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Jason Fish, MD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Jason Fish, MD, MSHS, is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, and Director of Outpatient Quality and Safety for the UT Southwestern General Internal Medicine practice. He did his internal medicine training at UCLA and is a graduate of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at UCLA, earning a Master of Science in Health Services Research from the UCLA School of Public Health. He practices General Internal Medicine with a passionate commitment to providing physician-patient partnered primary care that aims to be the most patient-centered as possible. Before joining UTSW, he was on faculty for 3 years at UCLA as a general internist and a translational researcher focused on the patient centered medical home and anticoagulation management in the ambulatory setting, earning him national recognition as well as an invited participant as a chapter writer of the Chest AT9 guidelines. Joining UTSW faculty as the Director of Outpatient Quality and Safety, with expertise in quality improvement using LEAN and Six Sigma methodology and continued interest in quality metrics and measurement, he will assist UTSW General Internal Medicine continue its pursuit of excellent primary care delivery within its already nationally recognized NCQA Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home. In addition, with experience teaching principles of QI to medical students and residents, and mentoring faculty, residents and students in translational research projects, he will help facilitate an quality improvement and patient safety educational program for residents and medical students.
Education
| Graduate School | UCLA School of Public Health Department of Health Services (2008) |
| Fellowship | UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (2008) |
| Residency | UCLA Medical Center, Internal Medicine (2004) |
| Medical School | Weill Cornell Medical College (2003) |
Research Interests
Publications
Walling A, Hays R, Fish J, Mahajan A, Vazirani S, Friedman J, Wenger N, Medical Teacher, February 2009; 31 (2):186
Fish J, Ettner S, Ang A, Brown AF, American Journal of Public Health, in press;
Fish JS, Ettner S, Ang A, Brown AF, American journal of public health, 2010 Nov; 100 (11)
Related Links
Honors/Awards
Dedication to Excellence: Patient or Colleague Recognition Award (2010)
UCLA Evidence Based Medicine Conference, Using Research to Change Practice (2009)
Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Scientific Abstract, UCLA (2008)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
(2004)
(2003)