CURRICULUM VITAE
SCOTT WEINGARTEN, M.D., M.P.H.
BUSINESS ADDRESS Zynx Health, Inc.
9100 Wilshire Boulevard
East Tower, Suite 655
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 247-7700
BIRTHPLACE Los Angeles, California
CITIZENSHIP USA
MARITAL STATUS Married
EDUCATION
Undergraduate:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1975-1979
Major: Applied Mechanics
Degree: B.S.
Medical:
University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1979-1983
Degree: M.D.
Public Health:
University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1987-1988
Degree: M.P.H.
INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY
Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, California, 1983-1984,
Internship, Internal Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, California, 1984-1986,
Residency, Internal Medicine
FELLOWSHIPS
Cedars-Sinai Health System/UCLA Department of Medicine,
Kennamer Fellowship, General Internal Medicine, 1986-1987
RAND/UCLA Center for Health Policy Study, National Center for Health Services Research Post-doctoral Fellowship, Santa Monica, California, 1987-1988
LICENSURE
California G53890 1985
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Internal Medicine, September 1986
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review,
October 1988
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/1/02 – present
Clinical Professor of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
5/1/02 – present
President and Chief Executive Officer
Zynx Health, Inc.
A subsidiary of the Cerner Corporation
5/1/02 – present
Director, Health Services Research
Cedars-Sinai Health System
7/1/02 – 9/1/02
Professor of Medicine, “in residence” (Step I)
UCLA School of Medicine
7/1/00 – 7/1/02
Associate Professor of Medicine, “in residence,” Step III
UCLA School of Medicine
7/1/98 – 6/30/00
Associate Professor of Medicine, “in residence,” Step II
UCLA School of Medicine
7/1/96- 6/30/98
Associate Professor of Medicine, “in residence,” Step I
UCLA School of Medicine
7/1/96- present
Chief Executive Officer
Zynx Health Incorporated
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Cedars-Sinai Health System
6/1/94-1/1/98
Consulting Medical Director
PrimeHealth of Southern California
(coalition of hospitals, medical groups, and IPAs)
7/1/96-6/1/01
Pharmacoeconomic Fellowship Director
Cedars-Sinai Health System
7/1/94 – 6/30/96
Assistant Professor of Medicine, “in residence”
7/1/91-6/30/94
Assistant Professor of Medicine, “in residence”
UCLA School of Medicine
7/1/93-6/30/01
Director, Health Services Research Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Health System
8/5/91- present
Director of Health Services Research
Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA.
7/1/88-7/18/89
Director of Health Services Research
Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA.
7/89-8/91
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Woodland Hills
12/89-7/90
Director of Medical Education
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Woodland Hills
6/90-8/91
Director of Ambulatory Quality Assurance
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Woodland Hills
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American College of Physicians
American College of Physician Executives
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
Society of General Internal Medicine
COMMITTEES
American College of Cardiology Entrepreneurial Opportunities Work Group. 3/03-present
International Congress on Telemedicine. Scientific Committee Advisory Board. 6/01-present
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Health Research Dissemination and Implementation Study Section (HRDI). 5/01-9/03HRDI (Vanessa – please call or check e-mails to see what that stands for) Study Section
Royal Society of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Health System. Evidence-based Medicine Planning Committee Chairperson 1/01-1/02.
National Committee on Quality Assurance. Disease Management Advisory Council. 12/00-7/01
Association of American Medical Colleges. Task Force on Integrating Education and Patient Care. 9/99-2/01
Association of American Medical Colleges Advisory Panel on Research. 10/98-1/01
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Annual Program Planning Committee. 4/97-12/97
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s AB 524 Technical Advisory Committee. 7/97-9/99
California Medical Association. Quality of Care Committee. 6/96-12/96.
Pacific Business Group on Health Provider Committee. 10/95.
Chairperson, Third Year UCLA Medical Student Internal Medicine Rotation at Cedars-Sinai Health System. 12/91-8/94.
Continuing Medical Education Committee, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Chairperson, Application Review Subcommittee. 5/92-12/95.
Quality Improvement Committee, Cedars-Sinai Health System. 1/93-1/95.
PAST REVIEWER
Agency for Health Care Policy Research (small grants)
Agency for Health Care Policy Research (unstable angina practice guidelines contact)
American Journal of Cardiology
American Journal of Managed Care
American Journal of Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Archives of Internal Medicine
Chest
Circulation
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Journal of Quality Improvement
Medical Care
New England Journal of Medicine
Pharmacoeconomics
Quarterly Review Bulletin
Value in Health
EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS
Disease Management and Quality Improvement Report
May 2001-
Managed Care
September 1999-
Medical Management News
January 1998-
Value in Health Care
Scientific Advisory Board
August 1998-
Disease Management News
October 1998-2002
National Managed Health Care Congress
January 1997-
Journal of Quality Improvement
January 1997-December 2000
Disease Management
January 1997-January 2000
New Medicine
January 1997-January 1999
Journal of Outcomes Management
September 1995-1998
Society of General Internal Medicine Newsletter
Society of General Internal Medicine
Assistant Editor
10/1993-2/1995
HONORS AND AWARDS
Western Society for Clinical Investigation Travel Award, February 11, 2000.
MKSAP 12 Author. “Hospital Based and Critical Care Medicine.”
Elected to Western Society of Clinical Investigation (WSCI). 1998.
Co-chair, Managed Care Abstract Selection Committee Society of General Internal Medicine. 1997.
Board of Directors, Institute for Medical Quality, Subsidiary of the California Medical Association. 1996-2001.
Board of Directors, Secretary/Treasurer, Institute for Medical Quality, Subsidiary of the California Medical Association. 1998-2000.
Quality Leader, American College of Physician Executives. January 1996-December 1996.
American College of Physicians Representative to Washington, DC on Leadership Day. March 1996.
American College of Physicians Representative to Sacramento on Leadership Day. February 1996.
President’s Award, Cedars-Sinai Health System. April 1995.
Co-chair, Health Services Research Abstract Selection Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine. 1995.
Society of General Internal Medicine Award for Outstanding Educational Workshop. August 1994.
Golden Apple Teaching Award, Excellence in Teaching in the Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Health System. 1993-1994.
Chair, Forum on Clinical Guidelines, American College of Physician Executives. 5/1995-12/1995.
Vice Chair, Forum on Clinical Guidelines, American College of Physician Executives. 5/1994-5/1995.
American College of Physician Executives, Innovator in Health Care Cost Containment Recognition. 1992.
Fellow, American College of Physicians. 1992.
Solomon Scholars Research Awards, UCLA School of Medicine. 1986.
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED:
Leapfrog Group
Development of Evidence-based Quality Indicators
Funded by Premier, Inc.
1/1/02-8/15/02
$93,000
California Healthcare Foundation. Impact of computerized physician order entry on medical errors for children and infants.
Scott Weingarten – Co-investigator
8/1/01 – 7/31/03
$215,273
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)/Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Factors Associated with Improving Vaccination Rates: Results from the PRO Experience
Scott Weingarten, Co-principal Investigator
3/1/01 – 2/28/02
$100,000
Health Care Financing Administration
Healthy Aging Project
Scott Weingarten, Co-director 10/1/98 – 2/1/00
Promote Evidence-based Interventions that Facilitate Healthy Aging Among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 and Older
02/01/00 – 09/30/02
$3,700,000 (total award)
VHA, Inc.
(Contract)
Evidence-based clinical information to improve quality of care and patient safety
Investigator Initiated
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
$750,000
Catholic Healthcare West
(Contract)
Evidence-based information to improve quality of care
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
$260,000
HCFA
Oklahoma PRO
(Contract)
Quality improvement for patients with community-acquired pneumonia
$75,000
University HealthSystem Consortium
(Contract)
Evidence-based information to improve quality of care and safety
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
$190,000
TAP Pharmaceuticals
Systematic review of the effectiveness of disease management
Investigator Initiated
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
$113,500
TAP Pharmaceuticals
Evaluating the Unpublished Data Regarding the Effectiveness of Disease Management Programs
Investigator Initiated
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
$70,430
TAP Pharmaceuticals
Assessing physician attitudes toward systematic approaches to patient care
Investigator Initiated
Scott Weingarten, Co-Principal Investigator
$191,400
TAP Pharmaceuticals
A systematic review of early switch and early discharge in community acquired pneumonia
Investigator Initiated
Scott Weingarten, Co-Principal Investigator
$117,950
Astra Pharmaceuticals
Disease management for patients with acid-peptic disease
Investigator Initiated
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
$200,000
Bristol Myers Squibb
Isolated systolic hypertension prevalence treatment patterns and physician awareness
Investigator Initiated
Scott Weingarten, Co-investigator
$140,000
RAND/National Kidney Foundation
Nutrition in End-Stage Renal Disease
Scott Weingarten, Co-Investigator
2/98 - 1/99
$215,000
Hoechst Marion Roussel
Diabetes Disease Management
Scott Weingarten, Co-Principal Investigator
8/97-6/99
$60,000
Bristol Myers Squibb
Diabetes Disease Management
7/97-6/99
$10,000
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Evidence-based Practice Center
Scott Weingarten, Cedars-Sinai Site Principal Investigator
Cedars-Sinai Health System
7/97-
Sandoz/Novartis
Pharmacoeconomics Fellowship
6/96-6/01
$67,000/year
Ciba Geigy/Novartis
Scott Weingarten, Co-Principal Investigator
Hypertension Disease Management
12/95-12/96
$140,000 (approximate)
VHA, Inc.
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
Population-based Preventive Medicine
10/95-4/96
$25,000
Marion Merrell Dow
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
Outcomes Research
8/1/94-7/30/95
$25,000
VHA, Inc.
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
Clinical Practice Guidelines Project
5/1/94-11/1/95
$600,000 (approximate)
California Podiatric Medical Association
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
“Cost-effectiveness of Podiatric Medical Care”
10/1/93-9/30/94
$10,000
American Heart Association. National Office, Dallas
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
“Practice Guidelines for Patients with Chest Pain”
7/1/93-6/30/95
$34,000
Garfield Foundation (2 awards)
Initially applied for first award as Principal Investigator, role
transferred to co-investigator upon impending departure from
Kaiser Permanente
“Use of Peer Comparison Feedback to Improve Quality and Reduce
Cost of Ambulatory Care”
11/1/94-
$100,000
Miles, Inc.
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
“Identification of Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia Suitable
for Early Conversion to Oral Antimicrobial Therapy”
2/1/92-1/31/94
$30,000
Miles, Inc.
Scott Weingarten, Principal Investigator
“A Prospective Study to Identify Hospitalized Patients with
Pneumonia Suitable for Conversion to Oral Antimicrobial Therapy”
1/1/93-12/31/93
Approximate effort 10%
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (Selected from SELECTED FROMapproximately 240)
Topics include practice guidelines, outcomes research, health services research, and disease management.
1. Toward Electronic Paper Record, May 2003, San Antonio, TX.
2. Institute for Health Care Improvement, December 2002, Orlando, FL.
3. University HealthSystem Consortium, October 2002, Baltimore, MD.
4. TCBI Patient Safety Summit, September 2002, Del Mar, CA.
5. Disease Management Congress, September 2002, Chicago, IL.
6. American Governance, May 2002, Phoenix, AZ.
7. Duke Medical Center, May 2002, Durham, NC.
8. Emory, May 2002, Atlanta, GA.
9. National Managed Healthcare Congress, April 2002, Baltimore, MD.
10. St. Josephs Hospital, March 2002, Orange, CA.
11. Royal Society of Medicine, February 2002, Los Angeles, CA.
12. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 2001, Orlando, FL.
13. Pulmonary Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, August 2001, Los Angeles, CA.
14. International Oncology Network, June 2000, Cancun, Mexico.
15. Catholic Healthcare West, December 2000, Sacramento, CA.
16. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 2000, San Francisco, CA.
17. Association of Health Services Research, June 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
18. Catholic Healthcare West, June 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
19. International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, May 2000, Philadelphia, PA.
20. Society General Internal Medicine, May 2000, Boston, MA.
21. University of Massachusetts, May 2000, Worcester, MA.
22. National Managed Healthcare Congress, April 2000, Atlanta, GA.
23. National Association Inpatient Physicians, April 2000, Philadelphia, PA.
24. Connecticut Peer Review Organization Statewide Conference, April 2000, Merton, CT.
25. Rush Presbyterian, February 2000, Chicago, IL.
26. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 1999, New Orleans, LA.
27. American Medical Association, December 1999, San Diego, CA.
28. University of Missouri, Grand Rounds, November 1999, Columbia, MO.
29. Hospitalist Conference, September 1999, New York, NY.
30. Rush Presbyterian, September 1999, Chicago, IL.
31. American College of Chest Physicians, September 1999, Chicago, IL.
32. Northwest Hospital, May 1999, Seattle, WA.
33. VHA HMO Alliance, May 1999, Portland, OR.
34. Mount Sinai Grand Rounds, April 1999, Miami, FL.
35. VHA Leadership, April 1999, Orlando, FL.
36. National Jewish Hospital, April 1999, Vail, Colorado.
37. Chief Medical Officer Forum, April 1999, Miami, FL.
38. Association of Academic Medical Centers, April 1999, Monterey, CA.
39. California Department of Health Services, February 1999, Sacramento, CA.
40. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 1998, Orlando, FL.
41. Institute for International Research, Canadian Evidence-based Medicine, December 1998, Toronto, CA.
42. VHA Mid-America, November 1998, Kansas City, MO.
43. Zitter Group, Chief Medical Officer Forum, November 1998, San Francisco, CA.
44. National Managed Health Care Congress West, November 1998, Los Angeles, CA.
45. American Society Health System Pharmacy, Leadership Conference, October 1998, Chicago, IL.
46. Zitter Group, Outcomes Conference, October 1998, San Diego, CA.
47. National Association Medical Staff Services, September 1998, San Francisco, CA.
48. VHA Shareholder’s Meeting, September 1998, Dallas, TX.
49. Techniker Krankenkasse, Large German Health Insurance Company Meeting, August 1998, Hamburg, Germany.
50. Belgian Physicians Conference, August 1998, Knokke-Heist, Belgium.
51. AHCPR Conference, July 1998, Washington, DC.
52. Diabetes Outcomes Conference, July 1998, San Diego, CA.
53. Hospitalist Conference, July 1998, Phoenix, AZ.
54. Research Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Health System, May 1998, Los Angeles, CA.
55. National Managed Health Care Congress, May 1998, Atlanta, GA.
56. Harbor/UCLA Grand Rounds, April 1998, Torrance, CA.
57. Medical Group Management Association, April 1998, Palm Springs, CA.
58. National Association of Inpatient Physicians, April 1998, San Diego, CA.
59. Ventura County Medical Center Grand Rounds, March 1998, Ventura, CA.
60. National Medical Director of Respiratory Care, March 1998, San Diego, CA.
61. American College of Physicians, February 1998, Los Angeles, CA.
62. University Hospitals of Cleveland Grand Rounds, January 1998, Cleveland, OH.
63. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 1997, Orlando, FL.
64. NMHCC West, November 1997, Los Angeles, CA.
65. Disease Management Congress, September 1997, Washington, DC.
66. University of California, Davis, August 1997, Sacramento, CA.
67. Vancouver Hospital and Health Science Center, August 1997, Vancouver.
68. VHA Physician Leadership Council, July 1997, Dallas, TX.
69. Baylor Health Care System Grand Rounds, June 1997, Dallas, TX.
70. UCLA Case Management, May 1997, Los Angeles, CA.
71. National Managed Health Care Congress, June 1997, Atlanta, GA.
72. National Managed Health Care Congress, April 1997, Washington, DC.
73. World Pharmaceutical Conference, March 1997, London, England.
74. University of Pittsburgh Grand Rounds, March 1997, Pittsburgh, PA.
75. Health Care Forum, February 1997, San Diego, CA.
76. Disease Management Congress, January 1997, San Francisco, CA.
77. National Managed Care Congress West, January 1997, Palm Springs, CA.
78. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, November 1996, New Orleans, LA.
79. American Managed Care Pharmacy Association, October 1996, San Antonio, TX.
80. California Medical Association, October 1996, Anaheim, CA.
81. South Carolina Trustees, Administrators and Physicians Meeting, September 1996, Hilton Head, SC.
82. American College of Cardiology, September 1996, Vail, CO.
83. Association of Professors of Medicine, September 1996, Washington, DC.
84. American Medical Association, June 1996, Chicago, IL.
85. American College of Physician Executives, May 1996, Atlanta, GA.
86. Society of General Internal Medicine, May 1996, Washington, DC.
87. National Managed Health Care Congress, May 1996, Washington, DC.
88. American Geriatric Society, May 1996, Chicago, IL.
89. American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, April 1996, San Francisco, CA.