Experience

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  Damascus university

  Nov 2007 - May 2011

  Resident physician
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  Icahn school of medicine at mount sinai- englewood hospital and medical center

  Jul 2011 - Jun 2015

  • Junior Faculty in Department of Medicine• Supervisor and Preceptor in Ambulatory Medical Clinic • Residency Candidates Interviewer• In-Patient Faculty Teaching Service Attending • Building Residents and Medical Students Schedules• Lecturer and Preceptor in Medical Students’ Curriculum

  • PGY4 Chief Medical Resident

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Resident Physician in Internal Medicine

    Jul 2011 - Jun 2014
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  Icahn school of medicine at mount sinai

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2015

  Associate in department of medicine
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  Catholic medical center

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2021

  • Second highest Case Mix Index in the State of NH• Full privilege profile: Admissions, discharges, consults, follow ups.• Half- closed ICU.• Advanced Cardiac Patient Units. • Streamline transfusion guidelines and orders.• Eliminate unnecessary transfusions • Ensure safe transfusions and run Root Cause Analysis on transfusion errors. • First steps into establishing a “bloodless” program in CMC • Review billing and documentation rules for new hospitalists • Regular meetings with CDI department to discuss improvements to documentation• Work to minimize billing denials through education on how to bill specific diagnoses

  • Hospitalist Physician

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2021

  • Clinical Director of Hospital Blood Transfusion Committee

    Jul 2016 - May 2021

  • Hospitalist Group Documentation Guide

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2020
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  University of virginia

  Aug 2021 - now

  - Clinical Documentation Improvement Director in Division of Hospital Medicine - Rolled out new AI Documentation Tools in UVA: Regard and Auto Dx - Created Documentation and Billing Curriculum for Newly Graduated Faculty and for Chief Residents - Closed Billing Gap between Y1-Y2 faculty and more experienced faculty - Increased CMI, CC/MCC Capture, SOI, ROM and ElixHauser Documentation by > 10% in one year- Increased HM Revenue by $1.2M within one year- Provided oversight in data reporting and analysis of CDI and Billing Show less

  • Medical Director

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Physican Advisor to Utilization Management

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Director of Clinical Documentation Improvement

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Assistant Professor Of Medicine

    Aug 2021 - now