Kent Hospital’s Dr. John Gelzhiser recognized by ACP Hospitalist magazine

DR. JOHN GELZHISER, a hospitalist at Kent Hospital, was recognized recently by the ACP Hospitalist. / COURTESY KENT HOSPITAL
DR. JOHN GELZHISER, a hospitalist at Kent Hospital, was recognized recently by the ACP Hospitalist. / COURTESY KENT HOSPITAL

WARWICK – Kent Hospital announced that Dr. John Gelzhiser, system director of inpatient medicine at Care New England and a hospitalist at Kent Hospital, has been named a Top Doc by the American College of Physicians’ magazine, ACP Hospitalist.

Gelzhiser was featured in the November 2016 issue of ACP Hospitalist, a monthly publication that informs hospitalists about the field’s latest trends and issues. Nominated by their colleagues, and chosen by the editorial board of ACP Hospitalist, Gelzhiser was one of 10 award recipients who were chosen for their notable contributions to the field of internal medicine through exceptional clinical skills, patient safety, improved workflow, leadership, community involvement and quality improvement, the ACP Hospitalist website reported.

“[We] are extremely proud of Dr. Gelzhiser for this great achievement and for the exceptional work he has accomplished at Kent Hospital and across CNE,” Dr. Michael Dacey Jr., Kent Hospital COO, said in the hospital statement. “Dr. Gelzhiser started at Kent as a newly educated physician and has grown to lead a very important department and group of physicians. We are grateful for his dedication and clinical expertise each and every day.”

“I am honored to have received this award from ACP Hospitalist magazine and look forward to further advancing the inpatient medicine field and improving practices to ensure the best quality care is given to our patients,” Gelzhiser said in the statement.

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After completing medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and his residency through Brown University at Rhode Island Hospital, Gelzhiser joined Kent Hospital in 2007. When the hospital created an internal medicine residency program in 2010, Gelzhiser became a faculty-attending physician to the residents. Last year, the internal medicine residents awarded him the Faculty of the Year Award.

Before becoming CNE’s director of inpatient medicine in January 2016, Gelzhiser served as associate director of the hospitalist program at Kent Hospital for five years. As a Kent Hospital administrator, Gelzhiser has overseen several changes, including instituting multidisciplinary rounds on all floors, which include the hospitalist, nurse manager, nurse, pharmacist, case manager and sometimes a social worker. These multidisciplinary rounds help keep patients on the same floor with the same care team and have led to shortened stays for patients.

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