Cherinne Arundel MD

She joined the Washington DC VAMC as a hospitalist in 2008 and completed a graduate-level certificate program through GWU School of Education and Human Development, the Master Teacher Leadership Development Program in 2010. She serves as the Chief of the Hospitalist Section and Director of Inpatient Quality at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Dr. Arundel has been recognized for her excellence in teaching including the James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine as well as the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Attending of the Year Teaching Award. She serves as a core faculty member for the longitudinal quality improvement curriculum at George Washington University and these QI projects have been recognized at regional and national meetings. Dr. Arundel currently holds academic appointments as Associate Professor of Medicine at George Washington University, Georgetown University, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Dr. Arundel is involved in the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) and serves as a member of the Academic Hospitalist Commission, the regional planning committee, and a scientific reviewer for UpToDate. She has served as a co-chair for several regional SGIM meetings and regularly participates in workshops and abstract presentations at national meetings. As the Director of Inpatient Quality, Dr. Arundel works closely with hospital leadership and the performance management team on many inpatient quality metrics and Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) initiatives. This has led to several peer reviewed publications related to quality improvement. Dr. Arundel?s other research interest include the impact of length of stay and 30-day readmissions on subsequent short and long term outcomes.