Specialty
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Focus
Education
MD, Hahnemann University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Emergency MedicineResidency, Transitional
Crozer-Chester Medical CenterResidency, Emergency Medicine
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center
Biography
Dr. Baumlin is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has made significant contributions in the areas of undergraduate and graduate medical education, administration, and clinical care and clinical research. His clinical foci have been in the areas of emergency stroke management and the application of automated systems to expedite care and promote patient safety.
He is a graduate of Hahnemann Medical School and the Jacobi-Albert Einstein Emergency Medicine Residency program. During his tenure at Mount Sinai, Dr. Baumlin has been responsible for a number of our initiatives and programs. He has served as the Mount Sinai Hospital Site Director for our emergency medicine training program. He is the Director of our Division of Informatics - It is the result of his intellect, initiative and perseverance that Mount Sinai's emergency department became the first paperless emergency department in New York City. Dr. Baumlin's clinical research has been supported the Emergency Medicine Foundation and the American Heart Association. He is involved on National Committees working in the areas of stroke care and IT; he has received teaching awards from both the emergency medicine housestaff, and from the Institute of Medical Education and in 2008 was nominated by Mount Sinai Nursing Staff to be Physician of the Year.Awards
2008 -
Physician of the Year Nomination
The Mount Sinai Hospital Community of Nurses2007 -
Team Award
The Mount Sinai Medical Center2007 - 2009
Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP): Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Core Quality Measures Fellowship Director: 2 year fellowship program for ED informatics fellow to study how information technology can be used to better understand ED crowding and quality of care measures
2006 -
User of the Year Award
Picis Exchange2003 -
Teaching Award Nomination
Institute of Medical Education of Mount Sinai School of Medicine2002 -
Foundation for Education and Research in Neurologic Emergencies. (FERNE) Acute Stroke Care Application for PDA
2002 -
Mount Sinai Medical Center Team Award
The Mount Sinai Medical Center2000 -
American Heart Association. Scientist Development Grant
Prehospital Stroke: Strengthening the Chain1999 -
Outstanding Educator Award
Mount Sinai Department of Emergency Medicine1998 -
Emergency Medicine Foundation, Innovation in Medical Education Grant
The Emergency Medicine CyberSchool: CAI on the Internet for Educating Medical Students1991 -
Excellence in Emergency Medicine
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Research
Dr. Baumlin's major research interest at this time is in how information technology can improve healthcare. He is currently working collaboratively with other investigators to determine if the data gathered from electronic records can more easily and quickly answer research questions.
Publications
Shapiro JS, Baumlin KM, Chawla N, Genes N, Godbold J, Ye F, Richardson LD. Emergency department information system implementation and process redesign result in rapid and sustained financial enhancement at a large academic center. Acad Emerg Med 2010 May; 17(5): 527-535.
Baumlin K, Shapiro JS, Weiner C, Gottlieb B, Chawla N, Richardson LD. Clinical information system and process redesign improves emergency department efficiency. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2010 Apr; 36(4): 179-185.
McCarthy ML, Aronsky D, Jones ID, Mine JR, Band RA, Baren JM, Desmond JS, Baumlin KM, Ding R, Shesser R. The Emergency Department Occupancy Rate: A Simple Measure of Emergency Department Crowding? . Ann Emerg Med 2007 Oct 31;.
Nelson BP, Basavaraju SV, Baumlin K. Sonographic diagnosis of axillary artery aneurysm presenting as painful axillary mass. Ann Emerg Med 2006 Sept; 48(3): 339-340.
Shapiro J, Bessette M, Baumlin K, Ragin D, Richardson L. Automating Research Data Collection. Acad Emerg Med 2004 Nov; 11(11): 1223-1228.
Shapiro J, Baumlin K, Bessette M, Levine S. HandiStroke: a Handheld Tool for the Emergent Evaluation of Acute Stroke Patients. Acad Emerg Med 2003; 10(12): 10-12.
Pallin D, Lahman M, Baumlin K. Information Technology in Emergency Medicine Residency-Affiliated Emergency Departments. Acad Emerg Med 2003; 10(8): 848-852.
Baumlin K, Bessette M, Lewis C, Richardson L. EMCyberSchool: An Evaluation of Computer Assisted Instruction on the Internet. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7(8): 959-962.
Nassisi D, Bruns J, Jagoda A, Baumlin K. Out of Hospital Management of Stroke: Surveying Local Practice with Implication for Change. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7(4): 402-405.
Jagoda A, Baumlin KM, Raacke L, Jacobson S. Emergency Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Mount Sinai Journal 1999; 66(5-6): 303-309.
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Dr. Baumlin did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2012 and/or 2013: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website at http://icahn.mssm.edu/about-us/services-and-resources/faculty-resources/handbooks-and-policies/faculty-handbook. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
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