University of California SanDiego
CURRICULUMVITAE
NAME:ALINA S. POPA,M.D.
Position:HealthSciencesAssociateClinical ProfessorDepartment OfMedicine
EDUCATION:
Sept 88-Sep 94University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara,Romania
Medicine doctorgraduate
Oct 94-Jan 95 National contest for residency admission, specialty and program selection
Feb 95 – Jan 01UniversityofMedicineandPharmacyTimisoara,CountyHospitalTimisoara,Romania
Residency inNeurology
June 02-June03Intern, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, SUNY Brooklyn,NY
July 03-June05Resident, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, SUNY Brooklyn,NY
July 07-June09Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester,MN
Fellowship in Hospital InternalMedicine
Sep 07-Oct08Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester,MN
Degree: Certificate in ClinicalResearch
Thecertificateprogramrequirescompletionof12didacticcreditsand asix-monthresearchproject
Feb 08-April08Mayo Quality Academy TEAMS Training- in-depth course forhealthcareprofessionals who plan to teach, implement and investigate qualityimprovement.Thecurriculumcoveredtopicsrelatedtoqualityimprovement,qualitymeasurement,
patientsafety,evidence-basedmedicineand healthpolicy.Theexpectationattheendof this 4 month course is that a QI project is completed bythe team.
Oct13Stanford Faculty Development Program in ClinicalTeachingMonth-longfacultydevelopmentcourseledbyKelleySkeff,MDandGeorgetteStratosPhD. AttheendoftheprogramIbecameacertifiedinstructorforthiscourseonimprovingfacultyclinicalteachingskills
April2015Quality and Safety EducatorsAcademy
The academy provides medical educators with the knowledge and tools to integrate QIandPatient Safety concepts in their local residency training programs. The curriculumprovidedinstructioninqualityandsafety,curriculumdevelopmentandassessment,changemanagementandprofessionaldevelopment.
LICENSES,CERTIFICATION:
Sep 01 ECMFGCertification
Oct00 Romanian Board of Neurology, certifiedneurologist
Aug05 Diplomate, American Board ofInternal Medicine.Medical License, Medical Board of California valid until06/30/2016
PRINCIPAL POSITIONSHELD:
June 10 – present Core Faculty, UCSD Internal MedicineResidency
June 11 – present Chair for Medical Education, UCSD Division of HospitalMedicine
June 14-presentCo-DirectorJuniorFacultyDevelopmentprogram fortheDivisionofHospitalMedicine(aoneyearprogramthatprovidesmentoringinmedicaleducation,qualityimprovement and research forjunior faculty)
HONORS ANDAWARDS:
June14UCSD Internal Medicine Chief resident teaching award for academic year2013-2014,June14UCSDDepartmentofMedicineGraduatingHousestaffteachingawardclassof2014
June13Excellence in teaching award for the Medicine Clerkship (course401)UCSD School of Medicine SanDiego
June13Nominated:KaiserAwardsforExcellenceinTeaching,UCSDSchoolofMedicineJune 12 Nominated: Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching, UCSD School of MedicineJan 12 Named Fellow in Hospital Medicine by the Society of HospitalMedicine
June11UCSD Internal Medicine Chief resident teaching award for academic year2010-2011,
June10Excellence in teaching award for the Medicine Clerkship(course401)UCSD School of Medicine SanDiego
Feb -May 99 Scholarship – Neurology Clinic, Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frechen, Cologne,GermanyFeb –May 98 Scholarship – Neurology Clinic, Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frechen, Cologne,Germany93-94 RomanianGovernmentscholarshipforoutstandingmedicalstudent
92-93RomanianGovernmentscholarshipforoutstandingmedicalstudent91-92RomanianGovernmentscholarshipforoutstandingmedicalstudent
KEYWORDS/PROFESSIONALINTERESTS
Medicaleducation,facultydevelopment,leadershipinMedicine,evidence-basedmedicine,qualityimprovement,patientcentered rounding.
PROFESSIONALACTIVITIESCLINICAL
July 09–presentMedicine Attending, University of California at SanDiego
Serving 23 weeks of inpatient ward attending as ahospitalist.
July 09 –presentMedicine Consult, University of California SanDiego
Serving 2 weeks of medicine consult as ahospitalist.
Sep 07 – July09Medicine attending, Austin Medical Center, Austin,MN
Served as part time hospitalist during fellowship,4-8shifts/month
July 05-June07Medicine Attending and associate teaching faculty, Luther Midelfort MayoHealthSystem,EauClaire,WIandUniversityofWisconsinFamilyMedicine
Hospitalist 1.0FTE
Feb 01-June02Neurology Attending, University of Medicine and Pharmacy TimisoaraandCity Hospital Timisoara,Romania
Full time neurologist, outpatientandinpatient
PROFESSIONALORGANIZATIONS
Memberships
Jan12NamedFellowinHospitalMedicine(FHM)bytheSocietyofHospitalMedicine.Jan08-present Member, Society of Hospital Medicine(SHM)
June10-presentMemberAAIM
SERVICE TOPROFESSIONALPUBLICATIONS:
JournalReviewer
Sept 09 –presentReviewer,JournalofHospitalMedicine(apublicationoftheSocietyofHospitalMedicine)
INVITEDPRESENTATIONS
GrandRounds:
Sep 14 Grand Rounds, UCSD Department ofMedicine
“Teaching tools formedical educators”
Jun05 Medicine Grand Rounds St John’s Episcopal Hospital FarRockaway
Change in mental status secondary toprimary hyperparathyroidism
Feb 05 Medicine Grand Rounds St John’s Episcopal Hospital FarRockaway
Effectofantiviraltreatmentontheoutcomeofsecondary bacterialpneumoniaafterinfluenza
Other InvitedLectures
Feb 13 UCSDUpdatesinInternalMedicine-CMEactivityforprimarycarephysicians“Pain in patients with complex medicalconditions”
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLICSERVICEUNIVERSITYSERVICE
University/Department of MedicineService:
Curriculum Development
Apr 15- UCSD GME Committee’s patient safety and QIcurriculum
Developing this longitudinal curriculum in collaboration with UCSD QI experts, at requestof
DIO and CQO to address institutional patient safety and QI training needs for the 995 residents and fellows enrolledatUCSD
May 15 Patient safety curriculum for Internal Medicine Residency program, in collaboration with Archana LaxmisanMD
Oct 14- IPASS Handoff curriculum for InternalMedicine.
This curriculum helps the IM residency program fulfill the transitions of care ACGME requirements, one ofsixfocus areas for the CLER Site visit. Currently teaching this curriculum for interns, R2 and R3, both through lecturesandsimulation during resident orientation and academic halfdays.
Feb14-present
CurriculumforHospitalMedicinejuniorfacultydevelopmenttrack/fellowinHospital
Medicine.
This curriculum includes topics in medical education/ QI and patient safety andentails22totalhoursoflecturesaswellasmentoringforaQIprojectofnewhireschoice.
care“
Feb 14- contributor to “Online module for resident orientation to High value costconscious
July 10-present Neurology curriculum for the UCSD Internal Medicine residencyprogram
Jan 11-Mar 11 Co-director for the UCSD Internal Medicine residency Procedure elective pilotWe establishedamedicalinpatientprocedureservice(MIPS)consistingofanattendingandresidentphysician,combinedwithastandardizeddidacticand simulator-basedtrainingprogram,toaddressdeficienciesinproceduretrainingandexperienceforInternalMedicineresidents.
Mar 09 Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine Fellows E-curriculum- Health care associatedpneumonia
Department of MedicineActivities/service
March 15-presentMember of the UCSD GME Council of faculty experts on Qualityinitiatives
Jan15-presentUCSD Hospital Medicine reorganization project-amongst 6 members voted bypeersJuly14-presentProject leader-UCSD Institutional Handoff improvement project (I-PASS).This is a national multicenter study on implementation of a handoff curriculum for InternalMedicineresidents.
June14Internal Medicine resident orientation-facilitator for section on“Controlof teaching session “ -Designed to provide rising residents with the skills to lead effectiverounds
Mar14-presentUCSDPACEphysicianMentoringprogramRemediationprogramforphysiciansthathaddisciplinaryaction with the California MedicalBoard
May13-presentUCSD Hospital Medicine-IM Residency program WardsOrientation handout
Sep13-presentLeader“Bedsideroundinginitiative”-apatientcenteredapproachtorounding,whereallteammembersarepresentatbedsideonrounds, withresident presentingthecase.Initiativesupported byIMresidencyprograminanefforttoimprovecommunicationwithpatients
Nov 14-Jan 15 Intern selection committee Internal Medicine Residency program atUCSD
Nov 13-Jan 14 Intern selection committee Internal Medicine Residency program atUCSD
June 13- Member Clinical Competencies Committee for the UCSD Internal MedicineResidency program
Nov12-Jan13 InternselectioncommitteeInternalMedicineResidencyprogramatUCSD
Nov 11-Jan 12 Intern selection committee Internal Medicine Residency program atUCSD
Nov 10-Dec 11 Intern selection committee Internal Medicine Residency program at UCSD
Sep 10-June 11MedicalstudentRecruitmentCommitteefor UCSDSchoolofMedicine
Nov09-Jan10 InternselectioncommitteeInternalMedicineResidencyprogramatUCSD
UCSD Medical Center HospitalService:
July 15-present Member in the Patient safety Committee UCSD Health System
Jan13-presentProject Helix-a health system wide project for improved efficiency, monthly meetingwith residencyProgramleadership-InstitutionalinitiativetoimprovepatientflowanddecreasecostonIMresidencyServices
Oct10-presentUCSD PPI project to decrease overutilization of proton pump inhibitorsSep09-presentUCSD Painconsortium
Sep 09- Oct10UCSD Pain Management for Hepatic and RenalPatients workgroup
Mayo Clinic HospitalService
08-11Research Hospital Internal MedicineDivision Committee
08-09QualityImprovementHospitalInternalMedicineDivisionCommittee07-08Mayo Clinic Mortality Review Committee
07-08AspirationPrecautionsQualityImprovementTeam-DepartmentwidetraininginitiativeonassessmentandpreventionofaspirationpneumoniaatMayoClinic,Rochester
06HypertensionExpertCommittee,LutherMidelfort,MayoHealthSystem
TEACHING andMENTORINGPOSTGRADUATE AND OTHERCOURSES
StanfordFacultyDevelopmentCourse(SFDC-8x2hoursessionscovering7coreprinciplesof medicaleducation)
June15-SFDC “teach the teacher “course for Chief Medical Residents in InternalMedicine
Dec 13-Apr14SFDC “teach the teacher “course for Chief Medical Residents in InternalMedicine
May 14-Aug14SFDC “teach the teacher” course for Chief Medical Residents in Internal Medicine andhospitalists
Oct14SFDC “teach the teacher” course for HospitalistClinician-EducatorsInternal Medicine ResidentConferences:
Friday schoolpresentations(SinceJuly2013the“Fridayschool”hasbecomethemainvenuefordidacticlecturesat
theUCSDInternalMedicineresidencyprogram,inaddition toareducednumberofnoonconferences)
Oct 14 FACTS “How to deal with a difficultlearner?”
Sep 14 Communication of goals and Feedback in MedicaleducationAug 14 Communication of goals and Feedback in MedicaleducationJuly 14 Learning climate in Medicaleducation
June14Specialsessionfor“risingR2”-BedsideroundingandtheControloftheteachingsessionDec13Stroke
May 13 Diagnosis and localization in neurological disease.Myelopathies
Noon conference and other conferences UCSD Internal Medicine residencyprogram
Dec14Introduction of I-PASS, a handofftool
Nov14Journal club NEJM article on I-PASS, ahandoff toolJuly142 conferences for interns onbedside rounding
May13NeurologyboardreviewforInternalMedicineresidents(2lectures)Jan13NeurologycurriculumforInternalMedicineresidents(2lectures)May12 Neurologycurriculumpresentations(5lectures)
Oct12Hyponatremia
Mayo Clinic Hospital Internal Medicine teachingconferences
Sep 07ProbioticLactobacillustopreventdiarrheaassociatedwithantibiotics
May08ProcalcitoninasadiagnostictestforsepsisincriticallyilladultsandaftersurgeryJuly08Predictors of ischemic stroke after hip surgery: a populationbased study
Jan09UsingBayesianDiagnosticTestingStrategiesforapatientwithMyastheniagravis
FacultyDevelopment(throughtheOfficeofMedicalEducation,UCSD)
Apr-June 15 Stanford Faculty Development Course forUCSD
“Teach the teacher” course for UCSD teaching Faculty fromdifferentsubspecialties through the SOM’sMEDSseries
INFORMALTEACHING:
Nov 14 and April15TeachingfacultyfortheValueImprovesQualityblockfortheUCSDIMresidencyprogram-ahighvalue,costconsciouscarecurriculum
Feb 11UCSD SOM 410 course: ”From Principles to Practice” –Workshop to practice clinicalproblemsolving for fourth year medical studentsentering internship
Feb10UCSD SOM 410 course: ”From Principles to Practice” –Workshop to practice clinicalproblemsolving for fourth year medical studentsentering internship
July 09 –presentResident Report, UCSD Department ofMedicine
Attendmorningresidents’report1-2times/weekasaguest discussant
July 09 –presentBi-monthlyM&M,UCSDDepartmentofMedicine
Facilitateweeklyconferencesforresidentsandfaculty5-10times/year.
Jan 11- March11Co-director and teaching faculty for the UCSD Internal Medicine ResidencyProcedureelectivecourse
Feb 08MayoGraduateSchoolofMedicineMedicalStudent“Bootcamptrainingforinternship”
Feb 09Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Medical Student “Boot camp trainingfor internship”
Workshopsforlastyearmedicalstudentsenteringinternship.Participatedinrevisingthecurriculumforthe “Stroke” and “Fever”sessions.
Sep 07Mayo Graduate School of Medicine: Medical Students aspatients project
A model of teachingempathy
MENTORING
Apr 15 -presentMKSAP /Board review curriculum project. Having completed the StanfordFacultyDevelopment Program that I teach here at UCSD, a group of hospitalist attendings both intheUCSD and VA hospital systems have developed a curriculum to improve teaching on wardteams,by using an MKSAP compendium of question as aframework.
Names of mentees can be provided uponrequest.
Mar14-presentUCSDPACEphysicianMentoring programThegoalofthisprogramistoremediatephysicianswho had disciplinary action with the California MedicalBoard.
June 14-presentCo-DirectorJuniorFacultyDevelopmentprogram fortheDivisionofHospitalMedicine(aoneyearprogramthatprovidesmentoringinmedicaleducation,quality
improvementandresearchforjuniorfaculty).Namesofmenteescanbeprovideduponrequest
Mar11-presentMTSP Student Re-Immersion Project. Goal: Helps MTSP students to acclimate to clinicalmedicinebythestartoftheir3rdyear.I mentoredonestudenteachyear
Mentoring (Internal Medicine Residentsand faculty):
Sep 14 “Life after residency” –career workshop for Internal Medicine residents, SanDiego,
Sep13“Lifeafterresidency”–careerworkshopforInternalMedicineresidents UCSD
Dec 12 “Life after residency” –career workshop for Internal Medicineresidents,San Diego July 12- present Advisor/mentor for Internal Medicineinterns/residents/faculty
11-12MedicalManagementConferencesfortheInternalMedicineResidencyProgram.Helpedwithdevelopmentofcasepresentationsandsystemsauditpertinenttothecasepresentation(advisorforInternalMedicineresidentsintheprocess
FacultyMentorship
Apr15-MKSAP /Board review curriculum project. Having completed the StanfordFacultyDevelopment Program that I teach here at UCSD, a group of hospitalist attendings both intheUCSD and VA hospital systems have developed a curriculum to improve teaching on wardteams,by using an MKSAP compendium of question as aframework.
Names of mentees can be provided uponrequest.
July 14 –presentCo-DirectorJuniorFacultyDevelopmentprogram fortheDivisionofHospitalMedicine(aoneyearprogramthatprovidesmentoringinmedicaleducation,quality
improvementandresearchforjuniorfaculty)-2juniorfaculty/year
May14Faculty Development session for UCSD Division ofHospital Medicine
“Control of teachingsession”
May13Faculty Development session for UCSD Division of Hospital Medicine
“The RIME framework in the evaluation ofmedical students”
April13Bedside rounding “refresher” for hospitalists and introduction of the Bedsiderounding
Jan12FacultyDevelopmentsessionsUCSDDivisionofHospitalMedicine
“How to diagnose thelearner”
TEACHING AWARDS ANDNOMINATIONS:
June14Internal Medicine Chief resident teaching award for academic year2013-2014,University of California SanDiego
June14DepartmentofMedicineGraduatingHousestaffteachingawardclassof2014
June13Excellence in teaching award for the Medicine Clerkship (course401)UCSD School of Medicine SanDiego
June13Nominated: Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching, School ofMedicine
June12Nominated: Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching, School ofMedicineJune11Internal Medicine Chief resident teaching award for academic year2010-2011,
University of California SanDiego
June10Excellence in teaching award for the Medicine Clerkship (course401)UCSD School of Medicine SanDiego
RESEARCH AND CREATIVEACTIVITIESRESEARCH AWARDS ANDGRANTS
Nov 14-present Society of Hospital Medicine mentored implementation I-PASSprogram.
I-PASSStudywassupportedbya grantfromtheU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServicesand wehave been accepted as one of the 16 sites for the I-PASS mentored implementation for the IMresidents.
June 08 Project Title: Hospital Internal Medicine Mentored Small Grant Research Award-Mayo Clinic forthe“Predictorsof30daysnon-electivehospitalreadmissionratesatSaintMary’sHospital,Rochester
PEERREVIEWEDPUBLICATIONS:
PopaAS,RabinsteinA,LarsonD,GullerudR,HuddlestonJM.Predictorsofstrokeafterhipsurgery-apopulation based study JHM2009;4:298–303
BinnickerMJ,PopaA,CataniaJ,AlexovM,TsarasG,LloydF,WegenackNL,EnzlerM.MeningealCoccidioidomycosisDiagnosedbyReal-TimePolymeraseChainReactionAnalysisofCerebrospinalFluid.
Mycopathologia (2011)171:285–289
ZologA,BednarM,GeorgescuC,PopaA.Completesubangularalexiawithspontaneousresolution.Romanian Neurology Journal.1999;4:304.
Books, onlineresources
Clinicaldecisionsupport:HospitalMedicine(CarotidstenosisandGiant Cell arteritischapters
Research/InnovationsAbstractsat NationalMeetings
April 16 Sebasky M, Bordin-Wosk T, Popa R, DeKorte M, Popa RTailoring Ward-Based Teaching to Resident Needs UsingMKSAP Questions
APDIM meeting Las Vegas, NV April 2016
April 16 Bordin-Wosk T, Wood B, Popa A, Ries D, Patel S, Spector NResident satisfaction after implementation of the iPASS handoff bundle
APDIM meeting Las Vegas, NV April 2016
March14Lovetro B, Ha D, Jenkins I, Martin L, Clay B, Lane J, Bordin-Wosk T, PopaAS.Clinical predictors associated with Proton Pump Inhibitors adherence
SocietyofHospitalMedicineAnnualMeeting2014,LasVegas,NVPublishedintheSupplementtotheJHospMed2014,4(suppl)
April12Koppenbrink K, Clay B, Helmons P, Jenkins I, Popa AS. The impact of an electronicorderset in reducing overuse of proton pump inhibitors in theinpatient population
Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting 2012, SanDiego,CAPublishedintheSupplementtotheJHospMed2012,5(suppl)
April10PopaAS,CaseyK,HuddlestonJ,BergstralhE,GullerudRPredictorsof30-dayNon-elective Hospital ReadmissionRates
SocietyofHospitalMedicine AnnualMeeting2010,Washinton,DCPublishedintheSupplementtotheJHospMed2010;5(3)(suppl2):60
April08PopaAS,RabinsteinA,LarsonD,GullerudD,HuddlestonJMIncidenceandpredictorsofstroke after hipsurgery
Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting 2008,SanDiego,CAPublishedintheSupplementtotheJHospMedVol3.Supl1,2008:34
May05Buff D, PopaAS,BotezMI,Calmac R Adverse drug reactions as a cause of hospitaladmissionsin nursing homepatients
American Geriatrics Society 2005 Annual Meeting, Orlando,FLPublished in J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Apr;53(4Suppl):S1-217
May04Buff D, Popa AS Improving the quality ofDo-Not-Resuscitateorders American Geriatrics Society 2004 Annual Meeting,LasVegas, NV Published in J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004Apr;52(4Suppl):S1-246
May04BuffD,PopaASPreventinghypoglycemicepisodesinhospitalizedgeriatricpatients.Aperformance improvementproject
AmericanGeriatricsSociety2004AnnualMeeting,LasVegas,NVPublished in J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Apr;52(4Suppl):S1-246
99ZologA,BednarM,GeorgescuC,PopaACompletesubangularalexiawithspontaneousresolution
AbstractsofNationalNeurologySymposium,Timisoara,Romania.
99Simu M, PopaA Outcomes in patients withvascular dementia.
AbstractsofNationalNeurologySymposium,Timisoara,Romania.
96Petrica M., Popa A The value of extra cranial Doppler in the study of occlusions of the cervicalportion of the internal carotidartery
Abstractsof5thRomanianNationalNeurologyCongress
96Marin, A, Lazarescu, M, Popa, A, Jernea M The transcultural studyofDepression. Preliminary results on aRomanian sample.
Abstracts of 17th DanubianPsychiatry Symposium
96Deheleanu, P, Hategan, M, Popa,A., Babos,D, Sabau,D Clinical and course peculiaritiesofrecurrent affectivepsychoses.
Abstracts of 17th DanubianPsychiatry Symposium
ClinicalVignettePosters:
March 16 Kantor M A, Steinberg J, Popa A The tip of the iceberg: a rare cause of acute liver failure
Winner1st prize for case vignettes at the Society of Hospital Medicine national meeting, San Diego, CA March 2016
March15Jacobs M, Duong J, PopaAS More than meets the eye-a perplexing case ofconfusion
Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting 2015, Washington,DC
March14PatelP,BirhanieM,PopaASBilateralmaskedmastoiditispresentingwithfacialpalsyinanadult
SocietyofHospitalMedicine AnnualMeeting2014,LasVegas,NevadaPublishedin the Supplement to the J Hosp Med 2014,4(suppl)