Benjamin Bassin, MD, FACEP, EDAC
Associate Medical Director of Survival Flight
Medical Director of Emergency Critical Care Center
Director of Technology and Intellectual Property Development and Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Critical Care
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]

Available to mentor

Benjamin Bassin, MD, FACEP, EDAC
Clinical Associate Professor
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  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Dr. Bassin joined the faculty of Department of Emergency Medicine in 2009 after completing residency training at the University of Cincinnati where he served as Chief Resident. His academic interests include improving the quality, delivery and standardization of care to critically ill patients, advanced airway interventions, and the intersection of medicine and smart design. He spends has a focus on lean healthcare facility design which utilizes process improvement and workflow optimization to maximize the effectiveness of the built environment. He was an integral member of the planning, design and implementation team for the first ED ICU in the country, the U-M Emergency Critical Care Center (EC3), where he now serves as the Director. He is one of less than ten physicians in the country to hold the Evidenced-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) from the Center for Healthcare Design. He currently serves as the Director of EC3, Associate Medical Director for Critical Care Transport and the Associate Service Chief for the Department of Emergency Medicine. In these roles, he has an established track record of administrative leadership in process improvement, optimization of the delivery of ED-based critical care, quality assurance, risk mitigation, and throughput optimization utilizing lean-based strategies.

    Administrative Contact
    Cindy Trafford
    [email protected]

    Links
    • linkedin
    • Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation
    Qualifications
    • Michigan Medicine Leadership Academy
      Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 2019
    • Managing to Learn
      Michigan Medicine, Michigan Quality System, 2017
    • Patient Safety and Quality Leaders Course (PASQUAL)
      University of Michigan, Department of Learning Health Sciences, 2016
    • Medical Education Scholars Program
      University of Michigan, Department of Learning Health Sciences, 2011
    • Institute for Medical Simulation Comprehensive Instructor's Course
      Harvard University, Boston, MA, 2010
    • Emergency Medicine Residency
      University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2009
    • Chief Resident
      University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Emergency Medicine, 2009
    • Lean Healthcare Certification
      College of Engineering InterPro Center for Professional Development, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Evidence Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC)
      Center for Healthcare Design, Washington DC
    • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Basic Level Training
      Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), Ann Arbor, MI
    • MD
      University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 Catherine Rd, 2005
    • BS
      Division of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998
    Research Overview

    • The practice of emergency medicine in low-resource pre-hospital austere environments
    • Utilizing crisis resource management principles to improve high performance team dynamics
    • Factors affecting the granting of entrustment and autonomy to residents
    • Developing an ED based ICU novel healthcare delivery platform
    • The interface between emergency medicine and critical care and the associated operational and patient care challenges
    • The interface of design and healthcare and how design thinking can improve process delivery, patient care, safety and outcomes

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Master Planning for Tripartite Missions: Academic Medical Centers Must Focus on Healthcare, Education and Research
      Shah S, Mack K, Bassin B. Planning for Higher Education, 2024 Sep 30; 5 (24): 1 - 11.
    • Presentation
      Mastering the Art of Career Pivoting- Your Path to Success
      2024 May 14;
    • Presentation
      Novel Healthcare Delivery Innovation-Why we are a Category of One
      2024 Mar 10;
    • Presentation
      Innovation and Impact in Emergency Medicine: Novel Approaches to Changing the Healthcare Paradigm
      2024 Mar 1;
    • Presentation
      If the Patient Cannot Come to the ICU, the ICU Will Come to the Patient - Alternative Care Models for the Critically Ill
      2024 Jan 15;
    • Journal Article
      Prediction of episode of hemodynamic instability using an electrocardiogram based analytic: a retrospective cohort study.
      Benson B, Belle A, Lee S, Bassin BS, Medlin RP, Sjoding MW, Ward KR. BMC Anesthesiol, 2023 Sep 22; 23 (1): 324 DOI:10.1186/s12871-023-02283-x
      PMID: 37737164
    • Presentation
      The Healthcare Innovation Fellow: A Unique Role within University-Industry Partnerships
      2023 Oct 3;
    • Journal Article
      Impact of emergency department-based intensive care unit on outcomes of decompensating boarding emergency department patients.
      Doan J, Perez S, Bassin BS, England P, Chen C-M, Cranford JA, Gottula AL, Hartley S, Haas NL. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, 2023 Oct; 4 (5): e13036 DOI:10.1002/emp2.13036
      PMID: 37692194
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    Research News
    Weil Institute spin-off InspireRx awarded over $2 million for patient isolation system guarding against airborne infections
    InspireRx, LLC., a spin-off company of the University of Michigan (U-M) Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, received over $2 million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to support further development of the AerosolVE BioHelmet, a compact negative pressure system for patients with highly contagious airborne respiratory infections such as COVID-19.