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Marc Triola, MD

Marc Triola, MD, BA

Marc Triola, MD; Assistant Professor; Chief, Section of Medical Informatics; Associate Director, Division of Educational Informatics

Phone: 212-263-2053
E-mail: Marc.Triola@nyumc.org

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Dr. Triola's research experience and expertise includes computer-based medical education, the use of Virtual Patients, factors affecting the usability and impact of clinical information systems, and the assessment of change in knowledge and attitudes resulting from online patient education programs.  He is the Chief of the Section of Medical Informatics at NYU School of Medicine, an academic research group focused on both educational and clinical Informatics.  Dr. Triola is also Associate Director of the Advanced Educational Systems laboratory at NYUSM, one of the largest Educational Informatics laboratories in the country.  In addition, Dr. Triola is a member of the Clinical Informatics service at the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Triola is the Principal Investigator of an NIH/NLM funded IAIMS grant evaluating the use of technology in medical education of health care providers and patients and has participated in several multi-center trials evaluating both clinical and educational Informatics interventions. He is a national expert on Virtual Patients and serves on the national advisory board for creating standards for Virtual Patients and as a Project Chair of an AAMC subcommittee on distance learning in education.  

Dr. Triola is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the NYU School of Medicine.  He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at NYU School of Medicine and subsequently served as Chief Resident for the Internal Medicine Training Program.  He completed a Research Fellowship in Medical Informatics at the NYU and Mount Sinai Schools of Medicine.  Dr. Triola is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a practicing Hospitalist at the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New York City.  He is an invited Lecturer on Medical Informatics at two NIH K-30 programs in New York City and the Courant Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science. His first textbook, “Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences”, was recently published by Addison Wesley.  Dr. Triola's is the principal author of the software program Statdisk, one of the most popular statistical software packages used in undergraduate education.

Education/Training:
Medical Education
 New York University School of Medicine 1998
Clinical Fellowships
 New York University School of Medicine / Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Board Certifications
 Internal Medicine, 2001
Medical Specialty
General Internal Medicine
Medical Interests Medical Informatics
Educational Informatics
 

Selected Publications:

1. Lee, Joshua D; Triola, Marc; Gillespie, Colleen; Gourevitch, Marc N; Hanley, Kathleen; Truncali, Andrea; Zabar, Sondra; Kalet, Adina. "Working with patients with alcohol problems: a controlled trial of the impact of a rich media web module on medical student performance". Journal of general internal medicine. 2008; 23: 1006 (#J0144135)
2. Tenner, CT; Cavanaugh, JS; Triola, MM; Ark, T; Schwartz, MD. "Improving residents' doctor-patient communications skills in the electronic medical record-enabled exam rooms [Abstract]". Journal of general internal medicine. 2008; 23: 326 (#J0136714)
3. Triola MM. "Achievement of blood lipid targets in patients informed of their coronary risk". Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2008; 15: 115 (#J0138449)
4. Triola M.M.. "Chronic use of thiazolidinediones increases fracture risk". Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2008; 15: 322 (#J0142079)
5. Zabar, S; Gillespie, C; Morris, K; Bernstein, CA; Ark, T; Triola, M; Holloway, W; Kalet, A. "Competency in System Based Practice: Making the system transparent - A web module with "learner appeal" [Abstract]". Journal of general internal medicine. 2008; 23: 217 (#J0136711)
6. Cantor, Michael N; Feldman, Henry J; Triola, Marc M. "Using trigger phrases to detect adverse drug reactions in ambulatory care notes". Quality & Safety in Health Care. 2007; 16: 132 (#J0126300)
7. Glotzer, David L; Rinchiuso, Anne; Rekow, E Dianne; Triola, Marc M; Psoter, Walter J. "The Medical Reserve Corps. an opportunity for dentists to serve". New York state dental journal. 2006; 72: 60 (#J0122224)
8. Psoter, Walter J; Herman, Neal G; More, Frederick G; Park, Patricia; Robbins, Miriam; Rekow, E Dianne; Ryan, James M; Triola, Marc M; Glotzer, David. "Proposed educational objectives for hospital-based dentists during catastrophic events and disaster response". Journal of dental education. 2006; 70: 835 (#J0122223)
9. Saigh O; Triola MM; Link RN. "BRIEF REPORT: Failure of an Electronic Medical Record Tool to Improve Pain Assessment Documentation". Journal of general internal medicine. 2006; 21: 185 (#J0122225)
10. Saigh O; Triola MM; Link RN. "Brief report: Failure of an electronic medical record tool to improve pain assessment documentation". Journal of general internal medicine. 2006; 21: 185 (#J0118781)
11. Triola, M; Feldman, H; Kalet, A L; Zabar, S; Kachur, E K; Gillespie, C; Anderson, M; Griesser, C; Lipkin, M. "A randomized trial of teaching clinical skills using virtual and live standardized patients". Journal of general internal medicine. 2006; 21: 424 (#J0119449)
12. Kushniruk, Andre W; Triola, Marc M; Borycki, Elizabeth M; Stein, Ben; Kannry, Joseph L. "Technology induced error and usability: the relationship between usability problems and prescription errors when using a handheld application". International journal of medical informatics. 2005; 74: 519 (#J0122226)
13. Kushniruk A; Triola M; Stein B; Borycki E; Kannry J. "The relationship of usability to medical error: an evaluation of errors associated with usability problems in the use of a handheld application for prescribing medications". Medinfo. 2004; 2004: 1073 (#J0070212)
14. Triola MM; Holzman RS. "Computer simulation of pathogen transmission in the medical intensive care unit: a comparison of two probabilistic methods". Medinfo. 2004; 2004: 1277 (#J0070208)
15. Triola MM; Feldman HJ; Pearlman EB; Kalet AL. "Meeting requirements and changing culture. The development of a web-based clinical skills evaluation system". Journal of general internal medicine. 2004; 19: 492 (#J0070210)
16. Triola MM; Feldman HJ; Kachur E; Holloway WJ; Friedman BS. "A novel feedback system for virtual patient interactions". Medinfo. 2004; 2004: 1886 (#J0070209)
17. Holzman RS; Triola MM. "The Effect of Length of Stay (LOS) on Infection Rates in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) [abstract]" IN: 41st Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America San Diego CA, Oct. 9-12, 2003 (Abstract # 550) . 2003; (#C0000911)
18. Psoter WJ; Triola MM; Morse DE; Rekow ED. "Enhancing medical and public health capabilities during times of crisis". New York state dental journal. 2003; 69: 25 (#J0070211)
19. Triola MM; Blaser MJ. "An email alert system for internal medicine physicians". Proceedings (AMIA Annual Symposium). 2003; 189: 1035 (#J0068178)
20. Triola MM; Holzman RS. "Modeling Transmission of Pathogens in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU): Length of stay (LOS) is an Important Determinant" IN: 41st Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America San Diego CA, Oct. 9-12, 2003 (Abstract # 549) . 2003; (#C0000910)
21. Sahin S; Levin L; Kopf AW; Rao BK; Triola M; Koenig K; Huang C; Bart R. "Risk of melanoma in medium-sized congenital melanocytic nevi: a follow-up study". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 1998; 39: 428 (#J0104794)

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