Selected Faculty Publications

Michael Hochman, MD, MPH

Hochman ME et al. Fostering a commitment to quality: best practices in safety-net hospitals. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 27(1):293-307 · DECEMBER 2015
Hochman ME and Cohen PA. Hochman M, Cohen PA. Reconsidering Guidelines on the Use of Pneumococcal Vaccines in Adults 65 Years or Older. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Dec 1;175(12):1895-6.
Hochman M and Bedard R. Academic-Industry Research Partnerships: an Emerging Opportunity or Just Smoke and Mirrors? J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Oct 9.
Hochman ME, Asch S, Jibilian A et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Sep 4.

Hochman ME, Chen AY, Serota M. Payer agnosticism. N Engl J Med. 2013 Aug 8;369(6):502-3.
Hochman ME, Chen AY, Serota M. A view from the safety net. JAMA. 2013 Jun 5;309(21):2221-2.
Hochman M and Katz MH. The Supreme Court Decision: A Victory for Uninsured Patients. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Nov 5:1-2.
Hochman M and McCormick D. Endpoint selection and relative (versus absolute) risk reporting in published medication trials. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Nov;26(11):1246-52. PMID: 2184232
Hochman M, and McCormick D. Characteristics of published comparative effectiveness studies of medications. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010 March; 303(10): 951-958. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 20215609.
Hochman M, Hochman S, Bor D, and McCormick D. News media coverage of medication research: reporting pharmaceutical company funding and the use of generic medication names.
The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008 Oct; 300(13): 1544-1550. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 18827211.50 Studies Every Internist Should Know. By Kristopher Swiger, Joshua R. Thomas, Michael E. Hochman, and Steven D. Hochman. February 2015, Oxford University Press. Updates in Slow Medicine blog on MedPage Today and the Center for Health Journalism

Welmoed van Deen, MD

WK van Deen, AE van der Meulen-de Jong, NK Parekh, et al. Development and validation of an inflammatory bowel diseases monitoring index for use on mobile health technology. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Nov 18. pii: S1542-3565(15)01546-3.
WK van Deen, DW Hommes. Future Directions in Telemedicine Applications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). In: Telemanagement of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Editors Raymond K. Cross, Jr. and Andrew Watson. Springer, 2016.
WK van Deen, E Esrailian, DW Hommes. Value-based health care for inflammatory bowel diseases. J Crohns Colitis. 2015 May;9(5):421-7.
WK van Deen, MGH van Oijen, KD Myers, et al. A nationwide 2010-2012 analysis of U.S. health care utilization in inflammatory bowel diseases. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014 Oct;20(10):1747-53.
A Zand, WK van Deen, EK Inserra, L Hall, et al. Presenteeism in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: a hidden problem with significant economic impact. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2015 Jul;21(7):1623-30.

Rusha Modi, MD, MPH

Modi, R and Saab, S. Hepatitis C Virus Infection is Systemic: Meeting Additional Goals. J Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 1;212(3):343-4.
Almario CV, Chey WD, Iriana S, Dailey F, Robbins K, Patel AV, Reid M, Whitman C, Fuller G, Bolus R, Dennis B, Encarnacion R, Martinez B, Soares J, Modi R, Agarwal N, Lee A, Kubomoto S, Sharma G, Bolus S, Chang L, Spiegel BM. Computer versus physician identification of gastrointestinal alarm features. Int J Med Inform 2015, Jul 26.
Almario CV, Chey W, Kaung A, Whitman C, Fuller G, Reid M, Nguyen K, Bolus R, Dennis B, Encarnacion R, Martinez B, Talley J, Modi R, Agarwal N, Lee A, Kubomoto S, Sharma G, Bolus S, Chang L, Spiegel BM. Computer-generated vs. physician-documented history of present illness (HPI): results of a blinded comparison. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan;110(1):170-9.
Cohen, E, Fuller G, Bolus R, Modi R, Vu M, Shahedi K, Shah R, Atia M, Kurzbard N, Sheen V, Agarwal N, Kaneshiro M, Yen L, Hodgkins P, Erder MH, Spiegel B. Increased risk for irritable bowel syndrome after acute diverticulitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013 Dec: 11(12):1614-9.
Wang HS, Pisegna J, Modi R, Liang LJ, Atia M, Nguyen M, Cohen H, Ohning G, van Oijen M, Spiegel BM. Adenoma detection rate is necessary but insufficient for distinguishing high versus low endoscopist performance. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013. Jan;77(1):71-8. ASGE Outstanding Manuscript of 2013.
Strate LL, Modi R, Cohen E, Spiegel BM. Diverticular disease as a chronic illness: evolving epidemiologic and clinical insights. Am J Gastroenterol. 2012 Oct;107(10):1486-93.

Annual Gehr Family Student Innovator Award Program

What:

A summer fellowship program for health professional students to develop a mentored health care quality improvement or health services research project on the USC Keck Medical School campus. Students will also receive training in qualitative and quantitative research methods, and meet healthcare leaders in the Los Angeles community who are involved in patient improvement and systems change. We select 8-12 students each summer. Each awardee will receive a $3,000 stipend.

Program Description:

During the 6-week program period, students will develop a project in partnership with a Gehr Center faculty member. Students are encouraged to visit the Gehr Center website (https://gehrcenter.usc.edu/) to see a list of active Center projects. After reviewing the list, students may wish to meet with Gehr faculty regarding specific projects of interest to them. While meeting with Gehr faculty to discuss specific projects is not an application requirement, it may be advantageous to do so. If none of the projects seems like a fit, students may also propose their own project idea. Again, students may wish to meet with Gehr faculty before submitting their application to obtain feedback on their idea.

Consistent with the goals of the Gehr Center, projects should:
• Align with the mission of creating data driven research to improve healthcare and advance health equity
• Result in contributions to science that can be shared through peer-review publication or some other dissemination vehicle

Questions?

For questions about the application process, please contact Mrs. Alissa Maier from the Gehr Center at: alissama@usc.edu

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