CV_061316_AlanHeins
- 1. Curriculum Vitae Alan Heins, MD, MPH June 13, 2016 Personal Information HomeMailing Address 1012 Brandywine Road Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 Phone(251) 504-0572 Corporate OfficeIsland Medical Management 100 Washington Street, Suite 102 Huntsville, AL 35801 Phone(256) 801-3108 aheins@immh.com Clinical PracticesIsland Medical Management Cullman Regional Medical Center 1912 AL-157 Cullman, AL 35058 Decatur Morgan Hospital 1201 7th Street SE Decatur, AL 35601 University of Alabama Student Health Center 750 5th Avenue East Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 University of South Alabama (USA) Childrens and Womens Hospital Evaluation Center, 1700 Center Street Mobile, Alabama 36604 Employment HistoryAdministration and Clinical Practice Director of the Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program, based at Cullman Regional Medical Center, Island Medical Management. This is a one-year fellowship training Family Medicine and Medicine-Pediatrics residency graduates in emergency medicine. August, 2015present. Assistant Medical Director and Attending Physician, Island Medical Management, a national, physician practice management group. Clinical and administrative work in several sites in Alabama including Decatur Morgan Hospital, Decatur, AL; Walker Baptist Hospital, Jasper, AL; Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL; Shelby
- 2. Baptist Hospital, Alabaster, AL, and Cullman Regional Medical CenterMay, 2011- present. All are moderate to high acuity EDs with volumes ranging from 36,000-50,000 patients per year. Created and administered the Quality Management program, managed financial performance and physician and mid-level provider development, and developed a company-wide initiative to incorporate scribes in our clinical practice. Attending Physician, University of Alabama Student Health Center, Tuscaloosa, AlabamaOctober, 2014-present. Provide urgent and primary care services for the students of the University of Alabama. The Student Health Center sees about 40,000 patient visits per year. Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Services, DCH Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, ALNovember, 2009-April, 2011. Full-time, partnership track physician. The DCH ED is a Level 2 trauma center, with 70,000 annual visits and very high acuity patient population. Medical Director, Evaluation Center, University of South Alabama (USA) Childrens and Womens Hospital, Mobile, AlabamaJanuary, 2008-December, 2009. Attending Physician, Evaluation Center, University of South Alabama (USA) Childrens and Womens Hospital, Mobile, AlabamaDecember, 2009-present. Reported directly to hospital CEO. Supervised physician and nurse practitioner staff. Managed financial performance, quality, education, and productivity. Represented department on hospital and medical staff committees. Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama (USA) Hospital SystemJuly, 2003-December, 2009. USA Medical Center is an academic medical center and Level 1 trauma center, with 30,000 annual visits and high acuity patient population. USA Childrens and Womens Hospital is an academic medical center with very large Level 3 NICU and an Evaluation Center with 32,000 annual visits, 85% of which are pediatric patients. USA Knollwood Hospital is an academic-affiliated community hospital with 26,000 annual ED visits, sold to another hospital system in 2006. Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, USA Knollwood Hospital December, 2003-July, 2006 when hospital was sold. Reported to Chair, USA Department of Emergency Medicine. Managed quality and productivity. Supervised nurse practitioners. Education M.P.H., Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GAMay, 2009. M.D., University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FloridaMay, 2000. B.S., Biology, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FloridaMay, 1996.
- 3. Post-graduate Training and Certification Certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine, Number 20030033, Expires December 31, 2024. Residency, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, Maryland. Clinical training sites include University of Maryland Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Mercy Medical Center, and Baltimore Veterans Administration Hospital, all in Baltimore, Maryland; and Childrens National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.June, 2000-June, 2003. Roles in Academic Medicine Director, Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program, based at Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman, AL. This is a one-year program to train primary care residency graduates to provide high-quality emergency care. Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Alabama, Department of Pediatrics Current. Conduct bedside teaching of residents, medical students, and physician assistant students in the Evaluation Center, USA Childrens and Womens Hospital. Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, ALJanuary, 2010-April, 2011. Conduct bedside teaching of residents, medical students, and nurse practitioner students. Perform clinical and epidemiologic research. Associate Professor, University of South Alabama (USA) College of Medicine, Mobile, AL, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physician Assistant Studies July, 2003-December, 2009. Conducted didactic and bedside teaching of residents and medical, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant students. Performed clinical, educational, and epidemiologic research. Resident Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MarylandJune, 2000-June, 2003. Medical Licensures Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, unrestricted license to practice medicine Number 00025163, expires December 31, 2016. State of Alabama controlled substance certificationNumber 00025163, expires December 31, 2016. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration controlled substance registrationNumber BH7449172, expires October 31, 2016.
- 4. Professional Memberships American Medical Association (AMA)1996-present. American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)1997-present. Fellow status 2006-present. Honors and Awards State Leadership Award, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2009. Elected Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 2006. Scholarship award to The American Pain Society Essentials of Pain Management Program, 2005. Outstanding Resident Achievement Award, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2003. AMA Foundation Leadership Award, 2002. Alpha Omega Alpha Service Award, 2000. Doctors Doctor Award for Excellence, given by the University of South Florida College of Medicine Class of 2000 to The Doctor We Would Choose As Our Own, 2000. SAEM Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine, 2000. Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, elected Spring, 1999. Sanford A. Mullen Community Service Award of the Florida Medical Association, 1999. Robert G. Nelson Award of the Florida Obstetric and Gynecology Society, for most outstanding achievement in Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship, 1999. Pharmacia and Upjohn Award for Excellence in Clinical Pharmacology, 1998. USF Department of Physiology and Biophysics Award for Excellence, 1997. Publications Journals, peer-reviewed Friedman BW, Solorzano C, Esses D, Xia S, Hochberg M, Dua N, Heins A, Sasso P, Bijur PE, Lipton RB, Gallagher J. Treating Headache Recurrence After Emergency
- 5. Department Discharge: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Naproxen Versus Sumatriptan. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56(1):7-17. Heins A, Homel P, Safdar B, Todd K. Physician Race/Ethnicity Predicts Successful Emergency Department Analgesia. J Pain. 2010;11(7):692-7. Wiler JL, Gentle C, Halfpenny JM, Heins A, Mehrotra A, Mikhail MG, Fite D. Optimizing Emergency Department Front-End Operations. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:142-60. Safdar B, Heins A, Homel P, Miner J, Neighbor M, DeSandre P, Todd KH. Impact of Physician and Patient Gender on Pain Management in the Emergency Department - A Multi-Center Study. Pain Medicine. 2009;10(2):364- 72.. Heins A. Ensuring Color-Blind Care. Emerg Med. 2009, March:15-17. Heins JK, Heins A. Management of Emergency Department Patients With Boxer's Fractures: Functional Treatment or Immobilization. Adv Emerg Nurs J. December, 2008. Heins JK, Heins A. An Unusual Cause of Knee Pain Discovered at a Nurse-Practitioner Clinic. J Am Acad Nurs Pract. 2008;20:563-6.. Moore LP, Heins JK, Heins A. A 49-year-old Woman with Multiple Episodes of Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, and Torsades de Pointes, Requiring 211 Defibrillatory Shocks. J Emerg Nurs. 2007;33(4):352-5. Heins A, Grammas M, Heins JK, Costello M, Huang K, Mishra S. Determinants of variation in analgesic and opioid prescribing practice in an emergency department. J Opioid Manage. 2006;2(6):335-340. Costello MW, Heins A, Zirkin D. Envenomations. EM Practice. 2006;8(9):1-28. Heins JK, Heins A, Grammas M, Costello M, Huang K, Mishra S. Disparities in Analgesia and Opioid Prescribing Practices for Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Nurs. 2006:32:219-24. Witting MD, Magder L, Heins AE, Mattu A, Granja CA, Baumgarten M. ED predictors of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in patients without hematemesis. Am J Emerg Med. 2006;24:280-5. Heins A, Farley H, Maddow CL, Williams A. A Research Agenda for Studying the Effect of ED Crowding on Clinical Education. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12(6):529-32.
- 6. Heins A, Grammas M, Heins JK, Costello M. Disparities in Emergency Department (ED) Pain Management. (Abstract) Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12(5 Supplement 1):158. Full article published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing, see above. Witting MD, Magder L, Heins AE, Mattu A, Granja C, Baumgarten M. Gastrointestinal bleeding source prediction in patients without hematemesis. (Abstract) Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11(5):479. Full article published and listed above. Witting MD, Magder L, Heins AE, Mattu A, Granja C, Baumgarten M. Usefulness and validity of diagnostic nasogastric aspiration in patients without hematemesis. Ann Emerg Med. 2004;43:525-32. Heins A, Keehn C. Financial crisis for medical students and residents. Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41(5):733-5. Heins A, Brown J, Weis D, Lichenstein R. Clinical predictors of danger to self or others in pediatric emergency department (ED) patients with psychiatric complaints. Ped Res. 2002;51(4):618 Part 2 Suppl. Heins A, Euerle B. Application of chronobiology to resident physician work scheduling. Ann Emerg Med. 2002;39(4):444-7. Other publications Heins A. La Clinica: A Doctors Journey Across Borders (Book Review). Ann Emerg Med. 2009;54(1):145. Heins A. Urinary Tract Infections. In Abdominal Emergencies, David Cline and Latha Stead editors. McGraw-Hill, 2008. Heins A. Chronic Abdominal Pain. In Abdominal Emergencies, David Cline and Latha Stead editors. McGraw-Hill, 2008. Heins A, Solomon RC. Focus On: Effective Acute Pain Management. ACEP News. 2005;24(10):15-6. Heins A. Rational work scheduling for residents. Virtual Mentor. August 1, 2002, at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8562.html. Proffered Communications Poster presentations Heins A, Rask K, Houry D. Trends and disparities in ED asthma care, 1992-2006. Presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly and Research Forum, Boston, MA, October, 2009.
- 7. Heins A, Liang S, Richardson L. Epidemiology of Prolonged ED Length of Stay. Presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly and Research Forum, Boston, MA, October, 2009. Heins A, Homel P, Safdar B, Todd K. Physician Race Predicts Patient Response to Emergency Department Analgesia. Presented at the American Pain Society conference, San Diego, CA, May 2009. Heins A, Grammas M, Heins JK, Costello M. Disparities in Emergency Department (ED) Pain Management. SAEM Annual Meeting, New York, NYMay, 2005. Heins A. Hand, foot, and mouth disease. Clinical Pearls and Visual Diagnosis Contest. SAEM Annual Meeting, Boston, MAMay, 2003. Heins A. CATCH (Community Action to Check Hypertension) Health Fairs: Encouraging Medical Student Participation in Community Service. 33rd Annual Spring Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Orlando, FloridaMay, 2000. Heins A, Jenkins M, Youngberg RS. Needs Assessment of a Free Clinic Serving Farmworkers. 33rd Annual Spring Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Orlando, FloridaMay, 2000. Heins A, Dao ML. Purification and Characterization of Collagenolytic Enzyme in Streptococcus mutans. Suncoast Biomolecular Conference, Tampa, FloridaOctober, 1996. Other Administrative Service Faculty Senate, University of South Alabama2007-8. Student Promotions and Evaluations Committee, University of South Alabama College of Medicine2007-2009. Director of Scholarly Activity, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine2006-2009. Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine2006-2009. ED Committee, University of South Alabama Medical Center2006-2009. Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama Knollwood Hospital, Mobile, AL2003-January, 2006. Hospital sold.
- 8. President, House Staff Association of the University of Maryland Medical System 2002-2003; Vice President2001-2002. Performance Improvement Steering Committee, University of Maryland Medical System 2001-2003. Graduate Medical Education Committee, University of Maryland Medical System 2001-2003. Curricular Renewal Retreats and Working Groups, USF College of Medicine1999- 2000. Liaison Committee on Medical Education Self-Study Committee-Research, USF College of Medicine1998-1999. Community and Professional Service International Healthy Africa Foundation, Member, Advisory Board2009-present. Medical mission work, Baptist Medical Center, Nalerigu, Ghana2007 and 2009. Medical mission work, Rio Negro, Guatemala2008. National American College of Emergency Physicians: Public Health and Injury Control (PHIC) Committee member2007-present; PHIC subcommittee chair2007-present; Emergency Medicine Practice Committee (EMPC)2006-2009; Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) member2000-present; AAC subcommittee chair2002-2005. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine: Membership Committee2006-2009; Program Committee2002-4. Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine2002-present. Reviewer, Journal of Opioid Management2006-present. Reviewer, Journal of Pain Medicine2006-present. Reviewer, Annals of Emergency Medicine2007-present. Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health2008-present. Reviewer, European Journal of Emergency Medicine2013-present.