Sahar Barayan , MD, MMM, CPHQ, CHCQM

• 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.
• Teaching fellows , residents and medical students.

I have done several 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

* St. Christopher Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA

• JCI accredited hospital in Jubail industrial city with 135 operational beds and 230 physicians.
• 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 of Medical Staff.
• 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.

• Free standing 350 bed, nationally recognized Pediatric Healthcare network with more than 650 physicians and 3,400 staffs. Full time 40 hours/week
• Provided clinical and management leadership to pediatric nephrology team.
• Established outreach clinics and telemedicine services in Northern and Southern California.

• Quality and patient safety: Participated in Quality and Patient Safety committee meetings.
• Performance improvement: Participated in several committees to ensure implementation of evidence based medicine and created several pathways for most common disease diagnoses.
• Chair of professional review committee: reviewed safety alerts involving physicians' clinical or behavioral issues.
• Utilization management: Attended Pharmacy, Therapeutic and Utilization committee meetings
• Reviewed challenging cases with case managers to troubleshoot any hurdles to providing care
• Bylaw committee: Chaired committee and revised bylaws involving medical staff
• Updated/created policies and procedures as needed
• Patient satisfaction: 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 %)
• Pediatric Residency program: 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
• CDI-10 Steering Committee: Actively participated in process of education and implementation of CDI10
• Recruitment/Interviews: Conducted interviews of senior management and physicians