Sheila A. Agyeman's Page

Current Organization/Hospital

Society for Cardiovasculary Angiography & Interventions

Profession

Representative of a Professional Organization

Title of your Job

Manager for Clinical Documents & Training Standards

Clinical, Academic, Business & Research Interests in Cardiology

Evidence based medicine

Current Subspeciality in Cardiology

N/A

Your other areas of Interest

Clinical Practice Guidelines, Consensus statements, performance measures

Education

EDUCATION
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2003 - 2005 MSHA (Master’s in Health Systems Administration)
Georgetown Univ. School of Nursing & Health Studies, Washington, DC
2000 - 2002 Post Baccalaureate Health Careers Program, Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA,
1996 - 2000 B.A. (Biology), St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD

Experience

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI), Washington, DC 7/10-Present
Manager for Clinical Documents & Training Standards

Develop and implement a methodology manual for the development of the society’s clinical documents (consensus statements and guidelines);Provide project management for SCAI led clinical documents in development;Set timelines, arrange team meetings and ensure projects are delivered within cost. ;Manage databases and develop and streamlined procedures for clinical documents & develop progress reports;Support the Director for SCAI’s Congenital Heart Disease Committee, Structural Heart Disease Council, and Quality Improvement Committee in developing clinical documents;Project manager for Fellows in Training grant (ranging from 1 million to 3million) administration process; work with physician led committee to review grant applications and determine winners; Staff liaison for Training Standards and Program Directors Committee-working closely with chair set priorities for how to meet the needs of program directors; develop surveys, presentations & reports

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, Bethesda, MD 3/07-8/10
Director of Evidence Based Medicine
 Implemented a new guideline development process for the AGA, one of the oldest medical societies in existence
 Managed the guideline development process from topic selection to publication
 Educated authors on AGA guideline development process; worked with authors to develop scope, objectives and key questions for each guideline topic; assisted with setting literature search criteria, conducted literature searches and provided abstracts and/or articles to authors.
 Assisted authors in the process of rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations using the US Preventative Services Task Force methodology.
 Supported the AGA Center for Quality in Practice by working with the Senior Director of Quality to identify and develop clinical measures and data standards using the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement measures development process and other existing methodology.
 Prepared program budgets and monitored the financial status of programs and activities; monitored external environment related to guideline development and quality issues to ensure current programs follow best industry practices.
 Worked as a team member to facilitate mutual respect and positive working relationships with association members, staff, and vendors/contractors
 Served as a resource to physicians by providing evidence based tools to assist them in patient care decisions.


Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Hanover, MD, 6/05-3/07
Project Manager
 Planned program activities, including an annual event (involving 500+ attendees from across all healthcare setting s in MD & DC) designed to help hospitals stay informed of safety and quality standards set by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
 Established and managed project timelines; ensured project deliverables were met by project teams and were consistent with high quality standards.
 Acted as a key liaison/communication link between project team, management, and customers; researched evidenced based medicine to provide as resource to hospitals;
 Developed and fostered relationships with main points of contact and team members at hospitals/health system & major stakeholders and proactively managed these relationships; used quality improvement tools to continuously improve all processes.
 Assisted in administering the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Safety Culture survey to hospitals and prepared results for feedback.

Awards & Achievements

PRESENTATIONS
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Sept. 2009 Implementing the GRADE Method in Guideline Development: Real-World Experiences-AHRQ Annual Conference
February 2006 Pay for Performance in Healthcare-Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care
March 2006 Role & Importance of Maryland Patient Safety Center-Maryland Association for Healthcare Quality





PROFESSIONAL/MEMBERSHIP AFFILIATIONS
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2007 - Present Project Management Institute
2008 - Present Guidelines International Network
2005 – Present Maryland Association for Healthcare Quality (MAHQ)
2003 – Present American College of Health Executives

Favorite Medical Books, Websites & Journals

CCI, NEJM

Professionally Interested in

consulting offer

Relationship Status

In a Relationship

Personally Interested in

friends, activity partners, professional networking, business networking

My Website

www.scai.org