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Geoffrey Lamb MD

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Emeritus Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medicine
Division: Medicine General Internal

Member of the Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

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Clinical Expertise

  • Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

    • Leadership Positions

  • Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Medicine

    • Publications (22)

  • Reducing inappropriate oxygen use in hospitalized medicine patients. (Daniels E, Lamb GC, Beckius A) Hosp Pract (1995) 2023 Oct;51(4):205-210 PMID: 37496308 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85166749255 07/27/2023    
  • Ambulatory Intensive, Multidisciplinary Telehealth for High-Risk Discharges: Program Development, Implementation, and Early Impact. (Hilgeman BC, Lamb G) WMJ 2023 Mar;122(1):26-31 PMID: 36940118 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85150751270 03/21/2023       3 Citations
  • Why did you come back to the hospital? A qualitative analysis of 72-hour readmissions. (Calderon AL, Lamb G) Hosp Pract (1995) 2022 Feb;50(1):55-60 PMID: 34933654 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127728830 12/23/2021    
  • Self-reflection as a Tool to Increase Hospitalist Participation in Readmission Quality Improvement. (Rana V, Thapa B, Saini SC, Nagpal P, Segon A, Fletcher K, Lamb G) Qual Manag Health Care 2016;25(4):219-224 PMID: 27749719 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84995674811 10/18/2016       2 Citations
  • A Scholarly Pathway in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. (Ferguson CC, Lamb G) Acad Med 2015 Oct;90(10):1358-62 PMID: 26039137 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84957540373 06/04/2015       11 Citations
  • Octreotide for the Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with a HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device. (Dang G, Grayburn R, Lamb G, Umpierrez De Reguero A, Gaglianello N) Case Rep Cardiol 2014;2014:826453 PMID: 25587457 PMCID: PMC4281453 01/15/2015    
  • Publicly reported quality-of-care measures influenced Wisconsin physician groups to improve performance. (Lamb GC, Smith MA, Weeks WB, Queram C) Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 Mar;32(3):536-43 PMID: 23459733 PMCID: PMC4137398 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84875038248 03/06/2013       43 Citations
  • Public reporting helped drive quality improvement in outpatient diabetes care among Wisconsin physician groups. (Smith MA, Wright A, Queram C, Lamb GC) Health Aff (Millwood) 2012 Mar;31(3):570-7 PMID: 22392668 PMCID: PMC3329125 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84863350977 03/07/2012       47 Citations
  • Long-term opioid contract use for chronic pain management in primary care practice. A five year experience. (Hariharan J, Lamb GC, Neuner JM) J Gen Intern Med 2007 Apr;22(4):485-90 PMID: 17372797 PMCID: PMC1829426 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34250167262 03/21/2007       112 Citations
  • Fifteen years of aligning faculty development with primary care clinician-educator roles and academic advancement at the Medical College of Wisconsin. (Simpson D, Marcdante K, Morzinski J, Meurer L, McLaughlin C, Lamb G, Janik T, Currey L) Acad Med 2006 Nov;81(11):945-53 PMID: 17065852 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33750484291 10/27/2006       55 Citations
  • An Assessment of the Impact of Multimedia, Technology-Based Learning Tools on the Cardiac Auscultation Skills of Third-Year Medical Students. (Torre DM, Pfeifer KJ, Lamb GC, Walters MP, Sebastian JL, Simpson DE) Med Educ Online 2004 Dec;9(1):4364 PMID: 28253121 12/01/2004    
  • When cultures clash: physician, patient, and family wishes in truth disclosure for dying patients. (Lapine A, Wang-Cheng R, Goldstein M, Nooney A, Lamb G, Derse AR) J Palliat Med 2001;4(4):475-80 PMID: 11798479 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0035667019 01/19/2002       49 Citations
  • Loading dose and monitoring of warfarin therapy. (Portnoi VA) JAMA 1997 Aug 20;278(7):548 PMID: 9268270 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0030757233 08/20/1997    
  • Loading dose of warfarin. (Lamb GC) JAMA 1997 Apr 16;277(15):1196 PMID: 9103333 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-17144434769 04/16/1997       2 Citations
  • Oral versus repository corticosteroid therapy after hospitalization for treatment of asthma. (Green SS, Lamb GC, Schmitt S, Kaufman J) J Allergy Clin Immunol 1995 Jan;95(1 Pt 1):15-22 PMID: 7822659 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028798325 01/01/1995       12 Citations
  • Can physicians warn patients of potential side effects without fear of causing those side effects? (Lamb GC, Green SS, Heron J) Arch Intern Med 1994 Dec 12-26;154(23):2753-6 PMID: 7993161 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028116376 12/12/1994       66 Citations
  • Unusual complication of coumadin toxicity. (Shah P, Kraklow W, Lamb G) Wis Med J 1994 May;93(5):212-4 PMID: 8053224 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028282719 05/01/1994       9 Citations
  • Is chronic spinal cord injury associated with increased risk of venous thromboembolism? (Lamb GC, Tomski MA, Kaufman J, Maiman DJ) J Am Paraplegia Soc 1993 Jul;16(3):153-6 PMID: 8366336 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0027637967 07/01/1993       55 Citations
  • Primary care-based dermatology practice: internists need more training. (McCarthy GM, Lamb GC, Russell TJ, Young MJ) J Gen Intern Med 1991;6(1):52-6 PMID: 1999747 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0025975398 01/01/1991       51 Citations
  • The accuracy of alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme determination. (Lamb GC, Roush G) J Gen Intern Med 1988;3(4):326-30 PMID: 3404293 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0023722352 07/01/1988    
  • Urban-cowboy rhabdomyolysis. (Powers RD, Lamb GC, Matyasz RC, Spilane MT, van Iyn RA) N Engl J Med 1981 Feb 12;304(7):427 PMID: 7453764 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0019878420 02/12/1981       10 Citations
  • Spatial interrelationship of pHa PACO2 and respiratory VT in chemodenervated decerebrate cats. (Borison HL, McCarthy LE, Lamb GC) Comput Biomed Res 1980 Oct;13(5):458-72 PMID: 6774848 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0018909945 10/01/1980       2 Citations
    • Last update: 04/28/2026