6 HEALTH COMPASS WINTER 2024 Quratulain “Annie” Durrani, MD Annie Durrani, MD, has been a hospitalist at CMH for 10 years. She is currently president of the CMH Professional Staff and serves on the Board of Trustees. She has also served as program director for the hospitalist program since 2013. Dr. Durrani is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is fluent in Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi. James Hinckley, MD James Hinckley, MD, has been a hospitalist at CMH since 2020. He previously worked as a hospitalist for health care providers in Utah, Washington and Oregon. Dr. Hinckley is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has more than 20 years of postgraduate hospitalist experience. Daniel Spiger, DO Daniel Spiger, DO, joined CMH as a full-time hospitalist in October 2023 after working at other health systems in Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. Dr. Spiger is boardcertified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Hospitalists transition to OHSU program Meet CMH’s hospitalists On Aug. 28, Quratulain “Annie” Durrani, MD, and James Hinckley, MD, began providing inpatient medical care to the community as OHSU physicians. In October, Daniel Spiger, DO, joined them. This is an expansion of CMH’s collaboration with OHSU that began with most clinical providers transitioning to OHSU employment in 2021. “With this change, our hospitalists have the quality, educational and professional development support of the OHSU Division of Hospital Medicine,” says Christopher Strear, MD, FACEP, chief medical officer. “This is also the first time in two years that the service is fully staffed with permanent physicians.” The hospital previously contracted with Apogee Physicians to provide hospitalist services. CMH CEO Erik Thorsen echoed Dr. Strear’s thoughts, saying it’s an important update that will improve care and provider consistency for inpatients. “We are all very excited to start this new chapter in our hospitalist medicine program and to grow our relationship with OHSU in an additional clinical service line,” Thorsen says. Hospitalists are highly trained physicians who specialize in caring for patients during their hospital stays. They are available 24/7 and take a holistic approach to managing your care. What is a hospitalist?
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