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CLERK OF STATE COURT

COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA
24-A-1524
IN THE STATE COURT OF COBB COUNTY
MAR 25, 2024 02:01 PM
STATE OF GEORGIA

BETTY LOWE, as the Next-of Kin of PAUL )

LOWE and as The Executor of The Estate of)
PAUL LOWE )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.
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PIEDMONT EASTSIDE HOSPITAL, INC., ) ______________________
PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC., )
AYA HEALTHCARE, INC., )
ANEMONEFISH INPATIENT SERVICES, INC., )
ANWER ALI BHAMANI, M.D., )
VIJU VARGHESE, M.D., )
RAVISH PATEL, M.D., )
ABIGAIL ARKO-ASIAMAH, R.N., )
STEPHANIE BULLARD, R.N., )
KENIA M. GONZALEZ-CONCEPTION, R.N. )
CHANTE HARVEY, R.N. )
ALEGRE BAILEY, R.N. )
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Defendants. )
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COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

COMES NOW Plaintiff Betty Lowe, as the Next-of-Kin of Paul Lowe, and as the Executor

of The Estate of Paul Lowe, and files her Complaint for Damages and Demand for Jury Trial

against Piedmont Eastside Hospital, Inc., Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., AYA Healthcare, Inc.,

Anemonefish Inpatient Services, Inc., Anwer Ali Bhamani, M.D., Viju Varghese, M.D., Ravish

Patel, M.D., Abigail Arko-Asiamah, RN, Stephanie Bullard, RN, Kenia M. Gonzales-Conception,

Alegre Bailey, RN and Chante Harvey, RN (collectively “Defendants”) as follows:

 INTRODUCTION

This is a medical malpractice and negligence action arising out of the care and treatment

of Paul Lowe at Piedmont Eastside Hospital in May of 2023. Paul Lowe suffered pain, discomfort

and died after being administered a lethal dose of morphine while a patient of Piedmont Eastside.

On May 30, 2023, nurses at Piedmont Eastside administered nearly sixty (60) times the amount of

morphine that Mr. Lowe had been ordered to receive. Prior to his death, nurses and physicians

learned of the overdose of morphine that Mr. Lowe had been given but intentionally failed to take

any action to reduce his pain, save his life or notify his family of his impending death. After Mr.

Lowe died on May 31, 2023, Mr. Lowe’s family was given false information by the medical

providers and wrongly told that Mr. Lowe had died of natural causes.

Plaintiff Betty Lowe, as the Next-of-Kin of Paul E. Lowe and as the Executor of the Estate

of Paul E. Lowe, seeks recovery of damages related to the pain and suffering or Paul E. Lowe, the

full value of his life, punitive damages and all other damages allowed under Georgia law.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

1. This Court has subject-matter jurisdiction over this action for money damages arising from

the medical malpractice and negligence of the Defendants that proximately caused pain

and suffering and death to Paul Lowe. GA. CONST. ART. VI, § 3, ¶ 1.

2. Venue is proper in this Court as one or more of the Defendants has a principal place of

business and retains a registered agent within Cobb County. GA. CONST. ART. VI, § 2,

¶¶, III, IV & VI.

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 PARTIES

3. Plaintiff Betty Lowe is a resident of the State of Georgia and is subject to the jurisdiction

of this Court.

4. Defendant Piedmont Eastside Hospital, Inc. (“Piedmont Eastside”) is a domestic

corporation licensed to do business in the State of Georgia with its registered agent’s

address located within Cobb County. Piedmont Eastside may be served with process via

its registered agent, CSC of Cobb County, Inc., located at 192 Anderson Street, SE, Suite

125, Marietta, Georgia 30060.

5. Defendant Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. (“Piedmont Healthcare”) is a domestic corporation

licensed to do business in the State of Georgia with its registered agent’s address located

within Cobb County. Piedmont Healthcare may be served with process via its registered

agent, CSC of Cobb County, Inc., located at 192 Anderson Street, SE, Suite 125, Marietta,

Georgia 30060.

6. Defendant AYA Healthcare, Inc. (“AYA”) is a domestic corporation licensed to do

business in the State of Georgia with its registered agent’s address located within Cobb

County. AYA may be served with process via its registered agent, Legalinc Corporate

Services, Inc., 1870 The Exchange, Suite 200, #44, Atlanta, Georgia 30339.

7. Defendant Anemonefish Inpatient Services, Inc. (“Anemonefish”) is a domestic

corporation licensed to do business in the State of Georgia with its registered agent’s

address located within Cobb County. Anemonefish may be served with process via its

registered agent, CSC of Cobb County, Inc., located at 192 Anderson Street, SE, Suite

125, Marietta, Georgia 30060.

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8. Defendant Anwer Ali Bhamani, M.D., is a medical doctor licensed to practice in the State

of Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Fulton County. Defendant Bhamani is subject

to the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally served with process at his residential

address located at 3165 Saint Ives Country Club Parkway, Johns Creek, Georgia 30097.

9. Defendant Viju Varghese, M.D., is a medical doctor licensed to practice in the State of

Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Fulton County. Defendant Varghese is subject to

the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally served with process at his residential

address located at 950 West Peachtree Street, Unit 801, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.

10. Defendant Ravish Patel, M.D., is a medical doctor licensed to practice in the State of

Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Gwinnett County. Defendant Varghese is subject

to the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally served with process at his residential

address located at 5835 Andover Way, Tucker, Georgia 30084.

11. Defendant Abigail Arko-Asiamah, RN, is a registered nurse licensed to practice in the

State of Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Gwinnett County. Defendant Arko-

Asiamah is subject to the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally served with

process at her residential address located at 3901 Lantern Hill Drive, Dacula, Georgia

30019.

12. Defendant Stephanie Bullard, RN, is a registered nurse licensed to practice in the State of

Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Jackson County. Defendant Bullard is subject to

the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally served with process at her residential

address located at 45 Robin Way, Jefferson, Georgia 30549.

13. Defendant Kenia M. Gonzalez-Concepcion, RN, is a registered nurse licensed to practice

in the State of Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Gwinnett County. Defendant

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 Gonzalez-Conception is subject to the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally

served with process at her residential address located at 3259 Vail Court, Snellville,

Georgia 30078.

14. Defendant Chante Harvey, RN, is a registered nurse licensed to practice in the State of

Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Gwinnett County. Defendant Harvey is subject to

the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally served with process at her residential

address located at 302 Coburn Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045.

15. Defendant Alegre Bailey, RN, is a registered nurse licensed to practice in the State of

Georgia and is a citizen and resident of Gwinnett County. Defendant Bailey is subject to

the jurisdiction of this Court and may be personally served with process at her residential

address located at 5332 Woodbin Drive, Norcross, Georgia 30093.

16. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Anwer Ali Bhamani, M.D

was an employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of Defendant Piedmont Eastside

and/or Piedmont Healthcare and/or Anemonefish. As such, Piedmont Eastside and/or

Piedmont Healthcare and/or Anemonefish is liable for Defendant Bhamani’s acts and

omissions of negligence and malpractice under the theories of agency and respondeat

superior.

17. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Viju Varghese, M.D was an

employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of Defendant Piedmont Eastside and/or

Piedmont Healthcare and/or Anemonefish. As such, Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont

Healthcare and/or Anemonefish are liable for Defendant Varghese’s acts and omissions

of negligence and malpractice under the theories of agency and respondeat superior.

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18. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Rivish Patel, M.D was an

employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of Defendant Piedmont Eastside and/or

Piedmont Healthcare and/or Anemonefish. As such, Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont

Healthcare and/or Anemonefish is liable for Defendant Patel’s acts and omissions of

negligence and malpractice under the theories of agency and respondeat superior.

19. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Abigail Arko-Asiamah, RN

was an employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of Defendant Piedmont Eastside

and/or Piedmont Healthcare and/or AYA. As such, Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont

Healthcare and/or AYA are liable for Defendant Arko-Asiamah’s acts and omissions of

negligence and malpractice under the theories of agency and respondeat superior.

20. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Stephanie Bullard, RN was

an employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of Defendant Piedmont Eastside and/or

Piedmont Healthcare and/or AYA. As such, Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont

Healthcare and/or AYA is liable for Defendant Bullard’s acts and omissions of negligence

and malpractice under the theories of agency and respondeat superior.

21. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Defendant Kenia M.

Gonzalez-Concepcion, RN was an employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of

Defendant Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont Healthcare and/or AYA. As such,

Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont Healthcare and/or AYA is liable for the negligent acts

and omissions of Defendant Gonzalez-Conception under the theories of agency and

respondeat superior.

22. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Defendant Chante Harvey,

RN was an employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of Defendant Piedmont Eastside

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 and/or Piedmont Healthcare and/or AYA. As such, Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont

Healthcare and/or AYA is liable Defendant Harvey’s acts and omissions of negligence

and malpractice under the theories of agency and respondeat superior.

23. At all times relevant to the care and treatment of Mr. Lowe, Defendant Alegre Bailey, RN

was an employee and/or agent and/or ostensible agent of Defendant Piedmont Eastside

and/or Piedmont Healthcare and/or AYA. As such, Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont

Healthcare and/or AYA is liable Defendant Bailey’s acts and omissions of negligence and

malpractice under the theories of agency and respondeat superior.

FACTS

24. On or around May 24, 2023, Paul Lowe was evaluated at Piedmont Eastside Emergency

Department after a ground level fall. He was noted to be complaining of right rib and

arm pain. He was alert and oriented.

25. The results of a chest x-ray were concerning for pneumonia and Mr. Lowe was admitted

to the hospitalist service by Tejal B. Patel, DO, with diagnoses of sepsis, pneumonia,

respiratory distress, hypertension, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and acute on chronic (stage

III) kidney disease.

26. From May 24, 2023 to May 30, 2023, Mr. Lowe’s condition worsened despite treatment

with antibiotics, diuretics and supplemental oxygen.

27. On or around May 30, 2023 at or around 11:25 a.m., Arjun Ghodasara, M.D., a

pulmonary and critical care specialist, evaluated Mr. Lowe in consultation for possible

intubation. Dr. Ghodasara noted that per his family, Mr. Lowe had “…previously

expressed he would not want to be kept alive on life support.” Per this request, Dr.

Ghodasara, in conjunction with Mr. Lowe’s family, recommended continuing Mr.

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 Lowe’s current treatment with antibiotics and supplemental oxygen and to consider

hospice care for Mr. Lowe.

28. At or around 12:30 p.m., Dr. Haritha Sajja met with Mr. Lowe and his family.

29. Based on Mr. Lowe’s continued hypoxia and his wish to avoid mechanical ventilation, a

decision was made to place Mr. Lowe in inpatient hospice care where he would remain

at Piedmont Eastside while the family made arrangements for long term hospice care at

home or in an outside facility.

30. At or around 4:51 p.m., Dr. Sajja wrote a summary discharging Mr. Lowe from the

inpatient hospitalist team and transferring his care to the inpatient hospice team. Dr. Sajja

noted in her discharge summary that Mr. Lowe had a blood pressure of 145/65, pulse of

76, SpO2 90% (on supplemental oxygen), respirations of 20 and was in no acute distress

at the time of his discharge from her care.

31. At or around 5:25 p.m., Mr. Lowe’s care was transferred within Piedmont Eastside

Medical Center to Anwar Bhamani, M.D. who wrote orders admitting Mr. Lowe as an

inpatient hospice patient, estimating that the length of stay would be “Greater than or

equal to 2 midnights.”

32. Dr. Bhamani wrote several other orders at the same time, including that Mr. Lowe

receive morphine 1 mg/mL in sodium chloride 0.9% 50mL continuous infusion, that Mr.

Lowe receive oxygen therapy as needed via a nasal cannula at a rate of 2-4 L/min.

Additionally, Dr. Bhamani ordered an “Inpatient consult to Hospice.”

33. Upon Mr. Lowe’s care being transferred to Dr. Bhamani, no History and Physical was

documented as being completed by Dr. Bhamani. The “History and Physical”

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 documented in the medical records was not filed by Dr. Bhamani until June 6, 2023,

several days after Mr. Lowe’s death.

34. In the “History and Physical” filed on June 6, 2023, Dr. Bhamani noted that as of May

30, 2023, Mr. Lowe had a heart rate of 76, respirations of 20, blood pressure of 145/65,

and an oxygen saturation of 100%. However, these numbers differ from the flowsheet

records at this time which were noted to be heart rate of 74, respirations 37, and oxygen

saturation of 91%. Dr. Bhamani also noted that Mr. Lowe was unresponsive and in no

acute distress at the time of his exam. Dr. Bhamani wrote that Mr. Lowe was receiving

“morphine 1 mg/mL in sodium chloride 0.9% 50 mL infusion, 0.07-0.5 mg/kg/hr,

Intravenous, Continuous.” (However, the morphine had not yet been started at the time

referenced in the note).

35. At or around 6:10 p.m. Mr. Lowe began receiving morphine at a dose of .07 mg/kg/hr at

a rate of 4.4 ml/hr. Morphine was prescribed to Mr. Lowe to reduce pain and air hunger

(a sensation of breathlessness). This morphine dose was administered by Nurse Kenia

Gonzalez Concepcion R.N. with a dual signoff by Nurse Alegre Bailey, R.N. At this

time, according to notations made by Kenia M Gonzalez Concepcion, RN in the

flowsheets, Mr. Lowe was noted be “wide awake.”

36. At or around 6:13 p.m. Mr. Lowe’s respiratory rate was 40 breaths per minute and his

oxygen saturation was 86%.

37. At or around 6:37 p.m., Nurse Kenia Gonzalez Concepcion recorded that Mr. Lowe had

a pulse of 80, a respiratory rate of 38, and an oxygen saturation of 89%. This is the last

time that a respiratory rate was recorded. No supplemental oxygen was given.

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38. At or around 7:30 p.m. Nurse Abigail Arko-Asiamah, R.N. noted that she checked the

morphine gtt (drip) order and infusion dose/rate on the pump with day-shift RN for

handoff and that both the order and pump values matched.

39. At or around 7:44 p.m., Nurse Arko-Asiamah noted that she reached out to the pharmacy

via phone to clarify the morphine gtt (drip) order, bringing it to the attention of the

pharmacy that the patient’s morphine was infusing at a rate of 0.07mg/kg/hr, but that the

order also stated to start the infusion at a 1mg/hr. She also questioned the titration order

since the order gave permission to titrate the rate of infusion but no titration parameters

were given. She was told by the pharmacy to change the rate to 1mg/hr and to reach out

to the doctor about the titration rate.

40. At or around 7:53 p.m., Nurse Abigail Arko-Asiamah noted that she changed the

morphine infusion rate to 1mg/hr per the pharmacy’s instruction. The Medical

Administration Record (MAR) reflects this note by Nurse Arko-Asiamah with a dual

signoff by Chante Harvey, RN. However, when she made this change, she actually

increased the dose to 1 mg per kilogram per hour.

41. At 7:53 p.m. Nurse Abigail Arko-Asiamah noted that Mr. Lowe’s family was at his

bedside reporting that Mr. Lowe was in distress and requested that he have increased

oxygen. No supplemental oxygen was given.

42. At or around 8:02 p.m. Nurse Arko-Asiamah noted that she “…reached out to Dr.

Patel…” for morphine order clarification and was told by Dr. Patel that he’d

communicated with the someone in the ICU who told him to titrate 0.1 at a time “till pt

is comfortable …” and also that the pharmacy confirmed this approach with him.

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43. At or around 8:30 pm. Nurse Arko-Asiamah noted that Dr. Patel was at Mr. Lowe’s

bedside with her and that Dr. Patel indicated the morphine infusion rate should be

changed to 1mg/mL/hr and Nurse Arko-Asiamah wrote, ”RN notified Dr. Patel the

morphine is currently infusing at 1mg/ml/hr.” Dr. Patel did not write a note indicating he

evaluated Mr. Lowe or confirmed the rate himself.

44. At or around 8:32 p.m. Mr. Lowe began receiving supplemental oxygen at a rate of 4

L/min via a nasal canula.

45. At or around 9:02 p.m. Nurse Arko-Asiamah noted that she received a new bag of I.V.

fluids containing morphine from the pharmacy. This new bag is also recorded in the

MAR. Nurse Arko-Asiamah noted that in preparing to administer the fluids to Mr.

Lowe, she wasted 20 mL of the fluid in priming the tubing. This is when Nurse Arko-

Asiamah notes that she realized the Alaris pump was infusing morphine at a rate of 1

milligram per kilogram per hour. Mr. Lowe’s weight was approximately 63.5 kg. At

this time, she notes that she changed the pump settings to 1 mg/hr to match the MAR

order.

46. At or around 10:53 p.m., nearly two hours after the events, Nurse Arko-Asiamah notified

Dr. Varghese of the morphine wastage and the incorrect morphine infusion rate. She

wrote in her note that she inquired of Dr. Varghese whether Narcan (an opioid antagonist

given to reverse an opioid overdose) should be administered to Mr. Lowe. Dr.

Varghese’s response was that Mr. Lowe was a comfort care patient, and Narcan was not

part of the protocol. From 6:10 p.m. until 10:53 p.m., Mr. Lowe received between 70 to

80 milligrams of morphine. However, he should have only received 4-5 milligrams of

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 morphine during this time period based on the order that Dr. Bhamani entered at 5:25

p.m.

47. At or around 10:55 p.m., Dr. Varghese placed an order for a third bag of morphine, to be

infused at a rate of 1 mg/hr.

48. No vitals assessment of Mr. Lowe occurred from 12:13 a.m. until his recorded time of

death at 3:45 a.m.

49. Dr. Varghese and Nurse Arko-Asiamah knew of the overdose of morphine that Mr.

Lowe had been given at least by 10:53 p.m., but failed to notify Mr. Lowe’s wife, who

was sleeping at his bedside.

50. Medical care providers knew that Mr. Lowe would most likely die within minutes or

hours of being given this overdose of morphine if no action was taken to administer

Narcan to reverse the effects of the morphine overdose.

51. Medical care providers failed to notify Mrs. Lowe that her husband’s death was

imminent or consult her in any way regarding options for treating the overdose.

52. Mrs. Lowe was awoken at approximately 3:45 and informed that her husband had died.

53. Medical care providers told Mrs. Lowe that her husband had died of natural causes and

kept the truth hidden from her that her husband had been euthanized by being given an

overdose of morphine that was purposefully not reversed.

COUNT ONE
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

54. Plaintiff repeats, realleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through 53 above

as if fully restated herein.

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55. Defendant Bhamani owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care and skill

exercised by physicians generally who treated patients under the same or similar

circumstances as those that existed when he treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

56. Defendant Varghese owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care and skill

exercised by physicians generally who treated patients under the same or similar

circumstances as those that existed when he treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

57. Defendant Patel owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care and skill exercised

by physicians generally who treated patients under the same or similar circumstances as

those that existed when he treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

58. Defendant Arko-Asiamah owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care and skill

exercised by registered nurses generally who treated patients under the same or similar

circumstances as those that existed when she treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

59. Defendant Bullard owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care and skill

exercised by registered nurses generally who treated patients under the same or similar

circumstances as those that existed when she treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

60. Defendant Gonzalez-Conception owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care

and skill exercised by registered nurses generally who treated patients under the same or

similar circumstances as those that existed when she treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

61. Defendant Harvey owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care and skill

exercised by registered nurses generally who treated patients under the same or similar

circumstances as those that existed when she treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

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62. Defendant Bailey owed a duty to Mr. Lowe to provide the degree of care and skill

exercised by registered nurses generally who treated patients under the same or similar

circumstances as those that existed when she treated Mr. Lowe in May of 2023.

63. Defendants Bhamani, Arko-Asiamah, Varghese, Bullard, Gonzalez-Conception, Patel,

Bailey and Harvey, breached the duty they owed to Mr. Lowe by failing to exercise a

reasonable degree of care and skill applicable to physicians and RNs generally, and such

want of care and skill resulted in the death of Mr. Lowe.

64. The care given to Mr. Lowe by Defendant Arko-Asiamah, Defendant Bullard, Defendant

Harvey, Defendant Gonzalez-Conception and Defendant Bailey fell below the standard of

minimum care and treatment required of a registered nurse, including in the following

specific ways:

a. setting the Alaris pump used to administer morphine to Mr. Lowe to the wrong

infusion rate;

b. failing to note that the Alaris pump used to administer morphine to Mr. Lowe was

set at the incorrect infusion rate;

c. failing to inform the treating physician, Dr. Varghese, of the error involving the

setting of the morphine pump and the fact of the overdoes of morphine once it was

recognized;

d. failing to give Mr. Lowe supplemental oxygen prior to 8:30 p.m. as ordered by Dr.

Bhamani to be administered for respiratory distress as needed;

e. failing to inform Mr. Lowe’s wife after realizing that Mr. Lowe had been given an

overdose of morphine.

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65. The care given to Mr. Lowe by Defendant Patel fell below the standard of minimum care

and treatment required of a physician in the following, but not limited ways:

a. failing to confirm for himself that the Alaris pump was set to a rate of 1mg/ml/hr of

morphine while at Mr. Lowe’s bedside at 8:30 p.m.;

b. failing to examine Mr. Lowe to determine his level of distress and failure to adjust hospice

therapy.

66. The care given to Mr. Lowe by Defendant Bhamani fell below the standard of minimum

care and treatment required of a physician in the following, but not limited ways:

a. Prescribing Morphine to a patient with renal failure. The FDA has issued Black Box

Warnings to avoid Morphine in patients with chronic kidney disease as morphine

metabolites are cleared by the kidneys and will accumulate in patients with renal

failure. This accumulation led to increased toxicity in Mr. Lowe and likely

paradoxical pain based on Mr. Lowe’s continued elevation of respiratory rate despite

Morphine therapy (Morphine is typically a respiratory suppressant).

67. The care given to Mr. Lowe by Defendant Varghese fell below the standard of minimum

care and treatment required of a physician in the following ways but not limited to:

a. failing to notify Mr. Lowe’s wife of the Morphine overdose of Mr. Lowe;

b. failing to give medical advice and options to Mrs. Lowe; including failing to take

any steps to advice Mrs. Lowe on the possibility of giving Narcan to reverse the

effect of the morphine overdose and/or allowing Mr. Lowe to have his family with

him at the time of his death.

68. Under the theory of respondeat superior, Defendants Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont

Healthcare and/or Anemonefish and/or AYA may be held liable for the negligent acts and

omissions of their officers, employees, agents and/or ostensible agents, including

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 Defendants Bhamani, Arko-Asiamah, Varghese, Bullard, Gonzalez-Conception, Patel,

Bailey and Harvey.

69. As a direct and proximate result of the Defendants’ acts and omissions, Mr. Lowe suffered

severe personal injuries and death.

70. Defendants are liable to Plaintiff for negligence and malpractice.

71. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants’ professional negligence, Betty Lowe, As

Executor of the Estate of Paul Lowe is entitled to an award of special damages for medical

expenses and funeral expenses in an amount to be shown at trial, and general damages for

Mr. Lowe’s conscious pain and suffering, all in an amount in excess of Fifteen Thousand

Dollars ($15,000.00).

72. This action includes, but is not limited to, claims for professional malpractice under

O.C.G.A. § 51-1-27. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-9.1, attached hereto as EXHIBIT A is

the Affidavit of Matthew Tuck, M.D., an expert witness competent to testify in this matter,

which sets forth specifically at least one of the alleged negligent acts and omissions for

each Defendant, which form the basis of Plaintiff’s Complaint against the Defendants, and

includes the factual basis for such claims as set forth in the Complaint.

COUNT TWO
WRONGFUL DEATH

73. Plaintiff repeats, realleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through 72 above

as if fully restated herein.

74. As a direct and proximate cause of the negligence and professional negligence of

Defendants, Mr. Lowe suffered a wrongful death, entitling Betty Lowe, as the Next-of-

Kin of Mr. Lowe to an award of general damages for the full value of Mr. Lowe’s life in

an amount to be determined by the jury.

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 COUNT THREE
NEGLIGENCE OF PIEDMONT EASTSIDE AND PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE

75. The prior allegations are hereby incorporated by reference paragraphs 1 through 74 above

as if fully stated herein.

76. Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont Healthcare employees and agents, including but not

limited to, Defendants Bhamani, Arko-Asiamah, Varghese, Bullard, Gonzalez-

Conception, Patel and Harvey, violated Georgia law, Georgia regulations, as well as their

own job descriptions and policies in failing to give proper care to Mr. Lowe.

77. Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont Healthcare had a duty to exercise ordinary care in the

credentialing, hiring, training, supervision and retention of all medical professionals or

companies who provided care to Mr. Lowe while a patient of Piedmont Eastside,

including, but not limited to, employees or agents of Piedmont Eastside, Piedmont

Healthcare, Aya, Anemonefish, Bhamani, Arko-Asiamah, Varghese, Bullard, Gonzalez-

Conception, Patel and Harvey.

78. Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont Healthcare, through their employees and agents,

failed to adequately credential, hire, train and supervise its medical doctors, residents,

nurses, other medical professionals or contracted providers of any kind to be competent to

give appropriate care and treat to patients such as Mr. Lowe.

79. Piedmont Eastside and/or Piedmont Healthcare are directly liable for their negligent acts

and omissions that caused injury to Plaintiff, including, but not limited to failing to

establish, implement, communicate and enforce adequate policies and procedures in order

to provide Mr. Lowe appropriate care and treatment.

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 COUNT FOUR
NEGLIGENCE OF
AYA

80. The prior allegations are hereby incorporated by reference paragraphs 1 through 79 above

as if fully stated herein.

81. Aya employees and agents, including but not limited to, Defendants Arko-Asiamah,

Bullard, Gonzalez-Conception, and Harvey, violated Georgia law and Georgia

regulations, job descriptions, and their own policies in failing to give proper care to Mr.

Lowe.

82. Aya employees and agents, including but not limited to, Defendants Arko-Asiamah,

Bullard, Gonzalez-Conception, and Harvey, had a duty to exercise ordinary care to

adequately credential, hire, train and supervise the Aya employees who were responsible

for providing care to Mr. Lowe.

83. Aya employees and agents failed to adequately credential, hire, train and supervise Aya

employees who were responsible for providing care to Mr. Lowe.

84. Aya is directly liable for the negligent acts and omissions that caused injury to Plaintiff,

including, but not limited to failing to establish, implement, communicate and enforce

adequate policies and procedures in order to provide Mr. Lowe appropriate care and

treatment.

COUNT FIVE
NEGLIGENCE OF ANEMONEFISH

85. The prior allegations are hereby incorporated by reference paragraphs 1 through 84 above

as if fully stated herein.

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86. Anemonefish employees and agents, including but not limited to, Defendants Bhamani,

Varghese and Patel violated Georgia law and Georgia regulations, job descriptions, and

their own policies in failing to give proper care to Mr. Lowe.

87. Anemonefish employees and agents, including but not limited to, Defendants Bhamani,

Varghese, and Patel had a duty to exercise ordinary care to adequately credential, hire,

train and supervise the Anemonefish employees who were responsible for providing care

to Mr. Lowe.

88. Anemonefish employees and agents failed to adequately credential, hire, train and

supervise Anemonefish employees who were responsible for providing care to Mr. Lowe.

89. Anemonefish is directly liable for the negligent acts and omissions that caused injury to

Plaintiff, including, but not limited to failing to establish, implement, communicate and

enforce adequate policies and procedures in order to provide Mr. Lowe appropriate care

and treatment.

COUNT SIX
PUNITIVE DAMAGES

90. Defendants’ actions, inactions and omissions demonstrate gross negligence, willful

misconduct, malice, wantonness, oppression, and an entire want of care giving rise to the

presumption of Defendants’ conscious indifference to the consequences of their actions.

See O.C.G.A. 51-12-5.1, § (b)

91. In addition to the acts and omissions of all Defendants subject to punitive damages

pursuant to O.C.G.A. 51-12-5.1, § (b); the acts and omissions of Dr. Patel, Dr. Varghese

and Nurse Arko-Asiamah show a specific intent to cause harm by failing to take any action

to reverse the effects of the morphine overdose after they were aware that the overdose

had occurred.

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92. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 51-12-5.1, § (f), there is no limitation regarding the amount which

may be awarded as punitive damages against an active tortfeasor and the active tortfeasors

for punitive damages related to specific intent to cause harm are Dr. Patel, Dr. Varghese

and Nurse Arko- Arko-Asiamah.

93. Mr. Lowe experienced pain and suffering and death as a result of Defendants’ wrongful

conduct.

94. Defendants knew that giving an overdose of morphine to Mr. Lowe would cause him

pain, suffering and death and intentionally failed to give appropriate management and care

of Mr. Lowe, knowing their actions would serious and avoidable injury and death to Mr.

Lowe.

95. Defendants Patel, Varghese and Arko-Asiamah knew that Mr. Lowe had received an

overdose of morphine and knowingly failed to administer Narcan or take any actions to

reduce Mr. Lowe’s pain and suffering or prevent his death.

96. Defendants Patel, Varghese and Arko-Asiamah knew that Mr. Lowe had received an

overdose of morphine and knowingly failed to notify his wife or family of the overdose of

morphine or that Mr. Lowe would die within hours of the overdose of morphine.

97. As a result of the foregoing, Plaintiffs are entitled to an award of punitive damages from

the Defendants in an amount sufficient to punish Defendants and deter the Defendants

from similar conduct in the future.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands a trial by jury, that summons issue, that judgment be

entered in her favor and against the Defendants and that the following relief be granted:

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 (a) That Plaintiff Betty Lowe, Executor of the Estate of Paul Lowe, be awarded special

damages in the amount proved at trial, and general damages in an amount to be determined by a

jury of her peers, against Defendants in excess of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars;

(b) That Plaintiff Betty Lowe, as the Next-of-Kin of Paul Lowe and as the Executor of

the Estate of Paul Lowe, be awarded general damages in an amount to be determined by a jury of

her peers against Defendants;

(c) That Plaintiff Betty Lowe, as the Next-of-Kin of Paul Lowe and as the Executor of

the Estate of Paul Lowe be awarded punitive damages against all Defendants pursuant O.C.G.A.

51-12-5.1, § (b)

(d) That Plaintiff Betty Lowe, as the Next-of-Kin of Paul Lowe and as the Executor of

the Estate of Paul Lowe be awarded punitive damages pursuant O.C.G.A. 51-12-5.1, § (f) against

Dr. Patel, Dr. Varghese and Nurse Arko-Asiamah

(e) And That Plaintiff be awarded such other and further relief as the Court deems just

and proper.

This 25th day of March, 2024.

Respectfully submitted,

WARSHAUER WOODWARD ATKINS, LLC,

2740 Bert Adams Road /s/ Natalie S. Woodward________

Atlanta, Georgia 30339 NATALIE S. WOODWARD
(404) 892-4900 (telephone) GA Bar No. 773827
[email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff

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Curriculum Vitae
1) Personal Data:
Matthew Grayson Tuck, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.C.P.

GWID#

Office Address Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Medical Service (111)
50 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC 20422

Office Telephone 202-745-8000 x53994

Email Address [email protected]

Citizenship United States of America

2) Education:

Undergraduate The College of William and Mary, Bachelor of Science,

2002

Graduate George Washington University, Doctor of Medicine, 2006

The George Washington University, Master of Arts in

Education and Human Development, 2015

Postgraduate Training

Internship, Internal Medicine, George Washington

University, 2006 - 2007

Residency, Internal Medicine

George Washington University, 2007- 2009

Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, George Washington

University, 2009 – 2010

Master Teacher Leadership Development Program, George

Washington University, 2011 – 2012

3) Employment:

Hospitalist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington

DC, 2010 – Present
Matthew Tuck, M. D., M.Ed., F.A.C.P.
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Associate Residency Site Director, Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Washington DC, 2012 – 2019

Assistant Section Chief, Hospital Medicine, Veterans

Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, 2017 - 2019

Residency Site Director, Department of Veterans Affairs

Medical Center, Washington, DC, 2019 - Present

Academic Appointments:

2009 - 2010 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, George

Washington University

2010 – 2017 Assistant Professor of Medicine, George Washington

University

2009 – 2017 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Uniformed

Services University of Health Sciences

2017 – Present Associate Professor of Medicine, George Washington

University

2017 – Present Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed

Services University of Health Sciences

2018 – Present Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Howard

University

4) Scholarly Publications:

a. Papers in Refereed Journals

Redinger, J.W., Heppe, D.B., Albert, T.J., Tuck, M. et al. What internal medicine
attendings talk about at morning report: a multicenter study. BMC Med Educ 23, 84
(2023).

Yang G, Alarcon C, Friedman P, Tuck, M. et al. The Role of Global and Local
Ancestry on Clopidogrel Response in African Americans. Pac Symp Biocomput.
2023;28:221-232.

Kennedy, K, Briggs, H, Tuck, M. Finding your niche as a generalist: a niche is

not your identity. J Hosp Med. 2022; 1- 4.

Christopher Bruti, Matthew Tuck, Rebecca Harrison, Dustin Smith, Michael

Kisielewski, Jillian S. Catalanotti, Alfred Burger. Nighttime Resident Supervision and

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Education: Results of a National Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Program
Directors. American Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2022 April; 6 (2).

Anthony R. Artino, Quentin R. Youmans, Matthew G. Tuck; Getting the Most

Out of Surveys: Optimizing Respondent Motivation. J Grad Med Educ 1 December
2022; 14 (6): 629–633.

Avraham Z. Cooper, Matthew G. Tuck, Kathryn M. Andolsek, David M. Irby,

Deborah Simpson; Shaping a Career as a Clinician Educator. J Grad Med Educ 1
December 2022; 14 (6): 719–720.

Thomas, A., Fang, M., Kong, S., Hubbard, C., Friedman, P., Gong, L., Klein, T.,
Nutescu, E., O’Brien, T., Tuck, M., Perera, M., Schwartz, J. Apixaban concentrations in
routine clinical care of older adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. JACC Advances.
2022;1(2), 100039.

Jagannath AD, Kwan B, Heppe DB, et al. A Comparative Study of Scripted

versus Unscripted Morning Reports: Results from a Prospective Multicenter Study. South
Med J. 2022;115(7):400-403.

Burstein DS, Chretien KC, Puchalski C, Teufel K, Aivaz M, Kaboff A, Tuck MG.
Internal Medicine Residents' Experience Performing Routine Assessment of What
Matters Most to Patients Upon Hospital Admission [published online ahead of print,
2022 Jan 22]. Teach Learn Med. 2022;1-12.

COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative. Mapping the human genetic architecture of

COVID-19. Nature. 2021;600(7889):472-477.

Albert TJ, Bradley J, Starks H, Tuck M, et al. Internal Medicine Residents'

Perceptions of Virtual Morning Report: a Multicenter Survey [published online ahead of
print, 2021 Jun 25]. J Gen Intern Med. 2021.

Heppe DB, Beard AS, Cornia PB, et al. A Multicenter VA Study of the Format
and Content of Internal Medicine Morning Report [published online ahead of print, 2020
Aug 10]. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;10.1007/s11606-020-06069-6.
Nooruddin M, Scherr C, Perera M, Friedman PN, Subrahmanyam R, Banagan J,
Moreno D, Sathyanarayanan M, Nutescu E, Jeyaram T, Harris M, Zhang H, Rodriguez A,
Shaazuddin M, Tuck M. Why African Americans say “No”: A study of
pharmacogenomic research participation. Ethnicity & Disease. 2020 Apr 2;30(Suppl
1):159-166.

Friedman PN, Shaazuddin M, Gong L, Grossman RL, Harralson AF, Klein TE,
Lee NH, Miller DC, Nutescu EA, O'Brien TJ, O'Donnell PH, O'Leary KJ, Tuck M,
Meltzer DO, Perera MA. The ACCOuNT Consortium: a model for the discovery,
translation and implementation of precision medicine in African Americans. Clin Transl
Sci. 2018 Dec 28.

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Gibson CM, Korjian S, Chi G, et al. Comparison of Fatal or Irreversible

Events With Extended-Duration Betrixaban Versus Standard Dose Enoxaparin in Acutely
Ill Medical Patients: An APEX Trial Substudy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017;6(7):e006015.
Published 2017 Jul 11.
Tuck M, Alemia F, Shortle J, Avramovic S, and Hesdorffer C. A
comprehensive index for predicting risk of anemia from patients’ diagnoses. Big Data.
2017. 5 (1).

Hernandez W, Gamazon ER, Aquino-Michaels K, Smithberger E, O'Brien TJ,

Harralson AF, Tuck M, Barbour A, Cavallari LH, Perera MA. Integrated analysis of
genetic variation and gene expression reveals novel variant for increased warfarin dose
requirement in African Americans. J Thromb Haemost. 2017 Jan 30.

Tuck MG, Henry M, Goldman EF, Yang X, Barbour A. Novel Observational

Tools to Assess Residents' Performance in Patient Education. J Grad Med Educ. 2016
Jul;8(3):452-3.

Cohen AT, Harrington RA, Goldhaber SZ, et al. Extended Thromboprophylaxis

with Betrixaban in Acutely Ill Medical Patients. N Engl J Med. 2016;375(6):534-544.

Hernandez W, Gamazon ER, Smithberger E, O'Brien TJ, Harralson AF, Tuck

M, Barbour A, Kittles RA, Cavallari LH, Perera MA. Novel genetic predictors of
venous thromboembolism risk in African Americans. Blood. 2016 Apr 14;127(15):1923-
9.
Featured article accompanied by editorial: Key NS, Reiner AP. Genetic basis of
ethnic disparities in VTE risk. Blood. 2016 Apr 14;127(15):1844-5.

Chretien KC, Tuck MG, Simon M, Singh LO, Kind T. A digital ethnography of
medical students who use Twitter for professional development. Journal of General
Internal Medicine. 2015 Nov;(11): 1673-80.

Chretien, K. and Tuck, MG. Online professionalism: A synthetic review.

International Review of Psychiatry. 2015 Apr;27(2): 106-17.

Hernandez, W., Gamazon, E., Aquino-Michaels, K., Patel, S., O'Brien, T.,
Harralson, A., Kittles, R., Barbour, A., Tuck, M.G., McIntosh, S., Douglas, J., Nicolae,
D., Cavallari, L., Perera, M. Ethnicity-specific pharmacogenetics: the case of warfarin in
African Americans. Pharmacogenomics Journal. 2014 Jun;14(3): 223-8.

O'Brien TJ, Kidd RS, Richard CA, Ha NH, Witcher P, Tran LV, Barbour A, Tuck
M, McIntosh SD, Douglas JN, Harralson AF. First report of warfarin dose requirements
in patients possessing the CYP2C9*12 allele. Clin Chim Acta. 2013 Sep 23;424: 73-5.

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Albores-Saavedra, J., Tuck, M., McLaren, B., Carrick, K., Henson, D. Papillary
carcinomas of the gallbladder: analysis of noninvasive and invasive types. Archives of
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2005 Jul; 129(7): 905-9.

b. Papers in non-Refereed Journals

Bass, E., Tuck, M., and Redmond, N. Q & A with SGIM’s CEO and the Chairs of
the 2022 Annual Meeting Program Committee. SGIM Forum, 45 (8), Aug 2022, pp 9 –
15.

Tuck, M., Redmond, N., Melissari, C, and Russell, J. The 2022 SGIM Annual
Meeting will Impact the Dimensions of Your Career. SGIM Forum, 44 (12), Dec 2021,
pp 5-13.

Tuck, M. Reversal agents for direct-acting oral anticoagulants. The Hospitalist,

September 20 2019, p. 31.

Tuck MG. American Dental Association. ADA survey reveals decreased

enrollment in dental laboratory technology programs. Journal of Dental Technology.
17(7):16, 2000 Sep-Oct.

Tuck MG. Law ups ante on nitrous oxide possession and distribution. Journal of
Dental Technology. 17(7):34, 2000 Sep-Oct.

c. Chapters in Books

Tuck, M and Zipkin, D. How to use this book. In Teaching Evidence-Based

Medicine: A Toolkit for Educators, 1st edition, edited by Zipkin, Daniella A 2022.
Springer International Publishing. Switzerland.

Zipkin, D, Tuck, M, Bartlett, K, and Berger, Z. Therapy: Assessing the Value of

Clinical Interventions. In Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine: A Toolkit for Educators,
1st edition, edited by Zipkin, Daniella A 2022. Springer International Publishing.
Switzerland.

Zipkin, D and Tuck, M. Non-inferiority Study Designs. In Teaching Evidence-

Based Medicine: A Toolkit for Educators, 1st edition, edited by Zipkin, Daniella A 2022.
Springer International Publishing. Switzerland.

Zipkin, D and Tuck, M. Screening. In Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine: A

Toolkit for Educators, 1st edition, edited by Zipkin, Daniella A 2022. Springer
International Publishing. Switzerland.

Tuck, M. Coagulopathies. In Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Medicine, 2nd

edition, edited by Miller C, Burger A, Lai C, Pahwa A 2017. Decision Support in
Medicine, LLC. Wilmington, DE

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Tuck, M. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. In Clinical Decision Support:

Hospital Medicine, 2nd edition, edited by Miller C, Burger A, Lai C, Pahwa A 2017.
Decision Support in Medicine, LLC. Wilmington, DE

Chretien, K. and Tuck, M. (2016). Online professionalism: A synthetic review. In

M. Chisolm (Ed.), Social Media in Medicine. New York: Routledge.

d. Books Edited or Written

e. Abstracts

Tanima De, Cristina Alarcon, Erin Smithberger, Minoli Perera, Mohammed

Shaazuddin, Mohammed Nooruddin, Paul Friedman, Diana Moreno, Edith Nutescu,
April Barbour, Matthew Tuck, Arthur Harralson, Tharani Jeyaram, Mary Harris, Sarah
Bradbury, Ramesh Subrahmanyam, Jeff Banagan, Olivia Gordon, Juan Avitia, and
Bianca Lec. Characterization of Expressed Quantitative Trait Loci Within the
Clopidogrel Metabolism Pathway on Antiplatelet Response Variability in African
Americans. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2019; 39: A566.

Friedman, P., Alarcon, C., Nooruddin, M., Gong, L., Harrison, A., O'Brien, T.,
Barbour, A., Nutescu, E., Tuck, M., Meltzer, D. and Perera, M.A., 2019, March.
PHENOTYPIC VARIABILITY IN ANTIPLATELET AND ANTICOAGULANT
THERAPY IN AFRICAN AMERICANS: AN ACCOUNT CONSORTIUM STUDY.
In CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS (Vol. 105, pp. S67-S67). 111
RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

Hodge, Daniel K.; Kallus, Samuel J.; Tuck, Matthew. Beer Belly Without the
Beer: Tense Ascites as a Presenting Manifestation of SLE, American Journal of
Gastroenterology. October 2015 - Volume 110 - Issue - p S410-S412.

W. Hernandez, E.R. Gamazon, K. Aquino-Michaels, S. Patel, T.J. O’Brien, A.F.

Harralson, R.A. Kittles, A. Barbour, M. Tuck, S.D. McIntosh, J.N. Douglas, D.
Nicolae, L.H. Cavallari, M.A. Perera. LIVER EQTLS FOR WARFARIN DOSE
RESPONSE GENES REVEAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO VENOUS
THROMBOEMBOLISM AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS. Clinical pharmacology
and therapeutics. 2014;95:S60.

Tuck, Matthew. “The Risk Ratio, T1N1/T1N0, Correlates With Tumor Prognostic
Markers, Host Factors, and Overall Survival in Bronchogenic Lung Cancer: A Seer
(Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Study.” CHEST Journal (2006): n. pag.
Print.

Tuck, Matthew. “Risk Factors Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis in

Bronchogenic Lung Cancer: A SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results)
Study.” CHEST Journal (2004): n. pag. Print.

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f. Invited Publications:

Tuck, M, et. al. Society of General Internal Medicine. Five things physicians and
patients should question. Choosing Wisely. Revised January 17, 2023. Downloaded
January 25, 2023 from: https://www.choosingwisely.org/societies/society-of-general-
internal-medicine/.

g. Letters

Matthew Tuck and Jeffrey S. Berger. (2020). A Remembrance of Dr. Fitzhugh

Mullan, Social Justice and Health Policy Educator. Journal of Graduate Medical
Education: April 2020, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 143-144.

Tuck MG, Holmes-Maybank K. Equal rights for general internists? J Gen Intern
Med. 2018 May 31.

h. Book Reviews

i. Any Other Publications

Robinson, S., Dew, A., Tuck, M. Panuveitis and rash in a man with HIV. Journal
of General Internal Medicine Clinical Images. July 28, 2017.

Tuck M, Lim J, Lucar J, Benator D. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma

masquerading as osteomyelitis of the shoulder: an uncommon presentation. BMJ Case
Rep. Dec 21;2016.

5) Presentations

a. Regional

Tuck, M. “Pharmacogenomic Testing for Veterans.” Geriatrics Grand Rounds,

VA Medical Center. August, 2022.

Tuck, M. “Point of Care Ultrasound: Abdominal Exam”. Internal Medicine noon

conference, Washington, DC VA Medical Center, August, 2020.

Tuck, M. “African American/Sociodemographic Disparities & COVID-19.”

Grand Rounds, Washington, DC VA Medical Center, July, 2020.

Croffoot, J. and Tuck, M. “Point of Care Ultrasound: A Hands-On Learning

Experience.” Grand Rounds, Virginia Hospital Center, February, 2020.

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Arundel, C., Logan, J., McIntosh, M., Tuck, M. “Update in Hospital Medicine.”
Grand Rounds, Washington DC VA Medical Center, May, 2017.

Arundel, C., Logan, J., McIntosh, M., Tuck, M. “Update in Hospital Medicine.”
Grand Rounds, Virginia Hospital Center, March, 2017.

Arundel, C., Logan, J., McIntosh, M., Tuck, M. “Update in Hospital Medicine.”
Grand Rounds, Washington DC VA Medical Center, June, 2016.

Ratner, L., MacDowell, S., An, D., Paal, E., and Tuck, M. “Maybe it Runs in the
Family: A case of TTR Subtype Cardiac Amyloidosis.” Poster presented at the
Georgetown University Research Day, May 5, 2016.

Tuck, M. “Educational Microskills Workshop.” Two 2-hour workshops for the

Internal Medicine residents at the George Washington University, Spring 2016.

Tuck, M., Shoham, S., Mills, J. “Update in Hospital Medicine 2015.”

Maintenance of Certification Presenter, American College of Physicians Regional
Meeting, Howard University Hospital, November, 2015.

Tuck, M. “Team-based Learning.” Four 1-hour workshops for Internal Medicine

Residents at the George Washington University, August – September, 2015.

Kallus, S. and Tuck, M. “Beer Belly Without the Beer: Tense Ascites as a
Presenting Manifestation of SLE.”Poster presented at the Georgetown University
Hospital Research Day, May 7, 2015.

Tuck, M. “Conflict Management and the Kolb Learning Style.” Three 1-hour
workshops for Internal Medicine Residents at the George Washington University, April,
2015.

Tuck, M. “Evidence Based Medicine: Diagnosis.” Invited 1-hour lecture for the
Graduate Medical Education Community at The George Washington University, January,
2015.

Tuck, M. “Evidence-based Medicine: Introduction.” Invited 1-hour lecture for the

Graduate Medical Education Community at The George Washington University,
November, 2014.

Tuck, M. “Learning Proclivities and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory.” Three 1-
hour workshops for Internal Medicine Residents at the George Washington University,
September – October, 2014

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Tuck, M. “Leadership: Skills and Strategies for Rising Senior Residents.”
Workshop for Internal Medicine Residents at the George Washington University, May
2014.

Logan, J., Arundel, A. and Tuck, M. Working Smarter: Tools to Enhance

Learning and Feedback. Workshop presented at the Regional Society for General Internal
Medicine Conference, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, March 14, 2014.

Tuck, M. “Leadership: A Prescription for Change for Graduating Residents.”

Workshop for Internal Medicine Residents at the George Washington University,
October, 2013.

Tuck, M. “Learning Proclivities and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory,”

Workshop for Internal Medicine Interns at George Washington University. September,
2013.

Tuck, M. “Update in Hospital Medicine.” Grand Rounds, Washington, DC VA

Medical Center. June 2013.

Tuck, M. “Update in Hospital Medicine.” Grand Rounds, Washington, DC VA

Medical Center. June, 2011.

Tuck, M., McIntosh, S. (2011). An integrated evidenced based medicine (EBM)

curriculum to enhance evidence-based practice skills, knowledge, behavior and attitudes
among internal medicine residents. Poster presented at annual mid-Atlantic regional
meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine, March 18, 2011.

Mrkoci, D., Tuck, M., Arundel, C., Greysen, R., McIntosh, M. (2011). A Patient
Safety Curriculum Integrated into Noon Conference to Educate Faculty and Housestaff.
Poster presented at annual mid-Atlantic regional meeting of the Society for General
Internal Medicine, March 18, 2011.

Tuck, M. “Principles of Analgesia in the Elderly.” Patient Safety Conference,

Washington DC VA Medical Center. November, 2010.

Tuck, M. “Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Future Applications in Men who

have Sex with Men.” Internal Medicine Noon Conference, George Washington
University. February, 2008.

Tuck, M. “Pharmacogenomics with a Concentration on Warfarin: The Future of

Medicine?”. Internal Medicine Chairman’s Rounds, George Washington University,
2008.

Tuck, M., Sandler, N., Keiser, J., Roberts, A., Kalwaney, S. (2007). An unusual
prostate infection in a man returning from El Salvador. Poster presented, and first place
awarded at the American College of Physicians District of Columbia Scientific Meeting
in Bethesda, Maryland, November 2-3, 2007

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b. National

Kirsha S. Gordon, Matthew Ronan, Michael Krug, Patrick Godwin, Daniel

Heppe, Matthew Hoegh, Joel C. Boggan, Jeydith Gutierrez Perez, Micah Pescetto, Peter
J. Kaboli, Michelle Guidry, Peter Caldwell, Christine A. Mitchell, Erik Ehlers, Nazima
Allaudeen, Jessica E. Cyr, Andrea Smeraglio, Peter Yarbrough, Richard Rose, Anand
Jagannath, Jaclyn Vargas, Paul B. Cornia, Meghna Shah, Matthew Tuck, Cherinne
Arundel, James D. Laudate, Joel Elzweig, Benjamin A. Rodwin, Joyce Akwe, Meredith
Trubitt, Mary Charles, Craig G. Gunderson. “Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of
Veterans Hospitalized with Alcohol Withdrawal.” Oral presentation at the Society of
General Internal Medicine National Meeting, May 10 – 13, 2023.

Jeffrey W. Redinger, Daniel B. Heppe, Tyler J. Albert, Paul B. Cornia, Kirsha S.

Gordon, Cherinne Arundel, Joel M. Bradley, Laura M Caputo, Jonathan W. Chun, Jessica
E. Cyr, Erik T. Ehlers, Michelle M. Guidry, Anand D. Jagannath, Brian K. Kwan, James
D. Laudate, Christine A. Mitchell, Andrea C. Smeraglio, Joseph R. Sweigart, Matthew G.
Tuck, Craig G. Gunderson. “What Internal Medicine Attendings Talk About at Morning
Report: A Multicenter Study.” Poster presented at the Society of Hospital Medicine
National Meeting, April 7 -10, 2022.

Tuck M, Bruti C, Harrison R, Kisielewski M, Catalanotti J, Smith D, Burger

“Nighttime supervision of internal medicine residents in the intensive care unit:
perceptions of residency program directors from a national survey.” Poster presented as
oral abstract at the Society for General Internal Medicine National Meeting, April 22,
2021.

Anand D. Jagannath, Brian Kwan, Daniel B. Heppe, Albertine S. Beard, Paul B.

Cornia, Azadeh Lankarani-Fard, Joel M. Bradley, Michelle M. Guidry, Matthew Tuck,
Kathlyn E. Fletcher, Elizabeth S. Gromisch, Craig G. Gunderson. “Scripted Morning
Reports May Achieve Different Educational Goals Than Unscripted Morning Reports:
Results from a VA Multicenter Study.” Poster presented at the Alliance for Academic
Internal Medicine National Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 20, 2020.

Matthew Tuck, Minoli Perera, et. al. “Pharmaco-omics of clopidogrel response in

African Americans – An African-American Cardiovascular Pharmacogenetic
CONsorTium Study.” Poster presented at the American Heart Association National
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 16, 2019.

Matthew Tuck. “ACCOuNT: Precision Medicine for All.” VHA Innovation

Experience presentation at the National Press Club, October 2019.

Daniel B Heppe, Albertine Beard, Azadeh Lankarani-Fard, Brian Kwan, Annand

Jagannath, Paul Cornia, Matthew Tuck, Joel Bradley, Michelle Guidry, Kathlyn Fletcher,
Craig Gunderson. “A multicenter study of the format and content of internal medicine
morning report.” Poster presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine National
Meeting, Washington, DC, April 9, 2019.

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Tuck, M., Mishra, V., Payne, T. “Creating a hospital-based academic or

administrative niche in health information technology.” Invited symposium, SGIM
National Meeting, April 13, 2018.

Kurland, K., Barbour, A., Amdur, R., Kuang, X., Tuck, M. Congruence Between
Attending Physician and Patient Feedback of Residents as Patient Educators. Poster
presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Denver, CO,
April 13, 2018.

Burstein, D., Chretien, K., Puchalski, C., Aivaz, M., Kaboff, A., Tuck, M.
Assessment of patients' values and goals upon admission to internal medicine services:
Experiences & Applications. Poster presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine
National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 13, 2018.

Arundel, C., Logan, J., McIntosh, S., Tuck, M. “Working Smarter: Tools to
Enhance Learning and Feedback.” Workshop presented at the Society of General Internal
Medicine National Meeting, April 11 – 14, 2018.

Ramani, S., Tuck, M., Chretien, K., Sullivan, G. “What Counts Cannot Always
Be Measured: Principles of Qualitative Research and Introduction to Qualitative
Analysis.” Workshop presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine National
Meeting, April 19 – 22, 2017.

Holmes-Maybank, K., Kennedy, K., Tahhan, S., Tuck, M. “Academic Hospitalist

Burnout: Determinants and Solutions.” Workshop presented at the Society of General
Internal Medicine National Meeting, April 19 – 22., 2017

Tuck, M. “Evidence Based Medicine Curriculum Development.” Duke Teaching

and Leading Evidence Based Practice Workshop. April 4, 2017.

Ramani, S., Chretien, K., Sullivan, G., Tuck, M., “Moving Beyond Numbers:
Applying Qualitative Methodology to Expand the Scope of Research and Scholarship.”
Workshop presented at the Society for General Internal Medicine National Meeting, May
11-14, 2016.

N. Nwanze, W. Hernandez, M. Tuck, T. O'Brien, R. Kittles, J. Duarte, S.

Bourgeois, L. Cavallari, M. Perera. Genome-wide association study to identify
susceptibility loci associated with hemorrhagic complications among African American
patients on stable warfarin dose. Poster presented at the American Society for Clinical
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 6, 2015

Chretien, K., Tuck, M., Simon, M., Kind, T. Medical Students on Twitter: A
Digital Ethnography. Poster invited at the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
National Meeting, Washington, DC, September 11 – 13, 2014.

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Wenndy Hernandez, Ph.D., Eric R. Gamazon, Ph.D., Keston Aquino-Michaels,
B.A., Shitalben Patel, M.S., Travis J. O’Brien, Ph.D., Art F. Harralson, Pharm.D., Rick
A. Kittles, Ph.D., April Barbour, M.D., Matthew Tuck, M.D., Samantha D. McIntosh,
M.D., Jacqueline N. Douglas, Pharm.D., Dan Nicolae, Ph.D., and Larisa H. Cavallari,
Pharm.D., Minoli A. Perera, Pharm.D, Ph.D. Liver eQTLs for warfarin dose response
genes reveal susceptibility to venous thromboembolism among African Americans.
Invited as an oral presentation and recipient of the ASCPT Presidential Trainee Award at
the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. March 21, 2014,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Hernandez W, Gamazon ER, Aquino-Michaels K, Patel S, O’Brien TJ, Harralson

AF, Kittles RA, Barbour A, Tuck M, McIntosh SD, Douglas JN, Konkashbaev A,
Cavallari LH, Perera MA. Identification of novel genetic polymorphisms associated with
warfarin dose response in African Americans through the use of liver eQTLs. Invited as a
platform presentation at Precision Medicine: Personal Genomes & Pharmacogenomics.
November 13 - 16, 2013, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Hernandez W, Gamazon ER, Konkashbaev A, Aquino-Michaels K, O'Brien TJ,

Harralson AF, Kittles RA, Barbour A, Tuck M, McIntosh SD, Douglas JN, Cavallari LH,
Perera MA., VKORC1 and CALU eQTLs and susceptibility to venous thromboembolism
among African Americans; (Abstract 2119T).Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of
The American Society of Human Genetics, October 23, 2013 in Boston, MA.

Harold, R. & Tuck, M. (2012). Dabigatran toxicity in a 65 year old male who
failed other anti-coagulation methods. JGIM, Volume 27, Supplement 2 / July 2012.
Poster presented at the Society for General Internal Medicine National Annual Meeting in
Orlando, Florida, May 9-12, 2012.

Chretien, C., Arundel, C., Cayea, D., Swenson, R., Tuck, M., "The A Team,"
Workshop presented at the Society for General Internal Medicine National Meeting, May
9-12, 2012.

Schwartz, A., Henson, D., and Tuck, M. (2006). The risk ratio, T1N1/T1N0,
correlates with tumor prognostic markers, host factors, and overall survival in
bronchogenic lung cancer: A SEER (surveillance, epidemiology, and end results) study.
[Abstract] Chest, 130, 232S.
Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American College of Chest
Physicians in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2006
Poster presented at Annual Research Day, George Washington University, 2007

Schwartz A., Henson D., Tuck M. (2004). Risk factors associated with lymph
node metastasis in bronchogenic lung cancer: A SEER (surveillance, epidemiology and
end results) study. [Abstract] Chest, 126, 851S.
Poster presented at Annual convention of the American Medical Student
Association, March 16 -20, 2005
Poster presented at Annual Research Day, George Washington University, 2005

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Poster presented at 2004 Annual meeting of the American College of Chest
Physicians, October 23 – 28

Tuck M., Rosser T., McClintock W., Elling N., Pearl P. (2004). Epilepsy
characteristics in a population of 69 patients with tuberous sclerosis. [Abstract] Annals of
Neurology, 56, S8, S117-118.
Poster presented, and first place awarded at Annual Pediatric Research Poster Day
at Children’s National Medical Center, May 11, 2004
Poster presented at annual meeting of American Neurological Association,
October 3 – 6, 2004.
Poster presented at Annual Research Day, George Washington University, March
26, 2004.

c. International

6) Professional Registrations, Licenses, Certifications:

2009 - 2029 ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine

2009 – Present District of Columbia Medical License, Active

7) Grants Awarded or Pending:

Title of Grant Funding Dates of Yearly Role % Effort

Agency Award Direct
Costs
Assessing the Medical 12/14/11 – $14,300 PI No salary
efficacy of an Education 12/13/12 support
integrated Research
evidenced-based Grant,
medicine George
curriculum in Washington
improving scores University
in evidence-based
practice skills,
knowledge,
behavior and
attitudes among
internal medicine
students and
residents at the
Washington, DC
VAMC
Identification of National 01/01/09 – $40,000 Co-I 1.2
genetic factors Collaborative 12/31/10 calendar
that impact on Aging months

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warfarin dose in
African-
Americans
Medical Students Clerkship 4/01/13 – $5,000 Co-I No salary
who use Twitter Directors of 12/31/13 support
for Education: A Internal
Twethnography Medicine
African American National 9/1/16 – $1.5 Co-I 1.2
Cardiovascular Institute on 5/31/21 million calendar
pharmacogenetic Minority months
Consortium Health and
(ACCOuNT) Health
Disparities
Caring in Clinical Universal 1/24/17 – $2,000 PI No salary
Practice: Health 2019 support
Doctoring that Services
considers the
disease as well as
the person who
has the disease
Pharmacogenomic Sanford 12/14/20 – $88,000 Site 1.2
Testing for Laboratories 5/31/23 Champion calendar
Veterans months
(PHASeR)
Targeting high Veterans 3/1/22 – $38,378 PI 1.2
risk individuals Affairs 9/30/22 calendar
for gene-drug National months
interactions using Oncology
VIONE Program
A Primary Role Department 10/1/23 – $55,621 Co-I 1.2
for the of Defense 9/30/28 calendar
Circulatory months
Microenvironment
in African
American Prostate
Cancer
Disparities?

8) Societies and Honors:

2005 – Present Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society

2007 – Present American College of Physicians, Fellow 2012 – present

Board of Governors, American College of Physicians DC
Chapter, 2017 - Present

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2011 – Present Society of General Internal Medicine, Appointed to the
Academic Hospitalist Task Force 2012 – present; co-Chair
2015 – 2017; Chair 2017 – 2019; National Program
Committee Chair 2021 – 2022.

2014 Journal of Graduate Medical Education, recognized as top

10% of all reviewers for 2014

2019 American College of Physicians, “Top Hospitalist”

9) Administrative Duties & University Activities:

a. Departmental
2009 – 2010 Telemetry committee
2009 – 2010 Housestaff schedule coordinator
2009 – 2010 Hospitalist attending schedule coordinator
2009 – 2010 Nonteaching service coordinator
2009 – 2013 Nurse-Physician collaborative committee; Chair (2012-
2013)
2011 Missing patient committee
2011- Present Alternate Voting Member, Research & Development
Committee
2012 – 2014 Emergency-Cardiology-Hospital Medicine collaborative
committee, Chair
2014 – Present Physician Utilization Management Advisor
2017 – Present Institutional Review Board Committee Member
2018 – 2021 Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning
committee member
2018 – Present Utilization Management Advisory Committee, Chair
2019 – Present Geographic Rounds workgroup, Chair

b. George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

2006 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha Selection Committee
2013 – 2021 Internal Medicine Resident Clinical Competency
Committee
2013 – Present Intern Recruitment Committee; Conduct interviews of
candidates for GWU internal medicine residency program
2014 – 2019 George Washington University School of Medicine New
Curriculum Themes Committee, Ex-Officio Member
2014 – 2015 LCME Education Subcommittee, Self-Study
2016 – 2017 George Washington University School of Medicine New
Curriculum Themes Committee, Member
2016 – 2017 George Washington University School of Medicine Pre-
Clinical Subcommittee, Ex-Officio Member
2018 GWU Internal Medicine Residency Rank List Committee

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10) Educational Achievements:

a. Courses Taught
2009 – Present Ward attending for inpatient wards; Direct supervision,
education, and evaluation of ward team at the VA Medical
Center
2009 – Present Student lectures for students on their internal medicine
clerkship at the VA Medical Center twice a week
2009 – 2019 Bedside physical diagnosis rounds; faculty mentor for
medical students up to three times a month
2011 – Present Junior Medicine Seminar Lecturer for Uniformed Services
University of Health Sciences third year medical students,
guest lecturer
2013 – Present Duke University, "Teaching and Leading Evidence-based
Practice,” core faculty
2014 – 2017 Public Health 201: Introduction to Evidence-based
medicine, developed a longitudinal curriculum for first year
medical students at the George Washington University
2015 Preceptor, 3rd year Uniformed Services University of
Health Sciences Students, Internal Medicine Clerkship
2015 – 2016 “The face of HIV,” Small group discussion leader for film
How to Survive and Plague and anthology Still Here: A
Post-cocktail AIDS Anthology for first-year medical
students at the George Washington University
2016 Pharm 6116: Pharmacogenomics and Personalized
Medicine, invited 2.5 hour lecture to the George
Washington University School of Medicine and Health
Sciences graduate students
2016 Obesity Critical Literature Review Session for 2nd year
medical students, George Washington University, April 19,
2016
2016 The Practice of Medicine, Intersession III for medical
students, George Washington University, June 23, 2016
2012- 2019 Residents as Young Educators Curriculum for Internal
Medicine Residents, George Washington University.

b. New Courses or Programs Developed

2009 – Present Evidence-based medicine curriculum, developed
curriculum for house staff and students integrated into
educational conference (i.e. morning report)
2012 – 2018 Residents As Young Educators curriculum, developed
curriculum and assessment methods addressing the
ACGME Milestones Project requirements that residents be
competent educators
2014 – 2017 Public Health 201: Introduction to Evidence-based

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Medicine, developed a longitudinal curriculum for first and
second year medical students at the George Washington
University

c. Academic Advisement
2011 Rahul Vanjani, Medical Student, matched internal medicine
resident at Columbia Presbyterian University
2012 Rachel Harold, Medical Student, matched internal medicine
resident at Georgetown University
2012 Allison Bush, Medical Student, matched internal medicine
resident at Walter Reed
2013 Richard Crawford, Medical Student, Annual Shadowing
Program for Office of Student Professional Enrichment at
the George Washington University; matched to MedStar
Georgetown University Hospital for psychiatry residency
2013 Rishi Sood, Medical Student, matched radiology at George
Washington University
2014 Jaspreet Suri, Medical Student, matched at Temple
University Hospital for Internal Medicine
2014 Rajeev Samtani, Medical Student, matched at Icahn School
of Medicine at Mount Sinai for Internal Medicine
2014 Jane Lim, Medical Student, matched at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center for Internal Medicine. Served as research
mentor. Supervised research and manuscript preparation.
2014 Dalya Elhady, Medical Student, matched at University of
Florida for anesthesiology residency. Served as research
mentor for Dr. Elhady’s research. Supervised research on
the Residents as Young Educators curriculum, including
research design, data entry, analysis, abstract and poster
presentation, as well as manuscript preparation.
2015 Sara MacDowell, Medical Student, case series cardiac
amyloid
2015 Maria Henry, Medical Student, served as research mentor
for Maria’s research, supervised research on the Residents
as Young Educators curriculum, including research design,
data entry and manuscript preparation
2015 Alvin Kim, Medical Student, Matched to anesthesiology at
Columbia University
2016 Katherine Harmon, Medical Student, matched to pediatrics
At Childrens Hospital-LA in California
2016 - 2019 Kyle Kurland, Medical Student. Served as research mentor
for Kyle’s research. Supervised research on the Residents
as Young Educators curriculum, including data collection
and data entry
2017 Anthony Rowe, Medical Student, matched to Georgetown
University Internal Medicine residency

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2017 Alex Dew and Sara Robinson, Residents, served as
research mentor, supervised research and manuscript
preparation
2017 Marudeen Aivaz, Medical Student, served as research
mentor, supervised research methods and qualitative
interviews
2017 - 2019 David Burstein, Resident, served as research mentor.
Supervised grant submission, IRB submission, research
methods, qualitative interviews, data analysis and
manuscript preparation; provided career advice; matched to
Northwestern University General Internal Medicine
Fellowship 2019
2018 - 2020 Heather Briggs, MD, PhD, UTHSCSA faculty member,
served as faculty mentor through Society of General
Internal Medicine’s Career Advising Program, promoted to
Associate Professor of Medicine at UTHSCSA in 2019
2018 David Agdashian, Medical student, shadowed in summer
2018
2018 Richard Ryngel, pre-medical student, shadowed in summer
2018.
2018 – Present Jeff Banagan, MS; provided career and research
mentorship; provided oversight of laboratory work,
research coordination duties, and creation of abstract
presented at VA Research Day in 2019
2019 Muhammed Shand, medical student; career advice;
matched ENT, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of
Medicine
2019 Kyle Costenbader, medical student; career advice; matched
to Medicine-preliminary, Greater Baltimore. Medical
Center and to Radiology, University of Maryland
2020 Caylynn Yao, medical student; career advice; matched to
anesthesiology MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
2020 Ari Mandler, medical student; career advice; matched to
internal medicine residency at Cornell
2020 Tucker Smith, pre-medical student; career advice;
matriculated to Virginia Commonwealth University School
of Medicine
2021 Sumedha Singh, MD, resident; career advice; mentor;
fellowship advice; match to gastroenterology fellowship at
Einstein Hospital
2021 Katrina Naik, MD, resident; mentor; matched to
gastroenterology fellowship at University of Nevada
2021 Andres Garza, MD, resident; mentor; matched to
pulmonary/critical care fellowship at Baylor University
2021 Sangeetha Isaac, MD, internal medicine resident at North
Alabama Medical Center; mentor on research

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2021 Afraz Pasha, MD, internal medicine resident at North
Alabama Medical Center; mentor on research

d. Educational Awards

1998 – 2002 Dean’s Listed, The College of William and Mary

2001 Psi Chi National Honor Society, The College of William

and Mary

2004 – 2006 Honorary William Beaumont Research Society

2005 Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society

2006 Phillip S. Birnbaum Award: for Primary Care Medicine,

The George Washington University School of Medicine

2006 Robert Keith Cole Award: for “academic excellence,

community service, and support of fellow students,” The
George Washington University School of Medicine

2012 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Attending of the Year

Teaching Award, chosen by George Washington University
House Staff

2013 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Attending of the Year

Teaching Award, chosen by George Washington University
House Staff

2013 The James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching

Internal Medicine, chosen by medical students and peers
from the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences

2015 Clinician-Educator Award, Mid-Atlantic Region of the

Society for General Internal Medicine; This award is given
to one member each year to recognize early or mid-career
clinician educators for their innovations in teaching and/or
delivery of clinical care

2016 Veterans Affairs Medical Center Attending of the Year

Teaching Award, chosen by George Washington University
House Staff

2017 American College of Physicians, District of Columbia

Chapter, Sol Katz Teaching Award

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11) Consultant Appointments

2019 – Present Institute for Clinical Research, The National Association of

Veteran’s Research and Education Foundations, Board
Member

12) Service to Community (all unpaid unless otherwise noted):

a. National

2011 – 2012 SGIM National Meeting Workshop Reviewer

2012 – Present SGIM Academic Hospitalist Task Force/Commission

Member

2012 – 2018 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Graduate Medical

Bildung

2013 SGIM National Meeting Clinical Vignette Reviewer

2014 SGIM National Meeting Research Abstract Reviewer

2014 – 2019 Reviewer, UpToDate

2014 Medical Education Scholarship Workshop Co-Chair, SGIM

National Meeting

2015 – 2019 Chair, SGIM Academic Hospitalist Task Force

2015 Grant Reviewer, Health Services Research & Development,

Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research &
Development

2016 SGIM National Meeting Hospital Medicine Scientific

Research Abstract Reviewer

2017 SGIM National Meeting Workshop Reviewer

2018 Co-chair, Awards Committee for Best Oral Abstract and

Best Poster Presentation for Hospital Medicine Research at
Society of General Internal Medicine's National Meeting

2018 Steering Committee Member, Improving Hospital

Outcomes through Patient Engagement (i-HOPE) Study:
https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2016/improving-

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hospital-outcomes-through-patient-engagement-i-hope-
study

2018 - Present VISN 5 Hospital Medicine Consultant, Veterans Health

Affairs

2018 – Present Associate Editor, Journal of Graduate Medical Education

2019 Moderator, “Innovations in Medical Education Oral

Presentations in Quality Improvement & Assessment,”
Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting

2019 Moderator, “Scientific Abstract Oral Presentations in

Hospital Medicine,” Society of General Internal Medicine
National Meeting

2020 – Present Reviewer, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

2020 – Present Reviewer, British Medical Journal Case Reports

2020 – Present Lead Hospitalist, VISN 5, Veterans Affairs Community of

Practice

2020 – Present American Board of Internal Medicine Item-Writing Task

Force

2021 – 2022 Program Committee Chair, Society for General Internal

Medicine Annual Meeting

b. Regional

2002 – 2003 Member, Interdisciplinary Student Community-Oriented

Prevention Enhancement Service (ISCOPES); collaborated
with an interdisciplinary team to identify needs and
institute solutions in a community site

2003 Head Coordinator for Orienting Incoming Medical School

Class; worked closely with the Deans, faculty, fellow
classmates and local businesses to coordinate orientation
week for the incoming class of medical students

2003 - 2004 American Medical Student Association Advocacy

Coordinator; Organized events and meetings for the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People in
Medicine group associated with AMSA

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2004 – 2005 University Senator to the Student Assembly, Finance
Committee; represented the School of Medicine to the
University Student Assembly

February 2011 SGIM Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting Clinical Vignette

Reviewer

January 2012 SGIM Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting Clinical Vignette

Reviewer

December 2012 SGIM Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting Clinical Vignette

Reviewer

September 2013 Internal Medicine Interest Group, Panelist, George

Washington University School of Medicine

2014 Poster Judge for Educational Innovation posters at the

regional meeting of the Society of General Internal
Medicine

September 2014 - 2018 Themes Subcommittee Member of the New Curriculum

Committee at the George Washington University School of
Medicine and Health Sciences

2016 – 2017, 2019 Medical Education Research Grant Reviewer, The George
Washington University

2017 – 2018 Pre-clinical Subcommittee Ex-officio Member of the New

Curriculum Committee at the George Washington
University

2017 – Present Member, Institutional Review Board

2017 Program Committee, American College of Physicians

District of Columbia Chapter Scientific Meeting

2017 – Present Board of Governors, American College of Physicians

District of Columbia Chapter

2019 Faculty leader, “Vitals ‘R Vital,” Day in the Life of a

Medical Student, George Washington University

2019 – Present Program Evaluation Committee, George Washington

University Internal Medicine Residency Program

2020 Mock Interviewer for Fellowship Applications, George

Washington University Internal Medicine Residency
Program

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2020 Flu Clinic provider, George Washington University
community outreach

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