JAMES BARRON

Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Full Time Hospitalist since 2000

Ten years experience working in Intensive Care Units

Twenty years Experience in Medical Education.

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine - 2000-present
• Licensed in Ohio - 2015 - Present
• Licensed in Pennsylvania - 2015 - Present
• Licensed in Michigan - 2002 - Present
• Licensed in Wisconsin - 1995 - 2002
• Licensed in South Carolina 2016 - Present
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - 2023
• Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) 2024

• Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, Internal Medicine Internship, 07/1994 - 06/1995
• Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, Internal Medicine Resident, 07/1998 - 06/2000

• Key Clinical Faculty, Grand Rapids, MI, 01/2005 - 12/2009, Oversaw residents, interns, and medical students during their inpatient Internal Medicine rotations. Responsibilities include: teaching, mentoring, counseling and supervising the Inpatient Internal Medicine ward service. Assisted with curriculum development, compliance, and recruitment.
• Associate Program Director, Grand Rapids, MI, 01/2010 - 01/2015, Supervision of the Internal Medicine residency program. In addition to the duties of a Key Clinical Faculty, I worked directly under the Program Director and assisted with furthering program and curriculum development to meet necessary milestones.
• Associate Faculty for Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 2002-present. Provide supervision and instruction of medical students and residents on their inpatient clinical rotations
• Adena Regional Medical Center Teaching Faculty - 2018-present. Provide supervision and instruction for Medical Students, Interns and Residents in the Intensive Care Setting.

• Heart Failure Quality Committee Physician Champion, Grand Rapids, MI, 01/2003 - 01/2010
• Venous Thromboembolism Committee Physician Lead, Grand Rapids, MI, 01/2010 - 07/2014
• HMS Venous Thromboembolism Collaborative Quality Initiative, Grand Rapids, MI, 01/2014 - 09/2015
• HMS PICC Line Collaborative Quality Initiative, Grand Rapids, MI, 02/2014 - 09/2015
• Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative Quality Initiative, Grand Rapids, MI, 09/2014 - 09/2015
• Mass Casualty Drills, Grand Rapids, MI

• Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc; Sushant Govindan, MD; Latoya Kuhn, MPH; David Ratz, MS; Randy F. Sweis, MD; Natalie Melin, BA; Rac Thompson, MD; Aaron Tolan, MD; James Barron, MD; and Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, Do Clinicians Know Which of Their Patients Have Central Venous Catheters: A Multicenter Observational Study, Ann Intern Med, 161, 8, 562-567, 2014
• Chopra V, Kuhn L, Coffey CE Jr, Salameh M, Barron J, Flanders SA, Saint S, Hospitalist experiences, practice, opinions, and knowledge regarding peripherally inserted central catheters: a Michigan survey, J Hosp Med, 8, 6, 309-14, 2013
• Scott A Flanders MD, Todd Greene PhD, Scott Kaatz DO, Paul Grant MD, David Pajeh MD, Bobby Lee MD, James Barron MD, Julie Wietzke MHSA, MLS, Steven Bernstein MD, The Impact of Increasing Pharmacologic Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Medical Patients: Results from the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, 2014

• United States Navy, 07/1995 - 09/2002
• Medical Officer, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, 1997 - 06/1998, Provided medical care to Marines in Boot Camp training with a focus on sports medicine injuries and rehabilitation.
• Battalion Surgeon, Camp Pendleton, CA, 07/1995 - 06/1997, Combat Landing Force Surgeon for the Eleventh Marine Expeditionary Unit, forward deployed to the Persian Gulf and neighboring countries. Responsible for the healthcare needs of all frontline troops including development of battle contingency plans, mass casualty training, disease prevention and acute treatment of sick and injured Marines and Sailors. Awarded Naval Commendation Medal. Earned Naval Achievement Medal, Surface Warfare Medical Officer Designation as well as Fleet Marine Force Ribbon.

26-Time Ironman Triathlon Finisher. Successfully fundraised for multiple charities including Allie's Angels, Bissel Pet Foundation, Epilepsy Foundation and Semper Fi Fund.