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Our group believes in the value of continual education; both being taught and teaching. To that end, we actively participate in the teaching and training of college students as job shadows, medical/NP/PA students on their clinical rotations, residents as they rotate through our hospital, and teaching our colleagues through lectures, grand rounds, and conferences. Hospitalist attendings make up the bulk of the teaching services here, supervising senior residents, interns, and medical students in their care of acutely ill patients. We also play an important role in teaching pre-clinical students at the medical school through small groups and preceptorships. Our physicians have also been involved in numerous hospital medicine conferences as organizers and speakers at the regional and national level.
Medicine is continually changing and adding to its body ofknowledge, and we strive to contribute to that knowledge and understanding of the science and art of medicine. Our physicians have protected research timeand are able to pursue diverse interests.
Current research projects cover areas such as:
Nosocomial infections
Perceptions of palliative care
Safety and efficacy of consultative medicine
Eating disorder physiology
Short stay observation units
End stage liver disease and venous thromboembolic phenomenon
Acute encephalopathy in hospitalized patients
2011
Bahia A, Albert RK he modified wells score accurately excludes pulmonary embolus in hospitalized patients receiving heparin prophylaxis.. J Hosp Med. 2011 Apr;6(4):190-4.
Bahia A; Chu E, Mehler P Polydipsia and hyponatremia in a woman with anorexia nervosa.. Int J Eat Disord. 2011 Mar;44(2):186-8.
Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa of the pannus. Berngard S, Narayanan VJ Gen Intern Med 2011; Feb 15; Epub ahead of print
Jenkins T, Knepper B, Sabel A, Sarcone E, Long J, Haukoos JS, Morgan S, Biffl W, Steele A, Price CS, Mehler PS, Burman W. Decreased antibiotic utilization after Implementation of a Guideline for Inpatient Cellulitis and Subcutaneous Abscess. Archives of Internal Medicine 2011;171(12):1072-9. Epub 28 Feb 2011
Allyn R, Long J, Shockley L, Keniston A, Cleary B, Chu, E. Hospitalist Screening of Emergency Medicine Triage Decisions Does Not Improve Triage Accuracy. J Hosp Med. 2011; 6 (suppl 2): S4.
Bapoje S, Allyn R, Miller M, Stella S, Mancini D, Keniston A, Allen R, Albert R, Chu E. Hospital Medicine Proceduralists Inserting Long-Term Central Venous Catheters Improves Throughput. J. Hosp Med. 2011; 6 (suppl 2): S11.
Allyn R, Bapoje S, Price C, Knepper B, Sharma S, Bahia A, Narayanan V, Allen R, Chu E. Hospital Medicine Proceduralists And A Comprehensive Program To Eliminate Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. J Hosp Med. 2011; 6 (suppl 2): S99.
Amit Bahia, Srinivas R. Bapoje. Preoperative Pulmonary Assessment: A Review. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews. Volume 7, Number 1, February 2011, pp. 55-60 (6).
Biffl WL, Beno M, Goodman P, Bahia A, Sabel A, Snow K, Steele AW, Swartwood C, Thienelt C, MacKenzie TD, Mehler PS.Leaning" the process of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011 Mar;37(3):99-109.
Korey Ullrich, Robert Koval, Erin Koval, Srinivas R. Bapoje, Joel Hirsh. Five consecutive cases of a cutaneous vasculopathy in users of levamisole-adulterated cocaine. J Clin Rheumatol. 2011 Jun;17(4):193-6. PMID: 21617558.
Campbell J, Prochazka A, Gopal R. The Need for a Uniform Use of the Construct of Burnout. Acad Med. 2011 Jun;86(6):661.
Ruygrok M, Combs B, Campbell J, Maher M. Heart failure, aneurysms and telangiectasias, oh my! An Uncommon Presentation of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telengiectasia. American Journal of Medicine July 2011.
Burden M, Cervantes L, Weed D, Keniston A, Price C, Albert RK. Newly Cleaned Physician White Coats Have Similar Rates of Bacterial Contamination After an Eight-Hour Workday: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2011. 6 (4): 177-182
Bapoje SR. Gaudiani JL. Narayanan V. Albert RK. Unplanned transfers to a medical intensive care unit: Causes and relationship to preventable errors in care. J Hosp Med 2011;6(2):68-72.
Bahia A. Mascolo M. Gaudiani JL. Mehler PS. Pseudobartter syndrome in eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1002/eat.20906 Epub ahead of print.
Mehler PS. Cleary BS. Gaudiani JL. Osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa. Eat Disord 2011;19(2):194-202.
Maher, M. “Use of Clinical Predictors increase the Yield of Telemetry Monitoring in Unexplained Syncope.” J Hosp Med. 2011;6(suppl 2):S
Chu ES. Gaudiani JL. Mascolo M. Cleary B. Sabel A. Carroll K. Mehler PS. Acute comprehensive urgent treatment of eating disorders. Accepted to Journal of Hospital Medicine. April 2011.
Flierl MA. Gaudiani JL. Long CS. Stahel PF. Mehler PS. Complement activation in patients with anorexia nervosa: a new biomarker for severe disease. Annals Gen Psych 2011. 10(16). Epub ahead of print.
Mascolo M, Chu ES, and Mehler PS. Abuse and Clinical Value of Diuretics in Eating Disorders Therapeutic Applications. Int J Eat Disord. 2011; 44(3):200-2.
Bahia A, Albert RK. The Well's Rule Accurately Excludes Pulmonary Embolus in Hospitalized Patients on Heparin Prophylaxis. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2011.
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2012
Gaby Frank MD, Barbara Statland MD; Jessica Campbell MD. Sin, Sex and Heartache: An unusual presentation, even for The Great Imitator .SGIM, Orlando, May 2012. SHM, San Diego, April 2012.
Gaby Frank, MD and Angela Keniston, MSPH. Title: Prevalence of Thrombo-Embolic Disease in End Stage Liver Disease Patients in an Urban Safety-Net Hospital 2005-2010. SGIM, Orlando, May 2012.
Ryan Borne,MD; Mark Reid, MD; Gaby Frank, MD. The natural course of M. Kansasii. SHM, San Diego, April 2012. ACP, New Orleans, April 2012.
Jill Lange MS3, Sarah Cope, Gaby Frank, Jessica Campbell. Maggots! An Unusual Complication of Head Trauma in the Rockies .SHM, San Diego, April 2012
Jessica Campbell MD MA, Robert Hudon MSII, Caroline LeClair DO, Lilia Cervantes MD, Gaby Frank MD, Mark Reid MD. Deliberate Practice Makes Perfect: Expertise Training on the Wards. SHM, San Diego, April 2012.
Jessica Campbell MD MA, Robert Hudon MSII, Caroline LeClair DO, Lilia Cervantes MD, Gaby Frank MD, Allan Prochazka MD, Ravi Gopal MD, Rachel Swigris MD, Mark Reid MD. A Small Reward Can Change the Wards: How mentored deliberate practice transforms academic medicine (SGIM)
Mary Maher MD, Smitha Chadaga, MD, Julie Taub, MD, Katarzyna Mastalerz, MD, Margerita Mascolo, MD, Diana Mancini, MD, Phil Fung, MD, Maria Frank, MD, Lilia Cervantes, MD. Creation of a Financially Viable Hospitalist Run Observation Unit in a Safety Net Hospital .SHM, San Diego, April 2012.
Jeff Zoucha MD, Amit Bahia MD, Angela Keniston MSPH, Richard K. Albert MD, Srinivas R. Bapoje MD, MPH. The Modified Wells Score Accurately excludes Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with an IRN of > 2 on Warfarin. SHM, San Diego, April 2012
Sarah A. Stella, MD, Rebecca Allyn, MD, Marisha Burden,MD, Jeffery Zoucha, MD, Diana Mancini, MD, Angela Keniston, MSPH, Gregory M. Bogdan, PhD, Christine Savoie, RN and Richard K. Albert, MD. Post Discharge Problems Identified by Nurse Advice Line Calls Following Hospital Discharge.SHM, San Diego, April 2012
Noelle Northcutt MD, Ramya Mishra, MS3, Colleen Barry, MS3, Mary Maher MD, Katarzyna Mastalerz MD, Jessica Campbell MD MA. Not all it’s cracked up to be: A New Public Health Campaign. SHM, San Diego, April 2012. SGIM, Orlando, May 2012
Molly Fischer MS3, Kim Breidenbach MD, Aaron Scott MD, Lilia Cervantes MD, Jessica Campbell MD. Doctors Dilemma: Differentiating between reality and delusion in a psychotic patient. SGIM, Orlando. May 2012
Greg Burfeind, MSIII, Mark Reid MD. Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak and A Case of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. ACP, New Orleans. April, 2012
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Avoidable Readmission Collaborative - Colorado Hospital Association. Grant period: 2011 to 2013.
The Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC) Pilot Research Grant. Awarded October 2011 to September 2012
Scholarly Awards
Best Poster Award 1997: Frank, Maria G; Amieiro-Mendez, Norberto; Abello, Ricardo; Mileo, Eduardo; Greppi Carolina “Study of Medical Students Performance. UBA 1996”. . Medical education for Teaching Assistants Workshop; University of Buenos
Best research poster award, ACP Associates Meeting 2010: Frank MG; Bessesen M; Madinger N “Staphylococcus Intermedius Infections in Humans: Four cases Identified Over A Period of Five Years in Three Teaching Hospitals.
Icebreaker Award, December 2009: Gaudiani J.. From the Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, for publication of first first-author article
Winner, 1st Place, Resident Paper Competition; Presented at the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Northeast Chapter, 2006. Adra, S; Miller, M; Shapter, C; Perdrizet, G. “Treatment of Delayed Radiation Tissue Injuries with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.” Presented at the Connecticut Board of Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting, 2006.
Best Poster Award. “Study of Medical Students Performance. UBA 1996”. Frank, Maria G, MS; Amieiro-Mendez, Norberto, MD; Abello, Ricardo, MS; Mileo, Eduardo, MS; Greppi Carolina, MS. Medical education for Teaching Assistants Workshop; University of Buenos Aires, May 1997
Finalist in Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes (RIV) scientific postercompetition for Society of Hospital Medicine National Convention in Washington DC, April 8, 2010. Marisha Burden
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Honors Research and Scholarship Recipient, Summer 2000. Marisha Burden
Teaching Honors
Golden Stethoscope Honoree 2010: Gaudiani, J. and Didi Mancini. For excellence in clinical education, as nominated by medical student preceptee
Runner-up, 2009-2010 Elaine Clary, MD Faculty Award for Excellence in General Internal Medicine Education: Gaudiani, J. Voted on by all 3rd and 4th year medical students, and all IM house-staff. Highest award of the Division of General Internal Medicine.
University of Colorado School of Medicine Class of 2012 Award for Excellence in Clinical Education: 2011. Reid, Mark
Division of Hospital Medicine Outstanding Educator Award: - 2007. Reid, Mark, - 2009, Didi Mancini
Elaine Cleary Faculty Teaching Award: 2005: Reid, Mark
Excellence in Educational Leadership Award from the Academy of Medical Educators; 2010. Didi Mancini
Medical Student Teaching Award for teaching in the Hospitalized Adult Care Clerkship 2011. Vignesh Narayanan
Outstanding Educator Award- for excellence in medical student and resident teaching- Denver Health Medical Center 2008: Vignesh Narayanan
Clinical Honors
Outstanding Clinician Award 2010: Gaudiani J. Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center
Peak Performer Award 2010, RMHMS: Frank Maria G. for clinical excellence in Hospital Medicine
Outstanding service award. Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Denver Health 2009: Amit Bahia , 2008: Marisha Burden
Other Honors
Marsha Heinig Award for Outstanding Contribution to Emergency Medicine: 2006: Reid, Mark
AOA Honor Society, Case Western Reserve University: 1995: Reid, Mark
Alpha Omega Alpha Member (AOA), Masrisha Burden
College of Medicine Birthday Club Scholarship Recipient, 2000. Marisha Burden
Patient Safety Award. National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. 2011. Amit Bahia
Magna Cum Laude graduate from University of Oklahoma, May 1999. Marisha Burden
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1997,1999. Marisha Burden
Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996. Marisha Burden
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Premedical Honor Society. Marisha Burden
Alpha Lambda Delta, 1995 . Marisha Burden