Medical Staff News Newsletter for the Medical Staff of Bridgeport Hospital | October 2019 From the desk of the CMO Committee. Te good news is that Mike will be assuming a health system role as associate chief medical ofcer. Milford Campus is live on Epic! I’m appreciative of the He’ll continue to be engaged at Bridgeport Hospital as he work of many people that resulted in a smooth go-live just strengthens connections across all of YNHHS. afer midnight, in the very early morning of September 28. I’m especially appreciative of medical staf who provided Ryan O’Connell, MD, Interim Chief Medical Ofcer at-the-elbow support for physicians and advance practice providers…a number of medical staf typically based at the Bridgeport campus spent hours on the Milford campus Oct. 30 Bogin Lectures to focus sharing their knowledge of Epic. Many have described the value that’s added to care by having a single record of care on autism across both Bridgeport and Milford campuses as well as all Autism is the subject of the 42nd annual Maxwell Bogin, MD, of YNHHS. Lectures in Pediatrics presented by the Bridgeport Hospital I’m pleased to also share with you that Bridgeport Hospital, Foundation and the Bridgeport campus of Yale New Haven in conjunction with all of YNHHS, is actively investing in Children’s Hospital, Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 8 am - 2 pm, our people this year. Bridgeport Hospital alone is investing at the Trumbull Marriott. millions in ensuring staf salaries are more competitive. At Topics and speakers, all from Yale School of Medicine, include: the same time, employee benefts are also being augmented. We think this investment is vitally important for both - Early Markers of Core and Comorbid Features of Autism, attracting and retaining the high quality people who work Katarzyna Chawarska, PhD across all locations of Bridgeport Hospital. - Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Autism, Kelly Powell, PhD Te Bridgeport leadership team continuously evaluates our performance against Quality and Safety goals, but this - Te Changing Face of Autism: A Developmental time of year we report year-end performance for the fscal Perspective, Fred Volkmar, MD year. I’m pleased to say that as a result of a cross-continuum, CME credits will be ofered to all eligible attendees. multidisciplinary year-long project, the number of To register by phone, please call 888-357-2396 and select “1” readmissions for heart failure in fscal 2019 was measurably for events or visit bridgeporthospital.org/events. lower than the number for the previous year. We reduced the utilization of opioid administration in the hospital and reduced by a greater margin the amount of opioids prescribed upon discharge. C. difcile infections were Caregivers honored by patients reduced greatly, though we did have slightly more central Te Bridgeport Hospital Foundation announced the line associated bloodstream infections than last year. following clinical staf members were recognized by patients Finally, I’d like to share with all of you my gratitude for in September with a gif to the Honor Your Caregiver leadership at Bridgeport Hospital provided by Mike Ivy, the program: Michele Attard, LMT (three gifs in her honor); frst physician to serve as president of any hospital in our Bridgeport Hospital East Tower 8 Staf; Bridgeport Hospital health system in memory. I know I’m very far from alone Emergency Department Staf (two gifs in their honor); among Bridgeport Hospital Medical Staf in my feeling— Bridgeport Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Unit; Marcy he was recognized by many at our recent Medical Executive Furano, LMT; Cullen Grifth, MD. 1 16075_BH_Medical_Staff_News_October.indd 2 10/22/19 11:55 AM New Medical Staff categories effective Mako robotic arm transforms joint October 1, 2019 replacement at Milford Campus Upon the recommendation of the Bylaws Committee, Te Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology is at the Medical Executive Committee and voting medical staf, the cutting edge of technology for surgical orthopedics. Bridgeport Hospital Board of Trustees recently approved Te Bridgeport Hospital Milford changes to the bylaws to rename the medical staf categories. Campus was the frst facility in greater New Haven, and is currently Your rights and privileges will not change as a result. We the only healthcare facility on the have simplifed the names and reduced the number of overall I-95 corridor from Norwalk, CT to categories. Te changes to medical staf category names Rhode Island, to ofer this advanced have been made across all fve YNHHS hospitals so that option in total knee replacements. the naming convention is consistent. Below is a list of the Te Mako system has been in use former category names mapped to the new category names. at the Milford Campus since 2017 For full descriptions of these categories, see the Bridgeport and has transformed the way joint Hospital Medical Staf Bylaws. replacement surgery is performed. New name Former name(s) “Te Mako allows us to provide each patient with a personalized surgical - Associate Attending - Assistant Attending experience based on their specifc Active Attending - Senior Attending diagnosis and anatomy. With the robot, surgeons have the - Clinical Assistant Attending technology and tools to operate with greater precision,” - Associate Attending without noted Joel Malin, MD, a Mako-certifed arthroplasty- clinical privileges trained orthopedic surgeon. - Assistant Attending without clinical privileges Active Referring Mako technology also enables surgeons to perform joint - Senior Attending without replacement surgery with increased accuracy. Trough clinical privileges - Clinical Assistant Attending CT-based 3D modeling of bone anatomy, surgeons without clinical privileges can identify the appropriate implant size, orientation and alignment. Additionally, the Mako system also - Consulting Consulting - Adjunct allows surgeons to virtually modify the surgical plan Courtesy Courtesy intra-operatively. Telemedicine* *New category Te demand for joint replacements is expected to continue Honorary Honorary rising over the next decade. To further enhance its’ orthopedic services and better meet the growing needs of Affiliated Healthcare Allied Health Professionals the community, the Milford Campus recently added Mako partial knee and total hip applications. “Te acquisition of Referring Affiliated Healthcare Allied Health without clinical Professionals privileges this additional technology further demonstrates Bridgeport Hospital’s commitment to our community,” said Dr. Malin. “Because of these investments, we can continue providing better, more accurate, surgical experiences for our patients.” Hot Topics Te next Hot Topics breakfast will be Monday, Nov. 11, 7:30 - 9 am in the Medical Staf Lounge. Te speaker will be Christopher O’Connor, executive vice president and COO, YNHHS. 2 16075_BH_Medical_Staff_News_October.indd 3 10/22/19 11:55 AM New Physicians Leo M. Cooney, MD Medicine/Geriatrics Zev Balsen, MD YUSM Section of Geriatric Medicine Emergency Medicine 874 Howard Ave., New Haven, CT 06519 Bridgeport Hospitalist Service – Emergency Department Phone: 203 --688 2204 267 Grant St., Bridgeport, CT 06610 Medical School: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Phone: 203-384 -3566 Residency: Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA Medical School: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Fellowship: Rheumatology, Boston University Medical Center- University Residency: Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, Hospitals, Boston, MA New Haven, CT Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine Raquel F. Harrison, MD Mohammad Atiqul Islam, MD Emergency Medicine Hospitalist Medicine Bridgeport Hospital (Emergency Medicine) Bridgeport Hospitalist Service – NEMG 267 Grant St., Bridgeport, CT 06610 267 Grant St., Bridgeport, CT 06610 Phone: 203-384 -3566 Phone: 203-384 -4677 Medical School: New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weil Cornell Campus, Medical School: Sher-- E Bangla Medical College, Barisal, Bangladesh New York, NY Residency: Internal Medicine, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weil Cornell Campus, New York, NY Krishan Ratilal Jethwa, MD Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine Medicine/Radiation Medicine Smilow Cancer Center Adedoyin Akinlonu, MD 35 Park St., New Haven, CT 06519 Hospitalist Medicine Phone: 203 --785 7385 Bridgeport Hospitalist Service – NEMG Medical School: University of North Dakota School of Medicine, 267 Grant St., Bridgeport, CT 06610 Grand Forks, ND Phone: 203-384 -4677 Internship: University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND Medical School: College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Residency: Internal Medicine, New York Medical College, New York, NY Jacqueline R. Kelly, MD Priyadarshini Balasubramanian, MD Internal Medicine/Radiation Medicine YUSM Department of Therapeutic Radiology Northeast Medical Group 20 York St., New Haven, CT 06510 226 Mill Hill Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06610 Phone: 203 --200 2100 Phone: 203-384 -3792 Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Medical School: Government Medical College, India Internship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Residency: Internal Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Steven Beckoff, MD Rajiv M. Mallipudi, MD Medicine/Gastroenterology Hospitalist Medicine Primed – NEMG – Gastroenterology Bridgeport Hospitalist Service – NEMG 888 White Plains Road, Trumbull, CT 06611