Clinical Quality Fellowship Program

The Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP) supports the training and professional development of early- and mid-career physicians with the specific purpose of helping them to lead and champion quality improvement and patient safety efforts within their hospitals.  Through an intensive 15-month training session, regional leaders in health care quality teach the fellows proven tools and techniques to improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of patient care within their institutions.  Participating fellows then bring their new knowledge, skills, and strategies back to their institutions, where they are prepared to take on leadership roles and act as agents of change.  The program, which is currently focusing on physicians but may later include other health professionals such as nurses and pharmacists, is intended to create a lasting infrastructure supporting quality improvement in the greater New York area.

Project Contact:  Hillary Jalon

2010-2011 Class of Clinical Quality Fellows:

Dr. Reena Agarwal, Montefiore Medical Center

Dr. Amanda Ascher, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation/Segundo Ruiz Belvis Diagnostic and Treatment Center

Dr. Maria Basile, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital

Dr. Kevin Baumlin, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dr. Rajan Gurunathan, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center

Dr. LeWanza Harris, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Luke Hermann, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dr. Ramiro Jervis, Mount Sinai Hospitalist Group

Dr. Peter Kim, Jacobi Medical Center

Dr. Christopher McStay, NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center

Dr. Yasuharu Okuda, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation/ Institute for Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning

Dr. Samar Raza, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital

Dr. David Rosenberg, North Shore University Hospital

Dr. Purvi Shah, Montefiore Medical Center

Dr. Anunta Virapongse, Lenox Hill Hospital

2009-2010 Class of Clinical Quality Fellows

Dr. Sarah Berry, NYU Langone Medical Center

Dr. Bruce Darrow, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Ruchika Harisingani, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System

Dr. Joanne Hojsak, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital

Dr. David Horton, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital System

Dr. Steven Kaplan, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Stavros Lazarou, North Bronx Healthcare Network

Dr. Eric Matthew Maniago, Staten Island University Hospital

Dr. Toni McLaurin, NYU Langone Medical Center/Hospital for Joint Diseases

Dr. Pranav Mehta, Metropolitan Hospital Center

Dr. Suhas Nafday, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center

Dr. Manhish Sharad Parikh, NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center

Dr. Lucy Pereira-Argenziano, Scheider Children's Hospital/Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Dr. Calie Santana, Montefiore Medical Center

Dr. Bradley Sherman, Glen Cove Hospital/North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System

Dr. David Tompkins, Lutheran Medical Center