DavidMKashmerMDMBA

General Surgery • Auburn, AL

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Surgeon

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910 S Donahue Dr
Auburn, AL 36832
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Summary

I'm a surgeon who trains resident colleagues, hosts the #ABSITEsmackdown review course, and focuses on quality improvement in healthcare.

The Absite Smackdown! Podcast

Home of the Absite Smackdown! Podcast

The Absite Smackdown! Channel

Home of the video podcast by the #ProjectSmackdownTeam.

AbsiteSmackdown.com

We know how stressful it is studying for the ABSITE. We're here to lighten your load and make it easier for you...

ABSITE Smackdown!: The ABSITE Review Manual With Video Lecture Course Included

The ABSITE Smackdown! is the only ABSITE review book that comes with an ABSITE review video lecture series included with every copy sold...paperback or digital!

How Well Do We Supervise Resident Surgeons?

By: David Kashmer (@DavidKashmer) I was recently part of a team that was trying to decide how well residents in our hospital were supervised. The issue is impo

3 Important Signs Of A Good Healthcare Process Improvement Solution

Quality is a hot topic in healthcare. Changing reimbursement, improved patient experience focus, and many other emerging trends have lead to "healthcare quality

Lean Six Sigma Is Officially No Longer Rare In Healthcare

Fifteen years ago, I felt very lonely in quality improvement meetings. Usually, I was the only one with training in Lean Six Sigma and would patiently think "If

A Link Between Surgeon Specialization & Quality

In May of 2015, three well known medical centers took a pledge to eliminate the performance of certain procedures by surgeons who performed relatively few of th

Did You Know About 10% Of Patient Deaths Are Due To Diagnostic Error? (via Passl

It's another stunning quality headline from the Institute of Medicine (IOM): about 10% of patient deaths are related to diagnostic error. This quality issue is

Did You Know Half Of Physicians Don't Know What MACRA Is? Do You? (via Passle)

Ah reimbursement. In the the busy world of clinical care, physicians often don't know the latest regulatory speak. We are often caught up wondering, sometimes y

Why Is Life Expectancy In The US NOT Number 1? (via Passle)

Did you know that one of the important measures of the quality of a country's healthcare system is the median life expectancy of its population? The CDC website

Clinical Expertise

Trauma and surgical critical care, Healthcare administration, Healthcare quality, Quality improvement, Lean Six Sigma, ABSITE test preparation

Education & Training

Villanova UniversityMBB, Lean & Six Sigma, 2009 - 2011
Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of MedicineFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2009 - 2010
George Washington UniversityMBA, Business Administration, 2008 - 2010
University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 2006 - 2008
Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2006
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2001

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

FACS American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

Authored Content

Will you fail your General Surgery board exam?March 2020

Press Mentions

Investigations About Safety Issues Result in Few Meaningful Consequences for HospitalsSeptember 18th, 2017
Investigations like That into D.C. Hospital's Sewage Leaks Seldom Result in Major PenaltiesSeptember 17th, 2017
Dr. David Kashmer Comments on Hospital System’s Plan to Prioritize Private Insurance PatientsMay 18th, 2017
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