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William Baker : Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
William E. Baker, MD
Boston University School of Medicine – Boston Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
1 Boston Medical Center Place, Dowling 1 S
Boston, MA 02118
wbaker@bu.edu
Academic Training:
1986 B.S. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Natural Sciences
1990 M.D. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Postdoctoral Training:
1990-1994 Resident in Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
6/1993-6/1994 Chief Resident; Emergency Medicine
Academic Appointments:
1994-1997 Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York Medical College
2002 Clinical Instructor, Northeastern University, Health Science, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Physician Assistant Program
1998-2016 Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
2016-present Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Hospital Appointments, all Emergency Medicine (EM):
1992-1993 Attending, Columbus Hospital, Chicago, IL
1992-1994 Attending, Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL
1993-1994 Attending, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL
1994-1997 Attending & Core Faculty Member, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY
1995-1997 Attending, Northern Westchester Hospital Center, Mount Kisco, NY
1997 Attending, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1997-2009 Attending & Core Faculty Member (Boston University EM group) Quincy Medical Center, Quincy MA
1997-present Attending & Core Faculty Member Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, MA
Honors:
1994 Thomas R. Mulroy Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine (Northwestern emergency medicine residency)
1997 Physician of the year (Lincoln Hospital emergency medicine)
2005 Chair’s Award, Boston University School of Medicine, “For unsurpassed patient care, teaching, dedication and administrative contributions”
Licenses and Certification:
1997 Massachusetts License (Board of Registration in Medicine), 152223
1995 American Board of Emergency Medicine, 23188
Departmental and University Committees:
1994-1997 Safety Committee, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY
1994-1997 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY
1994-1997 Disaster Committee (chaired 1996-1997), Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY
2001-2002 Disaster Committee (co-chaired), Quincy Medical Center, Quincy, MA
2001-2002 Executive Committee (hospital), Quincy Medical Center, Quincy, MA
2002-present Executive Committee (departmental), BMC, Boston, MA
2002-2010 Continuous Quality Improvement Committee (departmental), BMC, Boston, MA
2002-present Policy and Procedure Committee (departmental), BMC, Boston, MA
2002-present Credentials Committee (hospital), BMC, Boston, MA
2004-2012 Critical Care Committee (hospital), BMC, Boston, MA
2007-present Quality and Patient Safety Council (hospital, formerly Clinical Quality Council), BMC, Boston, MA
2007-2012 Emergency Management Committee (hospital), BMC, Boston, MA
2007-present STEMI Work Group (hospital), BMC, Boston, MA
2009-present Professional Practice Evaluation Committee (hospital), BMC, Boston, MA
2010-present Quality-Patient Safety Leader Group (hospital), BMC, Boston, MA
2012-present BMC Sepsis Mortality Reduction Workgroup
2013-present Quality and Patient Safety Workgroup (departmental), BMC, Boston, MA
2013-present Critical Care Executive Committee (hospital), BMC, Boston, MA
2014- Faculty Practice Foundation Professional Standards Committee (starting October 2014)
Teaching Experience and Responsibilities:
2002-present Regular lectures to house staff, fellows and faculty on various emergency medicine topics including:
Blunt arterial trauma (cervicocranial, thoracic and iliofemoral)
Boston EMS Refresher Course June 14, 2013
Disaster medicine
Neck infections (peritonsillar abscesses)
School of Public Health Course guest lecturer (June 16, 2009 & June 21, 2011) SB8808
Toxicology (nerve agents)
Boston EMS ALS Refresher Course, October 20, 2011
Ultrasound in emergency medicine, taught introduction to emergency ultrasound to incoming residents; hands-on training of residents and faculty
Critical Care Monthly Conference facilitator, emergency medicine conference
Morbidity and Mortality Conference facilitator (BU School of Medicine CME provided)
Major Mentoring Activities:
2007-2008 Daniela Ramirez-Schrempp, M.D., fellow in pediatric emergency medicine
Major Administrative Responsibilities:
1995-1997 Associate Medical Director, Surgical ED, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY
Inner city, public hospital, trauma center, 170,000 ED visits/year; developed numerous clinical guidelines
1998-2001 Residency Site Director (BU Emergency Medicine), Quincy Medical Center, Quincy, MA
2001-2002 Interim Chief, ED, Quincy Medical Center, Quincy, MA
2002-2008 Assistant Director, ED Ultrasound Section, BMC
2005-2006 Associate Clinical Director, Menino ED, BMC
2006-2008 Clinical Director, East Newton ED, BMC
2008-present Medical Director, ED, BMC
7/2010-present Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety, ED, BMC
Selected Administrative Achievements at BMC:
1. Developed and implemented criteria based core privileging for emergency medicine, the first department at BMC to do so (August 2003); a model for other departments.
2. Developed and revised numerous clinical policies and guidelines (departmental and hospital wide).
3. Departmental lead in improving STEMI care systems, development and implementation (in collaboration with cardiology partners) STEMI activation guidelines and systems, including direct activation of cath lab by ED.
4. Department lead in developing and implementing an ED Rapid Follow-up Program (EDRP) for diabetes care in collaboration with endocrine. This program was selected and approved for the “Delivery System Transformation Initiative” under Massachusetts’ 1115 Medicaid Waiver, one of three programs chosen for the category: improve health outcomes and quality (December 2011 – June, 2014). This program has been referenced on a national level as an “Example Project” in describing Medicaid incentive programs
a. Delivery system transformation initiatives proposal for the Massachusetts section 1115 waiver demonstration years 15 - 17 [Internet]. Boston, MA: Boston Medical Center; 2012 [cited 2014 Dec 1]. Available from: http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Waivers/1115/downloads/ma/MassHealth/ma-masshealth-boston-medical-dsti-06142012.pdf
b. Medicaid incentive programs: hospital perspectives form three states [Internet]. Washington, DC: Essential Hospitals Institute; 2014 [cited 2014 Dec 1]. Available from: http://essentialhospitals.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/AEH_Sept_Waivers_ResearchBrief_Interactive.pdf
5. Departmental lead for sepsis mortality improvement project, activities included development and implementation of hospital wide policy on sepsis management. Components of project include optimization of IT infrastructure (order sets and lab interfaces) as well as measure reporting (under development). Project start date: March, 2012
6. Overseeing the adaptation and implementation of an inpatient transitions of care tool (IPASS http://www.ipasshandoffstudy.com ) to ED intradepartmental handoffs (ongoing).
Other Professional Activities:
Professional Societies:
1994-1997 The Medical Society of the State of New York
1989-present American College of Emergency Physicians
1994-2014 American Academy of Emergency Physicians
1994-present Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
1997-present Massachusetts Medical Society
Major Committee Assignments:
Regional:
2008-present Member, Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals (COBTH) Emergency Services Committee. COBTH. Boston, MA
Chair, 2013-present
2011-present Member, Metropolitan Boston Emergency Medical Services Council (MBEMSC) Medical Control Committee. MBEMSC. Massachusetts EMS Region IV (meetings held in Natick, MA).
National:
2012-2013 Co-Chair, Clinical Directors Interest Group; Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
2013-present Co-Chair, Operations Interest Group; Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
2013 Member, Web Evolution Committee , Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
2014 Chair, Web Evolution Committee, a major committee of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (selected by the President to chair this committee)
Editorial & Reviewer Services:
2008-present Consulting Reviewer, Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock (official journal of the INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative) http://www.onlinejets.org/aboutus.asp
2014 Reviewer, SAEM Annual Meeting, (scientific abstract scoring system employed)
2014- Consulting Reviewer, Emergency Medicine Journal (co-owned by the [Royal] College of Emergency Medicine and the British Medical Journal) http://emj.bmj.com/site/about/
Invited Lectures and Presentations
May 1996 Advanced splinting. Innovations in emergency medicine. Workshop sponsored by New York Medical College/Lincoln Hospital department of emergency medicine. Bronx, NY
March 1999 The FAST exam. Controversies in emergency trauma management. Workshop sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine CME and department of emergency medicine. Boston, MA
March 1999 Hand injuries. Controversies in emergency trauma management. Lecture sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine CME and department of emergency medicine. Boston, MA
October 2000 Hand injuries. Emergency medicine grand rounds. Lecture sponsored by the department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical School. New York, NY.
May 2001 The FAST exam. Emergency medicine: acute care, trauma and diagnostic dilemmas. Lecture sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine CME and departments of emergency medicine, pediatrics and surgery. Boston, MA.
May 2001 Hand injuries. Emergency medicine grand rounds. Lecture sponsored by the division of emergency medicine, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.
July 9, 2005 Peritonsillar abscesses. Contemporary evaluation and management of head and neck emergencies. Lecture sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine CME and departments of emergency medicine and otolaryngology. Boston, MA.
May 10, 2006 Blunt arterial injuries. Lecture sponsored by Boston Medflight. Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, MA
Sept 16, 2008 Post-Traumatic stress debriefing in the emergency department (Panelist). Schwartz Rounds. Sponsored by The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center and Boston University School of Medicine CME. Boston, MA
January 28, 2009 Ultrasound for vascular access. Emergency medicine update. Workshop sponsored by the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine. Stowe, VT
January 30, 2009 Advances in emergency department ultrasound. Emergency medicine update. Lecture sponsored by the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine. Stowe, VT
February 3, 2010 Emergency Ultrasound: Applications for the acute patient. Emergency medicine update course. Workshop sponsored by the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine. Stowe, VT
February 5, 2010 Blunt arterial injuries, it’s not just the aorta at risk. Emergency medicine update course. Sponsored by the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine. Stowe, VT
January 25, 2012 Clinical epidemiology & population health pandemic influenza tabletop exercise. Harvard Medical School. Coach for exercise. Boston, MA
May 12, 2015 Transitions of Care. Patient Safety and Quality for Academic Emergency Medicine (workshop). 2015 SAEM Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA
May 14, 2015 ED Operations Research: An Agenda for Impactful Research to Support Quality Patient Care Delivery. Moderator, Panel Discussion. 2015 SAEM Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA
Bibliography:
Peer Reviewed Publications:
1 Baker WE, Bilimoria MM, Victor MG. Motor-scooter handlebar syndrome: blunt traumatic injury to the femoral artery. J Trauma. 1996 Jun;40(6):1017-20.
2 Lanoix R, Baker WE, Mele JM, Dharmarajan L. Evaluation of an instructional model for emergency ultrasonography. Acad Emerg Med. 1998 Jan;5(1):58-63.
3 Baker WE, Wassermann J. Unsuspected vascular trauma: blunt arterial injuries. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2004 Nov;22(4):1081-98.
4 Miller RR, Baker WE, Brandeis GH. Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome in a cognitively impaired nursing home resident. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2004 Nov-Dec;17(9):479.
5 Baker WE, Servais EL, Burke PA, Agarwal SK. Blunt carotid injury. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2006 Apr;8(2):167-73.
6 Freeman K, Dewitz A, Baker WE. Ultrasound-guided hip arthrocentesis in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2007 Jan;25(1):80-6.
7 Baker WE. Evaluation of physician competency and clinical performance in emergency medicine. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2009 Nov;27(4):615-26.
8 Duong D, Baker WE, Adedipe AA. Clinician-performed ultrasound diagnosis of ruptured interstitial pregnancy. Am J Emerg Med. 2009 Nov;27(9):1170.e1-2.
9 Ramirez-Schrempp D, Dorfman DH, Baker WE, Liteplo AS. Ultrasound soft tissue applications in the pediatric emergency department, To drain or not to drain? Pediatr Emer Care. 2009 Jan;25(1):44-48
10 Husain LF, Hagopian L, Wayman D, Baker WE, Carmody KA. Sonographic diagnosis of pneumothorax. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2012;5:76-81
11 Rathlev NK, Obendorfer D, White LF, Rebholz C, Magauran B, Baker W, Ulrich A, Fisher L, Olshaker J. Time series analysis of emergency department length of stay per 8-hour shift. West J Emerg Med. 2012 May;13(2):163-8.
12 Burke LG, Joyce N, Baker WE, Biddinger PD, Dyer KS, Friedman FD, Imperato J, King A, Maciejko TM, Pearlmutter MD, Sayah A, Zane RD, Epstein SK. The effect of an ambulance diversion ban on emergency department length of stay and ambulance turnaround time. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Mar;61(3):303-311.
Book Chapters
1 Baker WE, Lanoix R, Hedges JR, Field DL. Noninvasive assessment and support of oxygenation and ventilation. In Roberts, James R; Hedges, Jerris R, editors. Clinical procedures in emergency medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1998. p. 82-107.
2 Hedges JR, Baker WE, Lanoix, R,Field DL.Use of monitoring devices for assessing ventilation and oxygenation. In Roberts, James R; Hedges, Jerris R, editors. Clinical procedures in emergency medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2004. p. 29-50.
3 Baker WE. Extremity splinting. In Mitchell, Elizabeth; Medzon, Ron, editors. Introduction to emergency medicine. Philadelphia: Lipincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2005. P. 678-84.
4 Baker WE. Vertigo. In Schaider J, Hayden SR, Wolfe R, Barkin RM, Rosen P, editors. Rosen & Barkin’s 5 minute emergency medicine consult, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2014. P 1220-1221.
5 Baker WE, Medzon R. Thoracic Trauma. In Nabel EG, Federman DD (editors). Walls RM (section Editor). Scientific American medicine; emergency medicine section[Internet]. Forthcoming 2015
Abstracts and Poster Presentations
- Burke LG, Baker WE, Biddinger PD, Dyer S, Friedman FD, Imperato J, et al. The end of ambulance diversion: changes in emergency department length of stay and ambulance turn-around-times. Poster session presented at: Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; 2011 Jun 1-5; Boston, MA.
- Stein, DJ, Baker WE, Grundfast, KM. Analysis of roles for an emergency medicine physician versus role for a consulting otolaryngologist in management of patients with suspected peritonsillar abscess. Poster session presented at: Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting; 2013 Apr 10-14; Orlando, FL.
- McDonnell M, et al. Direct Access to Acute Diabetes Clinic Reduces Hospitalizations and Cost at One Year. Oral presentation at: American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions; 2014 Jun 13-17; San Francisco, CA.
- Hanchate AD, Paasche-Orlow M, Baker WE, Dyer S, Feng C, Feldman J. Reverse racial and ethnic disparities in end of life costs. Society of General Internal Medicine 2015 Annual Meetings, Poster Presentation; April 22, 2015; Toronto, ON.
Reports:
Pines JM, Baker WE, Yiadom MY. Emergency department crowding. Report to the Congressional Research Service. Submitted directly to the CRS, 2014 Sept.
Research Support:
Ongoing Research Support
NIH: GRANT11668028 (3702561): (Hanchate, PI) 4/1/2015-9/30/2018
STATUS as of 10/01/2014: Impact score of 33 (percentile=26), resubmitted:
R01 HL127212-01 Hanchate/Feldman (PIs) 7/1/2015-6/30/2019
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Due to Ambulance Diversion
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) characterized ambulance diversion (AD), the practice by which Emergency Departments (EDs) are temporarily closed, as “antithetical to quality medical care” and called for its “elimination”. Massachusetts is the only state to ban AD, effective 1/1/2009. Using a novel data of ambulance use developed from administrative data from Medicare and Boston Emergency Medical Services, this study will use quasi-experimental methods to estimate the causal impact of AD on ambulance travel, type of destination ED, patient mortality, length of stay, and costs.