Moises Auron, MD

Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM is a Staff Physician at both the Department of Hospital Medicine and the Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He is dual board-certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, as well as in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Auron is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and is a Master Teacher of the CWRU School of Medicine Academy of Scholar Educators. He is a core faculty at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship program. Former core faculty at the Internal Medicine residency program. He is the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Officer of the Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Main campus, and the Medical Director of Blood Management, Cleveland Clinic which also covers intraoperative cell saver utilization. Dr. Auron is also an Advanced Peer Coach and Mentor at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Executive Coaching and Mentoring.

He has a special interest in hospital and perioperative medicine, quality and patient safety with emphasis in blood management and publicly reported healthcare measures. He is also passionate about coaching and mentoring.

In Pediatrics, his area of interest includes hospital and perioperative medicine as well as pediatric obesity, eating disorders, and transition to adulthood of patients with complex chronic diseases of childhood.

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
2007

Education & Fellowships

Residency - MetroHealth Medical Center
Internal Medicine - Pediatrics
Cleveland, OH USA
2007

Internship - MetroHealth Medical Center
Internal medicine-Pediatrics
Cleveland, OH USA
2004

Residency - Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Internal Medicine

2003

Medical Education - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
M.D.
Mexico City, Mexico
1999

Additional Training

Distinguished Educator Level 1. Cleveland Clinic Education Institute. December 2009.
Distinguished Educator Level 2. Cleveland Clinic Education Institute. May 2013.
Graduate Medical Education Program Directors Certificate of Distinguished Development. 2012.
Advanced Training Program in Healthcare Delivery Improvement. Intermountain Healthcare. Spring 2013.
Advanced Peer Coach. Cleveland Clinic Center for Executive Coaching and Mentoring. Winter 2015. Fall 2022.

Professional Highlights

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine.
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics.
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Vice-president. Lake Erie Chapter, Society of Hospital Medicine 1/2008-1/2009.
Chair. Council of Young Physicians. Ohio ACP. 1/2009-7/2013.
Scientific Committee, ACP Ohio Annual Meeting. 1/2011-currently.
Pediatrics Committee member, Society of Hospital Medicine. 4/2011-4/2014.
Quality and Patient Safety Committee member, Society of Hospital Medicine. 4/2012-4/2014.
Public Policy Committee member, Society of Hospital Medicine. 4/2015-4/2017.
National Council of Early Career Physicians, American College of Physicians. 4/2012-4/2017.
Chair. National Council of Early Career Physicians, American College of Physicians. 2016-2017.
Medical Practice and Quality Committee, American College of Physicians. 4/2013-4/2015.
Coding and Payment Subcommittee, Medical Practice and Quality Committee, American College of Physicians. 4/2014-4/2016.
Board of Regents, American College of Physician. Ex-officio member as Chair of the Council of Early Career Physicians. 2016-2017.
Member, SHM Annual Meeting committee. April 2018-March 2023.
Member, AABB Patient Blood Management Standards committee. November 2018-currently.
Member, International Academic Committee. World Congress of Internal Medicine 2020.
Co-Director, Cleveland Clinic Hospital Medicine CME/MOC course. 2018-currently
Member, ad hoc Committee on Professionalism. Faculty Council. CWRU School of Medicine. 2020-currently
Member. Faculty Council. CWRU School of Medicine. (CCLCM Representative). 2021 - currently
Member. Committee of Admissions, Promotion and Tenure (CAPT). CWRU School of Medicine. 2021 - currently
Member. Cleveland Clinic Board of Governors. Jan 2022 - currently
Member. American Board of Pediatrics. Subboard of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Jan 2022 - currently
Governor, American College of Physicians Ohio Chapter. April 2023 - currently.
Member. Education Committee. American College of Physicians. April 2023 - currently.

Certifications

Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
Pediatrics - Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Specialty Interests

Adult and pediatrics hospital medicine, perioperative medicine, transfusional medicine, quality and patient safety, medical education

Awards & Honors

Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics.
Fellow American College of Physicians.
Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine.
LEAD Certificate Recipient 2011, American College of Physicians.
Patient Safety Champion 2012 award, Quality and Patient Safety Institute, Cleveland Clinic.
Caregiver Celebrations Excellence Award (Innovation) 2013, Cleveland Clinic.
Best Doctors in America. 2013-2020.
Scholarship in Teaching Award. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. 2016.
Academy of Scholar Educators. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. 2019.
Mentor of the Year. Cleveland Clinic Center for Executive Coaching and Mentoring. 2019.
Educators Collaborative. Cleveland Clinic Education Institute. 2019.
Susan J. Rehm Inspiration Award. Cleveland Clinic Center for Executive Coaching and Mentoring. 2020.
The Evelyn V. Hess, MD, MACP Master Teacher Award. American College of Physicians Ohio Chapter. 2021.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors. Internal Medicine. 2022, 2023.
Master Teacher. Academy of Scholar Educators. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. 2023.

Memberships

American College of Physicians.
American Academy of Pediatrics.
Society of Hospital Medicine.
Society of General Internal Medicine.
Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.
AABB
SPAQI

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