MicheleLynn(Winkler)ArnoldMDMBA, FAAPMR, FAANEM(She/Her)

Neuromuscular Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

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Dr. Michele Arnold is a physician executive with more than 14 years of experience in a variety of leadership roles, including hospital Chief Medical Officer, regional executive medical director overseeing multiple service lines, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, medical group Vice President of Medicine, as well as chair of multiple hospital and system committees and service on several boards of directors.

Inspirational physician executive committed to the equitable delivery of safe, high-quality health care for all. Comfortably agile in a fast-paced, complex, highly matrixed organization. Experience overseeing hospital, ambulatory, and post-acute care settings, and skilled at flattening power gradients and facilitating teaming. Highly engaged, with energy to persevere and get things done despite organizational inertia. Passionate about innovating strategic redesign of healthcare delivery, building and supporting teams, patient and workforce experience/engagement, and positive culture change.

Recipient of the Rod & Nancy Hochman Physician Leadership award and scholarship (2019) and Seattle Met Top Doctor Award winner (2019, 2020, 2022).

University of WashingtonExecutive MBA, Foster School of Business, Magna Cum Laude, 2019 - 2021
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1999 - 2003
Texas A&M; Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1999

CO State Medical License 2022 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2013 - 2023
NE State Medical License 2003 - 2014
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Neuromuscular Medicine
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sports Medicine
American Board of Electrodiagnostic MedicineElectrodiagnostic Medicine
American College of Physician ExecutivesHealth IT certificate

Rod & Nancy Hochman Physician Leadership award and scholarship 2019
First Accredited Electrodiagnostic Clinic in Nebraska, Exemplary status AANEM, 2012
Regional West Advocacy Team awarded the Advocacy Team of the Year Award Nebraska Hospital Association, 2005
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012
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PubMed

6 citations
Quality measures in electrodiagnosis: Carpal tunnel syndrome-An AANEM Quality Measure Set.
Sasha Zivkovic, Gregory Gruener, Michele Arnold, Carrie Winter, Teryl K. Nuckols, Pushpa Narayanaswami> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2020 Apr 1
1 citations
Steering Peripheral Neuropathy Workup.
Michele L. Arnold> ;Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 2018 Sep 17

Journal Articles

Quality Measures in Electrodiagnosis: Carpal tunnel syndrome – an AANEM Quality Measure Set
Zivkovic S, Gruener G, Arnold M, et al., Muscle & Nerve, 1/16/2020

Books/Book Chapters

Value-Added Electrodiagnostics
Chapter: Steering peripheral neuropathy work-up
Page 761 - 776Arnold, Michele L.Editors: Karen P. Barr, Ileana M. Howard.Elsevier2018
Decision Making in Pain Management
Chapter: Pain in the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury
Arnold MLEditors: Ramamurthy and Rogers.Mosby Year BookEdition 2nd,2006
Decision Making in Pain Management
Chapter: Lower Extremity Bursitis
Arnold MLEditors: Ramamurthy and Rogers.Mosby Year BookEdition 2nd,2006

Abstracts/Posters

Anterior Shoulder Dislocation in Spinal Cord Injury and Syringomyelia
Arnold ML, Barber DB, Fredrickson MD, American Paraplegia Society 47th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 9/5/2001

Other

AIDP/CIPD Part I: Evaluation and Diagnosis
Arnold, Michele L, PM&R Knowledge NOW
https://now.aapmr.org/aidpcidp-part-1-evaluation-and-diagnosis
2/14/2018
AIDP/CIPD Part II: Treatment
Arnold, Michele L, PM&R Knowledge NOW
https://now.aapmr.org/aidpcidp-part-2-treatment/
6/29/2018
Approach to Peripheral Polyneuropathy: treatment
Arnold, Michele L, PM&R Knowledge NOW
https://now.aapmr.org/peripheral-polyneuropathy-treatment
selected as PM&R Knowledge NOW publication of the year 2017 - 7/31/2017

Q&A: Dr. Michele Arnold, VP and CMO of St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, on Her New Leadership Role and Continued Commitment to Patient CareOctober 5th, 2022
Why Doctors Say Chancellor and Avril’s Neck Injuries Could Be Career-ThreateningNovember 29th, 2017
Mobile COVID-19 testing comes to homeless and formerly homeless populations in SeattleJune 10th, 2020
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Committee member, AAPM&R Membership Committee 2015 - 2019
Committee member, AAPM&R Nominating Committee 2015 - 2019
Chair, Regional West Health Services Medical Informatics Committee 2011 - 2013
Committee member, AANEM Quality Oversight Committee 2010 - 2019
Chair, AANEM Quality PIP subcommittee 2010 - 2017
Co-chair, Regional West Health Services Continuing Medical Education & Medical Informatics 2010 - 2011
Co-chair, Regional West Medical Center Utilization Management Committee 2003 - 2010