Hospital Committees
Every year the House Staff Council selects residents to represent the house staff on influential hospital committees. Committee representatives serve to voice resident opinions on vital issues that impact all house staff including residency education, quality of care, ethics, medical students, hospital support services, laboratory services, and risk management.
Current House Staff Representatives
- Clinical Data and Documentation Committee
This committee reviews and evaluates the medical record for quality, content, format, pertinence, accuracy, and accessibility; provides recommendations for improvement of current formats; and monitors staff compliance with documentation policies.
Michael Levy, mlevy@jhmi.edu
- Critical Care Committee
This committee monitors utilization of ICU resources and quality of care in ICUs and makes recommendations to the Medical Board on issues related to the provision of critical care, patient transport, alert hours, and organization of ICUs.
- Diversity and Faculty Recruitment Committee
This committee addresses minority issues related to the recruitment and retention of faculty, housestaff, and medical students and how to foster growth and community in the Hopkins environment.
- Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee provides consultation to care providers and patients concerning ethical questions, educates health care workers on how to resolve ethical dilemmas, and addresses organizational ethical issues, among other functions.
Jane Fox jfox20@jhmi.edu
- Graduate Medical Education Committee
The GMEC is responsible for overseeing all academic affairs of the housestaff. This committee reviews all 76 residency and fellowship porgrams on a rotating multi-year cycle and communicates directly with the Medical Board and the ACGME.
Dan Durand ddurand1@jhmi.edu
Rupali Chadha rchadha1@jhmi.edu
Dan Sciubba, dsciubb1@jhmi.edu
Crystal Watkins, cwatkins@jhmi.edu
- Health Committee
This committee deals with issues related to medical and dental insurance coverage for housestaff, University health services, and other medical benefits.
Rupali Chadha, rchadha1@jhmi.edu
- Hospital Support Services and Environment of Care
This subcommittee of the GMEC is responsible for all non-academic aspects of housestaff training including call rooms, phlebotomy, meal tickets, and safety.
Matt Levy, levy@jhmi.edu
Alex Hristov, acappie1@jhmi.edu
George Ho, george@jhmi.edu
Boris Hristov, boris_hristov@yahoo.com
- Laboratory Advisory Committee
This committee reviews lab services for quality and timeliness; assists in educating staff on the appropriate use of lab services; assesses appropriateness of test ordering, effective utilization and interpretation; provides recommenations to the Medical Board and to the Department of Pathology on how to improve lab services.
Priya Banerjee, pbanerj2@jhmi.edu
- Medical Care Evaluation Committee
This committee evaluates the quality and appropriateness of medical care in the hospital and identifies and reviews hospital-wide patient care issues.
Meena Seshmani, msesham1@jhmi.edu
The Council addresses any and all issues concerning the Medical School and makes recommendations and proposals to the Dean and the Advisory Board of the Medical School.
Mireille Meyerhoefer, mmeyerh1@jhmi.edu
- Patient Safety Committee
This committee develops and implements policies and processes related to patient safety in the hospital; reviews hospital risk reduction activities; and creates patient safety education programs.
Eric Hanley, ehanly@jhmi.edu
- Performance Improvement Council
This Council acts to coordinate, direct, and evaluate all departmental perfomance improvement activities under a centralized program that reports to the Medical Board and Board of Trustees.
Tyler Delange tdelang1@jhmi.edu
- Risk Management
This committee monitors the hospital-wide incident reporting system; develops processes to reduce actual or potential patient risk; identifies trends among incidents and provides recommendations to the appropriate committees for further action
You can contact your representatives directly for issues or questions pertaining to their respective committees.
