Dr. Raza Haque was presented the College of Human Medicine Outstanding Clinician Award at the 2021 CHM Faculty Meeting. Dr. Haque was nominated for this Award by Dr. David Walsworth.
“It is my distinct honor to nominate Dr. Raza Haque for the CHM Outstanding Clinician Award. Dr. Haque meets the qualities of the Virtuous Physician by combining cutting-edge, competent, compassionate, and respectful care for seniors, advancing knowledge in geriatrics addressing social and professional responsibility, and teaching students to continue to care for their patients as he has demonstrated. ” said Dr. Walsworth.
Raza U. Haque, MD is an associate professor, associate chair for Virtual Health, and director of the Division of Geriatrics in the Department of Family Medicine.
As the Medical Director at the Dimondale Nursing Care Center, he has been able to inspire professional responsibility in his peers and other facility health care professionals to provide competent, compassionate care of some of our most vulnerable seniors. He has sought new opportunities to grow our Geriatrics program and its research and teaching opportunities in skilled care facilities. Within CHM, he serves as the chair of the Advisory Committee for the Pearl Aldrich Endowment in Aging Related Research and Education, and on the Student Competence Committee.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he fostered research programs to determine the ability of our seniors to participate in virtual health care. His findings partially influenced the expansion of our telephone care opportunities in MSU HCI Family Medicine, and he has been named to the American Medical Directors Association Telemedicine Subcommittee.
His innovation and care improvement have been noted nationally. He served as an invited reviewer for both the American Geriatrics Society and the American Society on Gerontology Scientific Committees, the American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatrics Beta Test Module and the Society for Post-Acute and Long-term Care Medicine Public Policy Committee. He has been named to the Best Doctors in America for several years and has numerous publications demonstrating his interests in geriatric care innovation and his ability to collaborate with peers. One of his most long-lasting innovations is his approach to reducing polypharmacy in seniors. His ARMOR mnemonic (Assess, Review, Minimize, Optimize, and Reassess) has been widely used to reduce dangerous polypharmacy, while optimizing care.
