I am a practicing hospitalist at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, VA. I enjoy educating patients, their families, students, staff, nurses and anyone else who enjoys learning. I am equally fortunate to learn with every patient interaction.
The goal of this website is to provide insight and education into the often baffling world of inpatient medicine in the American Healthcare System.
At this point in my career I’ve had > 50,000 patient encounters at Chippenham. This experience has provided great knowledge. And while knowledge is power; people act/react on emotions. Providers seek to care for those emotions with empathy, compassion, and respect. Yet for patients many other emotions accompany admission to the hospital. Pain, anxiety, uncertainty and fear are just a few. Fear, particularly of the unknown, is common. Insight and setting expectations can lessen that fear. It also provides a starting point for communications with healthcare providers. So often I ask patients if they have any questions and the response is “I don’t know where to start.”
I hope this website gives a little insight to what is going on in the hospital and provides a basis for open two-way communication with your healthcare team. Everyone in the hospital works towards the goal of patient improvement; however; too often even when the entire team is on the same page the patient is not.
I hope a little time reading helps you out. This page is dedicate to you. Those who seek knowledge to better understand and cope with their situation and want to play an actively engaged role with their healthcare team.
I am also the medical director for the Richmond branch of Bristol Hospice. End of life care is rewarding in that the only goal is care and support of the dying and their families. Modern medicine is a tangled web of metrics and regulations which often confound the doctor-patient relationship. Mostly that is stripped away in hospice and I am permitted to practice in a way where my only goal is to make someone feel better that day which is professionally refreshing.
If you want bona fides on me just ask the nurse or another staff member who know me.
Listed below are my professional credentials.
CURRICULUM VITAE (Doctor’s Resume)
- CONTACT INFORMATION
7101 Jahnke Rd. Richmond, VA 23225
Phone: 804-483-2618 Fax: 803-320-3798
II. EDUCATION / POST GRADUATE TRAINING
Bachelor of Science, Longwood University, Farmville, VA. August 1998 – December 2002
-Major: Biology Graduate: Magna Cum Laude
Medical Doctor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA. August 2003 – May 2007
Internal Medicine Residency, Categorical Hospitalist Track, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems, Richmond, VA. July 2007 – June 2010.
III. MEDICAL LICENSURE
Virginia State Medical License: 0101247339
NPI: 1205033636
IV. BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Internal Medicine Certified, 2011- 2021. #310034
American Board of Internal Medicine – Hospital Focused, 2021-current, #310034
V. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Hospitalist, Virginia Hospitalist, Inc. CJW Medical Center, Richmond, VA. Aug 2010 – February 2012
Hospitalist, Hospitalist of Virginia, LLP. ECI Healthcare Partners, CJW Medical Center, Richmond, VA. February 2012 – February 2014
Hospitalist, James River Hospitalist Group, LLC. ApolloMD, CJW Medical Center, Richmond, VA. February 2014 – Dec 2018 (Assistant Medical Director Feb 2014 – Dec 2015)
Hospitalist, TeamHealth, CJW Medical Center, Jan 2019 – present
Assistant Facility Medical Director, TeamHealth, CJW Medical Center, Sept 2019 – Jan 2020
Medical Director Advance Care, LLC Home Health 5/2017 – 4/2018
Associate Medical Director Intrepid Hospice, 6/2018 – 10/2022
Medical Director, Bristol Hospice, 3/2023 – present
VI. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Affiliate Professor Duke University School of Nursing, 2024
Affiliate Professor Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, 2013 – 2015
Affiliate Professor Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 2015
Affiliate Professor Arcadia University Physician Assistant Program, 2014
VII. HONORS / AWARDS
Higgins Award for Outstanding Senior Resident, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems, Richmond, VA. June 2010.
Dr. Frisk Humanitarian Award for Care Quality and Personal Commitment, HCA. April 2018
Best Bedside Manner Chippenham Hospital, February 2020
Top Doc 2021 Winner, Hospital Medicine, Richmond Magazine, 4/2021
Nominated for Best Exemplifies Hospital Medicine and Best Beside Manner, Chippenham Hospital, March 2022
Master Clinician Award, Chippenham Hospital, March 2025
Sunshine Award for Providers, Chippenham Hospital, August 2023 & July 2025.
VII. PROCEDURES
Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Central Venous Catheter insertion, Arterial Line insertion, ACLS
VIII. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS / APPOINTMENTS
Chief of Hospital Medicine, Jan 2018 – Feb 2020
Executive Committee of the Medical Staff Jan 2018 – Feb 2020
Patient Care Advisory Committee (chair) Sept 2019 – Dec 2019
Mortality Committee 2017-2019
Medicare Care Evaluation Committee 2015 – current
Expanse EHR Provider Champion for Chipp
Hobbies: Spending time with wife and kids, hiking/camping, making knives, learning leather-craft, learning to sail. Just being outside is good.
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