David Bates, MD, Professor of Medicine & Senior Vice President for Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer for both the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization
Dr. Bates is an internationally renowned expert in patient safety, using information technology to improve clinical decision-making, quality-of-care, cost-effectiveness, and outcomes assessment in medical practice.
A practicing general internist, Dr. Bates is Senior Vice President for Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer for both the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization. He mainitains his positions as Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he co-directs the Program in Clinical Effectiveness. He also serves as Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis, Information Systems for Partners Healthcare System.
At a time when patient safety has become a key driver for focusing national attention on health-care quality, Dr. Bates’ work has not only shown the magnitude of the problem but also provided a blueprint for helping solve it. He led a seminal study on the epidemiology of drug-related injuries, demonstrating that the most effective way to prevent serious medication errors is to focus on improving the systems. He has also performed many studies on how computerized, evidence-based guidelines can improve quality and efficiency. Dr. Bates has been recognized for several years by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the “100 most powerful” individuals in U.S. health care.
Dr. Bates is a graduate of Stanford University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He began his fellowship in general internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1988, and he received an M.Sc. in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1990. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2005, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics. He serves as external program lead for research in the World Health Organization’s Global Alliance for Patient Safety. He is the Editor of the Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, and the Associate Editor of the Journal of Patient Safety.
Dr. Bates’ special research interests include clinical decision-making and affecting physician-decision-making, particularly using computerized interventions; quality of care and cost-effectiveness and medical practice; and outcome assessment. He has published on medication errors and injuries due to drugs, and the use of information systems to improve medication safety and the use of ancillary tests, as well as on predictors of bacteremia and evaluation of patients with suspected sepsis. He has well over 500 peer-reviewed publications.
Presenter: Andrew Pipe, MD
Chief, Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Dr. Andrew Pipe is Chief of the Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He received his MD from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1974.
Dr. Pipe is Canada’s foremost expert on smoking cessation. He was instrumental in the development of the widely adopted Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation at the Heart Institute.
Recognized as one of Canada’s leading experts in cardiovascular disease prevention, physical activity and health, and smoking cessation, Dr. Pipe has addressed audiences in over 30 nations and is frequently consulted on issues related to tobacco use and smoking cessation, drug use in sport, and physical activity and health. A former Chair of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, Dr. Pipe is the recipient of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Dr. Harold N. Segall Award of Merit.
In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Pipe has been extensively involved in sports and sport medicine for many years. He is currently President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada. He served as a physician at ten Olympic Games and has been Team Physician for Canada’s National Men’s Basketball Team since 1978. He served as Chair of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport from its inception until 2003.
Dr. Pipe is the recipient of the International Olympic Committee’s Award for Sport, Health and Well-being, and is a member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. He has received honourary degrees from Queen’s University (LLD); Brock University (DSc) in St. Catharines, Ontario; and the University of Guelph (DSc) in Guelph, Ontario. He was formerly Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at Queen’s University. In 2002 Dr. Pipe was named to the Order of Canada.
Presenter: Robert Shafer, MD.
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The mission of the Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR) includes offering educational resources, training, and support for investigators and research staff. We have invited Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Emily Kraus, MD, to present on the basics of Sports Medicine and sports related injuries. Injuries in sports are common and can lead to the premature end of a season or even an athletic career. This talk will review the role of the sports medicine physician in the athlete’s care providing, followed by a discussion of the epidemiology, risk factors, types of sports injuries, and management approach.
At the conclusion of this class, you will be able to:
- Understand the role of the sports medicine physician in the care of the athlete
- Define acute and chronic sports injury
- Define a concussion (mild traumatic brain injury)
- Understand the epidemiology and risk factors of sports injuries
- Explore new research and concepts related to sports injuries
- Understand the most common types of sports injuries and approach to management
Attendance is open to all research staff
About the Instructor:
Emily Kraus, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. She specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) sports medicine and takes a unique approach to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports injuries in athletes of all ages. She is involved in multiple Stanford IRB-approved research projects, including The Healthy Runner Project, a multicenter prospective interventional study focused on bone stress injury prevention in collegiate middle and long distance runners. Dr. Kraus also spends time performing gait analysis at the Stanford Run Safe Injury Prevention Program and serves as a medical advisors for the Adaptive Sports Injury Prevention Program at the Palo Alto VA. She has research and clinical interests in endurance sports medicine, injury prevention, running biomechanics, the prevention of bone stress injuries in collegiate athletes and the promotion of health and wellness at any age of life. She has completed seven marathons including Boston Marathon twice and one 50k ultramarathon. With running and staying physically active as one of her personal passions, she recognizes the importance of fitness for overall wellbeing and the prevention of chronic medical conditions.