed in POCUS.

Together they are hoping to enhance the knowledge and application of POCUS within our division. Like reading X-rays or EKGs, I hope our providers feel confident enough to know the application and interpret ultrasound images. Lastly, but equally important, I hope to inspire others to use POCUS in their daily clinical work. They look forward to being the face of POCUS in our division, and share their passion for POCUS!

POCUS Clinical Co-Director

POCUS Clinical Co-Director

Hospitalist Highlight: Q&A with Co-Associate Division Head

Adam Meyer, MD

Adam Meyer, MD Assistant Professor Hospital Medicine

How long have you been with CUDHM?

3 years, 9 months

What do you love most about being a hospitalist?

I love the diversity of patients and clinical conditions that we see as a hospitalist – each day is different! In the last decade, hospitalists have become integral in the advancement of quality, patient safety and medical education around the nation and it has been exciting to see the field evolve and have such varied opportunities. Lastly, I am fortunate to work alongside and learn from so many accomplished colleagues in the Division of Hospital Medicine at CU.

Do you have any interesting projects or grants going on right now?

Most of my recent effort has been working alongside Darlene Tad-y, MD, MBA and the UCHealth Virtual Health Center to successfully start a Virtual Hospital Medicine service (VHM) providing night coverage to critical access and remote hospitals in Colorado.

What advice do you have for someone who is considering hospital medicine or in their early career as a hospitalist?

For early career hospitalists, I’d recommend pursuing opportunities that sound interesting – as you get involved with projects, committee work or education you will start to identify mentors and figure out your future career goals.

What do you like to do outside of work?

I’m an amateur equestrian and compete frequently with my horse, Lucky Number Slevin. I also make pottery and love Peloton!

STAY CONNECTED

Announcements

DOM Research Day Recap

This past Department of Medicine Research Day was an amazing opportunity to listen to several faculty and researchers making an impact in our department. From our division, several individuals presented their research during the poster session, including some of our residents! We also heard a talk from our division head, Marisha Burden, MD, MBA, on innovations in clinical operations science. Lastly, #CUDHM faculty, Elizabeth Boggs, MD, provided a quick overview of her research on post-discharge follow-up and disparities in risk of readmission by payer.

Upcoming Events

September 19

SHM Rocky Mountain Chapter Meeting | Denver, CO

October 6

SGIM Medicine Mountain West Regional Meeting | Denver, CO

SHM Rocky Mountain Rocky Chapter Meeting

Join us this September at the Downtown Denver Aquarium for a night of nightworking, learning, and fun! Don’t miss out listening to Marisha Burden, MD, MBA, and Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH on “Breaking New Ground: How Science Can Improve the Ways We Work in Healthcare”. We look forward to seeing you at this event. Register here!

Apply for Administrative Scholars Program

Our team sought to create an experiential program that would prepare future physician leaders to have the knowledge and skills to navigate healthcare challenges. We are currently looking for 1-2 scholars for our Administrative Scholars Program. Please visit our website by clicking below for questions and additional details about the program.

Learn more about our Administrative Scholars Program!

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