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.

USC Gehr Center Affiliate Program

Affiliate Membership:

Affiliate membership offers a way to formalize collaboration between Gehr Center faculty and others at the University of Southern California and Los Angeles community with relevant interests. Potential affiliate members include health system leaders, researchers, and community members who are interested in conducting partnered research in health systems science in collaboration with Gehr faculty members. Gehr affiliates may also assist with mentoring Gehr students, teaching in the Gehr/Schaeffer health policy curriculum, and contributing to the Gehr Center blogs.

Benefits:

Affiliate members will be able to use the resources of the Gehr Center, including administrative support. Affiliate members will also be invited to regular Gehr Center meetings, as well as special speaker events. Affiliate members will be eligible to apply for pilot grant funds from the Gehr Center, typically in the amount of $5,000-$10,000, to support promising projects that could result in larger collaborations. To apply for these grants, affiliate members must complete a two-stage proposal outlining their idea and submit it for consideration to the Gehr Center director. Only Gehr affiliate members are eligible to apply for these funds.
Expectations: Gehr affiliates are expected to participate in Gehr center sponsored staff and research meetings as they are able. At minimum, affiliates should be prepared to present at Gehr Center meetings once a year.

How to Apply

If you are interested in learning more about the Gehr Center affiliate program, please email your CV to: sonali.saluja@med.usc.edu Please also send a document no longer than one page single-space addressing the questions:

What health systems science research are you currently involved in and how does this align with the Gehr Center’s mission and vision?
How will a Gehr affiliate membership help advance your work?
What are some potential collaborative projects or areas of research that you would like to work on with other Gehr faculty or affiliates?