Mehrnaz Nicole Jamali MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Bio
Dr. M. Nicole Jamali focus has been in leadership, scientific innovation and streamlining business ventures. Over the past 20 years since graduation from Stanford Internal Medicine Residency, she has held National Positions in AMA as Western Caucus Chair and Appointee to Joint Commission Board. She was reelected to Board of Joint Commission three terms for total of 9 years. She helped rewrite multiple TJC Standards including creation of the Stroke Center of excellence standards and annual "new ideas section of the board". At AMA she authored and passed multiple House rules on variety of subjects affecting thousands of providers and healthcare centers. Her experiences in private practice, group practice, Hospitalist, Insurance Directorship lead to multiple innovative projects including first e-prescription covering both meds and DME in 1999 titled eRemedy,. She then created the first wrong site surgery device which was patented. This project lead to creation of first Transplant App called TPOD which was then simplified to TAPP. It was beta tested in USC and perfected in UCSF Transplant.
Her work with various Insurance companies resulted in streamlined programs and teaching modules improving patient access to health care and millions of dollars in hospital savings of unnecessary admissions.
Her work in creation and streamlining and connecting with local Primary Care providers resulted in rapid expansion of the Hospitalist program of local Hospital by 300%
She is currently interested in Haptic and AI technologies in Medicine and providing 24/7 care to our veterans in remote locations or even the battlefield.
She is currently Clinical Associated Professor and the lead Hospitalist in the new Stanford Cardiovascular Hospitalist Program and enjoys the daily interaction with patients . She truly believes that her mission in life is to be at the bedside of ill patients. She treats them as one of her own family. It is not atypical for her to hand out her personal phone number to make sure they feel safe even when discharged.
Clinical Focus
- Internal Medicine
Administrative Appointments
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Chairman and CEO, eRemedy Enterprise (2000 - 2023)
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Medical Director, Easy Choice Health Plan (2008 - 2010)
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Founder, Medical Director, Private Hospitalist Medical Group (2002 - 2012)
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Founder, Medical Director, Private Hospitalist Medical Group (2002 - 2012)
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Medical Director, Brighton Garden Health Care Facility (2004 - 2008)
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Insurance Medical Director, Arta Health Care (2008 - 2012)
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Chief Medical Director, Sound Physician Hospitalist Program (2018 - 2023)
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Regional Medical Director, Regal Medical Group/Heritage Provider Network (2015 - 2021)
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Joint Commission Commissioner, Joint Commission Board of Commissioners (2007 - 2015)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Medical Executive Committee,, South Coast Hospital Laguna Beach (2002 - 2004)
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Vice Chair, Organized Medical Staff Section, California Medical Association (2006 - 2007)
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American Medical Association, Delegate, AMA, Organized Medical Staff Section, Executive Board (2006 - 2008)
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Western Caucus Chair, American Medical Association, Organized Medical Staff Section (2005 - 2008)
Professional Education
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Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2019)
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Residency: Stanford University Internal Medicine Residency (1996) CA
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Internship: UC Davis Internal Medicine Residency (1994) CA
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Medical Education: University of Texas Health Sciences at Houston Registrar (1993) TX
Community and International Work
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Joint Commission International, Tehran
Topic
Middle East expansion of JCI
Partnering Organization(s)
Ministry of Health IRAN (prior to DPOCA cancellation)
Populations Served
Iran
Location
International
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
Patents
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Mehrnaz Jamali. "United States Patent US 8,544,751B2 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGINGA MEDICAL PROCEDURE SITEWITHA MACHINE READABLE MARKING", Oct 1, 2013