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1St. Bernardine Medical CenterMedical DialogueFALL 2023KEEPING PHYSICIANS ABREAST OF THE LATEST NEWS AND INFORMATION ATDIGNITY HEALTH – ST. BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTERSt. Bernardine Medical Center Receives U.S. News & World Report Awards Doug KleamHospital PresidentI am proud to announce that Dignity Health - St. Bernardine Medical Center has been recognized in the 2023 - 2024 U.S. News & World Report Hospital rankings list for five High Performing distinctions:• Congestive Heart Failure• Diabetes• Heart AttackThis is great recognition and demonstrates the clinical excellence and quality patient care provided by our physicians and clinical staff. Across nearly 4,500 hospitals, these designations are the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals procedures and conditions ratings. Earlier this year, St. Bernardine was also recognized as a Healthgrades® Five-Star Recipient for treatment of heart failure, hip fracture treatment, and treatment of pneumonia. Additionally, we were recognized with an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2023. These quality honors by U.S. News & World Report, Healthgrades®, and Leapfrog, place St. Bernardine among the best hospitals in our nation.Congratulations to our outstanding physicians and hospital team for your dedication in serving our patients and community with the highest quality of care and excellence. These achievements are a true reflection of the commitment and teamwork by our physicians, nurses and entire staff. Thank you for all that you do to ensure St. Bernardine stands among the best.Look inside for a message from our new CMO• Heart Bypass Surgery• Stroke

2 Medical Dialogue Fall 2023Welcome New Physicians to the St. Bernardine Medical Center Family Anatomical/Clinical Pathology Adam B. Stelling, MDAnesthesia Mohammad J. Alam, MD David Paz-Calderon, MD Igor Kirzhner, MDBariatric SurgeryVincent Cheng, MD Critical CareMatthew J. Schrader, DO Amanda R. Van Mecl, DO Internal MedicineHtoo Htoo Aung, MD Samit Bhakta, MD Johnny Choi, MD Lawrence C. Chukwueke, MD Timothy Collins, DO Niki Mohammadi, MD Juan M. Perez Quintana, MD Sabhyata Sharma, MD Ankit Takyar, MDNephrologyBahman J. Moghadam, MDOrthopedic SurgeryJason Chan, MDPediatric NeurologyDavid J. Michelson, MDPhysician AssistantJose Cortez, PA-C Luke A. Layton, PA-C Diana J. Romo, PA-CTele-NeurologyThomas J. Hirschauer, MDTele-Psychiatry Amina Sutherland-Stolting, MDTele-Radiology Philame Sam A. Oronan, MD Elena Weschler, MD Conrad Gibby, MD Hassan B. Semaan, MDVascular SurgeryRumi M. Faizer, MDMEDICAL STAFF OFFICE CORNERA Message from Our CMO Charlie Abraham, MDChief Medical OfficerI’m happy to return to Dignity Health – St. Bernardine Medical Center, and to be among a stellar group of physicians. I’m also excited to continue sharing pertinent information with you in each issue of this Medical Dialogue. Inside each issue, you will find topics on quality and safety, clinical updates, documentation improvement, hospital upgrades, physician honors and events, and highlights from the Medical Directors meeting. You’ll also have a chance to see the list of physicians who recently joined our Medical Staff. Please take a few minutes to read this issue; your comments and contributions are valuable and greatly encouraged.I take great pride in belonging to St. Bernardine’s Medical Staff where physicians have been spreading humankindness to our community for decades. The communities of the Inland Empire have put their trust in us to provide the best care possible, and I thank you for ensuring we exceed their expectations. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER CORNER

3St. Bernardine Medical CenterTop CDI Query Response Achievers High physician response rates help accurately reflect patient severity of illness and intensity of service. We thank the following physicians for their diligence and commitment to St. Bernardine Medical Center. Criteria for Top Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Query Response Achievers: Only physicians with three or more queries and an answer rate of 90–100% are included. Below are the top achievers for June, July and August 2023. Congratulations on a job well done!Mohammed Al-Khayyat, MDAli Alktaifi, MDKenneth Ballou, MDValentina Bistolfi Amaral, MDBrian Bush, MDKshitij Chatterjee, MDBrett Clement, DOErrajith Ber De Silva, MDNguyen Doan, MDKieran Doyle, MDJustin Fu, MDAbdullah Ghoury, MDAlaa Hajal, MDAli Hamidi, MDBaker Hillawy, MDTu Hoang, MD Vinh Mai, DOGeorge Mousa, MDHari Reddy, MDOusama Ismael, MDHuda Khaleel, MDTalal Samaan, MDHarsharandeep Sanghera, MDSonia Shoukat, MDArshad Sial, MDSharon Simons, MDSivakami Sivapalan, MDBenjamin Tabibian, DOFarzad Tariq, MDEstevan Torrez Andia, MDThomas Tran, MDRobert Yang, MDMin Zhang, MDSBMC Recognized for Commitment to Safe Opioid Care Thanks to all of our physicians who helped SBMC earn Opioid Care Honor Roll recognition by Cal Hospital! To receive this certificate, SBMC had to score between 26 and 33 points on the 2023 Opioid Management Hospital Self-Assessment and score at least one point in each of the following four domains of care: safe and effective opioid use, identifying and treating patients with opioid use disorder, overdose prevention, and applying cross-cutting opioid management best practices. The goal of the California Opioid Care Honor Roll Program is to increase access to addiction treatment for hospitalized patients and reduction of opioid-related deaths. We are pleased to offer this much-needed care to our community.

4 Medical Dialogue Fall 2023Physicians in the NewsThe following physicians were recently featured in the media representing St. Bernardine Medical Center.CHARLIE ABRAHAM, MD, CMO, was featured in Becker’s Hospital Review in an article announcing his appointment as Chief Medical Officer at SBMC.JOSE ARCINIEGA, DO, FAMILY MEDICINE, was featured on Telemundo Channel 52 News where he shared measures that should be taken to prevent sudden cardiac arrests in younger athletes after 18-year old Bronny James, son of NBA superstar LeBron James, suffered a cardiac event during practice at USC.Wine & Roses Please join Dignity Health Foundation - Inland Empire for the return of the biennial Gathering at Twilight Gala. Guests will enjoy an evening of delicious cuisine, world-class auction items and entertainment by The Blue Breeze Band. The Gala will play a crucial role in raising funds for the capital needs at both Community Hospital of San Bernardino and St. Bernardine Medical Center. Through your generous support of this special evening, we are able to keep pace with the changing health care needs of our community and to build upon the award-winning care our patients deserve.Wine & RosesSaturday, November 4, 2023DoubleTree by Hilton - Ontario AirportRegister today by clicking here. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 909-475-5024 or by email at FoundationIE@CommonSpirit.org.Dignity Health Foundation - Inland Empire Newsletter Learn more about how the Foundation is supporting hospital services in our end of FY23 newsletter.Medical Dialogue Editorial TeamChristina Zicklin Editorial DirectorTracie Gipson EditorCharlie Abraham Chief Medical OfficerBrian Bowlin Director, Medical Staff Services