Before The White Coat
Growing up in Annapolis, MD, Dr. Eric Howell was fascinated by solving puzzles and finding out how things worked. He often took things apart so he could try to put them back together – from hair dryers to the transmission in his father's car. ...
info_outline Jeffrey J. Glasheen, MD, SFHM: Dedicated to Quality Improvement & Patient SafetyBefore The White Coat
After witnessing firsthand the impact of a severe medical error on a family member, Dr. Jeffrey Glasheen learned that these situations were not caused solely by knowledge deficiencies, but rather by faults in systems and processes. This realization led him to a career as a hospitalist, rooted in quality improvement and patient safety.
info_outline Gregory Maynard, MD, MSc, SFHM: From Small-Town Boy to Chief Quality OfficerBefore The White Coat
From playing the lead in his high school class play to becoming the Chief Quality Officer at the University of California Davis, Dr. Gregory Maynard explains his storied journey to a career in academic hospital medicine.
info_outline Dr. Patrick Cawley on Medicine, Leadership and BusinessBefore The White Coat
“How do I create a career combining medicine and business?" ...
info_outline Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHMBefore The White Coat
Watch out, Sanjay Gupta! SHM board member and physician editor of The Hospitalist Danielle Scheurer may be coming for your job.
info_outline Tracy Cardin, ACNPBefore The White Coat
Hospital medicine is a team sport. And nurse practitioners and physician assistants are an important part of the hospitalist team.
info_outline Mary Jo Gorman, MD, MBA, MHMBefore The White Coat
When Dr. Mary Jo Gorman’s hospitalist practice was acquired by IPC in 1999, she became responsible for the rapid growth of the hospitalist model in the Midwest, growing from 50 physicians to hundreds in multiple cities in just a few years. ...
info_outline John Nelson, MD, MHMBefore The White Coat
Before he was one of the original architects of the hospitalist movement, John Nelson, MD, MHM, was a magician, worked in a gas station and even cleaned out an abandoned hotel with a convicted felon.
info_outline Mark V. Williams, MD, MHMBefore The White Coat
As a young boy, Dr. Mark Williams broke his arm. What happened next inspired him to become a doctor. ...
info_outline Brian Harte, MD, SFHMBefore The White Coat
“I never really knew what I wanted to be. […] What I really liked doing was working, building or being part of a team that worked really well together on problems, or issues, or challenges or opportunities that we saw as compelling.” ...
info_outline“I was sold. I knew at that moment. I was like ‘This is the right field for me.’”
In this episode of Before the White Coat, Dr. Nasim Afsar recounts her very first patient encounter as a medical student, from touching the doorknob of the exam room to presenting it to her faculty member and treatment.
From immigrating to America at an early age to becoming the Chief Quality Officer at the Department of Medicine for UCLA Health and an SHM Board member, Drs. Wellikson and Afsar talk about her early interests in community service and the defining moments in her career as a hospitalist, including her passion for quality improvement.
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