Medical Management

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DAVID CLARK ARON

M.D., M.S.

Address: Education Office 14 (W), Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East

Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106 Tel: 216-***-**** Fax: 216-***-****

e-mail abosp5@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

1971 B.A., Columbia University, New York City

1975 M.D., Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

1995 M.S. (Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis), University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, MI

1997 Certificate, Physician Executive Program, Part I, Weatherhead School of

Management, Case Western Reserve University

1998 Certificate, Physician Executive Program, Part II, Weatherhead School of

Management, Case Western Reserve University

2001 Certified Jonah, Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute

Postgraduate Training:

1975-1978 Internship and Residency (Internal Medicine), University of California, San

Diego

1978-1980 Fellowship (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Metabolic Research Unit,

University of California, San Francisco

1980-1982Associate Investigator (Veterans Administration Career Development Program),

V.A. Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

1983-1985Research Associate (Veterans Administration Career Development), V.A.

Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

EXPERIENCE

Academic Appointments:

1980-1987Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

1987-1993Associate Professor of Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine

1991-1993Associate Professor (secondary appt.) General Medical Sciences (Oncology),

CWRU School of Medicine

1993-present Professor of Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine

1993-presentProfessor (secondary appt.) General Medical Sciences (Oncology), CWRU

1997-presentProfessor (secondary appt.) Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,

CWRU

2004present Professor of Organizational Behavior (secondary appt.), Weatherhead School

of

Management, CWRU

Clinical/Administrative Appointments

:

1980-presentAttending Staff,University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH

1982-presentStaff Physician, V.A. Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

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1986-1990Chief, Endocrinology Section, V.A. Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

1989-1990 Consulting Endocrinologist, Brookhaven National Laboratories - Marshall slands

Medical Project

1991-1996Associate Chief, Medical Service, V.A. Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

1993-1997Program Director, CWRU Endocrinology Fellowship

1996-1998Acting Chief, Medical Service, V.A. Medical Center, and Interim Vice Chairman,

Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

1998-presentVA

Senior Quality Scholar

1999-presentAssociate Chief of Staff for Education, V.A. Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

2001-present Member, Diabetes Technical Advisory Group, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

2002-presentChair, Diabetes Field Advisory Group, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

2002-present Member, Executive Committee, QUERI-DM Center, Quality Enhancement

Research Initiative, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

2002-presentInterim Associate Director, Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical

Center,

VA Medical Center,

Cleveland

2003-presentDirector, VA HSR&D Center for Quality Improvement Research, Cleveland, OH

2006-presentMember, Field Advisory Committee on Medical School Affilations, Dept. of

Veterans Affairs

2006-presentCo-Clinical Coordinator, QUERI-DM Center, Quality Enhancement Research

Initiative, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

2006-presentMember,

IMPROVE Committee to promote use of evidence-based medicine in

VA., Dept. of Veterans Affairs

2007-present Member, Steering Committee, Aligning Forces 4 Quality Cuyahoga County

Project to Improve Chronic Disease Management (supported by Robert Wood

Johnson Foundation)

2007-present Member, SQUIRE Working Group (Standards for Quality Improvement

Reporting Excellence)

2007-present Member, Joint CWRU/National Board of Medical Examiners Committee on

Quality and Safety. (this committee is developing questions for the NBME exams

on quality of care, quality improvement, and patient safety.

AWARDS:

1975 Alpha Omega Alpha

1983 Willard O. Thompson Memorial Traveling Scholarship of the American College

of Physicians

1983 Teacher of the Year - Dept. of Internal Medicine

1989 Student Committee on Medical Education Award for Outstanding Teaching

1991 Kaiser-Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching

1995 Physician of the Year - Health Information Management Section, Cleveland V.A.

Medical Center

1996 Best Physicians in America

2001 Visiting Lecturer and Executive in Health Systems Management, Weatherhead

School of Management, CWRU

2002 Visiting Lecturer and Executive in Health Systems Management, Weatherhead

School of Management, CWRU

2003,4 Best Physicians in America

2005,6 Best Physicians in America

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2007 David M. Worthen Award for Academic Excellence, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

2007,8 Best Physicians in America

2009,10 Best Physicians in America

LICENSURE: California, 1976 to present; Ohio, 1981 to present

BOARD CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine, 1978; Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1981

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American College of Physicians (Fellow), American Diabetes

Association, Endocrine Society, Society for Medical Decision Making, Academy for Health

Services

Research and Policy, Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Medical School Teaching Committee Appointments:

1984-1986 Director, Core Clerkship in Medicine, V.A. Med. Ctr.

1985-1996 Chairman, Endocrine Subject Committee, Core Academic Program, CWRU

School of Medicine

2005-present Chair, Block 1 Planning Committee New Curriculum.

Administrative Committee Appointments:

1987-present Quality Assurance Committee, Medical Service, V.A. Med. Ctr.

1988-1993 Chairman, Sub-Committee on Adverse Drug Reactions, V.A. Med. Ctr.

1989-1991 Committee on Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure, Dept. of Medicine

1989-present Dean's Advisory Committee for the General Clinical Research Center

1989-1993 American College of Physicians, Ohio Chapter, Departmental liaison

1990-1998 Chairman, Departmental Committee on Equity and Professional Affairs

1991-1993 Director, Cleveland V.A. Med. Ctr. Medical Service Firm System

1991-1997 Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee, Medical Service, V.A. Med. Ctr.

1995-present Education and Training Committee, V.A. Med. Ctr

1996-1999 Member, CWRU Faculty Council

1996-1997 Ohio Veterans Healthcare System (VISN 10) Education Council

1996-1997 Ohio Veterans Healthcare System (VISN 10) Primary Care Council

1996-present Ohio Veterans Healthcare System (VISN 10) Med-Surg Council

1998- present Ohio Veterans Healthcare System (VISN 10) Statistical Consultant

1999-present Member, Executive Advisory Committee of the Health Systems Management

Center, CWRU

1999-present Member, Dual Degree (M.D/Ph.D. in Health Services Research) Steering

Committee, CWRU

1999-2000 Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Member, Headquarters Advisory Committee on

Medical Informatics

1999-present Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Member, Headquarters Advisory Committee Member,

Advisory Committee on Trainee Satisfaction

2001-present Member, Executive Committee, Clinical Research Scholars Program, CWRU

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2003-present Member, Scientific Merit Review Board, Implementation and Management

Section, VA Health Services Research and Development Service

2004-2008 Committee on Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure, School of Medicine

2004-present Member, Dean s Steering Committee on Medical Education

Misc. Activities:

1995-present Medical Advisory Board, Cushing s Support and Research Foundation

1998 Consultant (Education Provider), Ohio State Medical Board Quality Intervention

Program

1999 President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Research in Epidemiology and

Endocrine Disorders (Shaker Heights, OH)

JOURNAL AND GRANT REVIEWS

VA HSR&D Scientific Merit Review Board (2003-present)

Ad Hoc Reviewer: Medical Research Council of Canada, National Science Foundation, Dept.

of

Veterans Affairs, American College of Physicians Medical Knowledge Self Assessment

Program in Endocrinology (Adrenal Section )

ACP PIER Reviewer for Pituitary Tumors

Invited Talks (starting 2000)

Apr., 2000 American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine Annual

Meeting, Philadelphia PA., Distinguished Lecture: Endocrine Incidentalomas.

Oct., 2000 Cleveland Endocrine Club, Endocrine Incidentalomas.

Oct., 2000 Update on Clinical Endocrinology, 2000 sponsored by Aurora Health

Care/St.Lukes Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, Endocrine Incidentalomas.

Nov., 2000 Health Systems Management Center, Weatherhead School of Management,

CWRU, Physician Executive Education, Quality Strategy and Implementation

Dec., 2000 UHHS Geneva Hospital, Geneva, OH, Grand Rounds: Evaluation of Thyroid

Function in the Outpatient Setting.

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Dec., 2000 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, Invited Talk,

Improving

Outcomes in Diabetes.

Mar., 2001 Third Annual VA Diabetes Meeting, Washington, DC, Plenary Talk, Diabetic

Dyslipidemia Cases.

April, 2001 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, Endocrine Grand

Rounds: Endocrine Incidentalomas.

Nov., 2001 Health Systems Management Center, Weatherhead School of Management,

CWRU, Physician Executive Education, Quality Strategy and Implementation

February, 2002 NIH State of the Science Conference: Management of the Clinically

Inapparent

Adrenal Mass-Incidentaloma. . Bethesda, MD The adrenal incidentaloma:

public health dimensions and follow-up.

April, 2002 American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine Annual

Meeting, Philadelphia PA., Meet the Professor: Adrenal Incidentalomas.

June, 2002 Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Management and

Follow-up of Adrenal Incidentalomas.

Sept., 2002 Consensus Conference on Management of Subclinical Thyroid Disease

Sponsored by the Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical

Endocrinologists, and Thyroid Society, Landsdown, VA: Management of

Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Management of Subclinical Hyperthyroidism

Nov., 2002 Health Systems Management Center, Weatherhead School of Management,

CWRU, Physician Executive Education, Quality Strategy and Implementation

Jan., 2003 American Institute of Research, Bethesda, MD, Expert Panel on Team Training

and Crew Resource Management

Feb., 2003 Association of American Medical Colleges/Institute for Healthcare Improvement,

Boston, MA, Expert Panel on Healthcare Redesign.

May., 2003 Norwegian Medical Society, Rosendale, Norway, Expert Panel on Integrating

Patient Safety into the Medical School Curriculum.

June, 2003 Dept. of Neurology, CWRU, Neurology Grand Rounds, Medical Error and ts

Reduction

June, 2003 Dept. of Medicine, CWRU, Medical Grand Rounds, Medical Error and Its

Reduction

June, 2003 Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Chair, Evidence-Based

Endocrinology.

Sept., 2002 International Consensus Conference on Management of Adrenal Cancer

Sponsored by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Developing Registries

for Improving Care.

Oct., 2003 Health Systems Management Center, Weatherhead School of Management,

CWRU, Physician Executive Education, Quality Strategies and Their

Implementation in Healthcare Organizations

Oct., 2003 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Ohio Chapter, Canton, OH,

Quality Strategies and Their Implementation in Healthcare Organizations

Oct., 2003 Weatherhead School of Management, Dept. of Operations, Operations

Research and the World of the Operating Theater

Jan., 2004 Health Care Professionals Patient Safety Curriculum Conference Sponsored by

Miami Center for Patient Safety. Expert Panel on Integrating Patient Safety into

the Medical School Curriculum.

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April, 2004 Health Systems Management Center, Weatherhead School of Management,

CWRU, Health Systems Executive Institute, Improving Patient Safety in

Healthcare Organizations

May, 2004 Medical Management Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Medical Error and Its Reduction

August, 2004 VA/DoD Diabetes Care Coordination Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Keynote

Address: The Future of Diabetes Programs in VA

September, 2004 US Army Medical Department, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, Workshop

on Reducing Practice Variation.

May, 2005 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Diabetes Day. Diabetes and Patient Safety.

May, 2005 Western Hormone Alliance Meeting. Banff, Alberta, Canada. Pituitary

Incidentalomas.

June, 2005 Hemet Hospital Orthopedic Alumni Meeting. Peek and Peak, NY. Bones,

Bursitis, and Better Healthcare.

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August, 2005 3 Annual Strategic Research Institute Disease Management Conference,

Boston, MA, Diabetes Education in the VA Linking Operations, Research and

Education: The Bottom-Up View

August, 2005 University of Virginia Medical School Teaching Academy. Charlottesville, VA.

DNA Damage Response and Patient Safety.

September, 2005 European Congress of Endocrinology. Goteborg, Sweden. Cost-Effective

Approaches for Management of Adrenal and Pituitary Incidentalomas.

October, 2005 Endocrine Society Clinical Endocrinology Update. Toronto, Canada. Chair,

Pituitary Session; Lecturer, Pituitary Incidentalomas, and Meet-the-Professor

Session, A Potpourri of Pituitary Hypogonadism.

April, 2006 Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. Precourse-Medical

Error.

Philadephia, PA. Lecturer, Human Factors and Patient Safety, ad

Workshop Leader, Teaching Human Factors.

November, 2006 Triemli Stadtspital, Zurich, Switzerland Visiting Professor and Medical

Grand

Rounds. Paying for Performance in Healthcare,

November, 2006 Univeritatspital, Zurich, Switzerland, Medical Grand Rounds. Medical

Error,

November, 2006 Swiss Endocrine Society, Berne, Switzerland, Plenary Presentation:

Pituitary

and Adrenal Incidentalomas.

April, 2007 Quality Improvement Research Network Panelist and Presenter, Improving

quality through developing interprofessional learning in the context of hared

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medical appointments for diabetes care: a research proposal. 5 Annual

Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal.

October, 2007 East-West Eye Conference. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk and Diabetes:

The Growing Healthcare Crisis,,Cleveland, OH

July, 2008 VA National Primary Care Conference. Diabetes: Post-ACCORD Discord,

Washington, DC

October, 2008 East-West Eye Conference. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk and Diabetes:

Epidemiology, Complications, and Treatement, Cleveland, OH

March, 2009 Health Systems Management Center, Weatherhead School of Management,

CWRU, Health Systems Executive Institute, Leadership for Quality

Improvement in Healthcare Organizations. Cleveland, OH

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March, 2009 VA HSR&D Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, National Web Seminar.

Integrating Research and Practice to Bridge the Researcher/Practitioner Divide:

Three Examples involving Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments.

June, 2009 UCLA-West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. Endocrinology Grand Rounds.

Patient Safety in Endocrinology. Los Angeles, CA

August., 2009 University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine Grand

Rounds.

Patient Safety in Endocrinology. Cincinnati, OH

Sept. 2009 St. Louis University School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology. Patient Safety in

Neurology.St. Louis, MO.

Oct., 2009 Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute. Panel Discussion: "Improving

A1c Control: Successful Strategies from the VA and KP"

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PUBLICATIONS

I. Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Aron DC, Marks WM, Alper PR, Karam JH: Pheochromocytoma of the broad ligament:

localization by computerized tomography and ultrasonography. Arch Intern Med 1980;

140:550-552.

2. Aron DC, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, Findling JW, Forsham PH: Cushing's syndrome:

problems in diagnosis. Medicine 1981; 60:25-35.

3. Findling JW, Tyrrell JB, Aron DC, Fitzgerald PA, Wilson CB, Forsham PH: Silent

pituitary

apoplexy: subclinical infarction of an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma. J Clin

Endocrinol

Metab 1981; 52:95-97.

4. Aron DC, Findling JW, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald PA, Brooks RM, Fisher FE, Forsham PH:

109. Damschroder LJ, Aron DC, Keith RE, Kirsh SR, Alexander JA, Lowery JC. Fotering

implementation of health services research findings into practice: A consolidated

framework for

advancing implementation science. Implementation Science 2009; 4:1ss.

http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/50

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12. Romeo JH, Aron DC: Endocrinology collaborative practice: shared responsibility for

patient

care among physicians and nurses. The Endocrinologist 1994;4:218-219.

13. Danese, RD, Aron DC: Hypertension and Cushing's syndrome. Endocrinol Metab Clin NA

1994; 23:299-324.

14. Vitullo JC, Aron DC, Miller RE: Control of insulin gene expression: implications for

insulin

gene therapy. J Lab Clin Med 1994;124:328-334.

15. Aron DC, Tyrrell JB (Editors): Cushing's Syndrome, Endocrinol Metab Cln NA 1994;23:

451-

698, 925-938.

16. Becker M, Aron DC: Ectopic ACTH syndrome and CRH-mediated Cushing's syndrome.

Endocrinol Metab Clin NA 1994;23:585-606.

17. Danese RD, Aron DC: Principles of epidemiology and their application to the diagnosis

of

Cushing's syndrome: Rev. Bayes meets Dr. Cushing. The Endocrinologist 1994;5:339-346.

18. Aron DC: Hormonal screening in the patient with an incidentally discovered pituitary

mass.

Current practice and factors in clinical decision making. The Endocrinologist 1995; 5:357-

363.

19. Findling JW Shaker JL, Brickner RC, Riordan PR, Aron DC: Curbside consultation in

endocrine practice: a prospective study. The Endocrinologist 1996; 6:328331.

20. Aron DC, Sowers MF (Editors): Epidemiology and Clinical Decisionmaking in

Endocrinology.

Endocrinol Metab Clin NA 1997;26:1-260.

21. Chidiac RM, Aron DC: Incidentalomas: a disease of modern technology. Endcrinol Metab

Clin NA 1997;26:233-253.

22. Aron DC, Landefeld CS: Health services research and the endocrinologist. Endocrinol

Metab

Clin NA 1997;26:113-124.

23. Ybarra J, Aron DC: Post-traumatic panhypopituitarism twenty years after the event.

The

Endocrinologist. 1997; 7:354-356.

24. Aron DC. Health care policy and research and the endocrinologist. The Endocrinologist

1998;

8:93-96.

25. Aron DC. Adrenal incidentalomas and glucocorticoid autonomy. Clin Endocrinol 1998; 4

9:157-158.

26. Aron DC (Editor). Endocrine Incidentalomas. Endocrinol Metab Clin NA 2000:29:1-238.

27. Bailey RH, Aron DC. The diagnostic dilemma of incidentalomas: working through

uncertainty.

Endocrinol Metab Clin NA 2000:29:91-105.

28. Aron DC, Howlett TA. Pituitary incidentalomas. Endocrinol Metab Clin NA 2000:29:205-

221.

29. Howlett TA, Como J, Aron DC. Management of pituitary incidentalomas. A survey of

British

and American endocrinologists. Endocrinol Metab Clin NA 2000:29:223-230.

30. Aron DC. Pituitary Incidentaloma: When to Treat? Virtual Congress of Endocrinology

2001

www.endocrinologia.org/br

31. Aron DC. The adrenal incidentaloma: disease of modern technology and public health

problem. Reviews in Endocrinology and Metabolism 2001;2:335-342.

32. Aron DC. The adrenal incidentaloma: public health dimensions and follow-up. NIH State

of

the Science Conference: Management of the Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass-

Incidentaloma. 2002; pp. 75-78.

33. Aron DC, Neuhauser DV. Developing physician leadership in quality improvement.

Quality

Management in Healthcare 2002; 10:1-2.

34. Breen AM, Burton-Houle T, Aron DC. Applying the Theory of Constaints in Healthcare:

Part 1

The Philosophy. Quality Management in Healthcare 2002; 10-:40-46.

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35. Aron DC, Dittus RS, Rosenthal GE. Exploring the Academic Context for Quality

Improvement: A Scientific Discipline in Need of a Career Path. Quality Management in

Healthcare 2002; 10:65-70.

36. Splaine ME, Aron, DC, Dittus RS, Kiefe CI, Landefeld CS, Rosenthal GE, Weeks WB,

Batalden PB. A Curriculum for Training Quality Scholars to Improve the Health and Health

Care of Veterans and the Community at Large. Quality Management in Healthcare 2002;

10:10-18.

37. Aron, DC. Cushing's syndrome from bedside to bench and back: a historical

perspective.

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2005 Jun;34(2):257-69, vii.

38. Aron, D., Pogach, L. Specialists versus generalists in the era of pay for

performance: "a

plague o' both your houses!". Qual.Saf Health Care, 2007;16: 3-5.

39. Aron DC. Pituitary Tumors. ACP-PIER. 2007

40. Aron DC. Adrenal Incidentalomas. Association of American Clinical Endocrinologists.

ASAP

program. 2008.

41. Aron DC, Pogach LM. Harnessing information to improve the delivery of diabetes care

to

veterans: the future is today. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technolog 2008;2:4-6.

42. Aron DC. Pituitary Tumors. ACP-PIER. 2008.

43. Aron D, Pogach L. Quality indicators for diabetes mellitus in the ambulatory setting:

using the

Delphi method to inform performance measurement development. Qual Saf Health Care

2008;17:315-317.

III. Book Chapters

1. Tyrrell JB, Aron DC, Karam JH: Metabolic and Endocrine Emergencies. In Current

Emergency Diagnosis and Treatment, J. Mills, M.T. Ho and D.D. Trunkey, Eds., Lange

Medical Publications, Los Altos, California, 1983, Chapter 32 (also 1985, 1990, and 1992

editions).

2. Findling JW, Aron DC, Tyrrell JB: Cushing's Disease. In The Pituitary Gland, H. Imura,

Ed.,

Raven Press, New York, 1985, pp 441-466.

3. Tyrrell JB, Aron DC, Forsham PH: Glucocorticoids and Adrenal Androgens. In: Basic and

Clinical Endocrinology, F.S. Greenspan, Ed., Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1990,

Chapter

12 (also 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2003 editions).

4. Tyrrell JB, Findling JW, Aron DC: The Hypothalamus and Pituitary. In: Basic and

Clinical

Endocrinology, F.S. Greenspan, Ed., Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1993(also 1997,

2000, and 2003 editions).

5. Gripshover B, Aron DC: AIDS and the Endocrine System. in Bardin W (ed.), Current

Therapy

in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mosby Publ., 1997.

6. Aron DC (contributor). Endocrinology and Metabolism. In: The Consultation Guide, P.W.

Ladenson, Ed. Williams and Wilkins, 1999.

7. Aron DC. Diagnostic Implications of Adrenal Physiology and Clinical Epidemiology for

Evaluation

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of Glucocorticoid Excess and Deficiency. In: Endocrinology, 4 Edition, LJ DeGroot and JL

Jameson, Eds., W.B. Saunders, Chapter 118, 2000.

8. Madhun ZT, Aron DC. Cushing s Syndrome in Pregnancy, In: Pituitary Tumors in

Pregnancy,

M. Bronstein, Ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001;2:335-342.

Madhun ZT, Aron DC. Hyperaldosteronicm, In: Hypertension Secrets: Questions and

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9. Answers About the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension, DE Hricik, JT Wright Jr,

MC

Smith (Eds.) Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Chapter 10, 2001.

10. Aron DC. Making Safe Healthcare Systems. In: Thriving in unpredictable times: An

Introduction to Agility in Health Care, S.W.Fraser, M.Conner & D. Yarrow (eds), Kingsham

Press, UK, 2003

11. Aron DC, Kievit J. Adrenal Incidentalomas. In Endocrine Surgery. Schwarz (ed.) Marcel

Dekker, NY, 2004.

12. Danese RD, Aron DC. Diabetes in the Elderly. In Current Geriatric Diagnosis and

Treatment.

Landefeld CS, Palmer RM, Johnson AM, Jonston CB, Lyons WL (eds). New Yrk, McGraw

Hill, 2004.

13. Aron DC. Chaos, Complexity and Cardiology. In: Complexity for Clinician, T. Holt

(ed),Radcliffe Press, UK 2004.

14. Aron DC. Adrenal Insufficiency. In: Current Therapy, R. Rakel (ed), Philadelphia,

Elsiever-

Saunders, 2004.

15. Aron DC. Adrenal Insufficiency. In: Current Therapy, R. Rakel (ed), Philadelphia,

Elsiever-

Saunders, 2005.

16. Mentari E., Aron DC. Decision Analysis. In: Evidence-Based Endocrinology, V. Montori

(ed),

Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.

17. Aron DC. Evidence-Based Endocrinology & Clinical Epidemiology. In: Greenspan s Basic

and

Clinical Endocrinology (Chapter 4), DG Gardner and D Shoback, eds., McGraw Hill, 2007.

18. Aron DC, Findling JW, Tyrrell JB. Hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland. In: Greenspan s

Basic and

Clinical Endocrinology (Chapter 5), DG Gardner and D Shoback, eds., McGraw Hill, 2007.

19. Aron DC Findling JW, Tyrrell JB. Glucocorticoids & Adrenal Androgens. In: Greenspan s

Basic and Clinical Endocrinology (Chapter 10), DG Gardner and D Shoback, eds., McGraw

Hill, 2007.

20. Kirsh SR, Lawrence RH, Aron DC. Improving quality through interprofessional learning

in the

context of shared medical appointments for diabetes: a research proposal. In: J.

Ovetvreit

and P. Sousa (eds.), Quality Improvement and Safety Research: Methods and Practice from

the International Quality Improvement Research Network (QIRN). 2008.

21. Terris D, Aron DC. Attribution in Quality Measureme

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