Created and oversaw curricula, QI standards and research protocols for the two entities. Co-founder and Co-owner and Chief Medical Officer of Vital Signs Vital Skills, L.L.C.: 2014-current. National and International speaker on Physician Burnout and Emotional Intelligence.
Author:
Physician Burnout and Emotional Intelligence. An online CME course in its final stages to be published by the Sullivan Group, an online risk management and reduction group.
Resident Burnout: An Emotionally Malignant Disease in need for an Emotionally Intelligent Therapy.
Poster presentation, AHME, Fort Lauderdale, May 2016.
Physician Burnout: An Emotionally Malignant Disease. (In Press).
Presentations:
-“Facing burnout with emotional intelligence and wellness” Surgical residents, Methodist Health Care System, Houston, TX.
– “Burnout and fatigue: How are veterans are getting our least.” Michael E. Debakey VA medical Center, Houston Texas. May, 2017.
– “Facing Burnout with Emotional Intelligence and Wellness”. Clear Lake Regional Medical Center. League City, TX. January, 2017.
-“Facing Burnout with Emotional Intelligence and Wellness.” Workshop presentation for Hospital Docs (26-member hospitalist group). Conroe, TX. November, 2016.
-“Physician Provider Fatigue: The Graham Guerrero Lecture.” Frontiers in Organ Failure and Transplant Management. November, 2016
-“Facing Burnout with Emotional Intelligence and Wellness.” Train the Trainer workshop with Program Directors at the Methodist Health Care System. Houston, TX. September, 2016
-“Physician Wellness: Your Solution Lies Within”. Train the Trainer workshop with Program Directors at the Methodist Health Care System. Houston, TX. September, 2016
-“Physician Burnout: An Emotionally Intelligent Approach for an Emotionally Malignant Disease.” Fox Chase Cancer Center Grand Rounds. Philadelphia, PA. July 2016
-“Physician Burnout: The case for an Emotionally Intelligent Approach”. West Houston Medical Center Grand Rounds, Houston, Texas. May, 2016
-“Surgeon Burnout: the Case for an Emotionally Intelligent Approach”, McGill University Resident Training Workshop. March, 2016
-“Physician Burnout: More than a Surgical Problem without a Surgical Solution”. McGill University Surgical Grand Rounds. March, 2016
-“Physician Burnout and Emotional Intelligence: Making Wellness Sense.” McGill University, Canada. March, 2016
-“Physician Burnout: A Truly Malignant Disease”. Methodist Health System, Houston, Texas. January, 2016
-“Physician Burnout: Is Emotional Intelligence the Solution?” Lone Star Family Practice Resident Program. Conroe Regional Medical Center. Conroe, Texas. December 2015.
Workshops and poster presentations:
-“Leadership training targeting physician burnout”. Poster presentation in San Francisco, October 12-13, 2017 at the American Conference on Physician Health. (An AMA, Mayo Clinic and Stanford University conference on physician health).
-“Physician Burnout among Surgical Residents”. McGill University, Canada. Introducing and training general surgery residents on burnout and coping using emotional intelligence and wellness techniques. March, 2016.
-“Physician Burnout and Program Directors”. Train the trainer workshop for program directors on dealing with their burnout, resident’s burnout and CLER goal achievement through emotional intelligence and wellness. September, 2016.
-“Physician Burnout and Hospitalists.” Training a 26-member hospitalist group on burnout through emotional intelligence and wellness. Target is to enhance their medical experience and minimize errors, improve productivity, and improve their HCAHPS scores. November, 2016.
