Amir K. Jaffer, M.D. - Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jaffer received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1994. His postgraduate training includes an internship and residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and has a busy practice in both Hospital and Perioperative Medicine.
Dr. Jaffer is actively involved in patient care, education, research and administration. He was selected as one of the Best Doctors in America 2005-6 by Best Doctors, an independent organization that uses exhaustive, annual surveys of the medical profession. These doctors were considered by other doctors to be the best in their specialties. He is currently heading up the working group to develop the Advanced Core Curriculum at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University. He has conducted research and published in several peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine. He will be an Associate editor of a soon to be published book titled: Hospital Medicine Secrets. He speaks nationally within his areas of interest and expertise, which include: Treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism, prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation therapy, specifically perioperative management and medical consultation.
He is an active member of several professional organizations including American College of Physicians (ACP), Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), the Anticoagulation Forum (AF), the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). He is a member of the Education Committee of SHM and served on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee for the 2005 SHM meeting and will be the Precourse Director of the Perioperative and Consultative Medicine Precourse at Next year’s SHM meeting in Washington DC.
CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Current Position
October 1997- Present
Staff Physician, Department of General Internal Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine
Associate Section Head for Hospital Medicine
Medical Director, The Anticoagulation Clinic
Medical Director, The IMPACT (Internal Medicine Perioperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment) Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Started career as a clinician educator in primary care but transitioned into a consultative and hospital based practice within the Section of Hospital and Preoperative Medicine with clinical, administrative, research and educational responsibilities in early 2001. Continue to serve as the Medical Director of the IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment Consultation & Treatment) Center where over 13,000 outpatient preoperative consults are seen annually with revenues of over $4 million dollars in 2004.
Responsibilities have included:
Acting as Section head for Hospital Medicine during the chief’s absences
Working with the section head to develop a vision and plan for the Section of Hospital Medicine
Creating schedules for staffing of the IMPACT center by our group of 23 hospitalists
Attending periodic meetings with different surgeons, anesthesiologists and their chairmen to ensure their needs are met and the perioperative process is smooth
Developing new relationships with surgical departments to increase referrals to the IMPACT center
Improving the Inpatient Consultative service to better meet needs of different subspecialties
Reviewing clinical performance of the hospitalists staffing the IMPACT Center
Creating Institutional Perioperative Guidelines/algorithms for various medical conditions
Implementing an Electronic Medical Record in the IMPACT center
Recruiting and mentoring junior faculty
Development and implementation of curricula
Inpatient and Outpatient teaching of residents and students
Designing, implementing and reviewing quality improvement projects
Also continue to serve as the Medical Director of the Anticoagulation clinic (AC) since March 2000 that has a current enrollment of ~1800 patients on oral warfarin therapy and is staffed by 10 full-time pharmacists.
Responsibilities have included:
Providing clinical care, oversight and supervision of current oral anticoagulation and LMWH therapy services throughout CCF and the associated network of Family Health Centers
Assisting in the development and implementation of new programs and services
Conducting periodic quality improvement and safety projects within the AC clinic
Recruitment of new employees
Identifying and spearheading research-related activities
Providing annual and periodic review of the AC clinic guidelines, policies and procedures
Serving as the liaison to the Medical Staff for the AC clinic programs and services
EDUCATION
September 1989 - May 1994
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Doctorate in Medicine, Atended the Seven-Year Combined BA/MD Program
September 1987 - August 1990
Boston University, College of Liberal Arts, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude
Dean’s List 1987 - 1990
June - August 1990
New York University, Study Abroad Program, Paris, France
Intensive Intermediate French
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
July 1994 - June 1997
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Internal Medicine - Internship and Residency
September 2000 - May 2001
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Executive Program in Practice Management
January 2001 - May 2001
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Clinical Research Skills Course
July 2002
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Center for Clinical Research
Online Certification Program for Human Subjects Research
September 2003
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
January 2004
World Class Service
February 2005
Leadership Development Training
April 2003
The Soceity of Hospital Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Leadership Development Course
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1999- 2004
Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
2005
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University, Cleveland, OH
Appointment to Associate Professor of Medicine (Application under review)
LICENSURE AND BOARD CERTIFICATION
1997-2007
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1995
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1997-2006
State Medical Board of Ohio
2005
Eligible for the Diplomate, American Board of Vascular Medicine
INSTITUITIONAL COMMITMENTS
HOSPITAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
1997-1998
Clinical Associate
1998-2000
Assistant Staff Physician
1997-2001
Associate Staff Physician
2001- Present
Staff Physician
2000- Present
Medical Director, Anticoagulation Clinic
1998-2001
Director, Educational Activities, Access Center
2001- Present
Medical Director, IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, & Treatment) Center
2005-Present
Associate Section Head, Hospital Medicine
HOSPITAL AND DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES
1998-1999
Cleveland Clinic, Medical Records Committee
1999-Present
Cleveland Clinic, Medical Records Committee, Vice Chairman
1997-2001
Cleveland Clinic, Physician Advisory Group on the Outpatient Electronic Medical Record
2000-Present
Cleveland Clinic, Physician Advisory Board on Anticoagulation, Chairman
1997-2001
Cleveland Clinic, Dept. of General Internal Medicine, Education Committee
2001-2002
Cleveland Clinic, Dept. of General Internal Medicine, Primary Care Task Force
2001-2003
Cleveland Clinic, Preoperative Re-engineering Committee
2002-Present
Cleveland Clinic, Physician Advisory Board on the Inpatient Electronic Record
2002-Present
Cleveland Clinic, International Center Advisory Board Member.
MEDICAL SCHOOL COMMITTEES
2003-Present
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University, Internal Medicine Curriculum Working Group
2005
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University,
Leader, Advanced Core Curriculum
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
APPOINTED SOCIETY COMMITTEES
Clinical Vignette Committee for the SGIM Annual Meeting in San Diego, 2001
Clinical Vignette Committee for the SGIM Annual Meeting in Atlanta, 2002
Clinical Vignette Committee for the SGIM Annual Meeting in Vancouver, 2003
Workshop Committee for the SGIM Annual Meeting in Chicago, 2004
Education Committee of the Society of Hospital Medicine, 2004,2005
Annual Meeting Planning Committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine, 2004-5
Precourse Committee of the SGIM Annual Meeting in New Orleans, 2005
EDITORSHIPS AND EDITORIAL BOARDS
2004-Present
Associate Editor for the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
REVIEWER
1997-Present
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
2004-Present
Journal of General Internal Medicine
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Physicians (ACP)
Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)
Anticoagulation and Thromboembolism Interest Group of SGIM
Medical Consultation and Perioperative Medicine Interest Group of SGIM
Anticoagulation Forum
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) formerly National Association of Inpatient Physicians (NAIP)
Lake Erie Chapter of SHM
International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH)
PAST AND PRESENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
MEDICAL STUDENT LECTURES & SEMINARS
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Asthma
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Electrolyte Disorders
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Syncope
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Chest Pain
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Hemostatic Disorders
1999, 2000, 2001
Evidence based approach to Hypertension
RESIDENT LECTURES & SEMINARS
1998, 1999
Legionnaires’ Disease
1997, 1998
Pulmonary Function Testing
1997, 1998, 1999
Common Musculoskeletal Disorders
1999, 2000, 2001
Men’s Health
2000
Evidence based approach to Hypertension
2001
Clinical Uses of Low-Molecular-Weight-Heparins
2001
Outpatient Management of DVT
2002
Perioperative and Periprocedural management of Patients on Long Term Warfarin
2002, 2003, 2004
Perioperative Medication Management.
2003, 2004
DVT prophylaxis in medical and Surgical patients
2003, 2004, 2005
Hospitalist case Conference
EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA DEVELOPED
1998
Ohio State University Ambulatory Internal Medicine Curriculum
1998-2001
Cleveland Clinic, Primary Care Residency, Ambulatory Morning Report Curriculum
2000
Evidence Based Medicine Curriculum for Primary Care Residents
2003
Preoperative & Consultative Medicine Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
2003
Preoperative Risk Assessment and Consultation Curriculum for Ob/Gyn Residents
2004
A 67-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea and Syncope hosted on the e-medicine website
http://cme.emedicine.com/cases/templates/promo.asp?test=0150027&template=aventis/01/
NATONAL COURSES DIRECTED
Precourse Director for Update on Anticoagulation and Thromboembolism
26th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine
Vancouver, Canada—April 30, 2003
Precourse Co-Director for Controversies in Anticoagulation and Thromboembolism: A Case-based Debate
28th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine
New Orleans, LA—May 11, 2005
Perioperative Medicine Summit: Using Evidence-based medicine to Improve Quality, Safety and Outcomes
Cleveland, OH—Sept 22-23, 2005
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS DEVELOPED AND EDITED
2005
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Supplement on Treating and Preventing Thromboembolism in the 21st Century
WEBSITE DEVOLOPED
2004
Patient Eduation website on Atrial Fibrillation at www.afadvisor.org
UNIVERSITY TEACHING ROLES
1999-Present
Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course to 3rd Year OSU Medical Students
1998, 1999
Physical Diagnosis Course to First and Second Year OSU Medical Students
1999-2001
Weekly preceptor of a 3rd year Penn State Medical Student
HOSPITAL TEACHING ROLES
1997-2001
Weekly preceptor of the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residents in the Longitudinal Care Clinic
1997-2001
Preceptor of the Primary Care Ambulatory Block Rotations
1997-Present
Teaching ward attending three months a year in the hospital and three months a year on the General Medicine Consult service
2001-Present
Teaching Internal Medicine, Ob-Gyn residents Perioperative Medicine in the IMPACT Center
DETAILS OF TEACHING ACTIVITIES
1998
Medical Education Activities:
Department of General Internal Medicine Primary Care Task Force Development/Oversight of Teaching Program (16 hrs)
Resident Teaching
Longitudinal/Primary Care Clinic/Ambulatory Block Clinic-Supervise two to three medical residents in weekly half-day clinic (260 hrs)
Hospital Teaching Attending (8 weeks-40 hours direct teaching)
Ambulatory Block Resident Seminars/Morning Reports/Clinic Conference Preparation and Presentation (65 hrs)
Medical Student Teaching
Ohio State University (OSU)& Penn State Medical Students Ambulatory Medicine Preceptor (35 hrs)
Fourth Year Ambulatory Office Medicine Elective (100 hrs)
OSU Physical Diagnosis Course (10 hrs)
OSU Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) Course (12 hrs)
Total Teaching Hours = 538
1999
Medical Education Activities
Department of General Internal Medicine Primary Care Task Force Development/Oversight of Teaching Program (18 hrs)
Resident Teaching
Longitudinal/Primary Care Clinic/Ambulatory Block Clinic-Supervise two to three medical residents in weekly half-day clinic (252 hrs)
Hospital Teaching Attending (4 weeks-20 hours direct teaching)
Ambulatory Block Resident Seminars/Morning Reports/Clinic Conference Preparation and Presentation (57 hrs)
Medical Student Teaching
Ohio State University (OSU)& Penn State Medical Students Ambulatory Medicine Preceptor (120 hrs)
Fourth Year Ambulatory Office Medicine Elective (80 hrs)
OSU Physical Diagnosis Course (10 hrs)
OSU Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) Course (12 hrs)
Total Teaching Hours = 551
2000
Medical Education Activities
A. Graduate Medical Education (Resident Education)
Longitudinal/Primary Care Clinic/Ambulatory Block Clinic-Supervise- two to three medical residents in weekly half-day clinic (240 hrs)
Hospital Teaching Attending (8 weeks-40 hours direct teaching)
Ambulatory Block Resident Seminars/Morning Reports/Clinic Conference Preparation and Presentation (50 hrs)
B. Medical Student Education
Ohio State University (OSU)& Penn State Medical Students Ambulatory Medicine Preceptor (308 hrs)
OSU Physical Diagnosis Course (16 hrs)
OSU Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) Course (12 hrs)
Lecture to Ohio State Medical Students: Evidence Based Approach To Hypertension, quarterly, 2000
C. Educational Administrative Activities
Director, Educational Activities Access Center (40 hours)
Member, Department of General Internal Medicine Primary Care Task Force Development/Oversight of Teaching Program (18 hrs)
Total Teaching Hours = 616 hours
2001
Medical Education Activities
A. Graduate Medical Education (Resident Education)
Longitudinal/Primary Care Clinic/Ambulatory Block Clinic-Supervise- two to three medical residents in weekly half-day clinic (120 hrs)
Hospital Teaching Attending (8 weeks-40 hours direct teaching)
Ambulatory Block Resident Seminars/Morning Reports/Clinic Conference Preparation and Presentation (25 hrs)
B. Medical Student Education
Ohio State University (OSU)& Penn State Medical Students Ambulatory Medicine Preceptor (120 hrs)
OSU Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) Course (15 hrs)
Lecture to Ohio State Medical Students: Evidence Based Approach To Hypertension, quarterly, 2001(3 hrs)
C. Educational Administrative Activities
Director, Educational Activities Access Center (20 hours)
Member, Department of General Internal Medicine Primary Care Task Force Development/Oversight of Teaching Program (10 hrs)
Total Teaching Hours = 353 hours
2002 Medical Education Activities
A. Graduate Medical Education (Resident Education)
Hospital Teaching Attending (8 weeks- 80 hrs direct teaching)
Consult Teaching Attending (8 weeks - 80 hrs direct teaching)
B. Medical Student Education
OSU Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) Course (15 hrs)
Total Teaching Hours = 175 hours
2003
Medical Education Activities
A. Graduate Medical Education (Resident Education)
Hospital Teaching Attending (12 weeks- 120 hrs direct teaching)
Consult Teaching Attending (8 weeks - 80 hrs direct teaching)
B. Medical Student Education
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University, Internal Medicine Curriculum Working Group (3hrs per month)
Currently developing On-line educational Module on venous Thromboembolism (20 hours)
Total Teaching Hours = 256 hours
2004
Medical Education Activities
A. Graduate Medical Education (Resident Education)
Hospital Teaching Attending (12 weeks- 120 hrs direct teaching)
Consult Teaching Attending (8 weeks - 80 hrs direct teaching)
B. Medical Student Education
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University, Internal Medicine
Curriculum Working Group (3hrs per month)
Currently developing On-line educational Module
Total Teaching Hours = 200 hours
RESEARCH PROJECTS - COMPLETED
Co-Investigator: Naprosyn vs. Local Steroid Injection for treatment of Trochanteric Bursitis. Study completed 2000
Site Principal Investigator: Successive Celecoxib Efficacy and Safety Studies: In Osteoarthritis (SUCCESS-1). Study Completed in 1999
Principal Investigator: Patients perceptions and satisfaction with a Computerized Medical Records System. A survey of General Internal Medicine patients. Study Completed in 2001
Principal Investigator: Attitudes Towards Outpatient Deep Venous Thrombosis Treatment: A Survey of General Internists and Family Physicians. Study Completed in 1999.
Site Principal Investigator: Observational Study to evaluate Clinical Practice patterns of Innohep (Tinzaparin) in the Treatment of Acute Symptomatic Deep Venous Thrombosis. Study completed 12/2001.
Site Principal Investigator: Randomized, prospective study to evaluate Tinzaparin versus Unfractionated Heparin in patients on Long term Warfarin and require parenteral anticoagulation after the discontinuation of warfarin therapy for an invasive or surgical procedure. Study completed 12/2001.
Site Principal Investigator: Prospective, Open label, cohort, multi-center study of the safety of outpatient use of Enoxaparin for Bridging Therapy in patients on long-term oral anticoagulants who require interruption of treatment. (IRB#4781; protocol XRP4563C/4003)
Co-Investigator: Effect of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Rates of Venous Thromboembolism Following Knee and Hip Arthroplasty.
Site Co-Investigator: Phase IV. A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel, Multicenter Study on Extended VTE Prophylaxis with Enoxaparin in Acutely Ill Medical Patients with Prolonged Immobilization. (Aventis Pharmaceutical) (IRB#4915)
Site Co-Investigator: A Phase II/III randomized, Double-Masked, controlled, Dose-Ranging, Multi-Center Comparative Trial, in Parallel Groups, to Establish the Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Injections of EYE001 (Anti-VEGF Pegylated Aptamer) given every 6 Weeks for 54 Weeks in Patients with Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). IRB #4626.
Site Co-Investigator: An Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Posterior Juxtascleral Injections of Anecortave Acetate 15 mg (0.5ml of 30mg/ml Anecortave Acetate sterile suspension) versus Visudyne in Patients with Subfoveal Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Eligible for Initial Treatment with Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Using Visudyne. (IRB #4822).
RESEARCH PROJECTS - ONGOING
Principal Investigator: Perioperative & Periprocedural Management of Warfarin (PPMW) study. A prospective Multicenter observational study looking at perioperative patterns of anticoagulation management and incidence of events (thromboembolic and hemorrhagic). IRB# 5766
Site Principal Investigator: A-F-Clopidogrel for High Atherothrombotic Risk and Ischemic Stabilization, Management and Avoidance (CHARISMA). (IRB#5653; #EFC4505)
Principal Investigator: Perioperative Beta Blocade, Heart Rate Control and Cardiovascular Events Involving Nocardiac Surgeries (IRB# 7825)
Co-Principal Investigator: Risk of Hemorrhage in Patients on Combination Antithrombotic Therapy with Warfarin and Clopidogrel (IRB # 7731)
Co-Principal Investigator: Risk factors for acute venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients (IRB 7910)
RESEARCH FUNDING
Unrestricted Grant for $200,000 by Astra Zeneca to support the Anticoagulation and Thromboembolism Consortium and the Perioperative Periprocedural Management of Warfarin (PPMW) Study
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