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Office
482 Bradley Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15211Phone+1 724-825-5959- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Hughes has nearly 30 years of clinical and leadership experience in hospital medicine, critical care medicine and hospice & palliative medicine, as well as a wealth of experience as a physician leader and educator. Dr. Hughes is also an experienced Medical Director with experience in Utilization Management, Medicare and Medicaid, Long Term Services & Support, and Dual Eligible Special Needs Populations.
Dr. Hughes completed a Graduate Certificate in Health Policy at Thomas Jefferson University's Graduate College of Population Health (GCPH), and was quickly invited to begin teaching at the GCPH, which he has since January, 2013.
Dr. Hughes practiced Hospice & Palliative Medicine with UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute and Family Hospice and Palliative Medicine of Pittsburgh from 2012 through 2017. He certified in HPM in 2012. From 2013-2015, he was Co-Chief Medical Officer for Family Hospice.
Dr, Hughes founded Moral Healthcare, Inc., in 2020, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the US to Universal healthcare using cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, prospect theory and moral philosophy.
Dr. Hughes has been active in organized medicine through the Pennsylvania Medical Society and AMA, SCCM Chapter and others. He has led in patient safety, end of life care, and health reform. He has also worked actively with the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative and other organizations advancing patient safety and end of life care. Dr. Hughes has been the Pennsylvania State Director of Doctors for America since its founding and currently serves on the Healthcare for All and Communications Working Groups.
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1987 - 1989
- Western Reserve Health Education/NEOMEDResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1987
- St Francis Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1984 - 1985
- Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityClass of 1984
- Youngstown State UniversityB.S, 1984
Certifications & Licensure
- IN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- OH State Medical License 1985 - 2025
- KY State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- MI State Medical License 2021 - 2024
- PA State Medical License 1987 - 2024
- VA State Medical License 2012 - 2016
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Winner of VHA National Performance Award Rapid Response Team Initiative, St. Clair Memorial Hospital, 2006
- Winner of VHA National Performance Award CLAB Reduction Team, St. Clair Memorial Hospital, 2006
- Leadership Development Program for Private Practice Physicians American College of Chest Physicians, Seattle, Washington, 2004
Clinical Trials
- Safety and Efficacy of Treprostinil in Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A microfluidic platform for generating large-scale nearly identical human microphysiological vascularized tissue arrays.Hsu YH Moya ML Hughes CC George SC Lee AP> ;Lab Chip. 2013 Jul 2
- Inherent Difficulties of Measuring the Burden of Surgical Disease in Resource-Poor Settings: Reply.Manganiello MD Hughes CD Hagander L Bayne D Pierre JH Buckley J Meara JG> ;World J Surg. 2013 Jun 25
- Distance to hospital and utilization of surgical services in Haiti: do children, delivering mothers, and patients with emergent surgical conditions experience greater...Friedman JM Hagander L Hughes CD Nash KA Linden AF Blossom J Meara JG> ;Int J Health Plann Manage. 2012 Aug 31
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Journal Articles
- Management of Venous Thromboembolism.Hughes, C.M, Annals of Internal Medicine 2007;147;519
- Implications of New Advance Directive Law.Hughes, C.M, Physicians News Digest June
- Standard therapy was as effective as CPAP for acute hypoxemic nonhypercapnic respiratory insufficiency.Hughes, C.M, ACP Journal Club 2001 May-Jun;134:3
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Other
- Health Care Reform Debate Blog.Hughes, C. M, http://cmhmd.blogspot.com
2006 - Essential Pittsburgh.Hughes, C. M, WESA-FM, Health Reform, 2012
- Night Talk.Hughes, C. M
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