DavidBakerMD

Internal Medicine • Chicago, IL

Chief, General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

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Office
675 N Saint Clair St
Galter 18-#200
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-695-8630
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Education & Training

Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1989
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2002 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Association Between Hospital Volumes and Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Dana Leifer, Gregg C. Fonarow, Anne S. Hellkamp, David W. Baker, Brian L. Hoh, Shyam Prabhakaran, Mark Schoeberl, Robert E. Suter, Chad W. Washington, Scott Williams, ...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Aug 3
5 citations
Breaking Links in the Chain of Racial Disparities for COVID-19.
David W. Baker> ;JAMA Network Open. 2021 Jun 17
Improving the Quality and Safety of Telehealth: A Call for Papers on Telehealth.
David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2021 May 20
44 citations
Trust in Health Care in the Time of COVID-19.
David W. Baker> ;JAMA. 2020 Dec 15
6 citations
Determining the Need for Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Centers Based on Travel Time to the Nearest Comprehensive Stroke Center.
David W. Baker, Brette A. Tschurtz, Amy E. Aliaga, Scott C. Williams, Edward C. Jauch, Lee H. Schwamm> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2020 Jun 18
Inaccuracies Regarding the Joint Commission Newborn Identification Standard.
David W. Baker, Mark R. Chassin> ;JAMA Pediatrics. 2020 Jun 1
Preparing for a Surge of Coronavirus Cases.
David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2020 May 1
6 citations
Introducing CiteScore, Our Journal's Preferred Citation Index: Moving Beyond the Impact Factor.
David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2020 Mar 9
Dismantling the opioid crisis.
David W. Baker> ;The Journal of Family Practice. 2019 Oct 1
Standardized Orders for Titrating Vasopressors: Do Efforts to Improve Safety Slow Delivery of Care?
David W. Baker, Robert Campbell> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2019 Jul 29
29 citations
Leading Practices in Antimicrobial Stewardship: Conference Summary.
David W. Baker, David Y. Hyun, Melinda M. Neuhauser, Jay Bhatt, Arjun Srinivasan> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2019 Jul 1
Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Evaluate Surgical Care: The Devil Is in the Details.
David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2019 May 1
1 citations
Studying Complex Interventions: Lessons from the AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2019 Apr 1
Networks of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions modulate the complex folding free energy surface of a designed βα protein.
Basak, S.,Nobrega, R. P.,Tavella, D.,Deveau, L. M.,Koga, N.,Tatsumi-Koga, R.,Baker, D.,Massi, F.,Matthews, C. R.> ;Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2019 Mar 17
44 citations
Incidence and Method of Suicide in Hospitals in the United States.
Scott C. Williams, Stephen Schmaltz, Gerard M. Castro, David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2018 Nov 1
The Journal Welcomes New Leadership Team.
David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2018 Oct 1
5 citations
Setting Achievable Benchmarks for Value-Based Payments: No Perfect Solution
David W. Baker, Susan Yendro> ;JAMA. 2018 May 8
3 citations
Trends in Results of HBIPS National Performance Measures and Association With Year of Adoption
Kenneth A. Rasinski, Stephen Schmaltz, Scott C. Williams, David W. Baker> ;Psychiatric Services. 2018 May 2
Direction of actin flow dictates integrin LFA-1 orientation during leukocyte migration.
Nordenfelt, P.,Moore, T. I.,Mehta, S. B.,Kalappurakkal, J. M.,Swaminathan, V.,Koga, N.,Lambert, T. J.,Baker, D.,Waters, J. C.,Oldenbourg, R.,Tani, T.,Mayor, S.,Waterma...> ;Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 13
35 citations
A Critical Care Clinician Survey Comparing Attitudes and Perceived Barriers to Low Tidal Volume Ventilation with Actual Practice.
Curtis H. Weiss, David W. Baker, Katrina Tulas, Shayna Weiner, Meagan Bechel, Alfred Rademaker, Angela J. Fought, Richard G. Wunderink, Stephen D. Persell> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2017 Nov 1
1 citations
Age-Related Differences in Hospital Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Getting to the Heart of the Matter.
David W. Baker> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2017 Oct 17
Improving Pain Management and Safe Use of Opioids: A Call for Papers
David W. Baker> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2017 Sep 1
4 citations
The Joint Commission and the Opioid Epidemic-Reply.
David W. Baker> ;JAMA. 2017 Jul 4
10 citations
Development and evaluation of a patient education video promoting pneumococcal vaccination.
Tiffany Brown, Shira N. Goldman, Stephen D. Persell, Ji Young Lee, Crystal T. Doan, Quinn Stephens, David W. Baker, Kenzie A. Cameron> ;Patient Education and Counseling. 2017 May 1
The Journal Welcomes Three Associate Editors
David W. Baker, Steven Berman> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2017 May 1
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Press Mentions

2020 Eisenberg Award Recipients Announced by the Joint Commission, National Quality ForumJune 8th, 2021
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety Publishes Special Issue on Healthcare EquityJanuary 11th, 2024

Hospital Affiliations

Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois