Acute Coronary Syndrome Project Team
Acute Coronary Syndrome Advisory Board
SHM thanks all the members of the Acute Coronary Syndrome Advisory Board, who encompass a distinguished panel of experts with representation from the fields of hospital medicine, cardiology, pharmacy, nursing, case management, social work and other organizations whose expertise was essential to the construction of this implementation guide for improving inpatient Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Chad Whelan, MD
ACS Project Lead
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Yousaf Ali, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Ashish Aneja, MD
Senior Research Fellow
Mount Sinai Heart
New York, NY
Larry Appel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mercer University School of Medicine
Savannah, GA
Raja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
MetroHealth Medical Center
Case School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Diane Carroll, PhD,
APRN, BC
Yvonne L. Munn Nurse Researcher
Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research
Institute for Patient Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Chair, Panel B, Human Research Committee
Partners HealthCare System
Boston, MA
Charles Cefalu, MD
Professor and Chief, Section of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
LSU Health Science Center
Chair, Clinical Practice Committee, AMDA
New Orleans, LA |
Jim Heisler, MD
Medical Director of Inpatient Services &
Hospitalist Program
Memorial Hermann
Houston, TX
Jill A. Jones, RN CCM
Cardiac Case Manager
Nurse Case Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
David L. Klocke, MD
Chair, Division of Hospital Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Joshua Liberman, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL
Diwakar Lingam, MD
Cardiology-Hospitalist
New York Heart Center
Syracuse, NY
Rick J. Marino, MD
Hospitalist
Prospect Medical Group
Orange County, CA
Tariq Randhawa, MD
Director, Hospitalist Program
St. James Mercy Hospital
Hornell, NY
Mohammad Salameh, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine
Director of Academic Hospitalist and Inpatient Services
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Ypsilanti, MI |
Charles Schiffer, MD
Hospitalist
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady, NY
Mark Starling, MD, FACP, FACC
CMO
Banner Heart Hospital
Mesa, AZ
Prashant Vaishnava, MD
Senior Resident
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, CPE
Medical Director
Hospital Medicine Program
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Miami, FL
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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Workgroups
Discharge
Tom Villanueva (group leader)
Diane Carroll
Charles Cefalu
Jim Heisler
Jill Jones
Mohammad Salameh
Transitions
David Klocke (group leader)
Jill Jones
Tariq Randhawa
Charles Schiffer
Chad Whelan
Patient Type
Mark Starling (group leader)
Yousaf Ali
Ashish Aneja
Larry Appel
Raj Biyyani
Diwakar Lingam
Rick Marino
Tariq Randhawa
Literature Review
Rick Marino (group leader)
Prashant Vaishnava
Joshua Liberman
Society of Hospital Medicine Staff
Director, Education and Quality Initiatives
Geri Barnes, M.T. (ASCP), M.S.
Senior Project Manager
Kristin Beck
Project Manager
Joy Wittnebert
Interactive Services Manager
Bruce Hansen
Interactive Designer
Leonard Malcom
Special thanks to:
Project director
Chad Whelan
Acute coronary syndrome advisory board and workgroup members
Writing panel:
- Lead author/editor: Chad Whelan
- Metrics: Chad Whelan and David Klocke
- Etiology of ACS: Ashish Aneja
- Initial Evaluation of Patients with Suspected ACS: Rick Marino
- Risk Stratification: H. B. Krunaratne, MD (cardiologist, Florida Heart Group;
director of coronary care unit and director of cardiovascular research, Florida Hospital)
- Antithrombotic Treatment: Yousaf Ali
- GPIIb/IIIa Inhibitor Use: Raja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani
- Other Treatments: Chad Whelan
- Cocaine Use: Ashish Aneja
- Cardiac Biomarkers: Larry Appel, Naveen Bandarpalli, Vivian Nguyen, and Deborah Haywood
- Exercise Testing in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Joshua Liberman
- Building the Business Case for Your ACS Improvement Efforts: Chad Whelan
- Patient Education: Tomas Villanueva, David Klocke, Diane Carroll, Charles Cefalu, Jim Heisler, Jill Jones, Mohamed Salameh, Tariq Randhawa, Charles Schiffer, and Chad Whelan
- Medication Safety and Polypharmacy: Chad Whelan
- Educational Programs: Chad Whelan
- Discharge & Transitions: Tomas Villanueva, David Klocke, Diane Carroll, Charles Cefalu, Jim Heisler, Jill Jones, Mohamed Salameh, Tariq Randhawa, Charles Schiffer, and Chad Whelan
Literature review
Rick Marino, Joshua Liberman, Prashant Vaishnava
Workgroup leaders
Tomas Villanueva (Discharge), Mark Starling (Patient Type), David Klocke (Transitions), Rick Marino (Literature Review)
Generous contributors of order sets, care maps, and other tools
Diane Carroll, Jill Jones, Mark Starling, Tomas Villanueva, Chad Whelan
Review and feedback
H. B. Krunaratne and Joshua Liberman
Funding
Bristol- Myers Squibb / Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership
SHM staff members
Geri Barnes, Kristin Beck, and Joy Wittnebert
SHM is dedicated to the continuous improvement of the products and services that we offer. This resource room continues to be a work in progress and reflects our constantly changing state of the evidence and best practices; we highly encourage and welcome constructive criticism and feedback via email to acs@hospitalmedicine.org.
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