Professional Background
Prior to being at KUSM-W, my expertise is in information retrieval, dissemination, and medical publishing. I have taught searching to groups including the International Cochrane Collaboration, the American College of Physicians, the Society of General Internal Medicine, and all UTHSCSA medical students before moving to Kansas. I have had my own internationally recognized medical search engine, SUMSearch, online since 1998. Regarding publishing, I led the development of peer review for UpToDate and supervised its first two years. After that, I helped develop electronic publishing for the Annals of Internal Medicine and the same for the Journal of the American Medical Association. I served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of General Internal Medicine. My research in this area focuses on 1) collaborative programming to support team science via living meta-analyses and other collaborations, 2) developing original MEDLINE search strategies.
Since joining KUSM-W, I have led efforts for the Department of Internal Medicine in quality improvement and the teaching of quality improvement. In my role in the Department of Population Health, I have taught lit searching and quality improvement to all KUSM-W medical students since 2012. We have presented our projects and won awards at various regional and national meetings. Projects include regional efforts to reduce mortality from septic shock and safe use of dangerous medications such as anticoagulants and opioids.
- BA, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel
- MD, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel
