Douglas W. Bowerman, MD FACP SFHM FAIHQ CHCQM
5560 Wells Curtice Rd Canandaigua, NY 14424
EDUCATION
Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT July 1999-June 2001
Categorical Internal Medicine
Internship, Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT July 1998-June 1999
Categorical Internal Medicine
M.D., State University of New York at Syracuse August 1994-May 1998
class rank top 15% USMLE scores: 230,230,227
B.S., Houghton College Houghton, NY August 1989-May 1993
Major: Biology Magna Cum Laude
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Internal Medicine with a Focused December 2011
Practice in Hospital Medicine
Scored in top quartile of examinees
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization November 2007
Review (Certified in Health Care Quality & Management)
American Board of Internal Medicine October 2001
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Advanced Cardiac Life Support April 2014
Advanced Trauma Life Support November 2013
Basic Life Support July 2013
Completion of E/M University “Hospitalist E/M Coding” September 2012
granted by the University of Colorado School of Medicine
Leadership Academy, Level 1 January 2010
sponsored by the Society of Hospital Medicine
Utilization Management Peer Reviewer Certificate 2009 and 2011
granted by the American Board of Quality Assurance
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Hospice Medical Director Training Course March 2007
sponsored by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Fundamentals of Critical Care Support March 2005
granted by the Society of Critical Care Medicine
New York State Tissue Donor Requestor January 2002
LICENSURE
New York #221124 June 2001-present
Florida #MEEW1415 (medical expert license only) October 2013-present
Connecticut #039183 Dec 2000-October 2001
CLINICAL EMPLOYMENT
Delphi Hospitalist Services, PLLC Rochester, NY
at Veterans Administration Hospital, in Bath, NY February 2014-present
at Clifton Springs Hospital, in Clifton Springs, NY November 2011-present
Private practice hospitalist physician- providing adult
inpatient Internal Medicine care in the intensive care
unit and on general medical floors.
Cogent-Hospitalist Management Group, Ltd Nashville, TN September 2006-July 2012
at F.F. Thompson Hospital, in Canandaigua, NY
Private practice hospitalist physician- providing adult
inpatient Internal Medicine care in the intensive care
unit and on general medical floors.
F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY July 2001-August 2006
Staff hospitalist physician
Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT June 1999-June 2001
Staff hospitalist physician
Emergency Department physician
Milford Hospital Milford, CT January 2001-June 2001
Staff hospitalist physician
F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY May 2003-April 2007
EKG Interpreter- provided the ‘official’ reading for
EKGs performed on all adult patients in the hospital
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NONCLINICAL EMPLOYMENT
Douglas W. Bowerman, MD PLLC November 2005-present Owner. A consulting service regarding medical
malpractice cases. Advise counsel on the merit of
a case, produce written court reports, give pretrial
depositions, and provide testimony during trial on
the standards of care for Hospital Medicine.
Maximus Federal Services Rochester, NY November 2006-Sept 2013
Reviewer. Provided independent third party reviews
of disputed claims for Medicare Parts C and D for
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Yale School of Physician Assistants New Haven, CT December 1999-May 2000
Instructor. “Patient Interviewing Skills”
University of Rochester Rochester, NY May 1993-August 1994
Laboratory Technician. Department of Neurosurgery
Houghton College Houghton, NY September 1992-May 1993
Teaching Assistant. General Biology Laboratory
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Director of the Hospitalist Program October 2005-Nov 2010
Chairman of the Critical Care Committee July 2002-March 2009
Chief of the Department of Medicine January 2006-March 2009
Director of the Intensive Care Unit April 2003-March 2009
COMMITTEES and PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Medical Records and Forms Committee September 2009-July 2012
Member
Patient Quality and Safety Committee September 2009-Nov 2010
Member
Hospital representative to New York State Department July 2001-November 2010
of Health regarding ‘State Reportable Cases”
Critical Care Committee April 2009-September 2009
Member
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Hospital Education Committee June 2002-March 2009
Member
Medication Safety Committee November 2007-March 2009
Member
Multidisciplinary Rounds Implementation Committee 2009
Member
Discharge Process Improvement Committee 2008
Member
Pioneered the use of EMRs at FF Thompson Hospital 2002
SOCIETY and ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Legal Medicine June 2015-present
Island Peer Review Organization January 2011-present
American Institute of Healthcare Quality July 2007-present
Society of Critical Care Medicine October 2004-present
American College of Physicians July 2002-present
Society of Hospital Medicine December 1999-present
American Health Information Management Association March 2014-March 2015
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Feb 2007-Feb 2014
HONORS and AWARDS
Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) September 2014
Senior Fellow of Hospital Medicine (SFHM) March 2011
Fellow of the American Institute of Healthcare Quality November 2007
Alpha Omega Alpha (medical honor society) March 1998
American Academy of Family Physicians Scholarship May 1993
Wegmans Academic Scholarship 1989 & 1993
McQuaid Jesuit High School Perfect Attendance Award 1985-1989
PUBLICATIONS
Bowerman DW. Falls in Hospitals and Nursing Homes. May 2015
The Trial Lawyer. 2015 5(2):16-18.
Bowerman DW. Now That You’re an Attending, Are You October 2014
Respected as One? Today’s Hospitalist. 2014 12(10):7,8.
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Bowerman DW. Ten Habits to Redeem Copy and Paste July 2014
Documentation: A Practical Guide to Eradicate Errors
and Restore Credibility. ACP Hospitalist. 2014 7:26,27.
Bowerman DW. Hypercalcemia. In Smith D, Sullivan L, November 2005
Hay S (eds): Field Guide to Internal Medicine. Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins. 2005; 277,278.
PROTOCOLS and_ORDER SETS
Perioperative Admission Assessment and Order Set 2011
sole author
Electrolyte Repletion Order Set 2010
sole author
Ventilator Weaning Protocol and Order Set 2007
sole author
Sedation in the ICU Assessment Protocol and Order Set 2007
sole author
Intravenous Insulin Management Protocol and Order Set 2005
sole author
Rochester Regional Thromboembolism Collaborative 2003
member
Prevention of Thromboembolic Disease Assessment 2003
Protocol and Order Set
contributing author
Alcohol Withdrawal Assessment Protocol and Order Set 2001
sole author
PRESENTATIONS
“Advanced Medical Malpractice: Assigning Duty to November 20, 2014
Hospitalists versus Specialists, Falls in the Hospital,
and The Problematic Medical Record.”
A 90 minute live webinar presented for the National
Business Institute. Accredited for CLE.
“Selenium in the ICU” February 13, 2007
Department of Medicine clinical education
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“Contrast Media Induced Nephropathy” August 7, 2006
Department of Medicine clinical education
“Abdominal Compartment Syndrome” May 18, 2006
ICU Nurse Continuing Education
“Determination of Brain Death” April 17, 2006
Department of Medicine clinical education
“Cryptic Shock” February 2, 2006
Department of Medicine clinical education
“Sedation in the ICU” November 28, 2005 ICU Nurse Continuing Education
“Intravenous Insulin” July 19, 2005
Nursing Grand Rounds at F.F Thompson Hospital
“Renal Questions Answered” November 30, 2004
ICU Nurse Continuing Education
“Thromboembolic Disease. Our Role in Prevention” May 12, 2003
Physician Grand Rounds at F.F. Thompson Hospital
“Practical Lessons from Clinical Cases” December 10, 2001
Physician Grand Rounds at F.F. Thompson Hospital
“Alcohol Withdrawal” November 16, 2001
Physician Grand Rounds at F.F. Thompson Hospital
“Medical Legal Issues” October 10, 2000
Senior Resident Thesis at Yale-New Haven Hospital
VOLUNTEER WORK
Canandaigua Area Soccer League May 2015-present
head coach for the 10-11 year-old co-ed division
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut October 1999-May 2001
mentor to boys without involved fathers
Salt City Health Outreach Program Syracuse, NY August 1996-May 1998 provided free health care to the homeless
Hilltop Children’s Health Clinic Syracuse, NY May 1996
provided free health care to underserved children
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