Eric Holmboe, MD Professor Adjunct 510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19106 Office: 215-446-3633 Fax: 215-446-3633 e-mail: eholmboe@abim.org

Training

MD, University of Rochester
Internship, National Naval Medical Center
Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Chief Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars, Yale University

Research Activities

I have several areas of research interest:

• Medical Education. I am particularly interested in the tools used in the evaluation of clinical competence and in improving the direct observation skills of faculty. Little research has been done to improve the direct observation of basic clinical skills despite research repeatedly highlighting the importance of such skills in the care of patients.
• Quality of care. My research here focuses on specific interventions and physician leadership in improving the quality of care. I am also working on a statewide diabetes project for Medicare patients and a diabetes quality of care curriculum and experience for residents.
• Patient-Physician Communication. My main interest here is the delivery of risk and benefit information by physicians to patients. We are currently exploring new methods of risk and benefit education with patients.

Selected Recent Publications

• Holmboe ES, Meehan TP, Radford M, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Use of critical pathways to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Med. 1999; 107: 324-331.
• Holmboe ES, Meehan TP, Radford MJ, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. What’s Happening in Quality Improvement at the Local Hospital : A State-wide Study from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. Am J Med Qual. 2000; 15: 106-113.
• Holmboe ES, Fiellin DA, Cusanelli E, Remetz M, Krumholz HM. Perceptions of benefit and risk of patients undergoing first-time elective percutaneous coronary revascularization. J Gen Intern Med, 2000; 15:.632-38
• Holmboe ES and Concato J. Asking Men What’s Important in Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer. J Gen Intern Med, 2000; 15: 694-701
• Holmboe ES, van Hoof, TJ, Barr JK, Cohen KL, Reisine S, Natale KM, Wanh Y, Petrillo MK, Meehan TP. Barriers and facilitators to the use of preventive services by older adults enrolled in a risk-based Medicare managed care plan: Results of a patient survey. Preventive Medicine in Managed Care. 2001; 2: 25 -34.
• Holmboe ES, Fiebach NF, Galaty L, Huot S. The effectiveness of a focused educational intervention on resident evaluations from faculty: a randomized controlled trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2001; 16: 1-6
• Bradley EH, Holmboe ES, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Radford MA, Krumholz HM. A qualitative study of increasing Beta-blocker use after myocardial infarction: why do some hospitals succeed? JAMA, 2001; 285: 2604-11
• Scinto JD, Gill TM, Grady JN, Holmboe ES. Screening mammography: is it appropriately targeted among elderly women? J Am Geriac Soc. 2001. 2001; 49: 1101-04.
• Holmboe ES. Oral hypoglycemics therapy for type 2 diabetes: clinical applications. JAMA, 2002; 287: 373-76
• Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Brass L. The long term consequences of upper extremity peripheral neuropathy in former Vietnam Prisoners of war. Accepted, Military Medicine, 2002.