Our new Quality and Safety Newsletter is now available!
Happy Spring from the Columbia Orthopedics team! We are excited to continue sharing our perioperative quality updates and reading list. We hope this issue serves as a useful tool in helping you provide the highest quality of care.
- Columbia Orthopedics Quality Team:
- Dr. William N. Levine, Chairman, Orthopedic Surgery
- Dr. Michael G. Vitale, Vice-Chair, Strategy & Quality
- Channing Hamilton, Quality & Performance Improvement Fellow
- Dr. William N. Levine, Chairman, Orthopedic Surgery
Meet Our Quality & Performance Improvement Fellows
Channing Hamilton
(Current QPI Fellow: 2024–2025)
The orthopedics team is fortunate to have a Quality & Performance Improvement (QPI) Fellow who works to support campus-wide perioperative quality initiatives. Our current QPI Fellow, Channing Hamilton (left), has been leading several initiatives across the hospital, including projects related to turnover time efficiency, preoperative call workflow, and perioperative efficiency improvement for our Allen orthopedic sport team. Recently, she has worked with Dr. Vitale (right) to create a spine quality dashboard to identify outcome trends and improve patient care.
Joshua Choi
(Future QPI Fellow: 2025–2026)
We also want to extend a warm welcome to Joshua Choi, who will be joining our team in the summer. Joshua studied at Princeton University, where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology. Following his undergraduate studies, he attended Columbia University, where he earned his Master of Health Administration. Before joining our team as a fellow, Joshua interned for North Shore University Hospital in the Department of Quality Management.
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