I. GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

A. PERSONAL INFORMATION 1. Name Jochen Profit, MD, MPH 2. Citizenship: German, Permanent US resident 3. Education

a. Undergraduate Education: Not applicable b. Medical Education or Graduate Education

1. Doctor of Medicine, cum laude, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany, 12/1997

2. Master of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, 7/2003-5/2005

c. Postgraduate Training: 1. Arzt im Praktikum (resident) in Pediatrics St. Josefskrankenhaus, Freiburg,

Germany, 1/1998-6/1999 2. Resident in Pediatrics, Tufts School of Medicine, Tufts New England Medical

Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 7/1999-6/2002 3. Harvard Combined Program in Newborn Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts,

7/2002-6/2005 4. Research Fellow, Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship

Program, Institutional National Research Service Award, AHRQ T32 HS000063, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 7/2003-6/2005

B. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 1. Current faculty position(s)

a. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 8/2013 - present b. Director of Perinatal Health Systems Research, Perinatal Epidemiology and Research Outcomes, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 8/2013 - present

2. Other current positions a. Member, California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative Research Committee, Palo Alto, California, 8/2013 - present

3. Previous faculty positions a. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of

Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, 7/2005-6/2013 b. Secondary Appointment, Department of Medicine, Section of Health Services

Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 7/2008-6/2013 c. Core Investigator, Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development

Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey Medical Center, Houston, Texas, 3/2005-6/2013

d. Core Investigator, Evidence Based Outcomes Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, 3/2010-6/2013

e. Director, VA MD Health Services Research Fellowship, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, 7/2010-6/2013

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f. Member, Quality Council, Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, 4/2012-6/2013

g. Resident in Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 7/1999-6/2002

h. Clinical Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 7/2002-6/2005

i. Fellow in Pediatric Health Services Research, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 7/2003-6/2005

4. Courtesy faculty appointments at other institutions: none

C. OTHER ADVANCED TRAINING/EXPERIENCE 1. Formal Sabbatical Leave: none 2. Other specialized training following academic appointment:

a. Quality of Care, University of Texas – Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, 9/2006-12/2006

b. Certificate, Intermountain Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Improvement, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4/2008-7/2008

c. Audit, Public Health and Administration, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, 1/2008-5/2008

d. Audit, Management and Organizational Theory, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, 8/2008-12/2008

e. Student, Evidence-Based Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, 8/2009 –11/2009

f. Instructor Training, Simulation Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, 8/2009

g. Certificate, Medical and Healthcare Management, Rice University/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 10/2009 – 3/2010

D. OTHER INFORMATION 1. Honors or Awards

a. Recipient - Scholarship in Clinical Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester Massachusetts Baden-Württemberg Exchange Program, 7/1994-6/1995

b. Recipient - Excellence in Teaching Award, Pediatric Residency Program, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 6/2001

c. Recipient - Travel awards - Academic meeting podium presentation, Eastern Society of Pediatric Research, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, 4/2004, 4/2005

d. Recipient - Travel award - Academic meeting podium presentation, National Research Service Award meeting, San Diego, California, 6/2004

e. Recipient - Travel awards – Academic meeting podium presentation, South

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Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, 10/2005-09 f. Invitation for membership in the Society for Pediatric Research, 1/2009

2. Board Eligibility/Certification:

a. Licentiate of German medical council, Board of Medicine, Baden- Württemberg, Germany, 8/1999

b. Full Approbation as Doctor of Medicine, Board of Medicine, Baden- Württemberg, Germany, 2/2000

c. Board certified, General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 10/2002-Present

d. Medical License Registration, Board of Medicine, Massachusetts, 11/2002-11/2006

e. Medical License Registration, Board of Medicine, Texas, 12/2005-11/2013 f. Board certified, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics,

11/2005-12/2017 g. Medical License Registration, Board of Medicine, California, 04/2013 - Present

3. Other non-academic positions: a. Pediatrician, St. Josefskrankenhaus, Freiburg, Germany, 1998-1999 b. Pediatrician, Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts New England Medical Center,

Boston, Massachusetts, 1999-2002 c. Pediatrician, Codman Square Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999-2002 d. Pediatrician, St. Anne’s Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1999-2001 e. Neonatologist, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001-2005 f. Neonatologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2001-2005 g. Neonatologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2001-2005 h. Neonatologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2001-2005 i. Neonatologist, Winchester Hospital, Winchester, Massachusetts, 2003-2005 j. Neonatologist, Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts, 2004-2005 k. Neonatologist, South Shore Hospital, Weymouth, Massachusetts, 2004-2005 l. Neonatologist, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, 2005-2013 m. Neonatologist, St. Luke’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, 2006-2013 n. Neonatologist, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas, 2006-2013 o. Neonatologist, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, 2006-2013 p. Neonatologist, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, CA, 2013-present

II. RESEARCH INFORMATION

A. RESEARCH SUPPORT

1. PAST FUNDING a. Neonatal Intensive Care in Mexico

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1. Seguro Popular De Salud De Mexico 2. Consultant 3. 08/2004 – 06/2005 4. Total Funding: $15,000 5. Contract NB: Results of this project were published in PLoS Medicine and lead to the Seguro Popular including neonatal intensive care into an insurance package provided to the 45 million Mexicans lacking health insurance.

b. The Alchemy Project 1. Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies 2. Principal Investigator (no salary) 3. 02/2007 – 09/2007 4. Total Funding: $10,000 5. Department of Veterans Affairs - Locally Initiated Project NB: This study found that top performance on one measure of quality of care among regional NICUs that are members of the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative does not predict performance on other measures of care quality.

c. Crossing An Invisible Quality Chasm: From NICU To Ambulatory Care 1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (P 20 HS017122-01) 2. Co-Investigator (5% effort, no salary), PI V. Moyer 3. 07/2007 – 08/2009 4. Total Funding: $192,000 5. Grant NB: For this study, we adapted and piloted a Care Transition Measure widely used in the adult setting to the NICU setting.

d. Sources and Utilization of Clinical Performance Information for VA Providers and Administrators 1. VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence 2. Co-Principal Investigator (no salary) 3. 12/2008 – 10/2009 4. Total Funding: $10,000 5. Department of Veterans Affairs - Locally Initiated Project NB: This pilot study evaluated the use of clinical performance information by clinical providers and managers at the Houston VA Medical Center. Methods included design, administration and analysis of a survey.

e. Systematic Review of Composite Indicators Used for Profiling of Health Care

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Quality 1. VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence 2. Principal Investigator (no salary) 3. 12/2009 – 10/2010 4. Total Funding: $10,000 5. Department of Veterans Affairs - Locally Initiated Project NB: This is the first study to systematically review methods used for benchmarking health care providers, institutions, and regions.

f. John M. Eisenberg Center for Decision and Communication Sciences 1. AHRQ HHSA290200810015C 2. Co-investigator, Clinical Services and Health Policy Core, (effort and salary on

contract basis), PI M. Fordis 3. 9/2008 - 10/2010 4. Total Funding: $ 6,900,000 5. Contract for Center Grant NB: This grant translates AHRQ effectiveness reviews into actionable messages for patients and policy makers.

g. Association Between Patient Preferences and Quality of VA Chronic Illness Care 1. VA HSRD PPO 09-316 2. Co-investigator, (5% effort, no salary), PI LD. Woodard 3. 05/2010-04/2011 4. Total Funding: $ 71,592/ $98,900 5. Grant NB: This grant evaluated associations between the quality and outcomes chronic illness care and patient preferences with regard to engagement, activation, and participation.

h. NICU Safety Climate: Correlation With Clinical Outcomes? 1. Texas Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Pilot Research Fund (33-126) 2. Principal Investigator (5% effort) 3. 07/01/2010 – 09/30/2011 4. Total Funding: $50,000 5. Pilot Grant NB: In this study we administered the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), one of the two most frequently used safety culture surveys, among California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative regional NICUs. We correlated performance on the SAQ with clinical outcomes.

i. Safe Passages: A Toolkit to Ensure Quality Transitions from the NICU to

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Ambulatory Care 1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (1 R 18 HS017889-02) 2. Co-Investigator (2% effort, no salary), PI V. Moyer, MD 3. 9/2008 - 8/2011 4. Total Funding: $ 600,000 5. Grant NB: This randomized controlled trial tested the effect of a multi-pronged care transition intervention against routine care with regard to parent experience and readiness, hospital and emergency room readmissions, and missed primary care appointments. Methods include quantitative and qualitative analyses.

j. “Financial Incentives to Translate ALLHAT into Practice: A Randomized Trial.” 1. NHLBI RO1 HL079173-01 2. Co-Investigator (2% effort, no salary); PI: Laura Petersen, MD, MPH 3. 9/1/05-5/31/12 (includes year 2 no-cost extension) 4. Total funding: $3.38 million 5. Grant NB: This is the largest trial of pay-for-performance ever mounted and one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of a health policy intervention. The methods include quantitative, qualitative, and cost-effectiveness analyses as well as the assessment of unintended consequences of the intervention. Analyses are ongoing.

k. Development and Validation of a Scorecard of Neonatal Intensive Care 1. NICHD (1K23 HD056298-04) 2. Principal Investigator (75% effort) 3. 09/1/2007 – 08/31/2012 4. Total Funding: $681,750 5. Career Development Award NB: In this grant we will develop a composite index of neonatal intensive care quality. The methods include the conduct of an expert panel as part of a modified Delphi experiment, statistical analysis of secondary data, and a survey to validate the composite.

l. Reducing healthcare associated infections by implementing a comprehensive unit-based safety program in a Mexican NICU 1. TCH Global Health Stimulus Awards 2. PI (10% effort, no salary) 3. 01/01/2012 – 4/1/2013 4. Total Funding: $50,000 NB: In this pilot study we will implement the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety

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Program in a NICU in Monterrey, Mx and at Texas Children’s Hospital to decrease health care associated infections.

m. Conducting a needs assessment of barriers and opportunities for quality improvement in the neonatal intensive care unit of hospitals serving the poor in Monterrey, Mexico 1. Baylor College of Medicine Center for Globalization Fellow Global Scholarly

Activity Grant 2. Mentor (PI – Katherine Weiss, MD – Clinical Fellow in Neonatology); effort

donated 3. 08/01/2012 – 07/12/2013 4. Total Direct Funding: $2,500 NB: In this study we will assess how to scale the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program to low resource hospitals in Mexico

n. Reducing Antibiotic Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Implementation of a Shared Baseline for the Diagnosis and Management of Healthcare Associated Infections 1. Baylor College of Medicine Health Care Delivery System Trainee Grants 2. Mentor (PI – Cecilia Torres Day, MD – Clinical Fellow in Neonatology); effort

donated 3. 07/01/2012 – 06/12/2013 4. Total Funding: $2,500 NB: In this study we are implementing an evidence-based guideline to reduce antibiotic overuse in the NICU

2. CURRENT FUNDING

none

3. APPLICATIONS IN REVIEW OR COUNCIL

a. Developing a survey tool to measure high reliability culture in NICUs.

1. NICHD (R21) 2. Co-Investigator 3. 07/01/14 – 06/30/15 4. Total Direct Funding: $58,178 NB: In this study we will develop a survey instrument to measure high reliability in health care organizations, a national health policy and patient safety priority

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b. Network-level benchmarking for NICUs in the era of accountable care 1. Stanford Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) Grant program 2. Principal Investigator 3. 01/01/2014 – 12/33/2015 4. Total Direct Funding: $35,000 In this study we will develop benchmarking systems for functional health care systems based on newborn transfer patterns.

4. APPLICATIONS IN PREPARATION a. Root causes for excellence in neonatal intensive care

1. NICHD (R01) 2. Principal Investigator (40% effort) 3. 01/01/2014 – 12/31/2018 4. Total Direct Funding: Pending NB: In this study we will validate the Baby-Monitor in a separate data sample, examine correlations with long-term outcomes, and investigate root causes for excellence in NICU care based on mediation analysis and via direct structured observation.

b. Technology-supported family-centered NICU care 1. NIH (DP2) - RFA-RM-13-006 2. Principal Investigator 3. 09/01/2014 – 08/30/2019 4. Total Direct Funding: $1.5 million NB: During this award, we will develop a patient-centered mobile application to help develop significant caregiver skills, reduce stress, and interact with the health care team. We will certify parents’ technical caregiver skills and test transfer of care delivery into the home under remote supervision.

c. WISER NICUs study 1. NICHD (R01) 2. Co-Principal Investigator (30% effort) 3. 02/01/2015 – 01/31/2019 4. Total Direct Funding: Pending NB: The goal of this research is to test whether an interactive program of web-based resilience training decreases burnout and improves work-life balance in nurses who work in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

d. MISSION Possible - Enhancing Mothers’ Resilience in the NICU

1. NIMH (R21) 2. Principal Investigator (15% effort)

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3. 07/01/2015 – 06/31/2017 4. Total Direct Funding: $275,000 NB: In this study we will develop, test, and validate a checklist for daily use for parents of sick neonates in the NICU setting and measure relevant infant and parental outcomes.

e. Assessing barriers to error disclosure in American and Mexican NICUs 1. Fogarty? Other Foundation (small grant) 2. Principal Investigator 3. TBD 4. Total Direct Funding: Pending NB: In this study we will survey providers among samples of neonatologists and nurses at Mexican and American NICUs.

5. APPLICATIONS NOT FUNDED IN LAST YEAR a. Enhancing Mothers’ Resilience in the NICU – The MISSION Possible Tool

1. March of Dimes General Research Grant 2. Principal Investigator (15% effort) 3. 06/01/2013 – 06/30/2016 4. Total Direct Funding: $337,142 NB: In this study we will develop, test, and validate a checklist for daily use for parents of sick neonates in the NICU setting and measure relevant infant and parental outcomes.

b. High reliability in the NICU 1. NICHD Patient Safety Research during Neonatal Care (R21) 2. Co - Investigator (15% effort, PI Jason Etchegaray) 3. 07/01/2013 – 06/30/2017 4. Total Direct Funding: Pending NB: In this study we will develop, test, and validate a survey instrument to measure high reliability and systems integration among neonatal intensive care units. High reliability is a high priority focus for the Joint Commission, but there are no available measurement tools for its assessment.

c. WISER NICUs study 1. NICHD (R01) 2. Co-Principal Investigator (30% effort) 3. 07/01/2013 – 06/30/2017 4. Total Direct Funding: Pending NB: The goal of this research is to test whether an interactive program of web-based resilience training decreases burnout and improves work-life balance in

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nurses who work in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. d. MISSION Possible - Enhancing Mothers’ Resilience in the NICU

1. NIMH (R21) 2. Principal Investigator (15% effort) 3. 07/01/2013 – 06/31/2015 4. Total Direct Funding: $275,000 NB: In this study we will develop, test, and validate a checklist for daily use for parents of sick neonates in the NICU setting and measure relevant infant and parental outcomes.

e. Texas Medical Center Training Program in Health Services Research

1. AHRQ National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32)

2. Executive Committee Member, Post-doctoral training director 3. 7/1/2013 – 6/30/2018 4. Total Costs $2,126,130 (First Year Direct Costs: $220,543) 5. RFA-HS-12-008.

f. CUSP 2.0 – Focusing on caregivers to reduce infections in the NICU 1. World Health Organization 2. Principal Investigator 3. 01/01/2013 – 12/31/2014 4. Total Direct Funding: Pending NB: In this study we will expand the CUSP 2.0 Program to a larger group of NICUs in the Monterrey, Nuevo Leon area.

g. Measuring High Reliability Culture - Development and Validation of a Survey Instrument 1. American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) 2. Co-I (15% effort) 3. 01/12/2013 – 30/11/2015 4. Total Direct Funding: $200,000 NB: In this study we will develop a survey instrument to measure high reliability in health care organizations, a national health policy and patient safety priority.

h. Reducing healthcare associated infections by implementing a comprehensive unit-based safety program in a Mexican NICU 1. Baylor College of Medicine Center for Globalization Pilot Project Grants 2. PI (effort donated) 3. 01/01/2012 – 31/12/2012 4. Total Direct Funding: $50,000

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NB: In this pilot study we will implement the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program in a NICU in Monterrey, Mx and at Texas Children’s Hospital to decrease health care associated infections.

i. Reducing infections and improving neonatal outcomes by implementing a new generation of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program in Mexico 1. Saving Lives at Birth 2. Principal Investigator (10% Effort) 3. 10/1/2012 – 9/30/2014 4. Total Funding: $250,000 NB: This study will build on a current effort to reduce neonatal mortality in middle income countries through training of partner NICUs in quality improvement science, implementation of evidence-based local improvement projects, and integration into the Vermont Oxford Network.

j. CUSP 2.0 – Eliminating healthcare-associated infections in the NICU 1. Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges 2. Principal Investigator (8% effort) 3. 11/1/2012 – 5/31/2014 4. Total Funding: $100,000 NB: This study will build on a current effort to reduce neonatal infections in Mexican NICUs through partnership research in quality and safety.

B. NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PARTICIPATION 1. Journal editorial boards

a. Guest Editor, Public Library of Science - Medicine

2. Manuscript Referee a. Reviewer, Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety b. Reviewer, Health Affairs c. Reviewer, Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation d. Reviewer, Health Policy e. Reviewer, Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine f. Reviewer, Pediatrics g. Reviewer, Quality and Safety in Health Care h. Reviewer, Archives of Disease in Childhood i. Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine j. Reviewer, Salud Pública de México k. Reviewer, Public Library of Science – Medicine l. Reviewer, BMC Health Services Research m. Reviewer, Journal of Critical Care

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n. Reviewer, Journal of Patient Safety

3. Professional societies a. Member, German Academy of Pediatrics, 1998-2001 b. Member, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999-present c. Member, Massachusetts Medical Society, 2002-2006 d. Member, Perinatal Section, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2002-present e. Fellow, Perinatal Section, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006-present f. Member, Texas Medical Association, 2006-present g. Member, Society for Pediatric Research, 2009-present h. Member, Academy Health, 2010-present

4. Other Participation a. Reviewer, Workshop Proposals for the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting

2012 in Boston, 2011-present b. Reviewer, Scientific Abstracts for the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting 2012

in Boston, 2011-present c. Grant reviewer, The University of Texas Healthcare Safety and Effectiveness

Grants Program, 2009-2013

5. Invited presentations a. Rates of Discharge at the Extremes of NICU Workload Reveal Inefficiencies in the

Discharge Process. Podium presentation at the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, March 27, 2004

b. Influence of Census and Patient-to Nurse Ratios on the Decision to Discharge Moderately Premature Infants. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, May 4, 2004

c. Rates of Discharge at the Extremes of NICU Workload Reveal Inefficiencies in the Discharge Process. Podium presentation at the National Research Service Award Research Conference, San Diego, California, June 5, 2004

d. Rates of Discharge at the Extremes of NICU Workload Reveal Inefficiencies in the Discharge Process. Podium presentation at the 30th annual New England Conference on Perinatal Research, Chatham, Massachusetts, October 7, 2004

e. Making Better Decisions. An Introduction to Decision Analysis. Newborn Medicine Conference, Lecturer. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 16, 2005

f. Moderately Premature Infants in California are Discharged Earlier Than Their Peers in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. Podium presentation at the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, March 5, 2005

g. Moderately premature infants at Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in

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California are discharged home earlier than their peers in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia, May 16, 2005

h. Moderately Premature Infants at Kaiser Permanente in California are Discharged Home Earlier than Their Peers in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. Podium presentation at the National Research Service Award (NRSA) Trainees Research Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 25, 2005

i. Moderately Premature Infants at Kaiser Permanente in California are Discharged Home Earlier than Their Peers in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. Podium presentation at the 12th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 26, 2005

j. NICU Census Influences Discharge of Moderately Preterm Infants. Podium presentation at the 12th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 27, 2005

k. Neonatal Intensive Care in Mexico: A Good Investment. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, May 2, 2006

l. Neonatal Intensive Care in Mexico: A Good Investment. Podium presentation at the 13th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 26, 2006

m. Influence of Patient-to-Nurse Ratios on Outcomes of Moderately Premature Infants. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 7, 2007

n. Delayed Pediatric Office Follow-up of Newborns Following Birth Hospitalization. Poster presentation (Co-Author) at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 7, 2007

o. Influence of Patient-to-Nurse Ratios on Outcomes of Moderately Premature Infants. Podium presentation at the 14th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 10, 2007

p. Top Performance in One Measure of Quality Does Not Predict Top Performance in Others. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 4, 2008

q. Top Performance in One Measure of Quality Does Not Predict Top Performance in Others. Podium presentation at the 15th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 23, 2008

r. The Effect of Various Definitions of Mortality on NICU Performance. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 5, 2009

s. Selecting Quality Metrics for a Composite Index of NICU Quality. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 5, 2009

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t. Selecting Quality Metrics for a Composite Index of NICU Quality. Podium presentation at the 16th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 28, 2009

u. Do Practicing Clinicians Agree with Expert Ratings of Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Measures? Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, May 2, 2010

v. Safety Attitudes Among Neonatal Intensive Care Units Vary Widely. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, May 2, 2010

w. Measuring the Quality of Care Transitions from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to the Ambulatory Setting. Poster presentation at the Academy Health Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, June 27, 2010

x. Safety Attitudes Among Neonatal Intensive Care Units Vary Widely. Podium presentation at the 17th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 28, 2010

y. Measuring the Quality of Care Transitions from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to the Ambulatory Setting. Podium presentation at the 17th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas, October 28, 2010

z. Measuring Safety Culture in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Setting. Podium presentation. 1st Annual Texas Brazilian Safety Culture Research Conference, Houston, Texas, February 28,2011

aa. Performance measurement 2.0. Lecturer. Stanford University, Section of Neonatology, Research Seminar. Palo Alto, CA. January 25, 2012.

bb. Baby-MONITOR: A Composite Measure of NICU Quality. Presenter, Platform Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. April 28, 2012.

cc. Clinical Outcomes among VLBW Infants and the Links to Subsequent Perceptions of NICU Safety Culture. Poster presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. May 5, 2013.

dd. Implementation of a Shared Baseline for the Diagnosis and Management of Healthcare Associated Infections. Poster presentation (senior author). Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. May 6, 2013.

ee. Assessing and Improving Health Care Worker Resilience in the NICU. Presenter, Platform Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. May 7, 2013.

ff. Exposure to Leadership WalkRounds in Neonatal Intensive Care Units is Associated with a Better Patient Safety Culture, and Less Caregiver Burnout. Poster presentation. 2014 Western Regional Meeting. Carmel, CA. January 25, 2014.

C. PUBLICATIONS

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1. Full Papers a. Published in referred journals:

1. Profit J, Zupancic JA, McCormick MC, Richardson DK, Escobar GJ, Tucker J, Tarnow-Mordi W, Parry G. Moderately premature infants at Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in California are discharged home earlier than their peers in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2006 July;91(4):F245-50. Epub 2006 Jan 31. PMID: 16449257

2. Profit J, McCormick MC, Escobar GJ, Richardson DK, Zheng Z, Coleman-Phox K, Roberts R, Zupancic JA. Neonatal intensive care unit census influences discharge of moderately preterm infants. Pediatrics 2007 Feb;119:314-9. PMID: 17272621

3. Profit J, Zupancic JA, Gould JB, Petersen LA. Implementing pay-for-performance in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatrics 2007 May;119(5):975-82. PMID: 17473099

4. Profit J, Cambric-Hargrove AJ, Tittle KO, Pietz K, Stark AR. Delayed pediatric office follow-up of newborns after birth hospitalization. Pediatrics 2009 Aug;124:548-54. Epub 2009 Jul 27. PMID: 19651578

5. Profit J, Petersen LA, McCormick MC, Escobar GJ, Coleman-Phox K, Zheng Z, Pietz K, Zupancic JA.Patient-to-nurse ratios and outcomes of moderately preterm infants. Pediatrics 2010 Feb;125:320-6. Epub 2010 Jan 11. PMID: 20064868

6. Profit J, Typpo KV, Hysong SJ, Woodard LD, Kallen MA, Petersen LA. Improving benchmarking by using an explicit framework for the development of composite indicators: an example using pediatric quality of care. Implement Sci. 2010 Feb 9;5:13. PMID: 20181129

7. Profit J, Lee D, Zupancic JA, Papile L, Gutierrez C, Goldie SJ, Gonzalez-Pier E, Salomon JA. Clinical benefits, costs and cost-effectiveness of neonatal intensive care in Mexico. PLoS Med. 2010 Dec 14;7(12):e1000379. PMID: 21179496

8. Profit J, Gould JB, Zupancic JA, Stark AR, Wall KM, Kowalkowski MA, Mei M, Pietz K, Thomas EJ, Petersen LA. Formal selection of measures for a composite index of NICU quality of care: Baby-MONITOR. J Perinatol 2011 Nov;31(11):702-10. Epub 2011 Feb 24. PMID: 21350429

9. Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton JB, Hysong SJ, Mei M, Thomas EJ. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Safety Culture Varies Widely. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2012 Mar;97(2):F120-6. Epub 2011 Sep 19 PMID: 21930691

10. Petersen LA, Urech T, Simpson K, Pietz K, Hysong SJ, Profit J*, Conrad D, Dudley AR, Lutschg MZ, Petzel R, Woodard LD. Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial of pay for

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performance for hypertension treatment: Study Protocol. Implementation Science; 2011, Oct 3;6:114. PMID: 21967830. *For this paper, I participated in the conception and design, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.

11. Kowalkowski M, Gould JB, Bose C, Petersen LA, Profit J*. Do practicing clinicians agree with expert ratings of neonatal intensive care quality measures? J Perinatol. 2012 Apr;32(4):247-52. Epub 2012 Jan 12. PMID: 22241483. * senior author

12. Woodard LD, Landrum CA, Urech TH, Profit J*, Virani SS, Petersen LA. Differences in treatment intensification for glycemic and lipid control in diabetic patients with and without limited life expectancy. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Feb;60(2):193-201. Epub 2012 Jan 19. PMID: 22260627. *For this paper, I participated in analysis and interpretation of the data, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.

13. Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton JB, Hysong SJ, Mei M, Thomas EJ. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a Tool for Benchmarking Safety Culture in the NICU. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2012 Mar;97(2):F127-32. *Arch Dis Child. 2011 Sep 18. PMID: 22337935 *This article was inadvertently e-published in Archives but later moved to the Archives Fetal and Neonatal Edition.

14. Profit J, Gould JB, Draper D, Zupancic JA, Kowalkowski MA, Woodard L, Pietz K, Petersen LA. Variations in definitions of mortality have little influence on NICU performance ratings. J Pediatr. 2013 Jan;162(1):50-5.e2. Epub 2012 Jul 31. PMID: 22854328

15. Profit J, Zupancic JA, Gould JB, Pietz K, Kowalkowski MA, Draper, Hysong SJ, Petersen LA. Correlation of neonatal intensive care unit performance across multiple measures of quality of care. JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Jan;167(1):47-54. PMID: 23403539

16. Sherenian M, Profit J*, Suh S, Xiao R, Zupancic JAF, DeMauro SB. Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and Neonatal Outcomes: A Brief Systematic Review. Neonatalogy. 2013 Aug;104(3):179-183. PMID: 23941740 *For this paper, I participated in the design of the study, drafting and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.

17. Petersen LA, Simpson K, Pietz K, Urech T, Hysong SJ, Profit J*, Conrad D, Dudley AR, Woodard LD. Effects of Individual Physician-Level and Practice-Level Financial Incentives on Hypertension Care. JAMA. 2013 Sep;310(10):1042-1050. PMID: 24026599 *For this paper, I participated in the conception and design, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.

b. Accepted or in press:

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c. Published Invited Papers:

1. Profit J, Petersen LA. Pay-for-performance is growing up. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007 Jul;161:713-4 PMID: 17606837

2. Profit J, Woodard LD. Perils and Opportunities of Comparative Performance Measurement. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2012 Feb 7; 166(2):191-4. PMID: 22312179

2. Other full papers

a. Published Without Review by Peer Group: none b. Under Review:

1. Sexton JB, Sharek P, Thomas EJ, Gould JB, Nisbet CC, Amspoker A,

Kowalkowski MA, Schwendimann R, Profit J*. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patient Safety Climate is Associated with Leadership WalkRounds, Risk Reduction, and Burnout – A Cross-Sectional Study. Resubmitted to BMJ Qual Saf. * senior author

2. Weiss K, Kowalkowski MA, Cabrera Meza G, Treviño R, Profit J*. Barriers and priorities to quality improvement in Mexican NICUs. Under review at Int J Qual Health C. * senior author

3. Profit J, Gould JB, Draper D, Kowalkowski M, Pietz K, Richardson P, and Petersen LA. Baby-Monitor: A composite indicator of neonatal intensive care unit quality. Under review at Pediatrics.

4. Profit J, Sharek P, Amspoker A, Gould JB, Kowalkowski MA, Thomas EJ, Nisbet CC, Sexton JB. Burnout in the NICU setting and its Relation to Safety Culture. Under review at Med Care.

5. Profit J, Wise P, Lee HC. Potentially Adverse Consequences of the Affordable Care Act for Sick Newborns. Under review at NEJM.

c. In Preparation: 1. Profit J, Kowalkowski MA, Coles K, Bennett M, Lee HC. Variations in

definitions of length of stay have little influence on NICU performance ratings. Near submission to Pediatrics.

2. Profit J, Sharek P, Gould JB, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Pietz K, Thomas EJ, Nisbet CC, Sexton JB. Teamwork in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Near submission to Pediatrics.

3. Profit J, Sharek P, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Thomas EJ, Sexton JB. Correlations of safety culture with clinical outcomes in the NICU setting. In analysis phase. JAMA or BMJ

4. Profit J, Sharek P, Amspoker A, Gould JB, Kowalkowski MA, Thomas EJ, Nisbet CC, Sexton JB. Assessing Context for Quality - Safety and Organizational Culture in 44 California NICUs. Near submission to QSHC.

5. Etchegaray J, Thomas EJ, Profit J*. Measuring high-reliability culture in

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healthcare settings. Near submission at QSHC. * senior author 6. Profit J, Weiss K, Sharek P, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Thomas EJ, Sexton

JB. Three Good Things - Improving burnout in NICU staff. In analysis phase. JAMA or BMJ

7. Pietz K, Gould JB, Draper P, Petersen LA, Profit J*. Effect of age at transfer on survival and clinical outcomes of preterm newborns. Near submission. * senior author

8. Etchegaray J, Sexton JB, Sharek P, Thomas EJ, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Profit J*. Comparison of psychometric properties between the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. In analysis phase. QSHC. * senior author

9. Profit J, Sharek P, Thomas EJ, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Sexton JB. Safety culture as a predictor of participation in quality improvement collaboratives. JAMA Peds

10. Profit J, Sharek P, Thomas EJ, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Sexton JB. Correlations of safety culture with the Baby-MONITOR: A composite index of NICU quality of care delivery. Near submission to JAMA

11. Hysong SJ, Profit J, Petersen LA. Purpose Matters: Quality Measurement in Health Care. Manuscript in preparation. *For this paper, I participated in the conception, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.

12. Profit J, Sharek P, Thomas EJ, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Sexton JB. The influence of job position on safety culture assessments among NICU providers. In analysis phase. Pediatrics or JAMA Peds

13. Sexton JB, Sharek P, Thomas EJ, Amspoker A, Kowalkowski MA, Profit J*. Planning for clinical improvement in the NICU based on the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Staff Burnout. In analysis phase. JAMA Peds. * senior author

3. Abstracts published during the last four years a. Profit J, Gould JB, Zupancic JA, Pietz K, Petersen LA. The effect of various

definitions of mortality on NICU performance. E-PAS 2009:5510.175 b. Profit J, Gould JB, Zupancic JA, Pietz K, Petersen LA. Selecting quality metrics for

a composite index of NICU quality. E-PAS 2009:5510.176 c. Hysong SJ, Petersen LA, Profit J, Quiñones MA, Yano EM. Financial incentives to

improve care quality in VA Medical Centers. 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Atlanta: April 8-10, 2010.

d. Profit J, Kowalkowski M, Bose C, Petersen LA, Gould JB. Do practicing clinicians agree with expert ratings of neonatal intensive care quality measures? E-PAS 2010:4425.596

e. Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, Sexton BJ, Mei M, Thomas EJ. Attitudes

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among neonatal intensive care units vary widely. E-PAS 2010:4425.595 f. Profit J, Kelly PA, Thomas EJ, Eichenwald EC, Moyer VA. Measuring the quality of

care transitions from the neonatal intensive care unit to the ambulatory setting. Poster presentation at the 2010 Annual Academy Health Meeting. Boston: June 29, 2010.

g. Pietz K, Gould JB, Draper P, Petersen LA, Profit J*. Effect of age at transfer on survival among preterm newborns. Podium presentation at the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings. Vancouver, Canada: August 4, 2010. * senior author

h. Landrum CR, Petersen LA, Urech T, Wang D, Virani SS, Profit J, Woodard LD. Glycemic control, lipid control, and treatment intensification in chronically ill patients with limited life expectancy. Poster presentation at the Kelsey Research Foundation Health Services & Outcomes Research Conference. Houston, TX: December 9, 2010.

i. Profit J, Coles MC, Pietz K, Mei M, Kowalkowski MA, Gould JB, Petersen LA. Profiling NICUs using postmenstrual age at discharge: the effect of different metric definitions. E-PAS 2011:1432.334.

j. Pietz K, Gould JB, Kowalkowski MA, Petersen LA, Profit J*. Outborn birth of very low birth weight infants increases morbidity and mortality. E-PAS 2011:2914.199. * senior author

k. Weiss K, Treviño R, Thomas EJ, Profit J*. Barriers and priorities to quality improvement in Mexican NICUs. Podium presentation at the 18th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas: October 26, 2011. * senior author

l. Torres Day C, Le K, Gardner J, Profit J*. Reducing antibiotic use in the NICU: implementation of a shared baseline for the diagnosis and management of healthcare associated infections. Podium presentation at the 18th South Central Conference on Perinatal Research, Austin, Texas: October 26, 2011. * senior author

m. Sherenian M, Profit J, Schmidt B, Suh S, Xiao R, Zupancic JA, DeMauro SB.The Effect of Nurse-Staffing on Outcomes in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review. E-PAS 2012: 2920.356.

n. Pietz K, Gould JB, Draper D, Bush A, Thomas EJ, Kowalkowski MA, Petersen LA, Profit J*. Baby-MONITOR: A Composite Measure of NICU Quality. E-PAS 2012: 1150.6. * senior author

o. Profit J, Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Kowalkowski MA, Bush A, Gould JB, Sharek PJ. Higher Safety Culture among Neonatal Intensive Care Units That Participate in Quality Improvement Collaboratives. E-PAS 2012: 2920.350.

p. Sexton JB, Sharek PJ, Gould JB, Kowalkowski MA, Petersen LA, Thomas EJ, Profit J*. Prevalence of Emotional Exhaustion in a Cohort of 21 Neonatal Intensive Care Units. E-PAS 2012: 2920.351. * senior author

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q. Weiss KJ, Treviño R, Cabrera-Meza G, Thomas EJ, Kowalkowski MA, Profit J*. Improving the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care in Mexico. E-PAS 2012: 2920.363. * senior author

r. Lorch SA, Gould JB, Profit J*. The impact of excluding racial/ethnic status (RES) from risk adjustment models of neonatal intensive care (NICU) performance. E-PAS 2012: 4526.396. * senior author

s. Mack T, Turner T, Profit J, Raphael J, Minard C. Parental Assessment of Resident Physician Cultural Competence in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. E-PAS 2012: 3819.233.

t. Hysong S, Alemu T, Naik A, Cully J, Teal K, Profit J. Mentoring Innovations for Post-Doctoral Fellows. Platform presentation at the Baylor College of Medicine’s First Annual Education Day Symposium 2012. Houston, Texas, May 8.

u. Richardson P, Profit J*. The Effect of Differential Weighting Schemes on Global Performance Assessments of Neonatal Intensive Care Units. AcademyHealth’s 2012 Annual Research Meeting (ARM), Orlando, Florida, June 25. * senior author

v. Petersen, LA; Simpson, K; Pietz, K; Urech, T; Lutschg, MZ; Hysong, S.J; Profit, J; Petzel, R; and Woodard, LD. Do Financial Incentives for Guideline Adherence Improve Care of Hypertension in the VA Primary Care Setting? A Multi-Site Randomized Trial. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Service. Washington, DC: July 16-19 2012.

w. Woodard LD, Landrum CR, Hysong SJ, Profit J, Wang D, Sasgiry S, Petersen LA, Naik AD. Association between patient perceptions of their care and quality of chronic illness care among veterans with multimorbidity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Service. Washington, DC: July 16-19 2012

x. Profit J, Sharek P, Thomas EJ, Kowalkowski MA, Pietz K, Amspoker A, Nisbet C, Gould JB, Sexton JB. Clinical Outcomes among VLBW Infants and the Links to Subsequent Perceptions of NICU Safety Culture. E-PAS 2013: 2922.356.

y. Torres C, Dinh K, Hewlett JL, Profit J*. Implementation of a Shared Baseline for the Diagnosis and Management of Healthcare Associated Infections. E-PAS 2013: 3835.590. * senior author

z. Sexton JB, Chadwick WA, Weiss KJ, Clarke A, Gould JB, Profit J*. Assessing and Improving Health Care Worker Resilience in the NICU. E-PAS 2013: 4150.7. * senior author

4. Books

a. complete books written: none b. books reviewed: none c. books edited: none d. book chapters written:

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1. Profit J, Haney PM. Fluid and electrolyte therapy in newborns. In: UpToDate, Feigin, RD (Ed), UpToDate, Wellesley, MA, 2006-present

2. Profit J, Haney PM. Metabolic emergencies at birth. In: UpToDate, Feigin, RD (Ed), UpToDate, Wellesley, MA, 2006-present

3. Horbar J, Gould J, Lee H, Profit J. Quality and Safety in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In: Fanaroff and Martin, Fanaroff (Ed), Elsevier, 2013-

5. Other works communicating research results to scientific colleagues: none 6. Other works communicating research results to general public and a policy

audience: a. Profit J, Petersen LA. Does the health care system affect length of hospitalization

of preterm infants? Baker III Institute for Public Policy-Baylor College of Medicine Health Policy Research Brief. December 2008;3(4)

b. Profit J, Petersen LA. Are composite measures of quality useful for profiling pediatric health care providers? Baker III Institute for Public Policy-Baylor College of Medicine Health Policy Research Brief. June 2010;5(2)

III. TEACHING INFORMATION A. Educational Leadership

a. Director, VA MD Health Services Research Fellowship, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, 7/2010-present 1. Hysong S, Alemu T, Naik A, Cully J, Teal K, Profit J. Mentoring Innovations for

Post-Doctoral Fellows. Development of a structured needs assessment and mentoring plan to facilitate success in postgraduate fellow education. Platform presentation at the Baylor College of Medicine’s First Annual Education Day Symposium 2012. Houston, Texas, May 8.

2. Co-leader. Development of an electronic fellow and mentor tracking system to monitor mentee progress and success during fellowship and thereafter.

B. Enduring Educational Products 1. Co-Author, Dollars and Sense: How To Understand (or Undertake) Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Pediatrics; Manual; 5/2012 (4th revision)

C. Teaching and Evaluation 1. Didactic course work

a. Courses taught at BCM within the Primary department: none b. Courses taught at BCM external to Primary department: none c. Courses taught at other institutions while at BCM: none d. Curriculum development work: Co-developer of curriculum in health services

research for MD and PhD post-graduate fellows, 7/2010-present

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2. Non-didactic teaching while at BCM a. Medical Student and Resident Training:

1. Physical Examination of the Newborn. Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas, 2005-present, 8 learners per session

2. Attending for inpatient Intensive Care Service, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (1 month/year), 1-2 students, 1-2 residents, 2005

3. Attending for inpatient Intensive Care Service, Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris County Hospital District, Houston, Texas (4 x 1 week/year), 1-2 students, 6-7 residents, 2005-present

4. Attending for inpatient Neonatal Intensive Care Service, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (2-3 months/year), 2 residents, 2006-present

5. Neonatal Resuscitation Program Training. Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2006-present

b. Clinical Fellow training: 1. Attending for inpatient Neonatal Intensive Care Service, Texas Children’s

Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (2-3 months/year), 1 fellow per month, 2006-present

2. Neonatal Resuscitation Program Training. Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2006-present

c. Fellow/Resident training in Research: 1. Bich Dang, MD, (PGY-8), Veterans Affairs Health Services Research Fellow,

Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 7/2010-present 2. Yvonne Sada, MD, (PGY-7), Veterans Affairs Health Services Research Fellow,

Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, 7/2010-present

3. Gayla Barden, MD: (PGY-3) Veterans Affairs Health Services Research Trainee, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/2012-present

4. Meeks, Derek, MD: (PGY-5) BCM Primary Care Fellowship; Instructor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/2012-present

5. Kizilbash, Fatima, MD: (PGY-5) Fellow, Infections Disease; Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/2012-present

6. Linda Li, MD: (PGY-3) Resident, Veterans Affairs Health Services Research Trainee, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/2012-present

7. Kamal Wagle, MD: (PGY-5) Geriatrics Fellow/Huffington Center on Aging; Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/2010-6/2012

8. Gia Tyson, MD, (PGY-6), T32 Gastroenterology Fellow; Instructor,

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Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 7/2009-6/2011

9. April Buscher, MD: (PGY-7) Fellowship: Training Program for Clinical Research on AIDS, Department of Medicine; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 7/2008-6/2011.

10. Daniel Murphy, MD, MBA: (PGY-6) Fellow, BCM Primary Care Fellowship; Instructor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/2009-6/2011

11. Courtney Balentine, MD: (PGY-5) Veterans Affairs Health Services Research Trainee, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/2009-6/2011

d. Undergraduate Student Training 1. Rachel Berger, Sophomore, Barnard University, Research assistant.

Systematic review of composite indicators in health care. Practicum Supervisor. 11/2010-4/2011

e. Graduate Student training: 1. Kristi Coles, MPH, Research practicum supervisor. Influence of variable

definitions of length of stay on neonatal intensive care unit performance rankings. Thesis Supervisor. 8/2010-12/2010.

f. Post - Graduate Student training: 1. Marc Kowalkowski, MPH. Research project leader. 8/2009-present.

g. Medical student, resident and fellow research mentoring: 1. Katri Typpo, MD, Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Intensive Care. Co-mentor.

8/2007-present. 2. Torey Mack, MD, Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care. Co-mentor.

11/2009-present. 3. Katherine Weiss, MD, Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care. Mentor.

11/2010-present. 4. Cecilia Torres Day, MD. Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care. Mentor.

6/2011-present. 5. Ashley McClendon, MD. Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care. SOC

committee. 7/2011-present. 6. Natasha Afonso, MD. Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Intensive Care. SOC

committee. 2/2012-present.

3. Lectures a. International:

1. “Is NICU Care a Good Investment for Mexico?” XI Congreso Interamericano de Pediatría del Colegio de Pediatría de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, June 30, 2011

2. “Improving Quality of Care Delivery to Patients in the NICU.” XI Congreso Interamericano de Pediatría del Colegio de Pediatría de Nuevo Leon,

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Monterrey, Mexico, June 30, 2011 3. “Low Cost, High Benefit Interventions for Preterm Infants.” XI Congreso

Interamericano de Pediatría del Colegio de Pediatría de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, June 30, 2011

4. “The Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program.” Moderator and Speaker, Webcast transmitted from Texas Children’s Hospital to Monterrey, Mexico. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2012.

5. “CUSP – Safety Culture Feedback.” Moderator and Speaker, Webcast transmitted from Texas Children’s Hospital to Monterrey, Mexico. Houston, Texas, April 12, 2012.

b. National: 1. “Making Better Decisions.” Neonatal Research Conference, Lecturer.

Combined Program in Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, February 25, 2005

2. “Cost-effectiveness of Neonatal Intensive Care in Middle-Income Countries.” Newborn Medicine Epidemiology Conference, Lecturer. Combined Program in Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, March 10, 2005

3. “Methods to Improve Quality.” Methodology in Health Services Research, Co-Lecturer. Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, April 7, 2005

4. “Dollars and Sense: How To Understand (or Undertake) Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Pediatrics.” Co-leader. Educational workshop at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 30, 2005

5. “Pay for Performance.” Newborn Epidemiology Conference. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, November 17, 2005

6. “Pay for Performance: Threat or Opportunity.” Keynote Presentation. Pediatrix Quality Improvement Meeting, San Francisco, February 17, 2006

7. “Moderately Premature Infant Project.” Web conference for neonatal practitioners and researchers in Boston and various member NICUs of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in California, Houston, June 21 and 26, 2006

8. “Pay for Performance: Threat or Opportunity.” Grand Rounds. Houston Northwest Medical Center, Houston, Texas, June 27, 2006

9. “Pay for Performance: What it Means to the Neonatologist.” Break out session. Neo Conference, Orlando, FL, February 8, 2007

10. “Dollars and Sense: How To Understand (or Undertake) Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Pediatrics.” Co-leader. Educational workshop at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 5, 2007

11. “Dollars and Sense: How To Understand (or Undertake) Cost-Effectiveness

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Analysis in Pediatrics.” Co-leader. Educational workshop at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, May 2, 2008

12. “Pay for Performance: From Principle to Practice.” Leader. Educational workshop at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, May 3, 2008

13. “Dollars and Sense: How To Understand (or Undertake) Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Pediatrics.” Co-leader. Educational workshop at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 3, 2009

14. “Pay for Performance: From Principle to Practice.” Leader. Educational workshop at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 4, 2009

15. “Process Measures to Measure Hospital Quality.” Speaker. State of the Art Plenary Session on Assessing the Quality of Pediatric Care: Moving into the Mainstream of Clinical Care. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 5, 2009

16. “Baby Monitor – Measuring the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care.” Speaker. Research Seminar, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, September 17, 2009

17. “Measures for Improvement.” Speaker. Vermont Oxford Network Quality Congress, Washington, DC, December 6, 2009

18. “Solving the Value Equation in Nutrition.” Web-based presentation. Vermont Oxford Network NICQ 7 Collaborative. Houston, Texas, March 3, 2011.

19. “Writing Good Aim Statements.” Web-based presentation. Vermont Oxford Network NICQ 7 Collaborative. Houston, Texas, April 13, 2011.

20. “Addressing the Value Challenge.” Speaker, Vermont Oxford Network NICQ 7 Collaborative, Break Out Session. Dallas, Texas, May 13, 2011.

21. “Standardizing Care.” Speaker, Vermont Oxford Network, NICQ7, Nutrition Homeroom lecturer. Washington, DC, December 2, 2011.

22. “Bringing Great Quality Improvement Ideas to Life.” This workshop identified the roadblocks commonly encountered in implementing successful quality improvement. Vermont Oxford Network, Annual Quality Congress, Workshop Co-leader. Washington, DC, December 3, 2011.

23. “Safety Culture in the NICU.” Co-Leader, California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative Delivery Room Management Collaborative, Webinar with 22 NICUs. Houston, Texas, February 22, 2012.

24. “Improving Value by Reducing TPN Days for Preterm Infants.” Speaker, Vermont Oxford Network NICQ 7 Collaborative, Break Out Session. Denver, Texas, March 23, 2012.

25. “Safety Culture in the NICU.” Speaker, Vermont Oxford Network NICQ 7 Collaborative, Break Out Session. Denver, Texas, March 24, 2012.

26. “Dollars and Sense: How To Understand (or Undertake) Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Pediatrics.” Co-leader. Educational workshop at the Pediatric

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Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Apr 30, 2012. 27. “Patient Safety Culture in the NICU.” Speaker, Annual Dr. Margaret I. Handy

Memorial Lectureship, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware, Sep 17, 2013.

28. “Changing Incentives in Health Care: Getting Ready for Obamacare.” Keynote Speaker, Annual Dr. Margaret I. Handy Memorial Lectureship, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware, Sep 17, 2013.

29. “Chef Stan Dard and Mu Siq Team Up to Deliver Delicious Fare”. Speaker, Vermont Oxford Network NICQ 8 Collaborative, Plenary. Chicago, Illinois, Oct 4, 2013

c. Local:

1. “Pay for Performance.” Neonatology Research Conference, Lecturer. Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, February 9, 2006

2. “Using a Composite Indicator to Measure Neonatal Intensive Care Quality.” Neonatology Research Conference, Lecturer. Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, September 7, 2006

3. “Pay for Performance.” University of Texas School of Public Health. PH 3940 Health Outcomes and Quality of Care. Lecturer. Houston, Texas, April 3, 2007

4. “Quality of Care.” Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Foundations in Health Services Research. Lecturer. Houston, Texas, September 26, 2007

5. “Quality of Care.” Neonatology Research Conference, Lecturer. Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, October 18, 2007

6. “Non-initiation or Withdrawal of Intensive Care for High-Risk Newborns: A Discussion.” Baylor College of Medicine Perinatal Outreach Program - 31st Annual Nursing Symposium. Lecturer and Panelist. Houston, Texas, October 26, 2007

7. “Process Measures to Measure Hospital Quality.” Neonatology Research Conference, Lecturer. Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, April 29, 2009

8. “Health Care Reform: A Primer.” Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence. Co-Leader. Houston, Texas, August 19, 2009

9. “Health Care Reform: Multi-Country Comparison of Health Systems.” Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence. Presenter and Co-Leader. Houston, Texas, September 1, 2009

10. “Health Care Reform: A Primer.” Neonatology Research Conference, Lecturer. Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, October 5, 2009

11. “Measuring the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care.” Neonatology Research

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Conference, Lecturer. Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, November 12, 2009

12. “Health Care Reform: A Primer.” Grand Rounds, Lecturer and panelist. Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, November 19, 2009

13. “Survival of Transferred Preterm Infants.” Research in Progress, Lecturer. VA HSR&D Center of Excellence. Co-Leader. Houston, Texas, June 21, 2010

14. “Walking in the Footsteps of Giants.” Health Economics, Lecturer. Rice University Undergraduate Course. Houston, Texas, October 21, 2010

15. “Measuring the Quality of Perinatal Care.” Neonatology Research Conference, Lecturer. Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, December 2, 2010

16. “Posters and Oral Presentations.” Career Development Seminar, Leader. Section of Health Services Research, VA HSR&D CoE, Houston, Texas, December 2, 2010

17. “Clinical Benefits, Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Neonatal Intensive Care in Mexico.” Author in the Room Seminar, Leader. Section of Health Services Research, VA HSR&D CoE, Houston, Texas, January 31, 2011

18. “Starting a Health Services Research Career at BCM/Finding Mentorship and Collaborators.” Lecturer. Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, April 20, 2011.

19. “Performance Measurement.” Center for Clinical Effectiveness – Health Services Research Forum, Lecturer. Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, September 13, 2011

20. “Health Policy and Quality.” Career Development Seminar, Leader. Section of Health Services Research, VA HSR&D CoE, Houston, Texas, September 15, 2011

21. “Posters and Oral Presentations.” Career Development Seminar, Leader. Section of Health Services Research, VA HSR&D CoE, Houston, Texas, September 29, 2011

22. “Barriers and priorities to quality improvement in Mexican NICUs.” Neonatology Research Conference, Co-Presenter. Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, October 13, 2011

23. “Pay for Performance.” University of Texas School of Public Health. PH 3940 Health Outcomes and Quality of Care. Lecturer. Houston, Texas, October 19, 2011

24. “Reducing antibiotic use in the NICU: implementation of a shared baseline for the diagnosis and management of healthcare associated infections.” Neonatology Research Conference, Co-Presenter. Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, October 20, 2011

25. “Health Care Economics.” Health Economics, Lecturer. Rice University

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Undergraduate Course. Houston, Texas, October 25, 2011 26. “Neonatal Health Services Research.” Lecturer, Section of Neonatology,

Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, December 8, 2011 27. “The Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program.” Lecturer, Section of

Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, January 30, 2012 28. “Patient Safety, Culture, and Performance Measurement in the NICU.”

Lecturer, Feigin Center Research Seminars, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, March 6, 2012

29. Mack T, Turner T, Profit J, Raphael J, Minard C. “Parental Assessment of Resident Physician Cultural Competence in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.” Poster Presentation at the Texas Children’s Hospital Fellow’s Day, Award Recipient, April 19, 2012.

30. “Patient Safety in the NICU”. Lecturer, Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, July 31, 2012.

d. Local Visiting Professorships: none

IV. MEDICAL AND SERVICE INFORMATION

A. PATIENT CARE RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Department-wide: none 2. Section or specialty:

a. Attending for inpatient Neonatal Intensive Care Service, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (3 months/year) in 2006, (2 months/years) in 2007-present

b. Attending for inpatient Transfer, Labor and Delivery, and Consult Service in the Section of Neonatology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (1 month/year), 2007

c. Fifty six days per year of night and weekend calls for Neonatology Service at Texas Children’s Hospital and Ben Taub General Hospital, 2005-present

B. CLINICAL LABORATORY RESPONSIBILITIES AT BCM 1. Leader, Research Laboratory in the BCM Department of Medicine, Section of Health

Services Research, located at the Houston VA Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence (10 months/year), 2006-present

C. NATIONAL EDUCATION OR VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION 1. Member, National Quality Forum National Voluntary Consensus Standards for

Perinatal Care Steering Committee, nominated by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008-present

2. Member, Technical Committee on Neonatal Quality Improvement, Section on

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Perinatal Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009-present 3. Faculty Advisor, Vermont Oxford Network NIC/Q 7 Value Collaborative, 2011-2012 4. Faculty Advisor, Vermont Oxford Network NIC/Q 8 Value Collaborative, 2013 5. Member, National Quality Forum Perinatal and Reproductive Healthcare

Endorsement Maintenance Steering Committee, nominated by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011-2012

6. Member, National Quality Forum National Priorities Partnership Action Team, 2012-present

D. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS 1. Department Administration, Committees, etc.:

a. Member, Neonatal Clinical Care Guidelines Committee. Subsection on Cardiopulmonary Care, 2007-2008

b. Member, Neonatal Clinical Care Guidelines Committee. Subsection on Care of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant, 2009-present

c. Member, Trainee Education Subcommittee, 2007 d. Member, Information Management Research Subcommittee, 2007-2009 e. Member, Search Committee for MD Postdoctoral Fellowships in Health Services

Research Committee, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, 2007-2008 f. Co-leader, Young Investigator Committee, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, 2007-

2013 g. Leader, Nosocomial infection guideline committee, Baylor College of Medicine,

Section of Neonatology, 2009-2013 h. Member, EPIC implementation committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Section

of Neonatology, 2010-2013 i. Co-leader, Reducing unwanted extubations, Baylor College of Medicine, Section

of Neonatology, 2011-2013 j. Leader, VON NICQ7 Collaborative, Golden Hour, CPAP Subgroup, Baylor College

of Medicine, Section of Neonatology, 2011-2013 k. Co-leader, Teamwork and Respectful Communications, Baylor College of

Medicine, Section of Neonatology, 2012-2013

2. College administration, committees, etc.: none

E. OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION NOT GIVEN ABOVE 1. Other Teaching Contribution:

a. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Teaching Fellow, RDS 286: Decision Analysis in Clinical Research, Professor Milton Weinstein, 60 Masters Students, Contact Time: 6 hours per week, Preparation Time: 12 hours per week for 4 weeks.