2020-2021 Fellows

Justine (Vi) Ngo, MD, MHA
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow

Justine (Vi) Ngo, MD, MHA
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow
About Me
Dr. Justine (Vi) Ngo, is a pediatrician and 2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business followed by a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Minnesota. She then came to the Bay Area and completed a Kaiser Permanente Administrative Fellowship. She served as an executive director at St Mary’s Medical Center before deciding to pursue a career in Medicine. She completed her medical degree at the University of Minnesota, and was inducted in the Gold Humanism Honor Society on graduation. She was recruited to Kaiser Permanente Oakland for a pediatrics residency followed by a year as chief resident. She was instrumental to Kaiser Permanente East Bay COVID GME response efforts during that time, and has a passion for effective team communication, which spurred interest in the patient safety fellowship. Dr Ngo is interested in better understanding team communication and culture during crisis, and her project focuses on communication and culture during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Katie Hatch, MD
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow

Katie Hatch, MD
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow
About Me
Dr Katie Hatch is an emergency physician and 2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Harvard University. She completed her medical degree at Columbia University, where she served as director of the Columbia-Harlem Homeless Medical Partnership and was inducted in the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She then was recruited to the Bay Area for an Emergency Medicine residency at Alameda Health System Highland Hospital. It was there that she furthered her passion for urban underserved medicine. She also developed a skill set in process improvement, leading an initiative to improve care for incarcerated patients from the Santa Rita jail, developing a social emergency medicine curriculum on social determinants of health, and establishing a protocol for medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder. Dr Hatch continues to explore social health as a patient safety issue, and her project focuses on understanding and addressing social determinants of health in the Emergency Room setting.
Alumni
Year | Fellow Name | Project |
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2019-2020 | Jeyling Chou, MD Ob/Gyn |
Electronic detection and rescue for maternal deterioration |
2019-2020 | Serene Chen, MD Emergency Medicine |
Mental Health crisis in emergency departments |
2018-2019 | Kanchi Batra, MD Internal Medicine |
Optimization of deterioration algorithm in hospitalized post-cardiac procedure patients; Point-of-care ultrasound training in an internal medicine residency |
2018-2019 | Elayna Ng, MD Pediatrics |
Appropriate Activation of a Pediatric Rapid Response Team based upon Pediatric Early Warning Scores; Establishing a Standardized Quality Improvement Curriculum Region Wide Within Kaiser Permanente |
2018-2019 | Molly Tolins, MD Emergency Medicine |
Care for Caregivers after Adverse and Unexpected Events: A Peer Support Program Implementation in High-Risk Departments |
2017-2018 | Paul J. Marc, MD Anesthesiology |
Perioperative blood glucose optimization to decrease surgical site infection |
2017-2018 | Sandhya Ravichandran, MD Anesthesiology |
1. Intraoperative lung protective ventilation 2. Glucose management of perioperative obstetric patients 3. Chronic pain conversion in post-surgical patients |
2016-2017 | Maria Beylin, MD Emergency Medicine |
Reliable delivery of lung protective ventilation for emergently intubated patients; reliable design, order sets, downstream outcomes and length of stay in ICU |
2016-2017 | Vishal Patel, MD Internal Medicine |
Kidney failure in cardiac catheterization patients; cutting-edge measures of long-term health in post-cardiac surgery patients |
2015-2016 | Piyush Gupta, MD Internal Medicine |
Proactive colorectal enhanced screening |
2015-2016 | Leslie Hale, MD Anesthesiology and Critical Care |
Preoperative blood optimization |
2014-2015 | Rohan Paul, MBBS Internal Medicine |
1. A model for a bedside ultrasound & procedural curriculum for medicine residency programs 2. Early detection of impending physiologic deterioration amongst hospitalized patients in Kaiser Permanente |
2014-2015 | Naomi Adler, MD Emergency Medicine |
1. Enhanced recovery after surgery: ED nerve blocks for patients with hip fractures 2. High fidelity simulation for patient safety education and maintenance of skills |
2013-2014 | Alex Dummett, MD Internal Medicine |
Implementation of Rescue with Industry Leading Deterioration Score |
2013-2014 | Merritt McLean, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Simulation for Clinic Procedures and Emergencies; Regional Pre-Eclampsia QI Initiative |
2012-2013 | Ben Mansalis, MD Internal Medicine |
Evidence Based Ventilation in ARDS Patients |
2012-2013 | Ami Kapadia, MD | End of Life Planning in Oncology Patients |