Dr. Baruch Fertel is the Director of Operations for the Emergency Services Institute and all of the Cleveland Clinic Emergency Departments. He has a strong interest in high reliability, process improvement, utilization, standardization, opioid stewardship and Peer Review/QA.

Dr. Fertel is also Associate Chief Quality Officer- Regulatory Affairs for Enterprise Quality & Safety where he provides clinical oversight and leadership for Cleveland Clinic’s interaction with various regulatory agencies, as well as oversight of professional practice evaluation (Peer Review, OPPE, FPPE).

Previously, he was Medical Director in the IT Division/ Clinical Systems Office with oversight over the Electronic Health Record (EPIC-ASAP) and other aspects of Clinical Informatics for the Emergency Services Institute and was also the Quality Improvement Officer for the Emergency Services Institute.

Clinically, Dr. Fertel sees patients in both the General and Pediatric ED's. He is a teacher to residents, PA and medical students. He holds the academic rank of Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and was also part of the faculty at the PA program at Case Western. Academic accomplishments include more than 80 published abstracts, manuscripts and book chapters. In addition he has made numerous media (TV/Radio/Print) appearances locally and nationally.

He is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) both nationally and locally, sits on the ACEP Membership Committee, ACEP EM Practice Committee and is Chair of the Ohio ACEP Government Affairs Committee.

Dr. Fertel is also Medical Director of the Forensic Nursing Program at Cleveland Clinic.