HowardLSaftMDMS

Pulmonology • Denver, CO

Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Clinical Informatics

Assistant Professor, Medicine, National Jewish Health

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Office
1400 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80206
Phone+1 303-398-1355
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Education & Training

VA National Quality ScholarsFaculty Development, Quality Improvement , 2012 - 2013
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Health Services, 2008 - 2010
UCLA School of MedicineM.S., Health Services, 2008 - 2010
MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2004 - 2007
MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2003
University of Florida College of MedicineClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2012 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2013 - 2025
NV State Medical License 2013 - 2025
NE State Medical License 2012 - 2024
WY State Medical License 2012 - 2024
CA State Medical License 2008 - 2020
AK State Medical License 2015 - 2016
DC State Medical License 2002 - 2010
VA State Medical License 2000 - 2010
NY State Medical License 2007 - 2009
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

22 citations
Characteristics of Post-ICU and Post-COVID Recovery Clinics in 29 U.S. Health Systems.
Valerie Danesh, Leanne M Boehm, Tammy L Eaton, Alejandro C Arroliga, Kirby P Mayer, Shelli R Kesler, Rita N Bakhru, Michael Baram, Amy L Bellinghausen, Michelle Biehl,...> ;Critical Care Explorations. 2022 Mar 1
71 citations
Enablers and barriers to implementing ICU follow-up clinics and peer support groups following critical illness: The thrive collaboratives
Kimberley J Haines, Joanne McPeake, Elizabeth Hibbert, Leanne M. Boehm, Krishna Aparanji, Rita N. Bakhru, Anthony J. Bastin, Sarah J. Beesley, Lynne Beveridge, Brad W....> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Sep 1
57 citations
Key mechanisms by which post-ICU activities can improve in-ICU care: results of the international THRIVE collaboratives.
Kimberley J Haines, Carla M. Sevin, Elizabeth Hibbert, Leanne M. Boehm, Krishna Aparanji, Rita N. Bakhru, Anthony J. Bastin, Sarah J. Beesley, Brad W. Butcher, Kelly D...> ;Intensive Care Medicine. 2019 Jul 1
8 citations
Patient-centered Outcomes Research in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report
Laura C. Feemster, Howard L. Saft, Susan J. Bartlett, Sairam Parthasarathy, Teresa Barnes, Peter M.A. Calverley, J. Randall Curtis, David H. Hickam, Richard A. Mularsk...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018 Aug 31
10 citations
Palliative and end-of-life educational practices in US pulmonary and critical care training programs
Paul Richman, Howard L. Saft, Catherine R. Messina, Andrew Berman, Paul A. Selecky, Richard A. Mularski, Daniel E. Ray, Dee W. Ford> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2016 Feb 1
8 citations
Impact of critical care medicine training programs' palliative care education and bedside tools on ICU use at the end of life.
Howard L. Saft, Paul Richman, Andrew Berman, Richard A. Mularski, Paul A. Kvale, Daniel E. Ray, Paul A. Selecky, Dee W. Ford, Steven M. Asch> ;Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2014 Mar 19
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Books/Book Chapters

Textbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Role of Early Mobilization in the Prevention of ICU Acquired Weakness
Page 225 - 230Howard L. Saft and Sumit P. SinghEditors: Jean Louis Vincent, Edward Abraham, Patrick Kochanek, Frederich A. Moore, Mitchell P. Fink.ElsevierEdition 7th,2017

Committees

Critical Care, Inpatient Operations Committee 2013 - 2016

Research History

Health Services Research FellowHealth Services Research Training Methods: (1) Organizational Research, (2) Anthropology Methods (Usability, Social Systems) (3) Clinical Informatics2008 - 2010

Hospital Affiliations

National Jewish HealthDenver, Colorado