Richard Lapin
Washington,DC
Summary
Board-certified Internal Medicine physician with more than 25 years of experience in outpatient primary care, hospital medicine, academic medicine, physician leadership, quality improvement, and global health. Extensive experience caring for medically complex patients in community, academic, and integrated healthcare systems throughout the United States and Israel.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Outpatient Internal Medicine Physician
Permanente Medicine
Largo, Maryland
11.2024 - Current
- Deliver comprehensive, compassionate, evidence based care in an outpatient setting for medically complex adults, including those living with HIV.
- Continuous effort to understand patients needs and limits, and curate realistic medical regimens appropriate to each individual.
Hospitalist
Permanente Medicine
Washington, DC & Maryland
11.2021 - 11.2024
- Provided inpatient Internal Medicine services throughout Permanente affiliated hospitals.
- Rotated through Permanente Urgent Care centers.
- Managed high-acuity admissions and multidisciplinary discharge planning.
Hospitalist
Suburban Hospital (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Bethesda, Maryland
11.2020 - 11.2021
- Delivered inpatient Internal Medicine care at a tertiary community hospital.
Locum Tenens Hospitalist
Multiple California Hospitals
California
01.2016 - 11.2021
- Provided hospital medicine services across diverse community hospitals throughout California.
Staff Physician, Department of Internal Medicine
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Tel Aviv University)
Israel
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Managed hospitalized Internal Medicine patients.
- Supervised and taught resident physicians.
- Practiced evidence-based Internal Medicine within a tertiary academic medical center.
Hospitalist (Telemedicine)
OffSite Care
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Managed admissions, consultations, and acute inpatient care remotely.
Medical Director / Associate Regional Medical Director
TeamHealth
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Directed multiple hospital medicine programs.
- Partnered with hospital executives to improve operational performance.
- Participated in expanding Hospitalist services to outside hospitals
Medical Director, Hospitalist Program
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Founded the hospital's non-academic Hospitalist Program.
- Helped establish the Emergency Department Observation Unit.
- Developed an intermediate care (step-down) unit.
- Served on the Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Rapid Response, and Critical Care Quality Committees.
- Selected Accomplishments
Hospitalist & HIV/Outpatient Physician
UCLA / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
01.2002 - 01.2006
- Practiced as an academic hospitalist and HIV outpatient/inpatient physician.
- Directed the medical consultation service (2002–2004).
- Precepted Internal Medicine residents in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Clinical/Research Fellow
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
01.2001 - 01.2002
- Provided inpatient and outpatient HIV care.
- Participated in clinical research involving HIV medicine.
Education
Doctor of Medicine (MD) -
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Master of Public Health (MPH) - Epidemiology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CaliforniaInternal Medicine Residency - undefined
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CaliforniaBachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of Maryland
Skills
- Clinical: Outpatient Primary Care, Hospital Medicine, HIV Medicine, Urgent Care
- Academic: Resident/medical student preceptor
- Leadership: Quality Improvement, Performance Improvement
Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Active Medical Licenses: District of Columbia, Maryland, California, Israel
LANGUAGES
English (Native)
French (Fluent)
Hebrew (Fluent)
Spanish (Conversational)
Levantine Arabic (Conversational)
Italian (Working Knowledge)
Swedish (Working Knowledge)
Timeline
Outpatient Internal Medicine Physician
Permanente Medicine
11.2024 - Current
Hospitalist
Permanente Medicine
11.2021 - 11.2024
Hospitalist
Suburban Hospital (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
11.2020 - 11.2021
Locum Tenens Hospitalist
Multiple California Hospitals
01.2016 - 11.2021
Staff Physician, Department of Internal Medicine
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Tel Aviv University)
01.2016 - 01.2018
Hospitalist (Telemedicine)
OffSite Care
01.2011 - 01.2016
Medical Director / Associate Regional Medical Director
TeamHealth
01.2009 - 01.2011
Medical Director, Hospitalist Program
Jackson Memorial Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2009
Hospitalist & HIV/Outpatient Physician
UCLA / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
01.2002 - 01.2006
Clinical/Research Fellow
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
01.2001 - 01.2002
Master of Public Health (MPH) - Epidemiology
University of California, Los Angeles
Internal Medicine Residency - undefined
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of Maryland
Doctor of Medicine (MD) -
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Sabharwal A, Mason M, Lapin RK. Cardiac Telemetry Guidelines Improve Bed Utilization and Resources. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare.
- Simon PA, Sorvillo FJ, Lapin RK. New England Journal of Medicine.
- Additional publications in HIV epidemiology and international conference abstracts.