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Harvard Medical School Curriculum Vitae
Date Prepared:
February 25th, 2014
Name: Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, FACP
Office Address: Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1620 Tremont St, 3rd Floor, Rm. 3-002P,
Boston, MA, 02120
Education
1999 AB magna cum laude with Honors
Health and Society Brown University, Providence, RI
2004 MD with Thesis Medicine University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
2010
MPH Clinical Effectiveness Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Postdoctoral Training
06/04-06/05 Intern Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
06/04-06/07 Clinical Fellow Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
06/05-06/07 Resident Primary Care Internal Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
06/07-06/08 Chief Resident Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
06/08-06/10 Research Fellow General Medicine and Primary Care Fellowship
Harvard Medical School (HMS)
06/08-06/10 Clinical and Research Fellow
Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Faculty Academic Appointments Past: 07/07-07/08 Instructor Department of Medicine Harvard Medical
School Current: 07/10- Instructor Department of Medicine Harvard Medical
School 11/10- Instructor Department of Health Care
Policy Harvard Medical School
02/11- Affiliated Faculty Program in Global Primary Care and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
02/11- Affiliated Faculty Program in Global Non-Communicable Disease and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
11/11- Affiliated Faculty Center for Global Tobacco Control
Harvard School of Public Health
05/12- Core Faculty Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
Harvard Medical School
Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions
07/07- Associate Physician Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Other Professional Positions
1999-2000 Research Associate The Advisory Board Company Washington, DC
Major Administrative Leadership Positions Local
2007-2008 Founder and Coordinator, “Genetics and Molecular Medicine” Elective
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2011- Assistant Medical Director, Brigham and Women’s Advanced Primary Care Associates, South Huntington
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2012- Core Faculty Lead for Transformation Strategy and Design, Harvard Medical School Academic Innovation Collaborative
Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, Harvard Medical School
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National 2012- Special Advisor (2012-2013),
Senior Advisor (2013-) Comprehensive Primary Care initiative
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Baltimore, MD
Committee Service Local
2007-2008 Ambulatory Care Teaching Committee Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Committee Member 2007- Primary Care Residency Selection Committee Department of Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Committee Member 2008-2010 Division of General Medicine Monthly
Research Conference Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Coordinator 2008- Partners Tobacco Treatment Taskforce Partners Healthcare, Boston, MA Taskforce Member 2010 Primary Care Advisory Group Harvard Medical School Research Subcommittee Member 2010- South Huntington Medical Home Practice
Steering, Evaluation, and Staffing Committees Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Committee Member 2011 Innovations and Medical Student Innovations
Subcommittees Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
Committee Member 2011 Smoke-Free Campus Committee Brigham and Women’s Hospital Committee Member 2012 Primary Care Residency Director Search
Committee Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Committee Member 2012- Partners in Care Patient Centered Medical
Home Steering Committee Partners Healthcare, Boston, MA Committee Member
2013- Patient Centered Medical Home Technical Advisory Group
Massachusetts State Health Policy Commission
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National
2009-2012 Clinical Quality Work Group, Patient
Centered Medical Home Evaluators Collaborative
Commonwealth Fund, Chair
2011-2012 ACLGIM Winter Summit and Spring Institute on Innovation and Academic General Medicine
Association of Chiefs and Leaders in Academic General Medicine (ACLGIM) Organizing Committee Member
2013 Beacon National Advisory Committee Beacon Nation Information Dissemination Project (Health Information Technology) Committee Member, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
2013- Expert Panel on Measurement and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evaluation in the Patient Centered Medical Home
2014- Maintenance of Certification Program, American Board of Internal Medicine Part 4: Meaningful Engagement in Quality Improvement Expert Panel
2014- Assistance in Developing Provider Department of Health and Human Services, Payment Eligibility Standards for Chronic Assistant Secretary of Planning and Care Management Services Technical Evaluation, Center for Medicare and Expert Panel Medicaid Services
Professional Societies 2002- American College of Physicians 2002- Member 2010- Fellow 2004- Massachusetts Medical Society 2004- Member 2004- Society of General Internal Medicine 2004- Member 2007-2008 Resident and Student Interest Group
Coordinator 2007-2009 Annual Meeting Workshop
Selection Committee Member 2009-2013 Health Policy Committee Member
(Research and Clinical Practice Subcommittees)
2009-2011 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
2009-2011 Member 2012- Association of Chiefs and Leaders in
General Internal Medicine
2012- Member
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2013- At-Large Member, Executive Council
Grant Review Activities 2010 Programs of Excellence (POE) in Tobacco
Control in China Emory University Global Health Institute/ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2010 Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) HS10-009: Comparative Effectiveness Delivery System Demonstration Grants (R18)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
2011 Connecticut Department of Public Health Request for Proposals 2011-0913
Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
Editorial Activities Ad hoc Reviewer New England Journal of Medicine Journal of the American Medical Association Annals of Internal Medicine Journal of General Internal Medicine Archives of Internal Medicine PLoS Medicine Health Affairs Medical Care Health Services Research Milbank Quarterly Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Informatics for Health and Social Care BMC Public Health Annals of Family Medicine Preventing Chronic Disease Tobacco Control Addiction Journal of Healthcare Engineering Health Care: Journal of Delivery and Innovation Medicare and Medicaid Research Review American Journal of Managed Care Nicotine and Tobacco Research
Other Editorial Roles
2004-2007 Editorial Board Member The Learning Curve, Medscape General Medicine
2008-2012 Section Editor Outcomes Research in Review, Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
2011-2012 Editorial Board Primary Care Insights
2013- Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
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Honors and Prizes
1999 Kapstein Interfaith Leadership Award Brown University 1999 Phi Beta Kappa Brown University 2004 Alpha Omega Alpha University of California San Francisco
School of Medicine 2004 Gold-Headed Cane Society (awarded to three
graduating medical students chosen by their peer students as most representing the qualities of a true physician)
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
2008 James W. Winshall Award for Ambulatory Medicine Teaching
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2009 Lipkin Finalist for Best Fellow Abstract Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
2009 Nominee, HMS Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Harvard Medical School
2010 Mack Lipkin Jr. Award for Best Fellow Presentation
Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
2010 Fellow American College of Physicians 2011 Milton Hamolsky Junior Faculty Research
Award Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
2011 Innovation Fellow Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
2012 Hamolsky Finalist for Best Junior Faculty Abstract
Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
2013 Invited Keynote Speaker, Resident Research Forum 2013
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2013 Certificate of Excellence in Tutoring Harvard Medical School 2013 Best Poster, Primary Care Innovations
Conference Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
Report of Funded and Unfunded Projects Past
2007-2008 Global Survey of Training Programs for Treating Tobacco Dependence Association for Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence Special Grant Co-PI Reported on the global status of programs that train individuals to provide tobacco
dependence treatment. Cross-sectional web-based survey of tobacco treatment training programs in a stratified convenience sample of countries chosen to vary by World Health Organization geographic region and World Bank income level
2009-2012 Phase 1: Evaluating a Medical Home Plan Coupled with Innovative Payment Reform for Primary Care
Commonwealth Fund Grant No. 20080445 Co-Investigator
PI: David Bates
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Evaluated transformation to the patient centered medical home in 3 New York practices who participated in a pilot program sponsored by a regional payer. Compared 2 additional Massachusetts practices supported by their multispecialty practice group. Conducted in-depth qualitative, patient experience, and provider experience evaluations; began quality and cost evaluations.
2010-2013
Innovative Aspects of the Mount Pleasant Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Demonstration Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) Young Clinician Research Award
PI Supported the opening of a new patient-centered medical home in Jamaica Plain. Provided
support for testing innovative technology applications within the medical home context and evaluated the initial quality and utilization outcomes of this medical home practice.
2011-2012 Building Teams for Better Care Transitions in the Patient Centered Medical Home Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, Innovation Fellows Program PI Created a team of providers within the South Huntington clinic, including medical
students, to redesign transitions of care using process mapping, checklist, templates, standardized protocols, and automated data feeds to track discharges.
2011-2013 A Population Management System for Improving Colorectal Screening Rates in a Primary Care Setting Controlled Risk Insurance Company (CRICO) Risk Management Foundation grant
Co-PI Created a novel, closed-loop management system for colon cancer screening at the Phyllis
Jen Center enabled through TopCare registry technology. Conducted process mapping, provider time in motion studies, and evaluated the rollout of the system within the clinic.
2012-2013
Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA) – Special Advisor, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
PI Served as physician advisor in the creation of this program, with focus on milestone
development for practice transformation, supporting regional practice transformation networks, developing quality measure reporting strategy, and interfacing with partner organizations in the initiative.
Current 2011-2016 Advancing Systems Approaches to Personal and Population Based Breast Cancer
Screening National Cancer Institute Grant No. U54CA163307-01 Co-Investigator
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PI: Jennifer Haas Study the implementation of a tablet-based system to promote point of care decision-
making around breast cancer using personalized risk information. Focus on the rollout of this intervention in two large primary care networks (Brigham and Women’s; Dartmouth), the impact on utilization of personalized risk information for breast cancer screening modalities, overall breast cancer surveillance outcomes, and provider experiences with the intervention. I co-lead the intervention at Brigham and Women’s primary care sites. I also co-lead the provider survey on perceptions of new breast and cervical cancer screening guidelines, as well as modes of screening practices in both conditions
2012-2014 Phase II: Evaluation of a Medical Home Plan Coupled with Innovative Payment Reform Commonwealth Fund Grant No. 20120001 Co-Investigator
PI: David Bates Study the impact of a payment-linked medical home transformation model supported by a
regional payer in New York by focusing on the experiences of the initial three pilot practices over 4 years as well as a cohort of 21 additional primary care practices who received both transformation support and new forms of primary care payment. Focus evaluation on cost and quality outcomes
2012-2017 Rheumatic Expertise Expanded Access to Improve Community Health (REACH RA) Co-Investigator National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Grant No: P60 AR 47782 PI: Daniel Solomon This initiative conducted the first national survey of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in rheumatology to determine their roles, scope of practice, and use in rheumatoid arthritis care. It also measures the impact of the presence of these providers on Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) outcomes, as well as their integration into a team-based environment. Finally, it involves conducting a randomized controlled trial of implementing a learning collaborative around a target-based framework of shared care in practices with and without these staff members in order to measure the impact on RA outcomes.
2013-2014 Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA) – Senior Advisor, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
PI Serve as a physician advisor to CMMI with a focus on continued milestone development and validation for practice transformation in this initiative. Support regional practice transformation networks, develop quality measure reporting strategy, build shared savings model, and continue to interface with partner organizations in the initiative.
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Report of Local Teaching and Training Teaching of Students in Courses Brown University 1997, 1998 Burden of Disease in the Developing World Brown University Three weekly sections of twenty
undergraduate students
1-hr session, 3 times per wk for 10 wks
Harvard
2005, 2006, 2007
Patient-Doctor I, observation of physical exam and oral presentation skills
Harvard Medical School 4-hr session annually
1st and 2nd year medical students 2008 Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course,
Tutor for MD-HST students Harvard Medical School 3-hr sessions per wk for 5 wks
2008 G-Lab: Global Health Delivery Lecture: “Reducing the burden of chronic disease in the developing world” 35 graduate students
MIT, Cambridge, MA 1.5-hr lecture
2008-present
HC750, Health Care Policy Tutor, 8 1st and 2nd year medical students
Harvard Medical School 1-hr session per wk for 4 wks (2008, 2009) 1-hr session 3 times per wk for 1 month (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Ongoing annual tutor in this course
2008, 2009 Patient Doctor II, physical exam and history Tutor for 2 2nd year medical students
Harvard Medical School 2.5-hr sessions per wk for 12 wks
2008, 2009
SHH249: Approaches to International Tobacco Control & Public Health Practice. Lecture: “In their own words: Using tobacco industry documents for research and policy making.” 10 graduate students
Harvard School of Public Health 1-hr lecture given each year
2009 Global Health Delivery Elective. Lecture: “Tobacco Control in South Africa” 15 medical students
Harvard Medical School 2-hr lecture
2009, 2010, 2011
PIH 532: Global Health Delivery. Lecture: “Tobacco Control in South Africa” 70 graduate students
Harvard School of Public Health 2-hr case study presentation and lecture twice per year (winter and summer terms)
2009 History of Science 148: History of Global Health. Lecture: “Development Overturned: The Double Burden of Disease” 70 undergraduate and graduate students
Harvard University 2-hr lecture
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2010 Societies of the World 25: Introduction to Global Health Lecture: “Global Tobacco Control” 100 undergraduate students
Harvard University 2-hr lecture
2011 HC750: Introduction to Health Care Policy Joint Lecture with Bruce Landon: “Innovations in Care Delivery and Primary Care Redesign” 180 1st year medical students
Harvard Medical School 1-hr lecture
2011, 2012 Patient-Doctor 3 Intersession on Health Care Policy, 10 3rd year medical students
Harvard Medical School 1-hr tutorial
2012, 2013, 2014
HC750: Introduction to Health Care Policy Panel Member: “The Emergence of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO’s) in the US Health Care System” 180 1st year medical students
Harvard Medical School 2-hr panel
Clinical Supervisory and Training Responsibilities
2007-08, 2010-11
Resident Preceptor at Jen Center for Primary Care
2 sessions per week (2007-08) 2 sessions per month (2010-11)
2007-08 Attending Physician, General Medicine Service, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
6 weeks per year
2011- Resident Preceptor at South Huntington Medical Home Clinic
1 session per week
Laboratory and other Research Supervisory and Training Responsibilities
2008- Tutor and informal advisor for 8 1st year Harvard Medical Students during and after health policy course
Several hours weekly, Jan-Feb annually
2010- Supervision of General Medicine fellows, research
assistants, and primary care residents in conducting research, preparing manuscripts, and preparing results for research presentation
Varied levels of mentorship (monthly to daily),weeks to years
Formally Supervised Trainees
2008-2011 Einat Kadar, Brown University Global Health Delivery Project intern; I was an undergraduate thesis advisor for her on the
history of the tobacco industry in South Africa; co-authored a case study on tobacco control policy in South Africa, authoring a paper on tobacco industry in South Africa.
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Currently pursuing medical school admission 2010-2011 Dan Henderson, MD; intern in medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Supervised his MPH practicum project on a qualitative analysis of the patient centered
medical home; co-authored a paper in Milbank Quarterly. Currently an internal medicine resident at Columbia.
2011-2012 Sandeep Kishore, PhD, Cornell University School of Medicine Supervised post-doctoral year spent at Harvard Global Health Delivery Project; co-
founded Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network; co-authored papers in Globalization and Health and Global Heart. Currently completing his medical degree at Cornell.
2011- Erika Pabo MD, MBA, resident in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Clinic continuity preceptor at South Huntington Medical Home clinic; faculty supervisor at
the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care where she currently is a manager for practice improvement in the Academic Innovation Collaborative
2011-2012 Deborah Orosz, Medical Student, Harvard Medical School Supervised medical student year-long research project at my clinic on reducing
readmissions within a patient centered medical home. Currently in her 3rd year of medical school.
2012 Wes Brown, Medical Student, Harvard Medical School Supervised summer medical student project on process mapping post-discharge care
transitions within a medical home. Currently in his 3rd year of medical school. 2012- Rebecca Mishuris, General Medicine Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Supervising general medicine fellow project evaluating association of clinical decision
support activity within an electronic health record and quality outcomes in a national practice survey. Abstract accepted at regional and national Society of General Internal Medicine meetings
2013 Meghan Rudder, Medical Student, Harvard Medical School Supervised summer medical student project on reducing readmissions through a nurse-led
care team within a patient-centered medical home. Poster won 1st place at Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference.
Formal Teaching of Peers (e.g., CME and other continuing education courses) No presentations below were sponsored by outside entities 2007 Joint Injections Single 3-hr workshop Brigham and Women’s Hospital Office-Based
Practice of Medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME) Course
Boston, MA
2008, 2009 Board Review Cases and Questions Single 1.5-hr presentation yearly Brigham and Women’s Hospital Intensive
Review of Internal Medicine CME Course Boston, MA
2010, 2011, 2012
Smoking Cessation. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Office-Based Practice of Medicine CME Course
Single 2-hr workshop yearly
Boston, MA 2011, 2012, Patient Centered Medical Home Single 2-hr workshop yearly 2013 Brigham and Women’s Hospital Office-Based
Practice of Medicine CME Course Boston, MA
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2013 Building and Redesigning Clinical Care Models Harvard Medical School Leadership Development Course for Physicians and Scientists
Single 1-hr workshop Boston, MA
Local Invited Presentations No presentations below were sponsored by outside entities 2009 On-the-Ground Leadership Challenges in Public Health: Ending Tobacco Use to Save
Lives and Reduce Preventable Disease / Invited Panel Moderator Harvard Business School, Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative, Boston,
MA 2010 Effectiveness of a Direct-to-Smoker Outreach Intervention Offering Free Treatment to a
Population of Smokers in Primary Care / Invited Lecture, Boston, MA Partners Healthcare, Tobacco Taskforce Retreat 2010 Tobacco-Free Campus Update/ Invited Panel Moderator Partners Healthcare, Tobacco Taskforce Retreat, Boston, MA 2010 Update on the Patient Centered Medical Home / Invited Lecture Brigham and Women’s Primary Care Practice Leaders Meeting, Boston, MA 2010 Innovative Aspects of the BWH Patient-Centered Medical Home Demonstration / Invited
Lecture Center for Integrating Medical Innovation and Technology Forum, Boston, MA 2011 The Patient-Centered Medical Home: From Theory to Practice to Evaluation / Invited
Lecture Partners Healthcare Information Systems and Division of General Medicine Research
Group Meeting, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Wellesley, MA 2011 The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Theory, Practice, Results / Invited Lecture Brigham Circle Medical Associates, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 2011 Medication Adherence and Monitoring / Invited Lecture Center for Integrating Medical Innovation and Technology (CIMIT) Integrated Clinical
Environmental Workshop: Monitoring and Adherence Systems in Chronic Disease Management, Boston, MA
2011 United Nations High Level Summit on Non-Communicable Disease s/ Invited Lecture Harvard Medical School Students for Global Health, Boston, MA 2012 Intro to health care systems: Federal and Massachusetts, Now and the Future / Invited
Lecture Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Residency Leadership Training Curriculum, Boston, MA 2012 Overview of the Academic Innovations Collaborative / Invited Lecture
Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Academic Innovation Collaborative Learning Session 1, Boston, MA
2012 The Patient Centered Medical Home and Patient Safety / Invited Lecture Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Boston, MA
2012 Reflections on Building Teams in Primary Care / Invited Keynote Address Phyllis Jen Center staff team retreat, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 2012 The Patient Centered Medical Home and Primary Care Redesign / Invited Lecture HMS Center for Primary Care Student Leadership Council, Boston, MA 2013 Beyond the Visit: Reconceiving and Transforming Primary Care / Invited Lecture
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Ariadne Lab meeting, BWH/Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2013 Transforming Primary Care Through The Patient-Centered Medical Home / Invited
Lecture Premedical Mentorship Program: Introduction to Primary Care and Patient Safety
Research Workshop, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2013 Transforming Primary Care Through The Patient-Centered Medical Home / Invited Lecture
Faulkner Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Jamaica Plain, MA 2013 What does it take to improve primary care systems here and abroad? / Invited Lecture Ariadne Lab meeting, BWH/Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2013 Patient-Centered Medical Home: A National View / Invited Lecture HMS Center for Primary Care presentation to Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan, Boston, MA 2014 What is the State of Evidence on the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)? / Invited
Lecture Brigham and Women’s Primary Care Practice Leaders Meeting, Boston, MA Report of Regional, National and International Invited Teaching and Presentations Those presentations below sponsored by outside entities are so noted and the sponsor(s) is (are) identified.
Invited Presentations and Courses Regional 2009 2009 Update on Tobacco Treatment / Invited Lecture North Shore Medical Center, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Lynn, MA 2010 The Patient-Centered Medical Home: National Trends and Community Prevention
Linkages/ Invited Lecture Massachusetts Department of Public Health Annual Ounce of Prevention Conference.
Marlborough, MA 2011 The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH): Lay of the Land and Lessons Learned/
Invited Lecture Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Annual Conference. Hyannis, MA 2011 Letters from the Edge: Lessons Learned from PCMH Pioneers/ Invited Lecture Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. Boston, MA 2012 Tobacco: A man-made, profit-driven disaster that kills 6 million people annually / Invited
Lecture Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, MIT, Cambridge, MA 2012 Building Teams for Better Care Transitions in the Patient Centered Medical Home /
Invited Lecture Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. Boston, MA 2012 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Medical Homes: Creating a Culture of Team-Based Care
and Continuous Learning / Invited Lecture Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. Boston, MA
National 2007 What’s Up With Tobacco? [International Health] / Invited Panel Moderator American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC
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2008 An International Survey of Training Programs for Treating Tobacco Dependence / Invited Lecture
UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, San Francisco, CA 2009 Health Risks, Chronic Diseases, and Access to Care Among US Pacific Islanders / Selected
Abstract Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Miami, FL 2009 Measuring Quality Effects of the PCMH / Invited Lecture AcademyHealth National Meeting, Chicago, IL 2009 Health Risks, Chronic Diseases, and Access to Care Among US Pacific Islanders / Selected
Abstract AcademyHealth National Meeting, Chicago, IL 2009 A Nationwide Survey of Patient-Centered Medical Home Demonstrations / Invited Lecture Patient-Centered Medical Home: Setting a Policy Relevant Research Agenda, Washington,
DC 2010 Changes in Addressing Tobacco Use by U.S. Physicians at Ambulatory Visits, 2005-2007 /
Selected Abstract Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Health Information Technology and Meaningful Use: Implications for the Patient Centered
Medical Home/ Invited Lecture Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Changes in Addressing Tobacco Use by U.S. Physicians at Ambulatory Visits, 2005-2007 /
Selected Abstract AcademyHealth National Meeting, Boston, MA 2010 Evaluating Quality in the Patient Centered Medical Home / Selected Abstract AcademyHealth National Meeting, Boston, MA 2011 Lay of the Land: Overview of Medical Home Evaluation Approaches / Invited Lecture National Medical Home Summit, Philadelphia, PA 2011 Evaluating Quality in the Patient Centered Medical Home / Invited Lecture National Medical Home Summit, Philadelphia, PA 2011 The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Lessons Learned and Implications / Invited Lecture American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2011 Patient Experiences with Patient-Centered Medical Home-like Care and Associated
Quality in Massachusetts / Selected Abstract Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ 2011 The Cost Effectiveness of Selective Tobacco Control Policies in South Africa / Selected
Abstract Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ 2012 Learning Collaboratives for Patient Centered Medical Home Transformation / Invited
Lecture Leon Hess Leadership and Management Training Institute, Association of Chiefs and
Leaders of General Internal Medicine, Orlando, FL 2012 Changes in Patient Experience in a Payment-Linked Patient Centered Medical Home
Demonstration Project / Selected Abstract Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Orlando, FL 2012 Measuring Clinical Quality in the Patient Centered Medical Home / Invited Lecture Commonwealth Fund PCMH Evaluators’ Collaborative National Webinar: Measuring the
Success of the Patient-Centered Medical Home 2012 Building Medical Home Culture From The Ground Up: Brigham and Women’s South
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Huntington Clinic / Invited Lecture Innovation Learning Network Ambulatory Practice of the Future Collaborative National
Webinar 2012 The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative for Primary Care Practitioners/ Invited Lecture Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative National Webinar, Center for Medicare and
Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC 2012 Changes in Patient Experience in a Payment-Linked Patient Centered Medical Home
Demonstration Project/ Invited Lecture Commonwealth Fund PCMH Evaluators’ Collaborative Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 2012 White House Physician Conversation on Care Coordination / Invited Participant
White House, Washington, DC 2012 What Does Comprehensive Primary Care Look Like? / Invited Lecture
Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative National Webinar, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
2012 Milestones: The Pathway to Comprehensive Primary Care / Invited Lecture Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative National Webinar, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
2012 Projecting New Revenue and Investing in Change / Invited Lecture Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative National Webinar, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
2012 The Cost/Quality Mismatch and What We Can Do About It / Invited Lecture Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative National Webinar, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
2012 Year One Milestones for the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative / Invited Lecture Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative Regional Learning Session, Denver, CO
2012 Year One Milestones: Markers on the Path for Comprehensive Primary Care / Invited Lecture Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative Regional Learning Session, Grand Junction, CO
2013 Building a Medical Neighborhood We All Want to Live and Work in / Invited Lecture Colorado Regional Collaborative Care Organization Leadership Summit, Denver, CO *[Lecture sponsored by Colorado Regional Collaborative Care Organization]
2013 Global Tobacco Dependence Treatment: A Discussion on Science to Practice / Invited Panelist
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco International Annual Meeting, Boston, MA 2013 Building Teams to Transform Primary Care: Theory and Practice / Selected Workshop Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Denver, CO
2013 Nationwide Survey of Patient-Centered Medical Home Demonstrations / Invited Lecture Developing a Policy-Relevant Research Agenda for the Patient Centered Medical Home,
Washington, DC 2013 The Beacon Community Experience: Illuminating the Path Forward / Invited Panelist Beacon Community Program Public Meeting, Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, Washington, DC 2013 Mapping the Path Forward: Year 2 Milestones / Invited Lecture
Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative National Practice Webinar, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
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2013 The Harvard Academic Innovations Collaborative / Invited Lecture Collaborative of Learning Collaboratives Meeting, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD
2013 Stating the Facts: Cost, Quality, and Outcomes in the Medical Neighborhood / Invited Lecture Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD
2013 Impact of National PCMH and ACO Initiatives on Primary Care Residency Training / Invited Keynote Lecture Colorado Residency PCMH Project Learning Collaborative, Denver, CO *[Lecture sponsored by Colorado Residency PCMH Project Learning Collaborative]
2013 PCMH Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residencies / Invited Moderator and Speaker Colorado Residency PCMH Project Learning Collaborative, Denver, CO
2013 Primary Care Transformation in Academic Medical Centers / Invited Speaker Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum, Orlando, FL
International
2003 In Their Own Words: Using Tobacco Industry Documents for Research and Policymaking / Invited Lecture
12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki, Finland. 2009 Global Assessment of Tobacco Treatment Guidelines, Services, and Training / Invited
Lecture 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Mumbai, India. 2009 Global Assessment of Tobacco Treatment Services in 4 Recent Surveys / Selected Abstract 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Mumbai, India. 2009 Searching the Tobacco Documents: Why and How / Invited Lecture 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Mumbai, India. 2009 An International Survey of Training Programs for Treating Tobacco Dependence / Selected
Abstract Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco International Annual Meeting, Dublin,
Ireland 2011 A Review and Needs Assessment of Global Cessation Surveys / Invited Lecture Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco International Annual Meeting, Toronto,
Canada 2011 Interactive Civil Society Hearing for the High Level UN Meeting on the Prevention and
Control of Non-Communicable Diseases / Invited Participant United Nations, New York, NY
2012 Smoking is Inversely Correlated with Individual Income in Lower Income Countries – Results from the World Health Survey / Selected Abstract
15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Singapore 2012 Innovation in Primary Care: Lessons Learned and Future Directions / Invited Lecture A*STAR-Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Forum on Primary Care, Singapore
*[Lecture sponsored by A*STAR and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital]
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2012 Primary Care Innovation through the Patient Centered Medical Home and Health Information Technology / Invited Lecture
Changi General Hospital, Singapore 2012 The Patient Centered Medical Home and Primary Care Transformation in the US / Invited
Lecture Primary and Community Care Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore 2013 Transforming Primary Care Through the Patient Centered Medical Home / Invited Lecture Omint Health Plan Doctors Conference, Clinica Santa Isabel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*[Lecture sponsored by Omint Health Plan] 2013 The Patient Centered Medical Home: A New Microsystem Approach to Reorganizing
Primary Care? / Invited Lecture XXI Congreso de la Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Interna General (Argentinian Society
of General Internal Medicine Conference), Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013 The Patient Centered Medical Home and Health Information Technology / Invited Lecture XXI Congreso de la Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Interna General (Argentinian Society
of General Internal Medicine Conference), Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013 Internal Medicine and General Practitioners: Two Visions With the Same Objective?
/ Invited Discussant XXI Congreso de la Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Interna General (Argentinian Society
of General Internal Medicine Conference), Buenos Aires, Argentina Report of Clinical Activities and Innovations Current Licensure and Certification
2007 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine
Practice Activities 2007-2011 Ambulatory Care Jen Center for Primary
Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Two sessions per week
2009-2011 Outpatient Weight Management Program for Weight Management, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Two sessions per month
2011- Ambulatory Care Brigham and Women’s Advanced Primary Care Associates, South Huntington
Two sessions per week
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Report of Scholarship
Peer reviewed publications in print or other media Research investigations 1. Zhan WZ, Mantilla CB, Zhan P, Bitton A, Prakash YS, De Troyer A, Sieck GC. Regional differences
in serotonergic input to canine parasternal intercostal motoneurons. J Appl Physiol. 2000 May;88(5): 1581-89.
2. Bitton A, Fichtenberg C, Glantz S. MSJAMA: Reducing smoking prevalence to 10% in five years. JAMA. 2001 Dec 5;286(21): 2733-34.
3. Neuman MD, Bitton A, Glantz SA. Tobacco industry strategies for influencing European Community
tobacco advertising legislation. Lancet. 2002 Apr 13; 359(9314): 1323-30. 4. Bitton A, Neuman MD, Barnoya J, Glantz SA. The p53 tumour suppressor gene and the tobacco
industry: research, debate, and conflict of interest. Lancet. 2005 Feb 5-11; 365(9458):531-40. 5. Neuman MD, Bitton A, Glantz SA. Tobacco industry influence on the definition of tobacco related disorders by the American Psychiatric Association. Tob Control. 2005 Oct;14(5):328-37. 6. Patti ME, McMahon G, Mun EC, Bitton A, Holst JJ, Goldsmith J, Hanto DW, Callery M, Arky R,
Nose V, Bonner-Weir S, Goldfine AB. Severe hypoglycaemia post-gastric bypass requiring partial pancreatectomy: evidence for inappropriate insulin secretion and pancreatic islet hyperplasia. Diabetologia. 2005 Nov;48(11):2236-40.
7. Bitton A, McGarvey ST, Viali S. Anger expression and lifestyle incongruity interactions on blood pressure in Samoan adults. Am J Hum Biol. 2006 May-Jun;18(3):369-76.
8. Bitton A*, Rigotti NA*,1Richards A, Reyen M, Wasum K, Raw M. An international survey of training programmes for treating tobacco dependence. Addiction. 2009 Feb;104(2):288-96.
9. Henrich TJ, Krakower D, Bitton A, Yokoe DS. Clinical Risk Factors for Severe Clostridium difficile-associated Disease. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar; 15(3):415-22.
10. Gaziano T, Bitton A, Anand S, Weinstein M. Global economic burden of hypertension. J Hypertension. 2009 Jul;27(7):1472-7.
11. Bitton A, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ. Health Risks, Chronic Diseases, and Access to Care Among
US Pacific Islanders. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 May;25(5):435-40. 12. Bitton A, Martin C, Landon BE. A Nationwide Survey of Patient Centered Medical Home
Demonstration Projects. J Gen Intern Med. 2010. Jun;25(6):584-92. *1 First authorship is shared.
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13. Bitton A and Gaziano T. The Framingham Heart Study's Impact on Global Risk Assessment. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2010. Jul-Aug; 53(1):68-78.
14. Bitton A, Raw M, Richards A, McNeill A, Rigotti N. A comparison of four international surveys of
tobacco treatment provision: implications for monitoring the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Addiction. 2010 Dec;105(12):2184-91
15. Bitton A, Eyal N. Too Poor To Treat? The Complex Ethics of Cost-Effective Tobacco Policy in the
Developing World. Public Health Ethics. 2011; 4(2): 109-120. 16. Clair C, Bitton A, Meigs JB, Rigotti NA. Relationships of Cotinine and Self-Reported Cigarette
Smoking With Hemoglobin A1c in the U.S.: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2008. Diabetes Care. 2011 Oct; 34(10):2250-5.
17. Basu S, Stuckler D, Bitton A, Glantz SA. Projected effects of tobacco smoking on worldwide
tuberculosis control: mathematical modelling analysis. BMJ. 2011; 343:d5506. 18. Rigotti NA, Bitton A, Kelley JK, Hoeppner BB, Levy DE, Mort E. Offering population-based
tobacco treatment in a healthcare setting: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Nov; 41(5):498-503.
19. Bitton A, Schwartz GR, Stewart EE, Henderson DE, Keohane CA, Bates DW, Schiff GD. Off the
Hamster Wheel? Qualitative Evaluation of a Payment-Linked Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Pilot. Milbank Q. 2012 Sep; 90(3):484-515.
20. Aysola J, Bitton A, Zaslavsky AM, Ayanian JZ. Quality and equity of primary care with patient-
centered medical homes: results from a national survey. Med Care. 2013 Jan; 51(1):68-77.
21. Nerurkar A, Bitton A, Davis RB, Phillips RS, Yeh G. When physicians counsel about stress: results of a national study. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Jan 14; 173(1):76-7.
22. Piné-Abata H, McNeill A, Raw M, Bitton A, Rigotti N, Murray R. A survey of tobacco dependence
treatment guidelines in 121 countries. Addiction. 2013 Feb 26
23. Piné-Abata H, McNeill A, Murray R, Bitton A, Rigotti N, Raw M. A survey of tobacco dependence treatment services in 121 countries. Addiction. 2013 Mar 1.
24. Bitton A, Choudhry N, Matlin O, Swanton K, Shrank W. The Impact of Medication Adherence on
Coronary Artery Disease Costs and Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Am J Med. 2013; 126 (357): e7-357.e27.
25. Basu S, Glantz S, Bitton A, Millett C. The Effect of Tobacco Control Measures during a Period of
Rising Cardiovascular Disease Risk in India: A Mathematical Model of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke. PLoS Med 2013; 10(7): e1001480.
26. Anand S, Bitton A, Gaziano T. The Gap between Estimated Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease and Use of Therapy. PLoS ONE 2013; 8(8): e72860.
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27. Bitton A, Pereira AG, Smith CS, Babbott SF, Bowen JL. The EFECT Framework for Interprofessional Education in the Patient Centered Medical Home. Healthcare: Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation. 2013 1:63-68.
28. Solomon DH, Bitton A, Fraenkel L, Brown E, Tsao P, Katz JN. The roles of nurse practitioners and
physician assistants in rheumatology practices in the US. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Dec 10.
29. Heyworth L, Bitton A, Lipsitz SR, Schilling T, Schiff GD, Bates DW, Simon SR. Patient-centered medical home transformation with payment reform: patient experience outcomes. Am J Manag Care. 2014 Jan; 20(1):782-5.
Other peer-reviewed publications 1. Bitton A and Kahn JG. MSJAMA: Government share of health care expenditures. JAMA. 2003 Mar 5; 289(9): 1165. 2. Bitton A, Etzell J, Grenert JP, Wang E. Erythrophagocytosis in Gaucher cells. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Oct;128(10):1191-2. 3. Bitton A, Keagle J, Varma M. Small bowel bezoar in a patient with Noonan syndrome: report of a case. Medscape General Medicine. 2007 Feb 21;9(1):34. 4. Bitton A, Yialamas M, Katz J, Levy B, Loscalzo J. A fragile balance. NEJM. 2009;361:74-9. 5. Gaziano TA, Bitton A, Anand S, Abrahams-Gessel S, Murphy A. Growing Epidemic of Coronary
Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2010 Feb; 35(2):72-115. 6. Bates DW, Bitton A. The future of health information technology in the patient-centered medical home. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Apr;29(4):614-21. 7. Yamin CK, Bitton A, Bates DW. E-cigarettes: a rapidly growing internet phenomenon. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Nov 2; 153(9):607-9. 8. Kishore SP, Bitton A, Cravioto A, Yach D. Enabling access to new WHO essential medicines: the case for nicotine replacement therapies. Global Health. 2010; 6:22. 9. Bitton A. Who is on the Home Team? Redefining the Relationship Between Primary and Specialty Care in the Patient-Centered Medical Home. Med Care. 2011 Jan; 49(1):1-3. 10. Bitton A, Green C, Colbert J. Improving the delivery of global tobacco control. Mt Sinai J Med. 2011 May; 78(3):382-93. 11. Bitton A, Schneider EC. Home Is Where the Laboratory Is: The PCMH as a Laboratory for Performance Measure Development. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Expert Commentaries (AHRQ). July 2011. http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/expert/expert-commentary.aspx?id=34158 . 12. Siegel KR, Kishore SP, Huffman MD, Aitsi-Selmi A, Baker P, Bitton A, Mwatsama M, Ding EL,
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Feigl AB, Khandelwal S, Rapkin N, Seligman B, Vedanthan R. Trans-Disciplinary Education and Training for NCD Prevention and Control. Global Heart. 2011; 6(4):191-193. 13. Kishore SP, Siegel KR, Ahmad A, Aitsi-Selmi AA, Ali MK, Baker P, Basu S, Bitton A, Bloomfield GS, Bukhman G, Emery E, Feigl AB, Grepin K, Huffman MD, Kajana K, Khandelwal S, Kolappa K, Liu C, Lokhandwala N, Marwah V, Mwatsama M, Novak N, Nundy S, Park PH, Parsons Perez C, Price MR, Rapkin N, Rice H, Seligman B, Shah S, da Silva J, Sridhar D, Stuckler D, Vedanthan R, Zaman J, The Young Professionals’ Chronic Disease Network. Youth Manifesto on Non- Communicable Diseases. Global Heart. 2011; 6(4):201-210. 14. Bitton A, Frolkis J. The decisive moment: comment on "primary care utilization and colorectal cancer outcomes among medicare beneficiaries". Arch Intern Med. 2011 Oct 24; 171(19):1757-8. 15. Bitton A. Moving towards more equitable and integrated approaches for tobacco control and non- communicable diseases: invited commentary. Tob Control. 2012 Mar; 21(2):273. 16. Bitton A, Flier LA, Jha AK. Enabling Meaningful Delivery System Reform Through Health Information Technology and Promising New Health Care Models. In: Health Information Technology In the United States: Driving Toward Delivery System Change. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, Mathematica Policy Research: Policy Brief. April 2012. 17. Rosenthal MB, Abrams MK, Bitton A, and the Patient-Centered Medical Home Evaluators' Collaborative, Recommended Core Measures for Evaluating the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Cost, Utilization, and Clinical Quality, The Commonwealth Fund, May 2012. 18. Bitton A, Flier LA, Jha AK. Enabling Meaningful Delivery System Reform Through Health
Information Technology and Promising New Health Care Models. In: Health Information Technology in the United States: Driving Toward Delivery System Change. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, Mathematica Policy Research. April 2012.
19. Bitton A, Flier LA, Jha AK. Health Information Technology in the Era of Care Delivery Reform: To What End? JAMA. 2012;307(24):2593-2594. 20. Bitton A, Frolkis J, Sinsky C, Pollack S. The Medical Home: Better for Whom? Med Roundtable Gen Med Ed.1(2):164–171. 2012. 21. Solomon DH, Bitton A, Katz JN, Radner H, Brown E, Fraenkel L. Treat to target in rheumatoid arthritis: Fact, fiction or hypothesis? Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Dec 24. Non-peer reviewed scientific or medical publications/materials in print or other media Reviews, chapters, monographs and editorials 1. Bitton A, Neuman M, Glantz S. Tobacco Industry Attempts to Subvert European Union Tobacco Advertising Legislation. (April 1, 2002). Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Tobacco Control Policy Making: International. Working Paper EU2002. http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/EU2002. 60 pp.
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2. Bitton A. Diabetes Group Education and Self-Management Intervention Shows Mixed Results. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008 May;15(5):225-226.
3. Bitton A. Rheumatoid Arthritis Increases Risk of Infection Requiring Hospitalization; Risk Higher in Patients on Corticosteroids. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008 Jun;15(6):268-269.
4. Bitton A. Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: Depressingly Not Helpful in the Newly Diagnosed. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008 July;15(7):318-319.
5. Bitton A. Hospitalizations and Mortality Greatly Reduced Following Introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008 August;15(8):373-374.
6. Bitton A. Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Increase Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in African-American Women. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008 Sep;15(9):427-429.
7. Bitton A. Smoking Ban Significantly Reduces Acute Coronary Syndrome Admissions. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008 Oct;15(10):478,480,484.
8. Bitton A. N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Reduce Heart Failure–Related Admissions and Death. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2008 Nov;15(11):522-523.
9. Bitton A. Stool DNA Testing for Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2008 Dec;15(12):578-579.
10. Bitton A. Poor Health Behaviors Largely Explain Link Between Depression and Cardiovascular Events. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2009 Jan;16(1):17-18.
11. Bitton A. Medicaid Coverage Interruption Increases Risk of Preventable Hospitalizations J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2009 Feb;16(2):64-66.
12. Bitton A. Health Status and Access to Care for Inmates Is Substandard Across the Country. J Clin Outcomes Manage. 2009 March;16(3):106-107.
13. Bitton A. Financial Incentives Improve Long-Term Smoking Cessation Rates. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 Apr;16(4):161-162. 14. Bitton A. Still Much to Aspire Toward in Cardiovascular Prevention and Smoking Cessation. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 May;16(5):209-21. 15. Vedanthan R and Bitton A. Polypill Shows Promise for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 Jun;16(6):259-262. 16. Bitton A. Web- and Computer-Based Cessation Programs are Effective for Adult Smokers. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 July;16(7):301-03. 17. Bitton A. Smoking Linked to Increased Risk of Pancreatitis. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 Aug;16(8):351-352.
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18. Bitton A. Intensive Smoking Cessation Programs for Hospitalized Coronary Patients: A Proven Intervention in Need of Implementation J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 Sept;16(9):396-97. 19. Bitton A. Italian Public Smoking Ban Increases Efficacy of Smoking Cessation Interventions. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 Oct;16(10):449-450. 20. Bitton A. Varenicline Does Not Appear to Increase Risk of Suicide or Depression. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 Nov;16(11):499-501. 21. Bitton A. Medical Home Pilot Lowers Costs, Improves Quality and Patient/Staff Experience. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2009 Dec;16(12):543-546.
22. Bitton A. Current and Past Smoking Increases Risk for Colorectal Cancer. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Jan;17(1):5-7.
23. Bitton A. Acetaminophen Use May Increase Risk of Asthma, Though Definitive Studies Are Still Lacking. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Feb;17(2):59-61.
24. Bitton A. A Community Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control in a Developing Country. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Mar;17(3):112-114.
25. Bitton A. Routine Radiographic Follow-up of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Is Not Warranted. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Apr;17(4):156-157.
26. Kirk G and Bitton A. Medicare Myopia: The Case Against Increasing Ambulatory Copayments for the Elderly. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 May;17(5):202-204.
27. Bitton A. Paying for Smoking Cessation Coverage Makes Sense and Saves Cents. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Jun;17(6):255-256.
28. Bitton A. Better Medication Adherence Associated with Reduced Risk of Stroke and Death. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Jul 17(7): 302-4.
29. Bitton A and Bitton A. Bigger Equals Better? Large Multispecialty Medical Groups May Deliver Higher Value Care. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Sep;17(9): 394-6.
30. Bitton A. Geisinger Medical Home Pilot Demonstrates Success. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2010 Dec;17(12): 545-6.
31. Bitton A. The Massive Global Toll of Secondhand Smoke. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2011 Jan;18(1): 589-94.
32. Bitton A. Improving the Quality of Referrals Through Health IT. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2011 May;18(5): 203-4.
33. Bitton A. Is Advanced Access an Advancement for Primary Care? J Clin Outcomes Manage 2011 Jul;18(7): 296-8.
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34. Flier LS and Bitton A. Small Practices Need Big Help to Transform Toward the Medical Home. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2011 Oct;18(10): 445-9.
35. Flier LS and Bitton A. Happier, But at Risk for Burnout: The Complex Effects of Medical Home Transformation on Safety Net Clinical Staff. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2012 Apr;19(4): 154-7.
36. Brown W, Orosz D, Bitton A. Does a tailored pharmacist intervention reduce post-discharge medication errors? J Clin Outcomes Manage 2013 Sep;20(9):390-393.
Letters to the Editor
1. Bitton A, Neuman MD, Barnoya J, Glantz SA. p53 tumour suppressor gene and the tobacco industry: author reply. Lancet. 2005 Mar 19-25;365(9464):1026-7.
2. Gallagher GT, Bitton A, Katz JT, Loscalzo J. A fragile balance. N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 15;361(16):1611.
3. Huffman MD, Siegel KR, Kishore SP, Bitton A. Regarding the prevention of global chronic disease: academic public health’s new frontier. Am J Public Health. 2011 Oct 20.
4. Bitton A and Froklis J. The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Friend or Foe?—Reply. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(6):524-525.
Professional educational materials or reports, in print or other media 1. Bitton A, Talbot JR, Clarke L. “Tobacco Control in South Africa.” Global Health Delivery Project Case. Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard School of Public Health. July 17th, 2009.
2. Bitton A, Taranto L, Talbot JR, Kadar E. “Tobacco Control in South Africa: Next Steps.” Global Health Delivery Project Case. Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard School of Public Health. July 17th, 2009.
3. Rosenthal M, Abrams MK, and Bitton A. “Evaluation and the Patient Centered Medical Home” Medical Home News. 2010 Sept; 2(9):1, 5-7.
4. Bitton A. “Improving Care Coordination between Patients and Providers in the Patient Centered Medical Home” in Transforming Patient Engagement: Health IT in the Patient Centered Medical Home. Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative. Washington, DC. October 2010. (Accessed at http://www.pcpcc.net/files/pep-report.pdf )
5. Bitton A. “A Review of Electronic Cigarettes” Annals of Internal Medicine Podcast. November 2, 2010 Volume 153, Issue 9.
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Thesis Bitton A. “Modernization, Psychosocial Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Samoa.” [Honors Thesis] Providence (RI): Brown University. 1999.
Bitton A. “The p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene and the Tobacco Industry: Research, Debate, and Conflict of Interest.” [M.D. with Thesis] San Francisco (CA): University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. 2004.
Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings
1. Bitton A, Eyal N. Too Poor To Treat? The Complex Ethics of Cost-Effective Tobacco Policy in the Developing World. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (February 16-19, 2011)
2. Rigotti N, Bitton A, Kelley J, Hoeppner B, Levy D, Mort E. Supplementing Office-Based Care With A Population-Based Direct-To Smoker Outreach Intervention Offering Free Treatment To Smokers In A Community Health Center: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (February 16-19, 2011)
3. Pollack S, Bitton A, Frolkis J. Challenges of Building a Medical Home from the Ground Up. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ (May 4-7, 2011).
4. Ghosh N, Morris C, Cunningham R, Tishler L, Bitton A. A Curriculum To Teach Residents Team-Based Care and Population Management. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ (May 4-7, 2011).
5. Bitton A, Kinchloe J, Bates D, Weissman J. Patient experience with patient-centered medical homes and associated quality of care in Massachusetts, 2009. AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. (June 12-14, 2011).
6. Aysola J, Bitton A, Ayanian J. Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Quality of Primary Care for Children: Results from a National Survey. AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (June 12-14, 2011).
7. Pollack S, Bitton A, Stern LJ, Frolkis J. Early Lessons from Building a Medical Home from the Ground Up. Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. (October 13, 2011).
8. Schiff G, Bitton A, Stewart E, Schwartz G, Flier L, Keohane C, Henderson D, Bates D. Off the Hamster Wheel: Qualitative Evaluation of a Payment-Linked Patient Centered Medical Home Pilot. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL (May 9-12, 2012).
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9. Henderson D, Bitton A, Schwartz G, Stewart E, Keohane C, Bates D, Schiff G. Characterizing Leadership in Medical Home Transformation: A Qualitative Study of Clinician-Led Change. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL (May 9-12, 2012).
10. Orosz D, Brown W, Melia C, Pollack S, Bitton A. Tracking and Improving Care Transitions within a Patient-Centered Medical Home. Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. (October 10, 2012).
11. Brown W, Orosz D, Melia C, Pollack S, Bitton A. Reengineering the Post-Discharge Visit within a Patient-Centered Medical Home. Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. (October 10, 2012).
12. Mishuris R, Linder J, Bates D, Bitton A. Using Electronic Health Record Clinical Decision Support Improves Quality of Care Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Denver, CO (April 24-27, 2013).
13. Melia C, Brown W, Orosz D, Pollack S, Bitton A. Reengineering the Post-Discharge Visit within a Patient-Centered Medical Home. Brigham and Women’s Clinical Innovation Day (June 18, 2013).
14. Rudder M, Melia C, Orosz D, Stern LJ, McGovern R, Pollack S, Bitton A. Improving Transitions of Care: Understanding Hospital Utilization at BWH Advanced Primary Care Associates, South Huntington. Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. (October 7, 2013).
15. Pabo E, Barnett M, Bitton A, Licurse A, Stern LJ, Melia C, Pollack C. Integrating a Community Health Worker into a Patient-Centered Medical Home. Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. (October 7, 2013).
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Narrative Report As a primary care physician interested in systems improvement, I study primary care delivery system reform as well as approaches to reducing the burden of chronic diseases. In terms of primary care systems research, I work on evaluating the scope and quality improvement possibilities of new primary care delivery models including the patient-centered medical home currently being piloted across the United States. I have had a particular focus on quality measurement in primary care, and a more recent emphasis on implementing and promoting large-scale primary care practice transformation at both the local and national levels. I also study health information technology approaches for improving patient engagement and clinical quality in this setting. In addition, my other focus is the study of low cost interventions to stem the growing tide of chronic non-communicable diseases globally, with a focus on global and domestic tobacco control policies and cessation interventions. I have conducted research on the implementation of global tobacco treaty protocols with a specific focus on the uptake of clinical smoking cessation interventions. I have also worked on microsimulation models of tobacco morbidity and mortality related to tuberculosis and cardiovascular diseases. Locally, I am the core faculty lead for transformation strategy and design in the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care. There I lead the Academic Innovation Collaborative, a 19-clinic, $13 million, 2-year effort to transform academic primary care teaching practices affiliated with HMS into patient-centered medical homes. I am responsible the design and implementation of the collaborative’s programs around clinic transformation toward the patient centered medical home model. Nationally, I have served as a senior advisor to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation since 2012, working on the comprehensive primary care initiative, a national demonstration project involving nearly 500 practices in 7 regions across the US engaged in payment-supported primary care practice redesign. My particular area of focus centers on the creation of the practice transformation component of the initiative, including milestones and metrics for achievable success. I have also worked on building the shared savings part of the payment model. I also chaired the clinical quality workgroup of the Commonwealth Fund PCMH Evaluators’ Collaborative, which issued in 2012 a harmonized set of quality and cost metrics for evaluation of PCMH pilots across the United States. Furthermore, I sit on a number of national expert panels convened by various governmental and non-governmental agencies around aspects of primary care and health information technology transformation. I have taught in numerous classes at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and have lectured at the Harvard Business School. Since 2008, I have been a tutor in the required Health Care Policy course. In 2013, I was recognized with a certificate of excellence in tutorial facilitation by Harvard Medical School. I also have lectured extensively and written case studies for the global health effectiveness program taught bi-annually at the Harvard School of Public Health. I supervise residents from the Brigham and Women’s internal medicine primary care program, and mentor general medicine fellows as well on their research. In 2008, I was awarded the James Winshall Award for excellence in ambulatory teaching by the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. I practice general internal medicine and serve as the Assistant Medical Director at the Brigham and Women’s Advanced Primary Care Associates, South Huntington, a patient-centered medical home in Jamaica Plain, MA. I enjoy providing care for my diverse panel of patients, and believe that it contributes to informing and improving my research and implementation efforts.