Biography

Steven B. Deitelzweig, MD, MMM, FACC, SFHM, FACP, RVT served as the system chairman for hospital medicine and medical director of regional business development at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. After earning his medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Dr. Deitelzweig completed a residency in internal medicine through Cornell University and Graduate School of Medicine/North Shore University Hospital in New York. Subsequently, he completed fellowships in vascular medicine and transplant hepatology through the Department of Medicine at the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans. He holds an Executive Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of New Orleans and completed his Master of Medical Management at Tulane University, New Orleans. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Ochsner Clinical School with the University of Queensland. An extensive lecturer, Dr Deitelzweig has presented regionally, nationally, and internationally on a variety of topics, such as heart failure, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, acute coronary syndrome, atrial fibrillation, and anticoagulation. An accomplished author, he has over 100 abstracts and over 75 peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the editorial board for Hospitalist News and ACP Hospitalist and is a reviewer for the Journal of Hospital Medicine, Chest, and Thrombosis and Hemostasis. In addition, he has been a principal investigator or sub-investigator on numerous clinical trials. The recipient of many honors and awards, Dr. Deitelzweig has earned the George M. Jaffin Scholarly Activity Award for Excellence in Research, 2007 Ochsner Health System Physician Leader of the Year, and Outstanding Student for the Tulane Master of Medical Management class of 2008. He is chairman of the Society of Hospital Medicine’s Key Characteristics Working Group, president of the Gulf States Hospitalist Society, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Hospital Medicine, Anticoagulation Forum, and Accreditation Management Board of the American College of Cardiology. He is also a House of Delegates representative to the American Medical Association.

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