Eric Howell, MD, SFHM: Solving the Puzzles of Hospital Medicine
Release Date: 02/16/2016
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_outlineGrowing 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.
SHM CEO Dr. Larry Wellikson talks with Dr. Howell about the various career choices he considered – from commercial pilot to electrical engineer – and ultimately what led him to becoming the Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.
Hired as the fourth hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Bayview, he has helped the program to grow to 190 hospitalists across three hospitals. An active member and past president of SHM, Dr. Howell is the Senior Physician Advisor to SHM's Center for Hospital Innovation and Improvement.