Salem Hospital MPRC and CfP accepting nominations

Oct. 31 deadline for nominees to apply

Salem Hospital’s Multidisciplinary Peer Review Committee (MPRC) is accepting nominations for election to membership on MPRC and the Committee for Professionalism (CfP). Membership terms are three years, beginning Jan. 1, 2025, with eligibility for additional terms. 

MPRC

Current membership:

• Dr. Gloria Alexander (Adult Hospitalist Medicine)
• Dr. Laura Chong (OB/GYN)*
• Dr. Amy Dourgarian (Emergency Medicine)*
• Dr. Nervin Fanous (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
• Dr. Kamran Firoozi (Pulmonology/Intensive Care)
• Dr. Harminder Gandhok (Cardiology)*
• Dr. Kyu Kim (Radiology)*
• Dr. Michelle Rasmussen (Family Medicine/Primary Care)
• Dr. Sumit Singhal (Adult Hospitalist Medicine)*
• Dr. Nicole VanDerHeyden (General Surgery)
• Dr. Jennifer Williams (Anesthesiology), Chair

*Term expiring.

Our current MPRC members Dr. Dourgarian, Dr. Gandhok and Dr. Singhal have expressed interest in serving another term.

Please note, to allow for appropriately informed decisions about case reviews, the committee seeks to maintain member representation from the following specialties:

• Adult Hospitalist Medicine
• Anesthesiology
• Cardiology
• Emergency Medicine
• Intensive Care
• OB/GYN
• Primary Care
• Radiology
• Surgery

Minimum qualifications for MPRC:

• At least three years of clinical experience.
• Board certification.
• Associate or active member of the Medical Staff with “good standing” status. (“Good standing” describes medical staff who maintain qualifications for privileges and assigned medical staff category and are not currently under a suspension or restriction.)
  

Meetings

MPRC meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 6:30 to 8 a.m.

MPRC Responsibilities

Below is a sampling, more information can be found in the Salem Hospital Peer Review Manual (Request from PeerReview@salemhealth.org).

• Oversee the operation of the entire Salem Health Medical Staff peer review system, including reviews of performance data, as well as cases involving clinical performance or professional conduct.
• Approve all determinations and recommendations of the SH Medical Staff peer review system.
• Develop, recommend and consistently implement policies and procedures for all peer review activities at Salem Health.
• The MPRC is established by and subject to the authority of the Medical Executive Committee (MEC) and the Salem Health Board of Trustees.

CfP

Current membership:

• Dr. Bret Abbott (Radiology)*
• Dr. Daniel Costa (Psychiatry), Chair*
• Dr. Peter Hakim (Emergency Medicine)*
• Dr. Rick Jensen (Anesthesiology)
• Dr. Charles McGee (OB/GYN, Emeritus)*
• Dr. Nestor Mercado (Cardiology)
• Dr. Michelle Rasmussen (Family Medicine/Primary Care)*
• Dr. Jennifer Williams (Anesthesiology)
• Dr. Webb Wilson (Emergency Medicine/Primary Care)*

*Term expiring.

Please note that specific specialty representation is not required on this committee. We welcome physicians from all specialties on CFP.

Minimum qualifications for CfP:

• At least three years of clinical experience at Salem Health.
• Board certification.
• Active member of the Medical Staff with “good standing” status. (“Good standing” describes medical staff who maintain qualifications for privileges and assigned medical staff category and are not currently under a suspension or restriction.)
• Demonstrated excellent collaborative, administrative and communication skills.

Meetings

CfP meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.

CfP responsibilities

Below is a sampling, more information can be found in the Salem Hospital Peer Review Manual (Request from PeerReview@salemhealth.org).

• Promote professional behavior and provide leadership in establishing a professional working environment and collaborating with nursing and other disciplines to foster a collegial, cooperative approach to providing excellent patient care.
• Perform peer review of professional conduct for all specialties and provide the MPRC with recommendations for peer review determinations and actions related to professional conduct.
• The CfP is a subcommittee of the MPRC.

 Selection Process for MPRC and CfP

• Each candidate must be nominated or endorsed by their Section Chief or Department Chair. A Section Chief/Department Chair may nominate more than one candidate. Nominations may be emailed to the Chair of MPRC, Jennifer.Williams@salemhealth.org. 
• Interested candidates will receive an application after they are nominated and can return it by fax to 503-814-2806 or email to PeerReview@salemhealth.org no later than Thursday, Oct. 31.   
• Candidates are approved by the MPRC and the Medical Staff Executive Committee prior to being placed on the ballot.
• Election to the committee is by majority vote of all active status medical staff members.

Questions?

Contact Jennifer Williams, MD, current Multidisciplinary Peer Review Committee Chair, or Peer Review staff.

Remember: The application submission deadline is Thursday, Oct. 31.