Christopher M. Hughes, MD, FCCP
, FACP, FCCM
Co-Director,
Critical Care Services
St.
Clair Memorial Hospital
Office:
412-942-4655
The Agnew Clinic
Thomas Eakins(1889)
Curriculum vitae
Christopher M. Hughes, MD
E D
U C A
T I O N
Northeastern
Doctor
of Medicine, 24 May 1984*
B.S.,
Combined Sciences, 24 May 1984*
*Six year combined B.S./M.D. Program with Youngstown State University and NEOUCOM
Senior
Medical Student Electives, Jan - Feb 1984
St.
Francis Medical Center,
Internship
(Internal Medicine Categorical*) 1984-1985
Western
Reserve Care System,
Internal
Medicine Residency 1985-1987
University of
Fellowship,
Critical Care Medicine, 1987 to 1989
September
1997 to May 1998. (12 Credits)
September
1998 to May 2000. (12 Credits)
Medical Informatics National
Library of Medicine/Marine Biological Institute Course Fellow
Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Sponsored by the National Library of
Medicine. Certificate, Fall Course, 2002.
Mediation Training,
Certificate, The
February to March, 2008.
E M P L O Y M E N T E X P E R I E N C E
St
Co-Director, Critical Care Services 2003 –
Board of Trustees Patient
Safety and Quality Committee 2004-2006
Co-Chairman, Critical
Care Clinical Leadership Group 2003-
Section Chief, Critical
Care Medicine 2002-
Medical Education
Committee, Co-Chair or Chair 2003-
Information Systems
Committee 2002-
Ethics Committee, Chair 2008-
Physician Champion, Rapid
Response Team Initiative 2005-
Winner of VHA National Performance Award 2006
Physician Champion, CLAB
Reduction Team 2005-
Winner of VHA National Performance Award 2006
Physician Champion,
Perioperative Beta Blocker Initiative 2004-
Monongahela Valley Hospital
Monongahela,
PA
Director, Intensive Care Unit 1993
- 2003
Chairman, Ethics Committee 2002
- 2003
Chairman, Department of
Medicine 2000
- 2002
Chairman, Critical Care
Committee 1995
- 2003
Chairman, Continuing
Medical Education Task Force 2002
- 2003
Co-Chair, Library and
Education Committee 2002
- 2003
Medical Executive
Committee, Peer-elected 1996
- 2002
Patient Care Committee
(Quality Assurance and Utilization Review) 1999
- 2003
Patient Education Advisory
Committee 1996
- 2003
Achievements
Led development of a Heart
Failure project resulting in reduced length of stay and readmission rate.
Led Continuing Medical
Education accreditation effort and developing CME programs.
Critical Care Physician 1991-1993
Teaching
staff; Triage physician for 20 bed multidisciplinary intensive care unit;
Lecturer,
Riverside Medical Seminar Service; Heart Services Information System
Team;Clinical Information Systems Laboratory Reporting Committee; Physician
Computer Advisory Task Force
Western Reserve Care System
Critical Care Physician, Hospitalist 1989-1991
Assistant
Professor of Internal Medicine, Northeastern
Private
consulting practice of Critical Care Medicine and hospital based Internal
Medicine. Patient Care Committee (Peer Review)
A C A D E M I C__A P P O I N T
M E N T S
Adjunct
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Critical Care
Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2002 – 2003.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine,
Northeastern
S P E C I A L T Y A N D
S U B S P E C I A L T Y C E R T
I F I C A T I O N
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988.
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1989. Recertified 1999.
Pending Recertification 2010 (Recertification is lapsed pending final
approval.)
L I C E N S U R E
Licensed
Physician, State of
Licensed
Physician,
P R O F E S S I O N A L S O C I E T Y M E M B E R S H I P S
Society
of Critical Care Medicine, Fellow
American
Medical Association
P R O F E S S I O N A L S O C I E T Y A C T I V I T I E S
11th District Trustee 2002
–
Chair,
Board of Trustees Patient Safety
Committee 2003-2008
Chair, Patient Safety
Working Group, Council on Patient Advocacy 2008-2009
Chair,
Strategic Planning
Committee 2008-
Patient Safety Working
Group 2009-
Council on Patient
Advocacy 2006-
Pain
Working Group, Council on Patient Advocacy 2009-
Workgroup on Uniform
Healthcare Infection Reporting 2006-2007
Advance Directives Work
Group 2006-
Commission on Healthcare
Facilities 2006-2007
Communications Technology
Committee 1998-2002
Young Physicians Section
Governing Council 1997-2000
Delegate to AMA Young
Physicians Section 1997-2000
President 1999-2000
Representative to PMS 2000-2008
Critical Care
Medicine-Emergency Medicine Working Group 2004-2007
Clinical Leadership Group 2004-
Leadership Obligation
Group 2004-
Board of Directors 1997-1998,
2002-
P R O F E S S I O N A L I N V I T A T I O N S
GOP Doctors Caucus, Health Reform Panel, Invited Testimony
Testimony Link January
21, 2010
Highmark Blue Shield Physician Advisory Panel
Established to review and discuss
issues relating to relationships
among patients, physicians and
Highmark 2008
-
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Patient Life-Sustaining Wishes
Committee 2007-
Family Hospice and Palliative Care of
Educational Advisory
Committee 2006-
Governor’s Office of Healthcare Reform “Just Culture” Task Force
Member 2006-
Governor’s Task Force on End-of-Life Care
Background Paper Working
Group 2005-2007
Chapter Writing Chair,
“Communicating Wishes” 2005-2007
Governor’s Advisory Panel on Universal Access to Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Panel 2005-2006
Co-Chair, End-of-Life
Working Group 2003
–2005
Coalition for Quality in End of Life Care (CQEL)
Member 2004
-
Western Pennsylvania End-of-Life Providers
Member (Reorganized as CQEL, above) 2000
– 2004
H O N O R S
Rapid Response Team Initiative,
St. Clair Memorial Hospital
Winner
of VHA National Performance Award 2006
CLAB Reduction Team,
Winner
of VHA National Performance Award 2006
Leadership Development Program
for Private Practice Physicians,
B I B L I O G R A
P H Y
O R I G I N A L C O N T R I B U T I O N S
Hughes, C.M.
“Management of Venous Thromboembolism” [letter] Annals of Internal Medicine
2007;147;519
Hughes, C.M.
“Implications of New Advance Directive Law”
Physicians News Digest June, 2007
Hughes, C.M.
“Striving for Excellent End-of-Life Care” [letter] Chest 2005;128;465-466
Hughes, C.M. "Standardized Order
Forms and Very High Drug Levels." [letter] Critical Care Medicine, 2004
(Sept.);32:1981-2.
Hughes, C.M. Commentary on “Standard
therapy was as effective as CPAP for acute hypoxemic nonhypercapnic respiratory
insufficiency” in ACP Journal Club 2001 May-Jun;134:3. Comment on: Delclaux C,
L’Her E, Alberti C, et. al. Treatment of
acute hypoxemic nonhypercapnic respiratory insufficiency with continuous
positive airway pressure delivered by a face mask. A randomized controlled
trial.
JAMA 2000 (Nov
8);284:2352-60.
Hughes, C.M. “How many deaths are due
to medical errors?” [letter] JAMA 2000
(Nov 1); 284(17):2187.
Hughes, C.M. “Influence of hospital
volume on mortality following major cancer surgery.” [letter] JAMA 1999 Apr
21;281(15):1375 Comment on: JAMA 1998 (Nov 25);280(20):
1747-51
Hughes, C.M. Commentary on “Review:
Continuous positive airway pressure support reduces the need for intubation in patients
with cardiogenic pulmonary edema” in ACP Journal Club. 1999 May-June;130:58.
Comment on: Pang D, Keenan SP, Cook DJ, Sibbald WJ. The effect of positive
pressure airway support on mortality and the need for intubation in cardiogenic
pulmonary edema. A systematic review. Chest. 1998 Oct;114:1185-92.
Hughes, C.M. Commentary on “Daily
screening and breathing trials hastened the discontinuation of mechanical
ventilation in ACP Journal Club 1997 May-Jun;126:3 and Evidence-Based Medicine.
1997 May-Jun;2:81. Comment on: Ely EW, Baker AM, Dunagan DP, et al. Effect on
the duration of mechanical ventilation of identifying patients capable of
breathing spontaneously. N Engl J Med. 1996 Dec 19:335;1864-9.
Hughes, C.M. "Regionalization of
Critical Care Medicine" [letter] Critical Care Medicine,
1995:23;1153-1155.
Hughes, C. M. "Pressure Support
Ventilation improved weaning from mechanical ventilation." ACP Journal Club, 1995 Mar-Apr;122:34.
Comment on: L. Brochard, et. al. Comparison of three methods of gradual
withdrawal from ventilatory support during weaning from mechanical ventilation.
Am J Respir Crit care med 150;896-903:1994.
Hughes, C. M. Commentary on
"Respiratory Failure and Coagulopathy Predicted Gastrointestinal Bleeding
in Critical Care." ACP Journal Club, 1994 Jan-Feb;121:24.
Rogove, H.J. and Hughes,
C.M. "Cardioversion and Defibrillation." Critical Care Clinics, 1992:8;839-863.
Hughes, C. M. "Mortality in Alcoholic
Hepatitis." [letter] Annals of
Internal Medicine,
1989:111;344-345.
r E S E A R C H G R A N T S
National Library of Medicine
Grant, Principal Investigator: Internet Access to Digital Libraries. Oct. 2002-
2003.
E D U C A T I O N - T E A C H
I N G
“Activism and the Prospects for Reform in Healthcare.” Invited Discussion for The
Plexus Institute (PlexusCalls – Telephone Conference), November
6, 2009
“The New Advance Directive Law:
What You, Your Practice, and Your Hospital Need to Know." at
18th
"End of Life Decision
Making: In The Trenches." at 18th
“Act 169: Advance Directives and
POLST” at the16th Annual LHAS
Medical Ethics Update 2007, University of
“Act 169:
“The New Advance Directives Law:
What You, Your Medical Practice, and Your Hospital Need to Know to Comply,” Statewide
Webinar,
“Reducing MRSA Transmission,”
Panel Presentation, at the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s House
of Delegates Meeting, October 21, 2006,
Chair, “Improving End-of-Life Care Through Local And Regional Initiatives,” Panel Discussion at
Faculty
Presenter, “Bringing Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care to Your
Community,” Panel Discussion at
Course Director, “Protecting Patients in Complex Systems” Presented by Pennsylvania
Medical Society, Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative and Western Pennsylvania
Chapter of the American College of Physicians, Pittsburgh, PA. September 23,
2004.
Course Director, AMA’s Education for Physicians on End-of-Life
Care
(EPEC),
August 3, 2000 (Monongahela Valley Hospital - Co-Director), January 30-31, 2003
and January 16-17, 2004 (Washington County Medical Society).
Course Director and National Course Consultant, Fundamentals of
Critical Care Support Course (FCCS, Society of Critical Care Medicine), May 5-6,
2000 for
O T H E R
M E D I A A P P E A R A N C E S
Health Care Reform Debate Blog, Owner, http://cmhmd.blogspot.com 2006-
PCNC-TV “Night Talk,” Two appearances on Health Reform 2009-2010.
KDKA Radio “The Mike Pintek Show,” multiple appearances on health reform, 2009-2010.
Additional radio, television, and newspaper interviews on health reform, advance directives and end-of-life care.
“Doctors Support the Public Option,” Sunday Forum,
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011433-109.stm
“Before You Die, Speak Up,” Forum Section,
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06092/678575-109.stm
“End of Life Issues” OnQ Magazine, WQED-TV, Panel Participant,