Chief Medical Officer

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Dr. Sahar Salim Barayan

MBBS, MMM, CPHQ, CHCQM

Address : **** * ******* **. ******, CA 93611

Phone 559-***-****

E-mail **********@*****.***

Citizenship : USA

Career Profile: Experienced medical leader with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Healthcare Management and Quality principals. Actively sponsoring and leading multiple quality improvement initiatives. Participated in 5 JC surveys, CAP and AABB accreditations. Enjoys teaching and coaching. Strong project management and leadership skills with a Master degree in Medical Management,certification in Healthcare quality and American Board certified in Quality Assurance and Utilization management. I served at the CMO and Director of Medical Affairs for 4 years in Saudi Arabia and was the Vice Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff for 4 years at Valley Children’s Hospital

(Madera/California)

WORK HISTORY – LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Jan 2019 –

Jan 2023

Director Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Royal Commission Health Services, Jubail Industrial City KSA.

This is a hospital in Jubail industrial city with around 135 operational beds and 230 physicians)

2013 -2018 Medical Director Paediatric Nephrology

Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, CA. It is free standing 350 bed, nationally recognized Paediatric Healthcare network with more than 650 physicians and 3,400 staffs.

2008 -2018 Director, Pediatric Dialysis Services(Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, USA)

2014 - 2016 Chief of Staff 2014-2016 (Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, USA)

At Valley Children's Hospital, my colleagues have endorsed my qualifications by electing me to serve as Vice Chief of Staff and subsequently Chief of Staff

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My roles and responsibilities as Vice Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff included:

Quality and patient safety: Participated in Quality and Patient Safety committee meetings. Worked with other leaders to improve hand hygiene scores and reduce the rate of 5 Hospital Acquired Conditions (CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP, SSI, pressure ulcers). I am proud to report that the hospital is in the top 90th% in quality scores compared to other Children's Hospitals nationwide. Served as a physician champion for a PI project to enhance treatment of septic shock in the ER.

Performance improvement: Participated in several committees to ensure implementation of evidence based medicine and created several pathways for the most common disease diagnoses.

Chair of professional review committee: reviewed safety alerts involving physicians' clinical or behavioral issues. Met with physicians and developed a performance improvement plan and a mentoring process. Referred to wellbeing committee when needed.

Utilization management: Attended Pharmacy, Therapeutic and Utilization committee meetings. Reviewed challenging cases with case managers to troubleshoot any hurdles to providing care.

Bylaw committee: Chaired the committee and revised bylaws involving the medical staff. Updated/created policies and procedures as needed.

Patient satisfaction: Attended the Ritz Carlton Leadership Education Program to provide customer centric culture.

Worked closely with hospital management to implement changes to improve patient's experience and satisfaction. As a result of implementing those changes and related principles in my own clinical practice, my patients' satisfaction scores were amongst the highest in the hospital (90th-95th %)

Pediatric Residency program: I was involved in establishing a new pediatric residency program affiliated with Stanford University. Attended multiple workshops and completed many on-line courses to learn the structure and requirements of establishing a residency program

Chair of Medical Executive Committee (MEC): Chaired the monthly MEC meetings, where top management leaders and department chairs met to discuss high level policies and outcomes of patient care

Credentialing and Privileging Committee: Participated in the credentialing and re-credentialing of Medical Staff members. Reviewed suspended physicians and reason for suspension. Contacted involved physicians if necessary to rectify the situation.

Capital Budget Planning Committee: Yearly meeting with senior hospital leaders to review several projects and prioritize them according to necessities.

CDI-10 Steering Committee: Actively participated in the process of education and implementation of CDI10.

Recruitment/Interviews: Conducted interviews of senior management and physicians.

TJC: Participated in 3 joint commission surveys (2009, 2012 and 2015). 2012 - 2014 Vice Chief of Staff (Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, USA)

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Acted as Chief of Staff in his absence. Chaired the Joint Performance Improvement Committee.

2007 – 2012

2012 – 2018

2003-2004

2002-2003

2019 to

present

2007-2008

Chair Department of Medicine (Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, USA)

Implemented quality and safety principles. Reviewed safety alert cases and forwarded findings to Chief of Staff

Chair compensation of benefits committee (Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, USA).

Revised physician compensation plan in March 2016. Reviewed medical and dental insurance companies’premium and coverage yearly and made changes when necessary. Reviewed 401K plan performance quarterly and made changes when necessary.

Chair of Pediatrics (Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia). This is Private hospital with 400 beds).

Provided leadership of the Department of Pediatrics to achieve hospital goals and strategic priorities. Provided oversight and management of staff. Assured financial goals were met. Participated in physician recruitment, setting expectation and feedback.

Head, Pediatric Sub-Specialties (Dhahran Health Center- Saudi Arabia)

Provide guidance and supervision of Pediatric sub-specialties. Pediatric Nephrologist (Royal Commission Hospital-Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).

Seeing patients in out-patient clinic and participating in general pediatric call schedule.

Pediatric Nephrologist (Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, CA 2007-2008)

Practiced as a pediatric nephrologist, sharing calls equally with colleagues

Performed kidney biopsies and supervised acute and chronic dialysis services

Treated children with nephrology diseases in clinic and ER

Made rounds on hospitalized patients when on call

I was actively involved in launching the new pediatric residency program at Valley Children's Hospital in affiliation with Stanford

University, which began in July 2017

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Taught pediatric residents and medical students during their rotation in pediatric nephrology.

2004 - 2007 Pediatric Nephrologist Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA

Practiced as a pediatric nephrologist, sharing calls equally with colleagues

Performed kidney biopsies and supervised acute and chronic dialysis services

Treated children with nephrology diseases in clinic and ER

Made rounds on hospitalized patients when on call. 2004 - 2007 Pediatric Nephrologist Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC

Practiced as a pediatric nephrologist sharing calls equally with colleagues

Performed kidney biopsies and supervised acute and chronic dialysis services

Treated children with nephrology diseases in clinic and ER

Made rounds on hospitalized patients when on call

Taught pediatric residents and medical students during their rotation in pediatric nephrology.

2003 - 2004 Chief, Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrologist Head, Dialysis Unit Saad Specialist Hospital, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia 2003-2004.

Cross-trained adult hemodialysis nurses to take care of pediatric patients, resulting in improved quality of care provided to children with kidney disease. Practiced as a Pediatric Nephrologist and saw general Pediatric patients as well.

1999-2003 Pediatric Nephrologist (Dhahran Health Center, Saudi Arabia)

Participated in the initial project management of the pediatric dialysis center, including designing the center, identifying appropriate capital equipment and consumables, and identifying staffing requirements, which resulted in providing comprehensive dialysis services for children with kidney failure. Cross- trained adult hemodialysis nurses to take care of pediatric patients, resulting in improved quality of care provided to children with kidney failure

Trained two peritoneal dialysis nurses, one of which was sent to

Texas Children's Hospital for six months, which resulted in being able to start the peritoneal dialysis service program for children at Saad Specialist Hospital.

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American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Management – September 2022

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality – March 2022 Master of Medical Management, May 2016, May 2016

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Mini Fellowship: Nephrology Ultrasonography- 2006

Emory University

Fellowship, Paediatric Nephrology-1996-1999

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Residency, Paediatric – 1991-1994

Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC.

Rotating Internship- 1988-1989

Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

MBBS- 1982-1988

King Faisal University Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital (Stanford), CA-2015-2018 Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Nephrology University of California San Francisco(Fresno), CA-2008-2015 Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Nephrology Georgetown University Hospital, Washingtom DC-2004-2007 Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Nephrology EDUCATION AND TRAINING

AFFILIATION

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American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization management 2022 Certified professional in Healthcare Quality- 2022 Master of Medical Management -2016

American Board of Pediatric Nephrology – 1990 to present American Board of Pediatric-1994 to present

MBBS (King Faisal University-KSA)-1989

Licensed: California #A60604,1996(active)

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties #19043180

American Association for Physician Leadership

American College of Health Care Executives

American Academy of Pediatrics

International Society of Pediatric Nephrologists

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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