Debra Roberts, MD, PhD

 

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Anesthesiology; Associate Chair of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Dept of Neurology; Division Chief, Neurocritical Care; Medical Director, Neuromedicine ICU; Fellowship Director, Neurocritical Care; University of Rochester Medical Center
Presentation: Collaborative Approach to Improving Coding and Documentation on the Neurology Service 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: 

  • Instructor at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, MO

EDUCATION / DEGREES:  

  • University of Delaware, BA in Biological Sciences
  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD and PhD
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital, Residency in Neurology
  • Washington University School of Medicine, Fellowship in Neurocritical Care

PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED:        

  • Roberts DE, Holloway RG, George BP. Post-Acute Care Discharge Delay for Neurology Inpatients: Opportunity to Improve Patient Flow. Neurology Clinical Practice 8(4) 302-310. 2018. PMID 30140581
  • Roberts D and Nourollah-Zadeh E. Cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: Is more endovascular therapy the answer?, Neurology 93(5): 192-193. 2019. PMID 31278115
  • Rahmani R, Houk C, Gargan C, Paulzak A, Fodness J, Roberts D. Minimizing door to treatment time: Creating a “Go Bag” for external ventricular drain placement. World J Surg and Surg Res. 2020; 3(1): 1200.
  • James E Towner, Redi Rahmani, Christopher Zammit, Imad R Khan, David A Paul, Tarun Bhalla, Debra E Roberts. Mechanical Ventilation in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Systematic Review and Recommendations. 2020 Crit Care Sept 24; 24(1)575. PMID 32972406
  • Olm-Shipman C and Roberts DE. Quality Care Metrics. In: Memmen S and Tan B (eds). Practice of Neurocritical Care 2nd Ed. Neurocritical Care Society. 2021.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:    

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, member, 2016-Present
  • American Academy of Neurology, member, 2015-Present
  • Neurocritical Care Society, member, 2013-Present
  • Quality Committee Member, 2017-Present
  • Annual Meeting Committee Member, 2020-Present