CraigAlfredUmscheidMDMS
Internal Medicine • Rockville, MDHospital Medicine/Hospitalist, Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy, Medical Information Sciences
Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, US DHHS
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Office
5600 Fishers Ln
Rockville, MD 20852
Summary
- Dr. Umscheid is a practicing general internist and clinical epidemiologist. Until recently, he was Chief Quality and Innovation Officer at the University of Chicago, and before that Vice Chair for Quality and Safety for Penn's Department of Medicine, and Director of Penn’s Center for Evidence-based Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education & Training
University of PennsylvaniaMS, Clinical Epidemiology, 2004 - 2006
University of ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 2001, MD- Cornell UniversityBA, Biology and Society, Summa Cum Laude, 1992 - 1996
Certifications & Licensure
DC State Medical License 2022 - 2024
IL State Medical License 2001 - 2023
PA State Medical License 2004 - 2018- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1726 citationsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017Sandra I. Berríos-Torres, Craig A Umscheid, Dale W. Bratzler, Brian F Leas, Erin C. Stone
JAMA Surgery. 2017-08-01 - 158 citationsKey Concepts of Clinical Trials: A Narrative ReviewCraig A Umscheid, David J. Margolis, Craig E. Grossman
Postgraduate Medicine. 2011-09-01 - 40 citationsHand Hygiene Compliance Rate During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Sonya Makhni, Craig A Umscheid, Jackie Soo, Vera Chu, Allison H. Bartlett
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021-07-01
Press Mentions
AHRQ’s New Patient Safety Alliance: What Leaders Need to KnowOctober 4th, 2024- AHRQ's New Patient Safety Alliance: What Leaders Need to KnowOctober 4th, 2024
- COVID-19 Spurs Hospital TechSeptember 14th, 2020
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