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Michael Rothberg, MD, MPH

Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics

  • Clinician Investigator, Baystate Medical Center


Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
v 413.794.2511
f  413.794.4147

email Michael.Rothberg@bhs.org

Fellowship

  • Medical Informatics
    New England Medical Center

Residency

  • Mount Auburn Hospital

Medical School

  • New York University of Medicine

Board Certification

  • Internal Medicine

  • National Board of Medical Examiners

Areas of Interest

  • Quality of care

  • Clinical decision-making

  • Cost-effectiveness analysis

  • Influenza

  • Anticoagulation

  • Medication errors

Selected Publications

  • Lindenauer PK, Rothberg M, Pekow P, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach A.   Outcomes of Care by Hospitalists, General Internists, and Family Physicians.  New Engl Journal of Medicine 2007;357:2589-600.


  • Rothberg MB, Bellantonio S, Rose DN.  Management of Influenza in Older Adults: Cost-Effectiveness of Rapid Testing and Antiviral Therapy.  Ann Intern Med. 2003; 139:321-329.


  • Rothberg MB, He S, Rose DN.  Management of Influenza Symptoms in Healthy Adults: Cost-Effectiveness of Rapid Testing and Antiviral Therapy.  J Gen Int Med. 2003: 18(10):807-814.


  • Rothberg MB, and Wong JB. All Dysuria is Local: A Cost-Effectiveness Model for Designing Site-Specific Management Algorithms. J Gen Int Med. 2004; 19:433-443


  • Rothberg M. Prioritizing Influenza Vaccination. JAMA. 2004; 292:2582-2583.


  • Rothberg MB and Rose, DN.  Vaccination versus Treatment of Influenza in Working Adults: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Am J Med. 2005; 118(1): 68-77.


  • Rothberg MB, Abraham I, Lindenauer PK, and Rose DN.  Improving Nurse to Patient Staffing Ratios as a Cost-Effective Safety Intervention. Med Care. 2005; 43(8): 785-91.


  • Rothberg MB, Celestin C, Fiore LD, Lawler E, Cook J. Warfarin Plus Aspirin for Patients With History of Myocardial Infarction or Acute Coronary Syndrome:  Meta-Analysis With Estimates of Risk and Benefit.  Ann. Int. Med. 2005; 143:241-50.


  • Carr PL, Rothberg MB,* Pliskin JS, Felsenstein D, Friedman RH. "Shotgun" versus sequential testing. Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for vaginitis. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Sep; 20(9):793-9. *co-first author


  • Rothberg MB, Fisher D, Kelly B, Rose DN. Management of Influenza Symptoms in Children: Cost-Effectiveness of Rapid Testing and Antiviral Therapy.  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005; 159(11):1055-62.


  • Rothberg MB, Bonner A.B.  Rajab MH, Kim HS, Stechenberg BW, Rose DN. Effects of Local Variation, Specialty and Beliefs on Antiviral Prescribing for Influenza.  Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jan 1;42(1):95-9.


  • Lindenauer PK, Remus D, Roman S, Rothberg MB, Benjamin EM, Ma A, Bratzler DW. The Impact of Public Reporting and Pay-for-Performance on Hospital Quality Improvement.  New Engl J. Med., 2007, Feb 1; 356:486-496.


  • Rothberg MB, Virapongse A, Smith KJ. Cost-Effectiveness of a Vaccine to Prevent Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia in Older Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2007, in press.


  • Heelon M, Skeist D, Tereso G, Meade L, Weeks J, Pekow P, Rothberg MB. A Clinical Pharmacist Intervention Reduces Duration of Antiretroviral Errors in Hospitalized Patients. Am. J. Health System Pharm., in press.

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