DonaldKBishopMD

Summary

• I devoted my career to Evidence-Based medicine during my residency, long before it was a buzzword, well ahead of community access to the internet, and long before UpToDate. This method has been the cornerstone of my clinical career. I was elected Chief of Obstetrics at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale in 2002 when OB claims had caused the hospital to pay a $2.8 million premium surcharge and be on probation with their liability carrier. I spent thousands of hours with the OB nurse leadership team to build system solutions, engage staff and providers, enact effective policies, create meaningful safety drills, and force effective peer review including one on one meetings with providers, all of this long before any of these processes were mandates or even recommendations by any national organizations. We fostered a culture of safety resulting in adverse events dropping to 0 for most of a decade. I have delivered more than 8,000 babies (400-500 forceps, around 100 vaginal breech) and performed a proportionate general gyn surgical volume. I do the vast majority of hysterectomies as vaginal or laparoscopic cases and do not use the Da Vinci Robot, nor do I actively support or oppose its use in benign general gynecology. The sheer volume of my clinical experience has permitted me to make errors and learn from them. The humility achieved from my own errors has kept me very ready to learn. I have served on or chaired 11 hospital committees and have 26 years of clinical teaching experience including medical students, nurse practitioner students, physician assistant students, family practice residents, family practice fellows, and mentoring peers in obstetrics and gynecology. I have been a Clinical Assistant Professor through the SIU College of Medicine since1994 (volunteer). I believe that compassion and communication are at the core of medical practice and that every patient I see is a child of the Maker of the Universe.