CU DHM Spring 2024 Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE

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

Get to know the newest faces around DHM including individuals joining our education programs!

#CUDHM

Check out our recently published research from our division along with featured articles!

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.

Learn about the collaboration of music and medicine in the latest podcast series from our hospitalists Dr. Ben Vipler and Dr. Sam Porter.

A Message from Marisha Burden, MD, MBA

“Our spring edition has arrived and I have been nothing short of impressed by this incredible team. We have been hard at work creating the best work environment possible for our patients and our team. In this edition, you will see the many accolades our team members have received, new innovative service lines, and a new podcast! Interested in learning more about how to establish an APP fellowship or revitalize your APP program? Check out our APP Consulting Program! Lastly, it has been an incredible few months going to the national conferences and connecting with our many incredible colleagues across the country. Check out our sections dedicated to several of the happenings at those conferences.”

ACCOMPLISHMENTS #CUDHM

DHM Top 5 Quarterly Accomplishments

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

Wellness Initiatives Taking Center Stage

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Over the holidays this year, we found multiple opportunities to connect with our colleagues. We find it extremely important to make those connections outside of the work setting to help individuals get to know each other. We believe strengthening connections outside of work will only cultivate better, thriving teams. We also want to make sure individuals know that we care about them and appreciate everything they do for the division.

Sharing our Expertise

We are excited to announce the launch of our new APP Consulting Program! This consulting program, APPCon, is designed to assist hospitals nationwide in revitalizing or establishing APP groups and advanced practice fellowship programs. Learn more about our offerings and reach out with inquiries or questions today!

Optimizing Care for Adults with Childhood Illness

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Our Med Peds Service Line has been working to provide a better patient experience for adult patients with illness that arose during childhood. These patients have unique needs that are med peds service line can better navigate with their focused knowledge on this patient base.

Day Virtual Hospitalist

It has been nearly one year since we kicked off our night virtual hospitalist service line. This new service line provides top notch care to rural communities in Colorado. Excitingly, we are now expanding to include a day virtual hospitalist service!

Hospital Medicine Providers on 5280 Top Doctors List

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It’s such an incredible honor to see so many of our hospital medicine team honored as a 5280 Top Doctor for 2024! We are so thankful to be among such incredible clinicians.

Phil Andreoli, DO

Phil Fung, MD

Martina King, MD

NEWEST FACES #CUDHM

Newest Team Additions

We want to give a warm welcome to our newest faculty starting from April to June this year!

Fred Meisterplass, MBA

Incoming Health Innovations Scholars

Find current faculty and staff from our division on our website by clicking here.

We’re gearing up for the next group of Health Innovation Scholars Program (HISP) individuals who will join us for four weeks starting July 8th! This program welcomes these scholars onto our CU Anschutz campus to cultivate future leaders interested in transforming the quality, safety, efficiency, and patient experience in healthcare. They will have the opportunity to engage in classroom learning, hands-on projects, intensive mentorship, and shadowing in the hospital. See below to learn about the new scholars and what they’re looking forward to!

Linde Bischak | University of Colorado School of Medicine

“I’m excited to meet and collaborate with students from other schools!”

Teaghan Cowles | Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

“I’m most excited to be back in a clinical setting, working with a team of other medical students from across the country!”

Mia Dobbin | Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine

“I’m excited to get ‘boots on the ground’ training related to improving health systems to make a real impact at CU Anschutz as well take training with me into my future residency. I’m excited to critically analyze how we can improve interprofessional systems to better not only the patient experience, but also a health provider’s daily fulfillment.”

Josh Hobbs | Yale University School of Medicine

“I’m most excited for the opportunity to learn from many experts and professionals in healthcare innovation and to also network with other medical students through our experiential project work at the medical campus. I am also looking forward to enjoying the nature and outdoor scenery of Colorado during the summer!”

Chelsea Leversedge | Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

“I’m excited to be joining the HISP cohort this summer to learn how physicians can support, drive, and foster change to better patient experiences within their hospital systems! I’m also looking forward to working with our cohort and coming back home to Colorado this summer.”

Aditya Shah | Central Michigan University School of Medicine

“I’m looking forward to learning more about the UC Colorado System, existing initiatives, the mentorship from clinical staff and building upon my prior experiences in quality improvement, design thinking, and innovative/strategic thinking. I also can’t wait to enjoy the outdoors!”

Laura Freese, MPAS, PA-C

Kirsten Bolstad, PA-C Past APF Graduate!

Congrats on Retirement, Dr. Ethan Cumbler!

Help us celebrate Dr. Ethan Cumbler as he begins his phased retirement plan. Dr. Cumbler has worked for the CU Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine Division for a little over 18 years. Thank you for the excitement and compassion you brought to each patient and service line. We will miss you!

Hospital Medicine Leadership Updates

Associate Program Director, Advanced Hospital Medicine Clinical Scholars Program

Kevin Sullivan, MD

Core Faculty, Advanced Hospital Medicine Clinical Scholars Program

Jeff Wagner, MD

Hospitalist Training Track (HTT) Service Line Director

Will Silkworth, MD

Awards & Achievements

Director of APP Onboarding

Lexie Gallant, PA-C

Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Service Line Director

Zuz Czernik, MD

Lily Cervantes, MD

2024 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility: Read more about the social responsibility award here.

Sahar Taghvaei, DO

New Committee Role as the new vice president of SHM Rocky Mountain Chapter for 2024.

Co-Assistant Directors of Clinical POCUS

Andrea King, PA-C & Elri Duncan, PA-C

DOM 2024 Faculty & Staff Awards Celebration!

Congrats DHM Team: Adrienne Mann, MD

Sarah Stella, MD

Benjamin Vipler, MD

Eric Grimm, MS

Sarah Cope, NP Award for Clinical Care: Named Denver area Nightingale Luminary

Kelsey Keil, M.Ed DOM Staff Elevation Award

PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES #CUDHM

Recent Publications

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

Article Highlights

At a Hospital, a Satisfied Workforce Can Mean Better Outcomes for Patients?

Gaby Frank, MD WORKFORCE

Dimitriy Levin, MD & Marisha Burden, MD, MBA

Denver Health Doctor talks about educating community on safe storage of firearms

Anne Drabkin, MD – Local TV appearance about firearm safety and the SAFER project

Tips to Build a Successful Research Career

Lily Cervantes, MD

Mentorship is a mission

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc & Christine Jones, MD

CCTSI Pilot Grant Helps Link Healthcare, Services and Housing

Sarah Stella, MD

Emerging Infectious Disease Article: Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus for Clinicians—Virology, Pathogenesis, and Pathology

DHM DAILY

SHM Converge at a Glance

San Diego, California

SHM Converge took place in San Diego, CA from April 12-15. We were thrilled to have several attendees from our group along with a strong presence in posters and presentations. Our group had over 20 different presentations, workshops, and research posters. It was a weekend full of connecting with other hospitalists and learning from each other. We look forward to this event every year!

By the numbers:

SHM Awards of Excellence

Congratulations to Lexie Gallant, PA-C who received the 2024 Clinical Leadership for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Award at the Society of Hospital Medicine Converge annual meeting. “As one of the lead APPs in the division, Gallant has spearheaded discussions around APP promotion and mentorship, aided in recruitment of numerous APPs and leaders throughout the division, and assisted with onboarding of the rapidly expanding hospitalist program.”

SGIM Annual Conference at a Glance

Boston, Massachusetts

This year, the SGIM Annual Conference was held in Boston, MA from May 15-18. These few days at SGIM were jam-packed with several workshops from our division, posters, and presentations on everything ranging from improving health equity to #MedEd guidance in hospital medicine. We always have a great turnout from our division allowing us to connect with individuals in the general internal medicine field.

SGIM Annual Meeting Awards and Grants

Congratulations to Amy Yu, MD who received the 2024 SGIM Founders’ Grant. This grant was created to provide support to junior investigators who exhibit significant potential for a successful research career and who need to establish a strong research funding base. Dr. Yu plans to use this grant funding to focus on a highly relevant topic of inter-hospital transfers. Learn more here

SPRING SPOTLIGHT

Music and Medicine

Sam Porter, MD and Ben Vipler, MD were awarded a DHM Innovation Startup Award that they used to produce a podcast. They partnered up with general internal medicine colleague from Penn State University, Paul Haidet, MD, MPH. The podcast is on music and medicine, specifically, what music can do for the practicing clinician and the parallels between the two arts. Please follow along as they release their 14-episode first season week by week. There are currently six episodes released (highlighted below). They also plan to release exclusive content, discussions, and meetups to chat about all that is music and medicine

Behind the Microphones

Available on Apple Podcasts Here Available on Spotify Podcasts Here

Podcast Content Highlights

Internal Medicine: Opening Act

Join Ben, Sam, and Paul as they explore the parallels between the medical specialty of internal medicine and various musical genres!

Internal Medicine: Headliner Featuring Dr. Michael Picchioni

Join Ben and Sam as they interview internist/musician Dr. Michael Picchioni to see what insights he has on the parallels between the medical specialty of internal medicine and various musical genres!

Surgery: Opening Act

Join Ben, Sam, and Paul as they explore the parallels between the medical specialty of surgery and various musical genres!

Surgery: Headliner Featuring Dr. Matthew Dixon

Join Ben and Sam as they interview surgeon/musician Dr. Matthew Dixon to see what insights he has on the parallels between the medical specialty of surgery and various musical genres!

Pediatrics: Opening Act

Join Ben, Sam, and Paul as they explore the parallels between the medical specialty of pediatrics and various musical genres!

Pediatrics: Headline Featuring Dr. Lisa Wong

Join Ben and Sam as they interview pediatrician/musician Dr. Lisa Wong to see what insights she has on the parallels between the medical specialty of pediatrics and various musical genres!

Sam Porter, MD CU Anschutz

Ben Vipler, MD CU Anschutz

Paul Haidet, MD, MPH Penn State University

STAY CONNECTED

Announcements

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

In connection with our Spring Highlight above showcasing the music and medicine podcast, we wanted to talk a little bit about music and mental health. If you didn’t know already, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. There are many ways to help navigate the complicated system of mental health. CU Anschutz recently published an article diving into how music can be a good tool for mental health. In the article, they mention that “music activates the reward system in our brain, producing neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin and endorphins triggering feelings associated with joy and pleasure”. In addition, they explain that “music can also lower cortisol levels, which is directly associated with stress and why we can sometimes feel more relaxed when we’re listening

Upcoming

June 13

DHM Faculty & Staff Summer Event

June 19

Juneteenth

July 1

Start of the new Academic Year

to music and it can help prepare us for sleep”. Learn more about the benefits of listening to music can provide and why we feel better when listening to music by reading the article here.

DOM Research Day Highlight

This past April, the CU Department of Medicine held their annual research day. During the event, they hosted different speakers highlighting relevant topics in healthcare and they encouraged individuals to share research posters during the poster session. We also wanted to shout out Dr. Kenneth Lam (pictured third from the left) who received a certificate for his “lightning talk” given that day.

Hospital Week Highlight

In case you missed it, a handful of our hospitalists were highlighted by the CU Department of Medicine during #NationalHospitalWeek! Check out the fun video on what our hospitalists most love about their job and how hospital medicine is the best field. Disclaimer: we may be bias.

There is so much to be grateful for that holidays like National Hospital Week allow us to reflect on. Thank you so much to the wonderful individuals that help our patients receive the best care and improve their lives. Specifically, we’re looking at you UC Health, nurses, residents and med students, and other specialties and divisions that provide unique perspectives for our patients.

For social media, newsletter or digital marketing content, please send your submission to Kelsey Hussey, BA at kelsey.hussey@cuanschutz.edu for a chance to be featured! You can also use our hashtag #CUDHM or tag us in your post.