Experience
July 2023 - Present
Trinity Health Mid-AtlanticRegional Medical Director - Health Informatics
July 2022 - June 2023
ACIFChair Technology
July 2022 - June 2023
Rochester Regional HealthMedical Director - Health Informatics
May 2014 - June 2018
Research Consultant, Pediatric Asthma Navigation Program
April 2016- Sept 2017
Pulmonary Function Testing, Department of Pediatrics
Aug 2015-Sept 2016
House Physician, Department of Pediatrics
April 2017- June 2018
House Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Sept 2016-April 2017
House Physician, Department of Internal Medicine
Education
Feb 2022 - June 2023
Rochester Regional HealthFellow - Clinical Informatics
July 2021 - Feb 2022
Stony Brook University HospitalFellow - Clinical Informatics
July 2020 - June 2021
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterChief Resident - Internal Medicine
June 2018 - July 2021
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterInternal Medicine Resident
2014
University of Lublin, PolandMD
Technical Skills
PHP Coding
Javascript
Database Design
HL7
MySQL
Python
Linux
Cerner EHR
Epic EHR
Meditech EHR
Allscripts EHR
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Board Certified
American Board of Preventive Medicine - Clinical Informatics
Board Certified
Epic
Power User / Physician Builder / Physician Builder Analytics
Cerner
EHR - Physician Architect - Intermediate
American Heart Association
ACLS / BLS
Projects
COVID Sentinel
Designed an automated temperature monitoring reminder system for 63 Internal Medicine Residents. Cross-referenced scheduling data from New-Innovations (web-based scheduling software) to send timely reminders for temperature reporting. Integrated reminders with SMS and WhatsApp APIs to facilitate prompt response. Stored temperature logs in a SQL database for administrative review as requested. Automated escalation if fever/symptoms are reported. Through this home-brewed software, we were able to predict sick calls better ahead of time and redeploy resources to ensure appropriate staffing in the inpatient units.
Stroke Tracker
Designed a HIPAA Compliant web-based platform to collect, analyze, and distribute stroke patient data. Facilitated customized report generation and distribution to analyze stroke protocol parameters to capture outliers within hours compared to monthly/quarterly patient data analytics. Improved appropriate stroke compliance for gold star rating for upwards of 500 patients per annum. Reduced door to thrombolytic time. Wrote custom algorithms to identify breakdowns in workflow and automated email reports to departmental and quality chairpersons for immediate intervention.
Resident Hand Off
Worked with Allscripts EHR to make a custom patient hand-off report for the department of medicine. Added the ability to auto-populate labs, vitals, admission diagnosis, and active medical problems. The initiative reduced handoff errors and reduced handoff time required from an average of 60 minutes to 40 minutes.
E-Learning Platform
Restructured an open-source “Moodle” E-Learning Platform to facilitate asynchronous learning in the Internal Medicine Residency Program due to social distancing requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic. Added customized plugins to facilitate group quizzes, and calendar synchronizing with New-Innovations. Enhanced security measures to avoid inadvertent patient data uploading. Maintained over 500 hours of recorded lectures and over 1000 shared files and resources to augment asynchronous learning.
Pediatric Asthma Navigation Program Database
Designed and coded a patient database for the Pediatric Asthma Navigation Program. The database is customized with report generation web pages for each patient which incorporates all aspects of patient follow-up through the program. Designed an administrative report generator to analyze employee workflow and patient care dedication. Worked with the program manager to better analyze and formulate reports which are submitted to New York State. Ensured HIPAA compliance with intra-institutional hosting, end-to-end encryption using 256 bit SSL, and strict Bruteforce prevention through custom python scripting.
Web-Based Patient Census
Designed a HIPAA Compliant web-based patient census for the pediatric and surgery departments to effectively reduce errors during patient handoff. During a change of shift the census allows for updated labs, orders, todo’s to be relayed to the oncoming team. Integrated PEAK Flow reminder based on patient diagnosis and antibiotic/narcotic dosing reminders for each patient. Integrated ICD-10 coding to better assist attending physicians with billing sheets. Added the ability to calculate the number of days each medication is given to a particular patient. Provided nursing read-only access to print patient “name plates” for bedside use with patient allergies and attending name. Ensured end-to-end encryption and secure storage of upwards of 1500 patients per annum.
Patient Safety “Code Sheets ”
Added the ability for the web-based census to generate “Code Sheets” for each pediatric patient. The sheets are placed at the patient's bedside and used during pediatric codes to ensure adequate dosing of resuscitative medications is pre-calculated based on patient weight. The sheets also indicate which tray the medications are in the crash cart.
CPOE Optimization
Worked in a multidisciplinary team to facilitate optimization of institutional CPOE. Facilitated CPOE changes and testing to ensure appropriate order management standards were followed and narrowed the scope of alert interruptions.
Wise&Well DashBoard
Created a dynamic dashboard using structured query language (SQL) and PHP for a health app in early development. Provided real-time visualization of data outlining goals and trends for patients' blood pressure readings. Provided granulated data prediction models per age, gender, and lifestyle modifiers from hundreds of patients in the dataset.
Statin Prescription Optimization
Working directly with EHR datasets to identify outpatient compliance with statin prescriptions as per American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines. Creating workflow changes to automate reminders and capture discrete data elements for statin intolerance or refusal. Negotiating with payers to incentivize compliance per HEIDS metrics. Set goal to reduce the number of patients without documented statin prescriptions/refusal and/or intolerance from 30% to less than 10% over a 12-month period.
MRI Scheduling and workflow optimization
Built system-wide order sets to add PRN anxiolytics for patients with scheduled MRI reducing MRI cancellation rates and decreasing length of stay for undiagnosed anxiety and claustrophobia.
Inpatient Insulin Prescription Optimization
Modifying order-set workflows to adopt total daily dose (TDD) based insulin orders in the inpatient setting. Working directly with Endocrinologists throughout the system to standardize order sets with respect to formulary and tertiary service requirement barriers.
Reduction In Outpatient No Show Rates
Working with EHR datasets to identify trends in no-shows rates and adding interventions to augment the reduction in no show rates. Enhancing patients engagement and experience through mobile health applications and automated SMS messaging. Using data analytics to identify social determinants and facilitate changes to improve outreach and quality of care.
The Power of Data in Healthcare
Created a real-time health data visualization dashboard for an event with RIT. The dashboard displayed participants' health data, such as their age, gender, medical history, and various other elements. Facilitated ease of use through QR codes to collect data from participants, which was stored in a secure database. Engaged the audience through realtime visual feedback based on their data with comparison to the Rochester Regional Health system, Monroe County, and New York State. Also spoke at the event about the importance of data in healthcare.