Emergency Medicine Correctional Health

NAME: Thomas A. Tallman,

DO, MMM, FACEP, CCHP-P, CHEP

CURRENT POSITION: Addiction Medicine, MetroHealth Correctional Health Program

PREVIOUS POSITITION: Medical Director, MetroHealth Correctional Health Program

April 2014-Sept 2019 The MetroHealth System

1215 West 3rd St., Cleveland, OH 44113

Phone: 216-***-****

Email: ad5pcl@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

2016 Master of Medical Management Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College of Business, Pittsburgh, PA

1986 D.O. Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, IA

1979 B.S. St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY

PROFFESSIONAL TRAINING

1989-1992 Emergency Medicine Residency, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA

1986-1987 Family Practice Internship, Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

LICENSURE

1998 – present State Medical Board of Ohio

1993-1999 Virginia Board of Medicine & Surgery

1990-1994 Osteopathic Medical Board of California

1986-1990 Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine

CERTIFICATION

2017 Certification, Correctional Health Professional-Physician (CCHP-P), National Commission on Correctional Healthcare

2014 Certification, Correctional Health Professional (CCHP), National Commission on Correctional Healthcare

2013 Certification, Radiation Emergency Medicine Provider, Dept of Energy Oak Ridge Institute

2013 Certification, Hospital Emergency Provider (CHEP) MASTER LEVEL, International Board for Certification of Safety Managers

2013 Recertification, American Board of Emergency Medicine (through 2023)

2003 Recertification, American Board of Emergency Medicine

1993 Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine

1988 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners for Osteopathic Medicine & Surgery

EXECUTIVE TRAINING

2012 Ohio Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians Leadership Challenge, Clarksville, OH

2007-2008 Leading in Healthcare Course, Cleveland Clinic Learning Academy, Cleveland, OH

2008 Healthcare Leadership and Decision Making, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security, Center for Domestic Preparedness

KEY ADVISORY/PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Governor’s Appointment, Ohio State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire and Transportation Services (2013 to 2020)

Governor’s Appointment, Trustee of the Ohio Medical Quality Foundation, 2020-present)

Member, Board of Directors, Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County, 2014-2019

Member, Board of Directors, Ohio Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians (OHACEP), (2005-2022)

Oral Board Examiner, American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) (2002-present)

EMS Committee, National Leadership & Advocacy Delegate, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (7 years)

Primary Advisor for Ohio Medical Coordination Plan, sponsored by ODH and ASPRHPP, 2010-2011

Panel member, Emergency Care Coordination Center, Regionalization Roundtable, Department of Health and Human Services; Washington, D.C., 2009.

Councilor, OHACEP (7 years)

SPECIALTY TRAINING

2017 Certified Correctional Health Provider-Physician through National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)

2014 Advanced Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate (A.L.I.C.E.) Training, ALICE Training Institute, Euclid, OH

2013 Medical Aspects of Radiation Incidents, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center Training Site, Oak Ridge, TN

2009 Pandemic Influenza, Planning and Preparedness, Center for Domestic Preparedness, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Center

for Domestic Preparedness, Anniston, AL

2009 Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT) Training, Center for Domestic Preparedness, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

Center for Domestic Preparedness, Anniston, AL

CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS

2014 Staff, Correctional Health, The MetroHealth System, Cleveland OH

2014 Adjunct Staff, Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH

2006 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH

2003 Associate Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH

2002 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, South Point Hospital, Cleveland OH

2000 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hillcrest Hospital, Cleveland OH

1998 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

1996 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA

1996 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia Hospital at the Pentagon City, Arlington, VA

1996 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Reston Hospital Center, Reston, VA

1994 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA

1992 Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

1987 Assistant Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA

1987 Assistant Staff, Family Medicine, Sewells Point Branch Navy Medical Clinic, Norfolk, VA

1986 Division Officer, Medical Department, USS Iowa (BB 61), Homeport Norfolk, VA

LEADERSHIP

2014-2019 Medical Director, MetroHealth Correctional Health Program, The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH 44113

Leads oversight, administration and direction of emergent, chronic and preventive healthcare for 2400+ inmates of Cuyahoga County Corrections Center extending MetroHealth standard of care to this County partner.

Directs staff of 75+ medical/support personnel.

Led implementation of main hospital compatible EMRs and secure telemedicine program.

Successfully achieved 340B Pricing Program certification for in-house pharmacy, reducing pharmaceutical costs by 40 percent.

Instituted National Commission on Correctional Care Standards.

Faculty: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine & Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

2013-2014 Medical Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Health System (CCHS)

Chairman, Emergency Preparedness Committee

Hospital Emergency Response Team- Readiness Training for all First Responders

Tactical EMS Training and Development

Curriculum Development for Fundamentals of Disaster Management

Share/Publish Disaster Medicine/Preparedness Outcomes Data and Best Practices

2008-2011 Chairman, Emergency Response & Resuscitation, Cleveland Clinic Health System (CCHS)

Directed Cleveland Clinic main campus medical emergency team coordination and operations. (Adult Medical Emergency Team (AMET), Cardiac Medical Emergency Team (CMET), Mobile Emergency Response Team (MERT), Pediatric Medical Emergency Team (PMET), and Code Blue)

Directed efforts to improve patient survival and decrease code blue events.

Medical director for resuscitation operations; Oversee BLS and ACLS training for all healthcare providers.

Led regional hospital integration of rapid response operations/quality metrics.

Directly supervised main campus adult and mobile emergency response teams (AMET & MERT).

Created the business plan currently used that designated full-time AMET nurses with responsibilities that include hospital patient rounding twice daily.

2007-2014 Chairman, Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Response Committee, Cleveland Clinic (Main Campus)

Led Clinic-wide efforts in response to short-fused disaster/emergency events.

Coordination with local, state and federal disaster medicine leaders.

Guided campus-wide disaster training and preparedness, including annual disaster drills and ongoing decontamination team training, protective equipment and vaccine efforts.

Medical director for emergency preparedness operations.

Directed Cleveland Clinic efforts to sustain daily operations throughout H1N1 pandemic.

2013-2014 Chairman, Environment of Care Committee, Cleveland Clinic (Main Campus)

Promoted safe, functional and supportive environment within hospital to ensure quality and safety maintained consistent with requirements.

Reviewed development, implementation, and success of the various Environment of Care plans: Safety and Security, Hazardous Materials Management, Fire Safety, Life Safety, Medical Equipment and Utilities.

Delegated authority from the Board of Governors/Medical Executive Committee to approve EOC policies with subsequent submission to BOG/MEC.

2004-2014 Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic Event Medicine, Cleveland Clinic (Main Campus)

Managed operations, physician scheduling, policy and procedures, annual review of Event Medicine program.

Medical care to all spectators during events in Cleveland, venues: Browns Stadium, Progressive Field, and Quicken Loans Arena.

Special event medical care for athletes (e.g., Gravity Games, International Children’s Olympics).

Continuing education to all nurse and medic providers.

2008-2014 Director, Emergency Response & Resuscitation Training, Cleveland Clinic Health System (Main Campus)

Medical Director for resuscitation operations;

Oversee BLS and ACLS training for all healthcare providers.

Directed efforts to improve patient survival and decrease code blue events.

2007-2014 Director, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Cleveland Clinic (Main Campus)

Directed EMS operations and policy in the Emergency Department.

Improved EMS relations and increased EMS traffic/revenue.

Supervised Clinic EMS Coordinator.

Provided continuing education for municipal and private EMS responders, including tactical EMS special teams and pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia post resuscitation.

2007-2014 Medical Director, Mobile Emergency Response Team (MERT), Cleveland Clinic (Main Campus)

Direct operations and create operational protocols

Monthly Run Reviews, including quality metrics

Continuing education

2007-2014 Director, Physical Diagnosis Course, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) of Case Western

Reserve University

Recruit, train, supervise training team of Clinic physicians to provide didactic and hands-on instruction to YR 1 students.

Provide ongoing curriculum, text and clinical review/recommendations.

Supervise end-of-year comprehensive skills assessment for YR 1 students.

For YR 2 students, coordinate clinical instructors to demonstrate ophthalmology, neurology, orthopedics, cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology and dermatology.

2003-2013 Teaching Staff Physician, Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic (Main Campus)

Managed emergency patients in all care settings, acute and non-acute.

Mentored emergency medicine residents and house staff from a variety of services, mentored 4th year medical students (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine).

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine Residency Cleveland Clinic Teacher of the Year 2007-2008

Clinical research: heart failure, non-invasive ventilation, rapid response teams

Faculty, Metro Health Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine

2010-2014 Liaison and Healthcare Provider for Performance Medicine, Executive Health, Cleveland Clinic

Provided physical exams and emergency consult services for movie performers and producers, musical artists, professional athletes (VIP medicine).

1986-1989 Medical Division Officer, USS Iowa (BB 61), Homeport Norfolk, VA

Led 25-man division of Navy Hospital Corpsman and oversaw medical care of 1500 sailors and officers.

ACADEMIC/TEACHING

2017-current Assistant Clinical Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

2014-present Assistant Clinical Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

2014-current Correctional Medicine and Bioethics Preceptor, YR1 medical and graduate students, Case Western Reserve

University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

2014--current Lead Physical Diagnosis Course Preceptor (YR1), Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Preceptor (YR2)

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2007-2014 Director, Physical Diagnosis Course, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM)

of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2010-2014 Faculty, Foundations of Healthcare Communication (Patient Experience), Cleveland Clinic Center for Excellence in Healthcare Communication, Cleveland, OH

2003-2013 Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth/Cleveland Clinic Emergency Residency Program

at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

1998- 2000 Director of Education for Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University

School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

1993-1996 Course Director /Associate Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine,

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Course Director, Advanced Cardiac Life Support(ACLS)/American Heart Association (AHA) Affiliate Faculty

2004-2014 The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH

1993-1996 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1992-1993 University of California at San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA

1992-1993 Mercy Hospital Medical Center, San Diego, CA

1992-1993 Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA

1990-1992 AHA Affiliate Faculty, Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA

1992-2011 Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support/Advanced Trauma Life Support/Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Basic Life Support/Basic Disaster Life Support/Advanced Disaster Life Support

1993-2000 Instructor,Counter Narcotics Tactical Operations Medical Support (CONTOMS)

Operational Emergency Medical Skills

1992-1996 Neonatal Advanced Life Support Provider

MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING:

Commander, Medical Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve 1986- 1999

Instructor, Exercise Surgeon - Operation Bushmaster (USSHS), San Antonio, TX 1992- 1996

(Medical management in deployed field systems)

Instructor, Exercise Surgeon - Operation Kerkesner (USSHS,), Quantico, VA 1993- 1996

(Medical orientation in deployed field systems)

Counter Narcotics Tactical Operations Medical Support (CONTOMS) 1992

Combat Casualty Care Course, San Antonio, TX 1986

Intermediate Leadership Management Effectiveness Training 1987

Surface Medical Officer School, Norfolk, VA 1987

HONORS & AWARDS:

Winner, InformationElite Top 100 and 20 Great Ideas to Steal for 2015, for Inmate Healthcare System Integration

Bill Hall Award for Service to Ohio ACEP, 2011

Cleveland Clinic Emergency Medicine Teacher of the Year, 2008

Navy Achievement Medal

National Defense Medal

Navy Expeditionary Medal

Battle Efficiency Award

Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (with bronze star)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (current & past)

American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM)

American College of Emergency Physicians

American College of Correctional Physicians

Association for Patient Experience

American Telemedicine Association

Ohio State Medical Association

Northeast Ohio Society of Emergency

Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

American Medical Association

American Osteopathic Association

Emergency Medicine Residents Association

INTERESTS:

Addiction Medicine

Hospital Rapid Response Teams

Event Medicine

Correctional Medicine

Disaster Medicine

EMS

Telemedicine

Patient Experience & Physician Communication

Operational Medicine

PUBLICATIONS:

Schirokauer O, Tallman TA, Jeunnette L, Mavrakis D, Gerrek M. Ethics Go to the Jail, AMA Journal of Ethics, Sep 2017, 19(9): 845-853.

Tallman TA, Gordon, S, Noeller TP. Biological Weapons and the Primary Care Physician. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Dec 2012; 79 (12): 819.

Abdullah KG, Stitzlein RN, Tallman, TA. Isolated Adrenal Hematoma Presenting as Right Upper Quadrant Pain, Journal of Emergency Medicine, October 2012; 43(4): A4-8.

Szilagyi S. The Patient Experience: New Programs That Emphasize Empathy Aim to Make it Easier. Primary Consultant. Cleveland Clinic Magazine, Winter 2011.

Tallman TA. Acute Bronchitis and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 7th Ed, 2010, McGraw-Hill, New York.

Healy B. On Health: Preparing for the Unthinkable. Consultant. U.S. News & World Report, August 2010, p 56.

Tallman, Thomas. How to Deal with H1N1. Cleveland Magazine, Dec 2009, p 119.

Tallman TA, Adult Medical Emergency Team Improves Outcomes: A Cleveland Clinic Experience. Presented at 5th Annual International Symposium on Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams, Copenhagen, DK, May 2009.

Mace SE, Buller L, Tallman, TA. Characteristics of an Emergency Medicine-Led Rapid Response Team at an Academic Tertiary Care Hospital in the United States. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2009 Sept;54(3):S52-53.

Mace SE, Buller L, Tallman TA, Thallner E. An Analysis of Patients Treated by a Rapid Response Team: A High Acuity, Critically Ill Patient Population Requiring Multiple Procedures and Transfer to a Higher Level of Care. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2009 Sept;54(3):S53.

Mace SE, Holmes L, Queen J, Bullard D, .Glauser J, Tallman T, Thallner E, Patel A, Haun G,.Anderson E. Emergency Medicine as a Staffing Model for Medical Emergency Response Teams. Annals of Emergency Medicine: ACEP Research Issue.2008 Oct;52(4): S168.

Styron JF, Jois-Bilowich P, Tallman T, Emerman C, Starling RD, Peacock IV WF. Outcomes associated with nesiritide administration for acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department observation unit: a single center experience. Congestive Heart Failure 2009;15(3):103-107.

Tallman TA, Peacock WF, Emerman CL, Lopatin M, Blicker JZ, Weber J, Yancy CW, for the ADHERE Registry. Noninvasive Ventilation Outcomes in 2,430 Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients: An ADHERE Registry Analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008; 15:1-8.

Styron J, Jois-Bilowich P, Tallman T, Emerman C, Peacock W. Short and Long-Term Outcomes with Nesiritide for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the Emergency Department Observation Unit. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007;14(51): S163.

Jois-Bilowich P, Styron J, Tallman T, Peacock F, Emerman C. ED Predictors of Observation Unit Heart Failure Treatment Outcomes. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007;14(51): S198-S199.

Hustey FM, Tallman TA, et al. The Use of a Clock Drawing Test as a Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Older Emergency Department Patients. Presented ACEP Scientific Assembly, Oct 2006.

Peacock WF, Tallman TA. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Assay. Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Lesson 10, 2006.

Tallman TA, Peacock WF. Managing Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: Does Standard of Care Mean Optimal Care? Part II. Emergency Medicine Reports, 2006;27(1):1-16.

Tallman TA, Peacock WF. Managing Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: Does Standard of Care Mean Optimal Care? Emergency Medicine Reports, July 10, 2006;27(15):1-15.

Peacock WF, Tallman TA. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Assay. Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, January 2006, Lesson 10, page 13.

Tallman TA, Peacock IV WF, Telban DJ, Cepik ML, Queen JR, Emerman CL. Spectator Risk at Professional Sporting Events: An Analysis of the Cleveland Clinic Event Medicine Program. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2005;46(3):S114.

Disaster Workers: Trauma and Social Support, USS Iowa Disaster, Co-Investigator, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. 1993.

Presentations:

Preceptor, Substance Use Disorder, Case Western University School of Medicine, 2nd year students, facilitate discussion around biases and prejudices regarding addiction medicine patients, Feb 24, 2023

Correctional Healthcare, presentation followed by small group discussions, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics, discussing incarceration and health, Feb 21, 2023

Jail and Prison populations Are Getting Older and Older, 2019 ITLS Ohio Emergency Care Conference, Columbus, Ohio, February 23, 2019

Good Medicine in Bad Places, A Look at Correctional Healthcare, 2018, Michigan Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August 1, 2018

Tying Technology to Disaster Preparation. Presentation. 5th Annual Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Continuing Education Conference, Cleveland, OH, April 2014.

On My Feet Again: Adventures in Spinal Cord Recovery. New Speaker Presentation, ACEP Scientific Assembly, Seattle, WA, Oct 2013.

Annual Education and Training Presentation for Cleveland Browns Security Service. Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OH, June 2013.

Feature Speaker, International Trauma Life Support Ohio Conference, Columbus, OH, April 2013.

Street Drugs Presentation. Ohio Association of Physician Assistants Pharmacology Conference, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Oct 2012.

Annual Education and Training Presentation for Cleveland Browns Security Service. Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OH, June 2012.

Feature Speaker. Cleveland Clinic Seminar on Excited Delirium and Electro-Muscular Disruption Devices, Cleveland, OH, April 2012.

Speaker. ED Management of the Taser Patient. Cleveland Clinic Protective Services, Cleveland, OH, April 2012.

Facilitator. Joint Public Health and Nursing Student Influenza Tabletop Exercise. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Oct 2011.

Feature Speaker. Cleveland Clinic Stroke Symposium, Cleveland, OH, Sep 2011.

Emergency Preparedness: A 3-pronged Approach. Cleveland Clinic Innovation and Quality Summit, Cleveland OH, June 2011.

Medical Emergency Teams: The Cleveland Clinic Model. Cleveland Clinic Innovation and Quality Summit, Cleveland OH, June 2011.

Airway Management Skills: A Training Model that Incorporates Simulation Training. Cleveland Clinic Innovation and Quality Summit, Cleveland OH, June 2011.

Keynote Speaker. Cleveland Clinic Annual Patient Experience Summit, Cleveland, OH, May 2011.

Feature Speaker. Medina EMS Conference, Medina, OH, March 2011.

Feature Speaker. Cleveland Clinic Neurological Services Institution Grand Rounds, Cleveland, OH, March 2011.

Feature Speaker. Metro Life Flight Lecture Series, Cleveland, OH, Feb 2011.

Pandemic Presentation. Cleveland Clinic International Delegate Visit, Cleveland, OH, Feb 2011.

Keynote Speaker. Cleveland Clinic Annual EMS Awards, Cleveland, OH, Nov 2010.

Feature Speaker. Cleveland Clinic Neurological Nurses 13th Annual Innovations in Neuroscience, Cleveland, OH, Nov 2010.

Speaker. Ohio Association of Physician Assistants Pharmacology Conference, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Oct 2008

Prescribing Practices in the Elderly. Michigan College of Emergency Physicians (MCEP) Winter Symposium, Boyne Mt, MI, Jan 2008.

Tricks of the Trade: A Look at Cleveland Clinic Event Medicine. Michigan College of Emergency Physicians (MCEP) Winter Symposium, Boyne Mt, MI, Jan 2008.

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