Recognized by the Emergency Medicine Foundation and Blue Jay Consulting
Rex G. Mathew, MD, FACEP, vice president of Emergency Medicine Clinical Operations at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has been named the Emergency Department Director of the Year by the Emergency Medicine Foundation and Blue Jay Consulting. Dr. Mathew is the first recipient of this new annual award created by Blue Jay Consulting, which recognizes current emergency department physician leaders who made significant impacts on improving the operations of his/her departments, resulting in improvements in the quality of patient care.
Dr. Mathew is being recognized for his significant contributions to the Jefferson Emergency Department in the following categories: quality patient care, operational effectiveness, education, and community service. His demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with nursing and ancillary departments to implement and improve operational and clinical standards based on evidence-based practice is also being recognized.
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