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Michael H. Baumann, MD, MS, FCCP, becomes the 76th President of the American College of Chest Physicians during CHEST 2013. He is Professor of Medicine within the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Jackson, Miss.
Dr. Baumann received his MD degree from the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine, where he also served his internship. He completed his residency at the University of California-Davis and completed a fellowship at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Baumann has held numerous leadership positions in the ACCP, including chairing the Quality Improvement Committee; Performance Measures Development Task Force for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Health and Science Policy Committee (now the Guidelines Oversight Committee); CHEST 2006; Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee; Council of Governors; Clinical Pulmonary Medicine NetWork; and Membership Committee. He has served on many other ACCP task forces and subcommittees and presently is a member of the CHEST and the ACCP-SEEK Editorial Boards.
Dr. Baumann has been active outside of the ACCP. He received a Master’s degree with a focus on quality improvement from Dartmouth College in 2004 and served as the Chief Quality Officer from 2007 to 2013 for the University Hospitals and Health System at UMMC. Dr. Baumann has more than 90 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and reviews. His particular interests include pleural disease, evidence-based medicine, quality improvement and performance measures, and health-care reform issues.
We asked Dr. Baumann about his thoughts for this upcoming ACCP presidential year.
1. What would you like to accomplish as President of the ACCP?
First, I would reword this question, slightly. What would you like to accomplish as part of the ACCP team this year? This upcoming year’s efforts, as occurred with our immediate Past President, Dr. Darcy Marciniuk, and other ACCP Past Presidents, will be a team effort by members of the ACCP presidential lineup and other ACCP leaders, including the members of the Board of Regents, our superb ACCP staff, and, most importantly, our members.
I will work diligently to enable the College to continue to deliver on its core commitment—providing the best clinical education in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine to enable our members to deliver the best patient-focused care possible.
A second very important goal is to foster the successful completion of several very exciting large projects the College has undertaken to strengthen its educational focus, including the completion of our new headquarters with its state-of-the-art Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center, and the deployment of our association management system, the College’s future electronic central nervous system designed to coordinate all of our projects, including our many member-focused activities.
2. What do you consider to be the greatest strength of the ACCP, and how will you build upon this during your Presidency?
The College’s greatest strength is its innovative development and delivery of clinical education to health-care providers globally, enabling expert care for patients. We as a team can build upon this strength by listening carefully to our members and the educational needs they voice. By continuing to monitor clinical advances and other developments in the health-care world, including the rapidly changing health-care delivery climate, we can better anticipate the educational needs of our members. Our journal, CHEST, annual CHEST conference, many simulation programs, board review courses, and other innovative programs provide excellent tools to deliver on our core educational goal.
The most important effort I can provide for ensuring continued superlative educational success is to maintain a sharp focus on this goal by limiting distractions that could take us off target.
3. What are some challenges facing the ACCP, and how will you address these challenges?
As noted in the previous question, there is a host of potential distractions in the health-care world today that can dilute the College’s continued educational success.
The ACCP is a very successful organization, but this success can be jeopardized by trying to accomplish too many goals. Losing our focus can lead to achieving very little of value. Health-care delivery is changing rapidly, and our members have to adapt to these new challenges. As a College, we can have little meaningful impact on the "politics" of these changes, but we can have tremendous positive impact by providing focused, accurate, and timely member education about these changes. Such focus will enable our members to successfully adapt and continue to provide quality patient care.
4. And finally, what is your charge to the members and new Fellows of the ACCP?
The ACCP and its nearly 19,000 members exist to help you provide the best patient care possible by delivering superb clinical education in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Let us help you help your patients. How? Get involved! The College offers many doors toward engagement. Just open one!
If you aren’t sure how to start, we have a superb staff and excellent leadership more than willing to answer your questions. Also, our doors are open to nonmember health-care provider engagement. Remember, health-care delivery is a team sport, and we welcome all team members to become involved. As a member of a health-care team and the ACCP team, I welcome your ideas and concerns.
Finally, I end with warm congratulations to our new Fellows to be inducted at CHEST 2013-—a job well done!
Michael H. Baumann, MD, MS, FCCP, becomes the 76th President of the American College of Chest Physicians during CHEST 2013. He is Professor of Medicine within the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Jackson, Miss.
Dr. Baumann received his MD degree from the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine, where he also served his internship. He completed his residency at the University of California-Davis and completed a fellowship at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Baumann has held numerous leadership positions in the ACCP, including chairing the Quality Improvement Committee; Performance Measures Development Task Force for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Health and Science Policy Committee (now the Guidelines Oversight Committee); CHEST 2006; Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee; Council of Governors; Clinical Pulmonary Medicine NetWork; and Membership Committee. He has served on many other ACCP task forces and subcommittees and presently is a member of the CHEST and the ACCP-SEEK Editorial Boards.
Dr. Baumann has been active outside of the ACCP. He received a Master’s degree with a focus on quality improvement from Dartmouth College in 2004 and served as the Chief Quality Officer from 2007 to 2013 for the University Hospitals and Health System at UMMC. Dr. Baumann has more than 90 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and reviews. His particular interests include pleural disease, evidence-based medicine, quality improvement and performance measures, and health-care reform issues.
We asked Dr. Baumann about his thoughts for this upcoming ACCP presidential year.
1. What would you like to accomplish as President of the ACCP?
First, I would reword this question, slightly. What would you like to accomplish as part of the ACCP team this year? This upcoming year’s efforts, as occurred with our immediate Past President, Dr. Darcy Marciniuk, and other ACCP Past Presidents, will be a team effort by members of the ACCP presidential lineup and other ACCP leaders, including the members of the Board of Regents, our superb ACCP staff, and, most importantly, our members.
I will work diligently to enable the College to continue to deliver on its core commitment—providing the best clinical education in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine to enable our members to deliver the best patient-focused care possible.
A second very important goal is to foster the successful completion of several very exciting large projects the College has undertaken to strengthen its educational focus, including the completion of our new headquarters with its state-of-the-art Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center, and the deployment of our association management system, the College’s future electronic central nervous system designed to coordinate all of our projects, including our many member-focused activities.
2. What do you consider to be the greatest strength of the ACCP, and how will you build upon this during your Presidency?
The College’s greatest strength is its innovative development and delivery of clinical education to health-care providers globally, enabling expert care for patients. We as a team can build upon this strength by listening carefully to our members and the educational needs they voice. By continuing to monitor clinical advances and other developments in the health-care world, including the rapidly changing health-care delivery climate, we can better anticipate the educational needs of our members. Our journal, CHEST, annual CHEST conference, many simulation programs, board review courses, and other innovative programs provide excellent tools to deliver on our core educational goal.
The most important effort I can provide for ensuring continued superlative educational success is to maintain a sharp focus on this goal by limiting distractions that could take us off target.
3. What are some challenges facing the ACCP, and how will you address these challenges?
As noted in the previous question, there is a host of potential distractions in the health-care world today that can dilute the College’s continued educational success.
The ACCP is a very successful organization, but this success can be jeopardized by trying to accomplish too many goals. Losing our focus can lead to achieving very little of value. Health-care delivery is changing rapidly, and our members have to adapt to these new challenges. As a College, we can have little meaningful impact on the "politics" of these changes, but we can have tremendous positive impact by providing focused, accurate, and timely member education about these changes. Such focus will enable our members to successfully adapt and continue to provide quality patient care.
4. And finally, what is your charge to the members and new Fellows of the ACCP?
The ACCP and its nearly 19,000 members exist to help you provide the best patient care possible by delivering superb clinical education in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Let us help you help your patients. How? Get involved! The College offers many doors toward engagement. Just open one!
If you aren’t sure how to start, we have a superb staff and excellent leadership more than willing to answer your questions. Also, our doors are open to nonmember health-care provider engagement. Remember, health-care delivery is a team sport, and we welcome all team members to become involved. As a member of a health-care team and the ACCP team, I welcome your ideas and concerns.
Finally, I end with warm congratulations to our new Fellows to be inducted at CHEST 2013-—a job well done!
Michael H. Baumann, MD, MS, FCCP, becomes the 76th President of the American College of Chest Physicians during CHEST 2013. He is Professor of Medicine within the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Jackson, Miss.
Dr. Baumann received his MD degree from the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine, where he also served his internship. He completed his residency at the University of California-Davis and completed a fellowship at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Baumann has held numerous leadership positions in the ACCP, including chairing the Quality Improvement Committee; Performance Measures Development Task Force for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Health and Science Policy Committee (now the Guidelines Oversight Committee); CHEST 2006; Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee; Council of Governors; Clinical Pulmonary Medicine NetWork; and Membership Committee. He has served on many other ACCP task forces and subcommittees and presently is a member of the CHEST and the ACCP-SEEK Editorial Boards.
Dr. Baumann has been active outside of the ACCP. He received a Master’s degree with a focus on quality improvement from Dartmouth College in 2004 and served as the Chief Quality Officer from 2007 to 2013 for the University Hospitals and Health System at UMMC. Dr. Baumann has more than 90 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and reviews. His particular interests include pleural disease, evidence-based medicine, quality improvement and performance measures, and health-care reform issues.
We asked Dr. Baumann about his thoughts for this upcoming ACCP presidential year.
1. What would you like to accomplish as President of the ACCP?
First, I would reword this question, slightly. What would you like to accomplish as part of the ACCP team this year? This upcoming year’s efforts, as occurred with our immediate Past President, Dr. Darcy Marciniuk, and other ACCP Past Presidents, will be a team effort by members of the ACCP presidential lineup and other ACCP leaders, including the members of the Board of Regents, our superb ACCP staff, and, most importantly, our members.
I will work diligently to enable the College to continue to deliver on its core commitment—providing the best clinical education in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine to enable our members to deliver the best patient-focused care possible.
A second very important goal is to foster the successful completion of several very exciting large projects the College has undertaken to strengthen its educational focus, including the completion of our new headquarters with its state-of-the-art Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center, and the deployment of our association management system, the College’s future electronic central nervous system designed to coordinate all of our projects, including our many member-focused activities.
2. What do you consider to be the greatest strength of the ACCP, and how will you build upon this during your Presidency?
The College’s greatest strength is its innovative development and delivery of clinical education to health-care providers globally, enabling expert care for patients. We as a team can build upon this strength by listening carefully to our members and the educational needs they voice. By continuing to monitor clinical advances and other developments in the health-care world, including the rapidly changing health-care delivery climate, we can better anticipate the educational needs of our members. Our journal, CHEST, annual CHEST conference, many simulation programs, board review courses, and other innovative programs provide excellent tools to deliver on our core educational goal.
The most important effort I can provide for ensuring continued superlative educational success is to maintain a sharp focus on this goal by limiting distractions that could take us off target.
3. What are some challenges facing the ACCP, and how will you address these challenges?
As noted in the previous question, there is a host of potential distractions in the health-care world today that can dilute the College’s continued educational success.
The ACCP is a very successful organization, but this success can be jeopardized by trying to accomplish too many goals. Losing our focus can lead to achieving very little of value. Health-care delivery is changing rapidly, and our members have to adapt to these new challenges. As a College, we can have little meaningful impact on the "politics" of these changes, but we can have tremendous positive impact by providing focused, accurate, and timely member education about these changes. Such focus will enable our members to successfully adapt and continue to provide quality patient care.
4. And finally, what is your charge to the members and new Fellows of the ACCP?
The ACCP and its nearly 19,000 members exist to help you provide the best patient care possible by delivering superb clinical education in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Let us help you help your patients. How? Get involved! The College offers many doors toward engagement. Just open one!
If you aren’t sure how to start, we have a superb staff and excellent leadership more than willing to answer your questions. Also, our doors are open to nonmember health-care provider engagement. Remember, health-care delivery is a team sport, and we welcome all team members to become involved. As a member of a health-care team and the ACCP team, I welcome your ideas and concerns.
Finally, I end with warm congratulations to our new Fellows to be inducted at CHEST 2013-—a job well done!