ScottAFlandersMD

Internal Medicine • Ann Arbor, MI

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School

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Office
1500 East Medical Center Dr
3rd Floor Taubman Ctr Recp B
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone+1 734-936-5582
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Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1995 - Present
MI State Medical License 2003 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Inappropriate Diagnosis of Pneumonia Among Hospitalized Adults.
Ashwin B Gupta, Jennifer K Horowitz, David Ratz, Steven J Bernstein, Payal K Patel, Timothy P Hofer, Tanima Basu, Scott A Flanders, Lindsay A Petty, Tejal N Gandhi, Mi...> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2024 Mar 25
Protocol for a parallel cluster randomized trial of a participatory tailored approach to reduce overuse of antibiotics at hospital discharge: the ROAD home trial.
Julia E Szymczak, Lindsay A Petty, Tejal N Gandhi, Robert A Neetz, Adam Hersh, Angela P Presson, Peter K Lindenauer, Steven J Bernstein, Brandi M Muller, Andrea T Whit...> ;Implementation Science. 2024 Mar 4
1 citations
Development of patient safety measures to identify inappropriate diagnosis of common infections.
White, A., Horowitz, J., Bernstein, S., Hofer, T., Ratz, D., McLaughlin, E., Nielsen, D., Czilok, T., Minock, J., Vaughn, V., Petty, L., Gandhi, T., Flanders, S., Gupt...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2024 Jan 31
1 citations
Excellence in Antibiotic Stewardship: A mixed methods study comparing High, Medium, and Low Performing Hospitals.
Vaughn, V., Krein, S., Hersh, A., Buckel, W., White, A., Horowitz, J., Patel, P., Gandhi, T., Petty, L., Spivak, E., Bernstein, S., Malani, A., Johnson, L., Neetz, R.,...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023 Dec 6
Institutional Structures and Processes to Support Sepsis Care: A Multihospital Study.
Meghan K Lóser, Jennifer K Horowitz, Peter England, Rania Esteitie, Scott Kaatz, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Elizabeth Munroe, Megan Heath, Pat Posa, Scott A Flanders, Halli...> ;Critical Care Explorations. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Use and Outcomes of Peripheral Vasopressors in Early Sepsis-Induced Hypotension Across Michigan Hospitals: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Elizabeth S Munroe, Megan E Heath, Mousab Eteer, Hayley B Gershengorn, Jennifer K Horowitz, Jessica Jones, Scott Kaatz, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Scott A Flanders, Hallie ...> ;Chest. 2024 Apr 1
Midline catheters in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.
David Paje, Megan Heath, Michael Heung, Jennifer K Horowitz, Steven J Bernstein, Scott A Flanders, Vineet Chopra> ;Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2023 Nov 1
13 citations
A Statewide Quality Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria.
Valerie M Vaughn, Ashwin Gupta, Lindsay A Petty, Anurag N Malani, Danielle Osterholzer, Payal K Patel, Mariam Younas, Steven J Bernstein, Stephanie Burdick, David Ratz...> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2023 Sep 1
1 citations
The Association of Vasopressor Administration through a Midline Catheter with Catheter-related Complications.
Hayley B Gershengorn, Tanima Basu, Jennifer K Horowitz, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Elizabeth Munroe, Megan O'Malley, Lama Hsaiky, Scott A Flanders, Steven J Bernstein, Davi...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2023 Jul 1
1 citations
Eligibility for Posthospitalization Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Valerie M Vaughn, David Ratz, Elizabeth S McLaughlin, Jennifer K Horowitz, Scott A Flanders, Elizabeth A Middleton, Paul J Grant, Scott Kaatz, Geoffrey D Barnes> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022 Oct 4
The MI-PICC Score: A Risk-Prediction Model for PICC-associated Complications in the ICU.
Sushant Govindan, Megan E O'Malley, Scott A Flanders, Vineet Chopra> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Nov 15
5 citations
Opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing after COVID-19 hospitalization.
Lia D Delaney, Mark C Bicket, Hsou Mei Hu, Megan O'Malley, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Scott A Flanders, Valerie M Vaughn, Jennifer F Waljee> ;Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2022 Jul 1
8 citations
Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infection linked to overdiagnosis of pneumonia: a multihospital cohort study.
Ashwin Gupta, Lindsay Petty, Tejal Gandhi, Scott Flanders, Lama Hsaiky, Tanima Basu, Qisu Zhang, Jennifer Horowitz, Zainab Masood, Vineet Chopra, Valerie M Vaughn> ;BMJ Quality & Safety. 2022 May 1
6 citations
Impact of Early Corticosteroids on Preventing Clinical Deterioration in Non-critically Ill Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Multi-hospital Cohort Study.
Lakshmi Swaminathan, Scott Kaatz, Heather Chubb, Kim Tae, Mayur S Ramesh, Raef Fadel, Cecilia Big, Jessica Jones, Scott A Flanders, Hallie C Prescott> ;Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 2022 Apr 1
6 citations
Antibiotic Stewardship Strategies and Their Association With Antibiotic Overuse After Hospital Discharge: An Analysis of the Reducing Overuse of Antibiotics at Dischar...
Valerie M Vaughn, David Ratz, M Todd Greene, Scott A Flanders, Tejal N Gandhi, Lindsay A Petty, Sean Huls, Xiaomei Feng, Andrea T White, Adam L Hersh> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Sep 29
1 citations
Barriers and facilitators for implementing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) appropriateness guidelines: A longitudinal survey study from 34 Michigan hospi...
Gillian Ray-Barruel, Jennifer Horowitz, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Scott Flanders, Vineet Chopra> ;Plos One. 2022 Jan 1
34 citations
Safety and Outcomes of Midline Catheters vs Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters for Patients With Short-term Indications: A Multicenter Study.
Lakshmi Swaminathan, Scott A. Flanders, Jennifer Horowitz, Qisu Zhang, Megan O'Malley, Vineet Chopra> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021 Nov 29
3 citations
A Statewide Collaborative Quality Initiative To Improve Antibiotic Duration And Outcomes Of Patients Hospitalized With Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Valerie M Vaughn, Tejal N Gandhi, Timothy P. Hofer, Lindsay A Petty, Anurag N. Malani, Danielle Osterholzer, Lisa E. Dumkow, David Ratz, Jennifer K. Horowitz, Elizabet...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Nov 13
125 citations
Derivation and external validation of a simple risk score to predict in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A multicenter retrospective cohort st...
Charlotte Z Mann, Chelsea Abshire, Monica L Yost, Scott Kaatz, Lakshmi Swaminathan, Scott A. Flanders, Hallie C. Prescott, Johann A. Gagnon-Bartsch> ;Medicine. 2021 Oct 8
2 citations
Variation in COVID-19 disease severity at hospital admission over time and across hospitals: A multi-institution cohort of Michigan hospitals.
Max T Wayne, Wenjing Weng, Megan O'Malley, Paul Bozyk, Mona M. Doshi, Scott A. Flanders, Jakob I. McSparron, Pratima Sharma, Lakshmi Swaminathan, Hallie C. Prescott> ;Medicine. 2021 Sep 17
2 citations
Variation in Scheduling and Receipt of Primary Care Follow-up After Hospitalization for COVID-19 in Michigan.
Hallie C. Prescott, Bonnie Cheng, Chelsea Abshire, Megan O'Malley, Scott A. Flanders, Renuka Tipirneni, Vineet Chopra> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021 Sep 14
Diagnostic patterns and stress testing trends after implementing high-sensitivity troponin assay.
Raymond Y. Yeow, Henry Han, James Henderson, Katie Grzyb, Matthew S. Johnson, Emily R. Dibble, Ashwin Gupta, Donald Giacherio, James B. Froehlich, David Somand, Scott ...> ;The American Journal of Managed Care. 2021 Sep 1
1 citations
Antibiotic overuse after discharge from medical short-stay units.
Nathaniel S. Soper, Abhinav J. Appukutty, David Paje, Lindsay A Petty, Scott A. Flanders, Qisu Zhang, Jennifer K. Horowitz, Valerie M Vaughn> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021 Aug 24
9 citations
Risk factors and outcomes associated with community-onset and hospital-acquired coinfection in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A multiho...
Lindsay A Petty, Scott A. Flanders, Valerie M Vaughn, David Ratz, Megan O'Malley, Anurag N. Malani, Laraine Washer, Tae Kim, Keith E. Kocher, Scott Kaatz, Tawny Czilok...> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021 Jul 26
11 citations
Variation in COVID-19 characteristics, treatment and outcomes in Michigan: an observational study in 32 hospitals.
Vineet Chopra, Scott A. Flanders, Valerie M. Vaughn, Lindsay A Petty, Tejal K. Gandhi, Jakob I. McSparron, Anurag N. Malani, Megan O'Malley, Tae Kim, Elizabeth McLaugh...> ;BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 23
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Lectures

16th Annual Management of the Hospitalized Patient
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California - 10/25/2012

Press Mentions

Better Health Announces $3.5 Million Seed Funding to Build the Next-Generation Medical Supplier, Reinventing a $60B MarketMarch 25th, 2021
COVID-19 Update: U.S. Grants State $2.3M in Mental Health Funding, Michigan Reveals Long-Term Care Facility Strategy, Digital Assistance for Black-Owned Businesses, and MoreApril 21st, 2020
Michigan Hospitals Collect, Share COVID-19 Patient Data to Determine Best Treatment PracticesApril 21st, 2020
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