Geriatrics Faculty
West Palm Beach VA Medical Center
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Dr.Battar is the concept developer, physician leader and implementation expert for project VIONE - an innovative medication optimization and safe deprescribing electronic health record methodology that has won national and international recognition.
She is board certified in Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care medicine.
She is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University as Professory in Geriatrics.
She has graduated from several national leadership training programs offered through the Department of Veterans Affairs. She remains a loyal VA employee for over 29 years and is very grateful to the VIONE team members who exemplify commitment, competence, confidence and continuous refinement that continually expands the scope and scalability of VIONE's implementation in the fields. Together, the team won the VA shark tank competition, Gears for the Government award, HeRO award, Austco Excellence for Quality and Patient Safety at the 45th World Health Congress in 2022.
Dr. Battar has been serving as the moderator for the monthly national VHA GEC LEADS call for over 2 years.
She is the recipient of several awards including Federal employee of the year, induction into Palliative care hall of fame, physician of the year etc.
She has done several national and international presentations on various topics and is scheduled to do a TEDx talk in September 2023.
She is a possibility thinker, an optimist and a good collaborator who believes in hard work, discipline, authenticity, team building, evidence and data driven strategies, goal oriented investment of time and talents and continues as an effective physician leader for High Reliability Organization endeavors.
She remains grateful to her family, family and friends whose formal and informal influences continue to be the wind beneath her wings. She enjoys classical Indian music, is a trained vocalist in South Indian music, is an avid reader and enjoys good humor, learning, teaching and traveling.
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Friday, November 10, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET