Value Champion

Robert Fogerty

After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Boston College, Robert L. Fogerty received his MD and MPH degrees from Northwestern University and completed training in Internal Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. In 2011, he joined the Yale faculty as a founding member of the Academic Hospitalist Program and is currently Associate Clinical Professor. His academic interests include safety and quality of care in the inpatient setting and cost-effective care. In his position as Director, Bed Resources for Yale New Haven Hospital and as the Medical Director for the Capacity Coordination Center (CCC), Dr. Fogerty leads efforts to improve efficiency in care and patient flow throughout Yale New Haven Hospital. Publications include the Journal of Hospital Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and The New England Journal of Medicine. He is also the co-founder and current Past-President of the Society of Hospital Medicine Connecticut Chapter.

George Hoke 

Dr. George Hoke earned his MD degree from the University of Maryland prior to completing an internal medicine residency at the University of Virginia in 1998. He has more than 20 years of experience practicing hospital medicine in both a community setting and in the University of Virginia Health System, serving as a practice leader for 14 years. Dr. Hoke has been actively engaged in medical education at both the UME and GME levels, served as medical director of intermediate, acute and subacute care units, and championed quality improvement projects involving anticoagulant safety, sepsis care delivery and inpatient glycemic control. Much of his current work is focused on increasing the value of care provided to patients by reducing low-value testing and reducing harm from unnecessary procedures and treatments. These efforts are facilitated through serving as Co-Chair of the Laboratory Stewardship Committee locally and being an active member of the High Value Practice Academic Alliance on a national level.