Coordinating Center (old)

Scott Flanders, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, serves as Chief Clinical Strategy Officer for Michigan Medicine, Vice Chair of External Relations in the Department of Internal Medicine and is a hospitalist in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Flanders was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and is a Past-President of SHM. He received his Medical Degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency and chief residency at the University of California, San Francisco.

Vineet is Division Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine. He is also Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the University of Michigan Medical School as well as an Attending and Staff Physician at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  He is the physician lead on the HMS Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Use and Midline Use Initiatives.  He has particular interest in hospital-based medicine and clinical outcomes and expertise in vascular-access related complications and patient safety.   

Tejal Gandhi, MD is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases within Michigan Medicine.  She is the Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Michigan Medicine and Chair of the Antimicrobial Subcommittee. Tejal is the physician lead on the HMS Antimicrobial Use Initiative. She received her Medical Degree from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. and completed her Internal Medicine residency, HIV medicine fellowship, and Infectious Disease fellowship at the University of Michigan. She is particularly interested in measuring the impact of disease-based stewardship interventions on patient outcomes, process measures, and antibiotic utilization.  

Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care within Michigan Medicine and a Staff Physician at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She is the physician lead on the HMS Sepsis & Mi-COVID19 Initiatives. Hallie completed medical school, residency, and chief residency at Ohio State University, and fellowship and Masters in Health Services Research at the University of Michigan. She is interested in sepsis, performance measurement, and long-term outcomes after critical illness. She serves as Vice-Chair of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines, as a council member of the International Sepsis Forum, and on the advisory board of Sepsis Alliance.

Elizabeth is a Research Senior Supervisor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine within Michigan. Prior to becoming Program Manager, Elizabeth was the assistant project manager, a QA/Nurse Coordinator as well as the HMS clinical data abstractor for the University of Michigan. Prior to her position in the HMS Coordinating Center, she was a cardiac progressive care nurse for over 5 years. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing as well as her Masters in Nursing Business and Health Systems from the University of Michigan School of Nursing.

Steve is the Chief Quality Officer for Michigan Medicine.  Additionally, he is Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and a Research Scientist in the Department of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health. He has particular interest in appropriateness of use of medical technology, quality of care, outcomes, and doctor-patient decision making.

Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the University of Michigan Medical School as well as an Attending Physician at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She is the hospitalist lead on the HMS Antimicrobial Use Initiative. She completed her Medical Degree, residency, chief residency, and Masters in Health Services Research at the University of Michigan.  She is particularly interested in measuring, understanding, and improving appropriate use of antibiotic therapy in order to improve patient safety.

Lindsay Petty, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases within Michigan Medicine. She is a member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Michigan Medicine. Lindsay is a QI Consultant & Antimicrobial Resource Expert on the HMS Antimicrobial Use Initiative. She completed her medical degree, Internal medicine and Pediatrics Residency, and Infectious Diseases and Transplant ID Fellowship at the University of Chicago. She is particularly interested in measuring the impact of disease-based stewardship interventions on patient outcomes and provider behaviors, and assessing how improving provider education can improve appropriate use of antibiotics to improve quality of care for patients.

Jakob McSparron, MD is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.  He serves as Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship and Associate Director of the Critical Care Medicine Unit. Jakob is a QI consultant and Sepsis Resource Expert on the HMS Sepsis Initiative. He completed his medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell. He went on to complete a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Harvard Combined Training Program. He is particularly interested in long term outcomes after critical illness.

Paul is a hospitalist in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Michigan Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is the Director of Consultative and Perioperative Medicine and has published several papers in the fields of venous thromboembolism prevention and perioperative medicine.

Tawny is an Assistant Program Manager in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Tawny joined the Coordinating Center after the completion of her Masters in Health Informatics at the University of Michigan Schools of Information and Public Health. Prior to completing her graduate work, she was employed as a Registered Nurse at Michigan Medicine in the Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation department. Tawny received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Michigan.

Jessica is a Program Evaluation Specialist in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, Jessica worked as a triage nurse in pediatric ambulatory care. Her clinical background includes cardiothoracic surgery, bone marrow transplant, and neonatal intensive care. She received her MSN with a focus in Health Systems, Populations, and Leadership and her BSN from the University of Michigan School of Nursing.

Tami is a Program Evaluation Specialist in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, Tami worked as a peri-operative nurse at Michigan Medicine.  Her clinical background also includes cardiac progressive care nursing and clinical exercise science. Tami received her Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science with a focus in clinical exercise physiology from Ohio University and her BSN from the University of Michigan. Tami is currently pursuing an MBA with a focus on healthcare leadership.

Caitlin is a Program Evaluation Specialist in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, Caitlin worked as a nurse on Michigan Medicine’s Medical and Surgical Intermediate Care Unit. Her clinical background includes chronically ventilated patients, pre-and post-lung transplants, and acutely ill surgical patients. Caitlin received her BSN from the University of Michigan School of Nursing.

David is a statistician for the AAVA at the Center for Clinical Management and Research (CCMR).  Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, David received his MS in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.  David has worked at the AAVA for the past 7 years working on a variety of VA and UM research and quality improvement projects.  In addition to working with the Coordinating Center, David also currently works as an analyst with the Patient Safety Enhancement Program (PSEP).

Megan is a statistician lead in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, Megan received both her MS and Ph.D. in Economics from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. Her graduate research focused on the financial impacts of government quality improvement initiatives on safety-net hospitals and hospitalized patients.

Tanima is a Senior Statistician in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to the joining the HMS Coordinating Center, Tanima worked at the Data & Methods Hub at IHPI for the past five years. She also worked at the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan as a Statistician Intermediate from 2014 to 2016. She received her MS in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan, School of Public Health and MA in applied Statistics from Eastern Michigan University. She has seven years of research experience analyzing national survey databases and large administrative claims databases. Her focus has always been to ensure the appropriate statistical design and analytic methods of the data driven health service research. 

Danny Teng is a Database Analyst/Programmer Intermediate in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, Danny completed his Masters in Health Informatics at the University of Michigan School of Information. He received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Michigan.

Jennifer is a Research Area Specialist Senior in the Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, she conducted research designed to understand the use of information technology (IT) in healthcare, exploring a wide variety of topics, including patient safety, quality of care, security of electronic medical records and the cost of healthcare delivery.  Jennifer holds a MA in Sociology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and Bachelor’s degrees in Magazine Journalism and Sociology from Syracuse University. In addition to her work with the Coordinating Center, Jennifer also supports the Patients Safety Enhancement Program (PSEP).

Zainab is a Research Area Specialist Senior in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, she was a Patient Safety Fellow at the National Center for Patient Safety in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Her professional experience has focused on patient safety, research administration, and project management. Zainab received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her MPH in Healthcare Management from the Yale School of Public Health.  

Sue is a Research Area Specialist Senior in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, she conducted and managed research projects on healthcare economics and outcomes in various therapeutic areas, including cardiology, oncology, and respiratory diseases. Sue received her MPH from the University of Michigan and her Bachelor's degree in Biology from Wuhan University.

Jennifer is a project manager in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Michigan – Flint. As part of the HMS Coordinating Center Leadership team, she leads special projects to advance the goals and objectives of the Collaborative.  Jennifer is currently completing her Masters in Health Administration at Central Michigan University.

Katie is the HMS Business Manager in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Prior to joining the HMS Coordinating Center, Katie worked in various administrative roles at the University of Michigan for over eight years including clinical settings, student administration, and executive support roles. Katie provides support for the HMS program director, HMS team members, and organizes collaborative wide meetings for participating hospitals. Katie earned her BA and MA degrees in Communication Studies from Eastern Michigan University.

Clarissa is an Administrative Assistant in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine. She earned her Bachelor in Science degree in Sports Medicine at Eastern Michigan University. Clarissa brings with her 5+ years of experience in management and customer service while possessing a public relations background. Clarissa is successful at delivering key clerical support to internal teams, customers, and vendors. Her role provides support for HMS and organizes collaborative wide meetings for participating hospitals.