Randolph
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Medical Informatics
Columbia
University Curriculum Vitae
Academic Training:
- California State Univ.,
- MD Thesis: "A Computer-Assisted Instructional Program In Emergency Medicine"
Traineeships:
- Internal Medicine (PGY I
& II),
- Internal Medicine (PGY III),
- Medical Informatics
(Fellowship), Center for Medical Informatics,
Medical Licensure:
Board Certifications:
- Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1984
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986
Academic Appointments:
- 1992-94: Instructor in Clinical Medicine,
- 1995-96: Assistant Professor of Medicine (in
Medical Informatics),
- 1995-2007: Faculty of
- 1996-3/97: Assistant Professor of Medicine and
Medical Informatics,
- 4/97-11/97: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
and Clinical Medical Informatics (part-time),
- 1997-2007: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
and Clinical Medical Informatics,
Clinical Appointments:
- 1986-87: KRON Medical Corp.,
- 1987-88:
- 1987-88:
- 1987-88: Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic,
- 1988-91: Medicus P.C.,
- 1989-91: Affiliated Physicians
Corporate/Executive Medical Services,
- 1991-92:
- 1992- 2002: Associates in Internal Medicine,
Ambulatory Care Network Corporation,
- 1992-94: Assistant in the Medicine Service,
- 1994-2007: Assistant Attending, Medical Service,
- 1998-2004: Attending Physician &
Pharmacotherapy Consultant (Voluntary), Tobacco Cessation Clinic,
- 2003-2007: Attending Physician and Pharmacotherapy Consultant, Tobacco Cessation Clinic, NYP Ambulatory Care Network
Health Information Technology Appointments:
- 1992-95: Project Leader, “Data-Driven
Computer-Based Real-Time Quality Management In The
- 1994-97: Project Leader, "The Washington Heights-Inwood Community Health Information System", CPMC
and Center for Medical Informatics,
- 4/97-11/97: Application Architect and Chief Medical
Officer, CyberPlus Corporation,
- 1999-2001: Manager of Clinical Databases, Clinical
Information Services,
- 2001-2007: Director of Strategic Information
Systems,
- 2001-2007: Director of Clinical Ambulatory
Information Systems,
- 2002-2004: Dean’s HIPAA Task Force, Columbia University Health Sciences.
- 2003-2004: Research Computing Section, Dean’s Task Force on Research Resources.
- 2003-2007: Assistant VP for Clinical Resources,
- 2004-2007: Vice-chair
Information Technology Committee of
- 4/2004-11/2004 Member,
Technology Advisory Committee, MCIC Vermont (medical liability carrier)
- 2004-2007: Member, Information Technology
Committee, MCIC Vermont (medical liability carrier)
- 2006-2007: Manager of Informatics &
Development, Infection Control & Surveillance System Project,
- 2007: Clinical Director,
Center for Advanced Technology,
Honors:
- Highest Honors with
Distinction in Chemical Physics,
- Top Graduating Senior Award,
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
- 98th Percentile, 1986 American Board of Internal Medicine Examination
- Nominated Best Paper for "A data model that captures clinical reasoning about patient problems", 19th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care.
- Fellow of the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) Group on Information Resources Leadership Institute (inaugural, July 2006)
Fellowship and Grant Support:
- National Library of Medicine, Medical Informatics Training Grant, 1992-94 (PI: Paul Clayton, Ph.D.)
- John A. Hartford Foundation Demonstration Project, Project Leader for "The Washington Heights-Inwood Community Health Information System", 1994-97 (PI: Paul Clayton, Ph.D.).
- National Library of Medicine,
"Controlled Vocabulary in Primary Care Electronic Records",
1994-97 (PI: James Cimino, MD).
Courses (Developed and Taught):
- User Interfaces in Medicine (Spring 1997-8)
- Acculturation in Medicine
for Informatics Professionals (1999-2007)
Special Lectures:
- "Public Health and
Personal Approaches to Smoking Cessation", Department of Medicine Grand
Rounds,
- "Medical Informatics -
An Overview",
- "Health Information Security on the World Wide Web", New York University Post-Graduate Medical School conference on The World Wide Web and the Academic Medical Enterprise; NYU Medical Center, NY, NY; September 25, 1996.
- "Current Preventive
Health Recommendations and the CPMC Clinical Information System"
(with Steve Shea, MD, Chief of Division of General Medicine), Department
of Medicine Grand Rounds,
- Panel Discussion/Lecture,
"Council Report Critiques: A Practical Approach", in Privacy and
Confidentiality of Patient Information Systems;
- "Update on Smoking
Cessation", Department of Medicine Grand Rounds,
- “Tobacco Cessation
Review & Update”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds,
Other Professional Activities:
- Consultant, Health Data Institute, Lexington, MA, 1986-87.
- Session Chair and Article
Referee, 16th Symposium for Computer Applications in Medical Care,
- Session Chair, 17th
Symposium for Computer Applications in Medical Care,
- Program Committee Member,
American Medical Informatics Association 1996 Spring Congress;
- Session Chair, American
Medical Informatics Association 1996 Spring Congress;
- Program Committee Member, 1996 American Medical Informatics Association Annual Fall Symposium (formerly SCAMC); Washington, DC, Oct. 26-30, 1996.
- Session Chair, 1996 American Medical Informatics Association Annual Fall Symposium (formerly SCAMC); Washington, DC, Oct 26-30, 1996.
- Scientific Content Chair,
American Medical Informatics Association 1997 Spring Congress;
- Lecturer (monthly) "Pharmacotherapeutic & Behavioral Strategies for Smoking Cessation", Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Clinical Ambulatory Care Block Rotation (didactic series), Columbia University, New York, NY; 1998-2007.
- Member & Vice-Chair,
Information Technology Committee of
- Dean’s HIPAA Task Force member, Columbia University Health Sciences, 2002-2007.
Publications:
Peer-reviewed Articles
- Seidman DF, Albert D, Singer SR, Barrows RC, et al. Serving underserved and hard-core smokers in a dental school setting. Journal of Dental Education, April 2002; 66(4):507-13.
- *Barrows RC, Busuioc M, Friedman C. Limited parsing of
notational text visit notes: ad-hoc vs. NLP approaches. In: Overhage JM (editor). Proceedings of the 2000 AMIA
Fall Symposium;
- Kouroubali
A, Starren J, Barrows RC, Clayton PD.
Practical lessons in remote connectivity. In:
- *Barrows RC, Allen BA, Smith
KC, Arni VV,
- Kushniruk
A, Patel V, Cimino JJ, Barrows RC. Cognitive
evaluation of the user interface and vocabulary of an outpatient
information system. In: Cimino JJ (editor).
Proceedings of the 1996 AMIA Fall Symposium;
- *Barrows RC, Clayton PD. Privacy, confidentiality, and electronic medical records. JAMIA Mar/Apr 1996; 3(2):139-48.
- *Barrows RC, Johnson SB. A
data model that captures clinical reasoning about patient problems. In:
- *Barrows RC, Cimino JJ, Clayton PD. Mapping clinically useful terminology to a controlled medical vocabulary. In: Ozbolt JG (editor). Proceeding of the 18th Symposium for Computer Applications in Medical Care; Hanley & Belfus, Inc; Washington DC; November 5-9, 1994; pp 211-5.
- *Barrows RC, Allen B, Fink DJ; An X Window system for statlab results reporting. In: Safran C (editor): Proceedings of the 17th Symposium for Computer Applications in Medical Care; McGraw-Hill, Inc; Washington DC; October 31 - November 3, 1993; pp 331-5.
Reviews, Chapters, Editorials
- *Barrows RC, Clayton PD.
Privacy, Confidentiality, and CHINS. Chapter 16 in: Brennan PF, Schneider
SJ, Tornquist E, editors. Information Networks
for Community Health; Springer,
- *Barrows RC, Clayton PD. Confidentiality of Healthcare Records. Behavior Healthcare Tomorrow, February, 1996; 5(1):38-44.
- *Barrows RC. Smoking.
Chapter 9 in Shea S, editor. Ambulatory Care Syllabus; Division of General
Medicine and Department of Medicine,
- *Barrows RC. Smoking Cessation (revised). Chapter 4 in Rabkin M, Shea S, editors. Ambulatory Care Syllabus; Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Medical Service, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1997.
- *Barrows RC. Smoking Cessation (completely updated and revised). Ambulatory Care Syllabus; Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, 1999-2003 (annual editions with minor revision).
Abstracts
- *Barrows RC, Allen BA. A
Decision-supported Outpatient Practice System (abstract, 90-min theatre
demonstration). In: Cimino JJ, editor. Proceeding
of the 1996 AMIA Fall Symposium;
- *Allen BA, Barrows RC, Desai
N. AccessMED, a tool for browsing, searching and
maintenance of a large controlled medical vocabulary. (abstract,
electronic poster presentation). In: Cimino JJ,
editor. Proceeding of the 1996 AMIA Fall Symposium;
- *Barrows RC, Clayton PD, Lantigua R. From IAIMS to CHIN: a CHMIS at CPMC.
(abstract) In Humphreys B (editor). American Medical Informatics
Association 1996 Spring Congress;
- *Barrows RC, Allen BA,
Clayton PD, Cimino J, Sherman E, Jenders R. A GUI to a controlled medical vocabulary to
support coded data capture during ambulatory patient encounters.
(abstract) In: Hripcsak G (editor). Proceeding
of the American Medical Informatics Association 1995 Spring Congress;
- Johnson SB, Barrows R.
Modeling the Clinical Encounter. (abstract) In: Hripcsak
G (editor). Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association
1995 Spring Congress;
- Sherman E, Barrows R, Clayton P, Shea S; Automated advice from an outpatient physician workstation integrated into a hospital-based information system; (abstract) in C. Peter Waegermann, ed: Toward an Electronic Patient Record '94: Tenth International Symposium on the Creation of Electronic Health Record Systems; Medical Records Institute, Newton, MA; March 23-26, 1994; p 129.
- Cimino JJ, Barrows RC, Allen B; Adapting ICD9-CM for Clinical Decision Support; (abstract) in Musen MA (ed.): Proceedings of the Second Annual Educational and Research Conference of the American Medical Informatics Association; Portland, Oregon; May, 1992:34.