Masters in Clinical and Translational Science
Sackler School of Graduate Study, Boston, MA
Residency, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, SUNY
Brooklyn, NY
Residency, Fundeni Hospital and Coltea Hospital
Bucharest, Romania
Carol Davilla School of Medicine
Bucharest, Romania
Honors and Awards
Innovation in Medical Students’ Education Award - 2008
Excellence in Teaching, Tufts University School of Medicine Third Year Clerkship in Medicine - 2007, 08, 09
Fellow, American College of Physicians - 2006
Innovation in Education Grant Program, Tufts University School of Medicine - 2006
Areas of Interest
Research:
Outcomes and comparative effectiveness of treatments and interventions of patients with acute respiratory failure and COPD
Interventions to reduce readmission rates
Perioperative medicine
Quality improvement interventions for better outcomes of hospitalized patients
Educational:
Simulation-based training
Quality improvement education
Committee Appointments
National:
Member, Research Committee Society of Perioperative Medicine
Tufts School of Medicine:
Member, Scientific Affairs Committee
Member, Simulation Curriculum Committee
Baystate Medical Center:
Member, Executive Advisory Committee for Hospitalist Program
Member, Directors for Medicine Residency Programs Committee
Member, Simulation Center Operations and Curriculum Planning Committee
Professional Service
Reviewer for SGIM national and regional meetings’ abstracts and workshops
Reviewer of multiple articles for Journal of Hospital Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Hospital Practice, and International Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Publications
SELECTED
Carey K, Cross J, Stefan M, M Rothberg; Pharmacy student impact on inappropriate prescribing of acid suppressive therapy; American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education –accepted July 2011
Stefan M, Gupta E. Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis post total hip replacement Am J Case Rep 2011; 11 CR267-270
Stefan M, Iglesia L. Medical Consultation and Best Practices for Preoperative Evaluation of Elderly Patients; Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2011 Feb; 39(1):41-51.
Stefan M,Blackwell M, Crawford K. Attitudes Toward and Factors Predictive of HIV Testing of Academic Medical Clinics Patients; Am J Med Sci. 2010 Oct; 340(4):264-7.
Hussain S, Stefan M, Rothberg M. Why Do Physicians Prescribe Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis to General Medicine Patients; South Med J. 2010 Nov;103(11):1103-10
Luciano G, Stefan M. Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa; J Hosp Med,2009 Sep;4(7):457
Stefan M, Bavli S. Recurrent stupor associated with chronic valproate therapy and hyperammonemia; Hospital Physician, 2009, 47 (1): 17-20
Rosenblum M, Borden S, McArdle P, Meade L, Picchioni M, Stefan M, Hinchey KT. The Baystate Manager Model. Academic Internal Medicine Insight, 2007, 5(2):18
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Mercado D, Stefan M. Postoperative Care and Co-Management of the Surgical Patient in Perioperative and Consultative Medicine, John Wiley & Sons, Inc - to be published in 2012
Stefan M, Lindenauer P. Transparency as a strategy to improve the quality of perioperative care in Perioperative and Consultative Medicine, John Wiley & Sons, Inc - to be published in 2012
Stefan M, Fernandez G. Inter-professional Management of the Complex Acute Surgical Patient in Case-Based Geriatrics: A Global Approach, Hirth, VA and Wieland D (eds), McGraw Hill, 2011.
Stefan M, Schaffer A. Chapter 26; Preoperative evaluation and management for patients with chronic kidney disease in Perioperative Medicine, Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (July 2011)
Schaffer A, Stefan M. Chapter 40; Postoperative Renal failure in Perioperative evaluation, Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (July 2011)