SAHAR BARAYAN

-I have done several locum assignments at:

*Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, CA;

*Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Denver, CO

*Children's Hospital New Orleans, LA

*Christus Children's Hospital , San Antonio, TX

*Sacred Heart Children's Hospital , Spokane , WA

Assignments included:

-In patient rounding, consults and after hours coverage

-Seeing patients in clinic

-Acute renal replacement therapy (CRRT , HD , PD)

-Chronic dialysis (HD and PD)

-Plasmapheresis

-Care of pre- and post-transplant patients

• Company Overview: JCI accredited hospital in Jubail industrial city with 135 operational beds and 230 physicians
• Rounding on hospitalized patients, admitting new patients and consulting on patients in PICU, NICU and ED
• Providing acute dialysis services (IHD, CRRT, PD) to hospitalized patients
• Occasionally seeing patients in outpatient clinic when needed
• I was a practicing pediatric nephrologist in addition to my administrative duties
• I saw patients in outpatient clinic and attended to in-patient consults
• Oversaw daily operations to reach financial targets
• Partnered with management team to optimize operations and reduce costs
• Reviewed reports from subordinate management to identify areas of improvement
• Oversaw recruitment and onboarding process for new physicians
• Evaluation of the professional competence of physicians and allied health professionals
• Provision of medical expertise in the review of professional and clinical conduct
• JCI accredited hospital in Jubail industrial city with 135 operational beds and 230 physicians

• Company Overview: Free standing 350 bed, nationally recognized Pediatric Healthcare network with more than 650 physicians and 3,400 staffs
• Free standing 350 bed, nationally recognized Pediatric Healthcare network with more than 650 physicians and 3,400 staffs

• Coordination of expert review of medical records by utilizing the open and closed record review process to assure conformance with standards
• Counselling and planning an improvement plan for physicians who are underperforming
• Coordination of activities in relation to the peer review panel
• Led multiple teams, driving growth consistent with overall mission and values
• Developed standard operating procedures
• Maintained organizational compliance with applicable legislation and regulations
• Allocated resources to teams and projects based on need, performance and availability
• Provided clinical and management leadership to pediatric nephrology team
• Established outreach clinics and telemedicine services in Northern and Southern California
• Participated in Quality and Patient Safety committee meetings
• Participated in several committees to ensure implementation of evidence based medicine and created several pathways for most common disease diagnoses
• Reviewed safety alerts involving physicians' clinical or behavioral issues
• Attended Pharmacy, Therapeutic and Utilization committee meetings
• Reviewed challenging cases with case managers to troubleshoot any hurdles to providing care
• Chaired committee and revised bylaws involving medical staff
• Updated/created policies and procedures as needed
• Attended Ritz Carlton Leadership Education Program to provide customer centric culture
• Worked closely with hospital management to implement changes to improve patient's experience and satisfaction
• As a result of implementing those changes and related principles in my own clinical practice, patients' satisfaction scores were amongst the highest in hospital (90th-95th %)
• Participated in establishing new pediatric residency program affiliated with Stanford University
• Chair of Medical Executive Committee (MEC)
• Credentialing and Privileging Committee
• Capital Budget Planning Committee

• Actively participated in process of education and implementation of CDI10
• Conducted interviews of senior management and physicians