Robert Mahoney, MD, FACP, SFHM, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Washington University. He serves as Vice Chief of Clinical Efficiency for the Division of Hospital Medicine and Lead Utilization Management Physician Advisor for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He chairs the Hospital Medicine division’s Education Committee and Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Health Information Management committee; he co-chairs the Hospital’s Laboratory Stewardship committee and serves on School of Medicine’s Committee on Admissions. He attends on the direct care and teaching (Firm) services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the internal medicine consult service and the bedside procedure service. His expertise includes medical coding and documentation, health information management, medical education, evidence-based medicine, and case management and care progression. He is certified in physician-based coding and has been named Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and a Castle Connolly Top Doctor.
Additional Titles
- Consulting Physician, Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis
Education
- BA, Psychology: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (1993)
- Medical Degree: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1997)
- Residency, Internal Medicine: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2000)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
Recognition
- Patient Safety and Quality Star Award Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 2005
- Discussant, Senior Clinical Pathologic Conference, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 2000
- Miller-Schroeder Memorial Thesis Prize, Princeton University, 1993
Clinical Interests
Hospital medicine, inpatient care
Publications
Sharma, Y., and Mahoney, R., Approach to the patient with vertigo. In Ciesielski, T, ed. The Washington Manual General Internal Medicine Consult. 3rd Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.
Sum, M., and Mahoney, R., Coding and documentation. In Fondahn, E, De Fer, TM, Lane, M, and Vannucci, A, eds. The Washington Manual of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2016.
Bardowell, R., and Mahoney, R., Wheezing: Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and more. Hospital Medicine Clinics 2015:4(3): 297-312.
Mahoney, R., Approach to the patient with vertigo. In Cislo GS, De Fer TM, eds. The Washington Manual General Internal Medicine Consult. 2nd Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2008.
Mahoney, R., The trouble with DRGs, part 2. Journal of AHIMA 2005:76(3): 64-66.
Mahoney, R., The trouble with DRGs, part 1. Journal of AHIMA 2005:76(2): 66-68.
Agha, I., Mahoney, R., Beardslee, M., Liapis, H., Cowart, R.G., and Juknevicius, I., Systemic amyloidosis associated with pleomorphic sarcoma of the spleen and remission of the nephrotic syndrome after the removal of the tumor. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2002:40: 411-415.