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We would like to take a moment to highlight the outstanding accomplishments and published work our Division of Hospital Medicine faculty achieve throughout the year. We've collected publications, including research from Denver Health and the VA Medical Center, from the past month. Please take a look at the links below!

Ben Vipler, MD
Dwyer, D. and Vipler, B. (2026), Comment on “Association of Lead in Drinking Water With Head and Neck Cancer in the United States”. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.70369
https://aao-hnsfjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ohn.70369

Moseley R, Vipler B. Letter to the Editor. Transcranial Doppler utility or protocolized surveillance. J Neurosurg. 2026 Jul 3:1-2. doi: 10.3171/2026.2.JNS26341. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42398105.

Jason Persoff, MD
Ryder J, Persson C, Yeskey K, et al. Implementation of Alternate Care Facilities During Public Health Emergencies: A Qualitative Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(8):e2626931. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.26931
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2852453

Persoff J, Schmitz J, Nies M, et al. Hotel-to-Hospital Conversion as an Alternate Care Facility Strategy for Large-Scale Medical Surge: Development, Validation, and Operational Framework of the Hotel2Hospital Guidebook. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2026;41(1):e19. doi:10.1017/S1049023X26109029

Larry Haber, MD
Haber LA, Sarkar U, Williams BA. Artificial Intelligence in Correctional Health Care—Designing for Access, Inclusion, and Trust. JAMA Intern Med. Published online August 03, 2026. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3471
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2851940

Taiju Miyagami, MD; Katie Raffel, MD
Miyagami T, Auerbach A, Schnipper JL, et al. Informal peer diagnostic second opinion: Hospitalist practices and perspectives. J Hosp Med. 2026; 1-4. doi:10.1002/jhm.70380
https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.70380

Vineet Chopra, MD, MBBS
Katayama, K., Nishizaki, Y., Kikukawa, M. et al. Nationwide survey of formal mentorship characteristics and perceptions among resident physicians in Japan. BMC Med Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09877-2
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-026-09877-2#citeas

Kimberly Indovina, MD
Ferraro, K., Morris, M., & Indovina, K. A. (2026). Comfort care: Creating a plan for hospitalized patients and their families. Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 93(7), 389–395. https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25109
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42386362/

Estes KR, Basha E, Harpin SB, Nordon-Craft A, Yates L, Indovina KA, Colarelli M, Akerman A, Trujillo J, Freitas E, Madigosky WS, Brandenburg S. A longitudinal, multi-year interprofessional education model: Design, implementation, and impact on preparing collaborative health professionals. J Interprof Educ Pract.2026;44:100831. doi:10.1016/j.xjep.2026.100831
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1nPZw8YxyLI-dJ

Anna Maw, MD
Maw AM, Lupi A, Johnson-Koenke R, Coats H, Zhou L, Li B, Mitchell J, Kotz A, Plasek J, Goss F. Iterative Multidisciplinary Development and Evaluation of a Patient-Facing Social Determinants of Health Chatbot Using Synthetic Data Simulation: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Form Res 2026;10:e89837. doi: 10.2196/89837 PMID: 42566745 PMCID: 13450882
https://formative.jmir.org/2026/1/e89837

Lily Cervantes, MD
Linares, Miguel & Liauw, Daniel & Cervantes, Lilia. (2026). The Exam Room as Sanctuary — Caring for Undocumented Patients. New England Journal of Medicine. 395. 10.1056/NEJMp2603126.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp2603126

Mendu, M. L., Hall, R., Chen, C. H., Wilk, A. S., Lau, W. L., Aggarwal, V., Ahearn, L., Seo-Mayer, P., Jain, G., Kshirsagar, A. V., Le, D., Bieber, S., Cervantes, L., El Shamy, O., Mohan, S., Udani, S., Gould, E., Rivara, M. B., & Tummalapalli, S. L. (2026). Assessment of Medicare Advantage Stars Measures: Impact on Kidney Care Quality and Future OpportunitiesJournal of the American Society of Nephrology https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000001200
https://www.ovid.com/jnls/jasn/fulltext/10.1681/asn.0000001200~assessment-of-medicare-advantage-stars-measures-impact-on

Martín M, Ambriz L, Gonzalez Ramirez M, Borchers R, Schulson LB, Cervantes L, Fernández A. Moral Injury Among Physicians Caring for Immigrant Patients Amid Anti-Immigrant Policies. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Jul 20:e262899. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.2899. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42475074; PMCID: PMC13386305.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13386305/

Katie Raffel, MD; Marisha Burden, MD, MBA; Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH
Raffel, K. E., Webber, C. J., Narayanan, M., Tozier, M., Cerasale, M., Lee, T. M., Burden, M., Auerbach, A., Schnipper, J. L., & Keniston, A. (2026). A multi-institutional rapid qualitative assessment of factors supporting diagnostic excellence in hospital medicine. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.70401. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70401
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42429159/

Sansrita Nepal, MD; Rebecca Allyn, MD; Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH; Read Pierce, MD
Nepal, S., Allyn, R., Keniston, A., & Pierce, R. (2026). A conundrum in clinical practice: Clinical documentation queries, more money, or more problems? A qualitative survey of hospitalists and surgeons in a safety-net academic medical center. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.70398. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70398
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42423346/

Susan Calcaterra, MD, MPH, MS
Pytell, J.D., Calcaterra, S.L. Beyond Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmission: Assessing the Value of Addiction Consultation Services. J GEN INTERN MED (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-026-10639-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-026-10639-5#citeas

Taiju Miyagami, MD; Amiran Baduashvili, MD; Michelle Knees, DO
Miyagami, T., Baduashvili, A., & Knees, M. (2026). Ambulatory Care Trajectories as a Window into Inpatient Diagnostic Vulnerability. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-026-10647-5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-026-10647-5
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42463627/

Sarah Stella, MD
Everhart RM, Gillespie S, Maguire M, Stella SA, Hanratty R, Johnson TL. Minimizing H.R.1-related Medicaid coverage disruptions for high-risk patients. Health Aff Sch. 2026 Jul 1;4(7):qxag162. doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxag162. PMID: 42454018; PMCID: PMC13367571.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13367571/

Jeffrey Glasheen, MD
Elston, S., Skidmore, A., Bryan, M., Winchester, C., Wohlauer, M. V., & Glasheen, J. J. (2026). The bending point: How the physical toll of bedside care is pushing nursing staff out the door. Nursing management, 57(7), 21–28. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmg.0000000000000391
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42475240/