Honors, Awards, etc.
2009 Evergreen Healthcare EverCare Service Star | 2014 EvergreenHealth Hero Patient Safety Award
Board Certification
Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Experience
James (J.J.) Colquhoun, MD, specializes in hospital medicine with interests in diabetic care, quality & safety, upstream healthcare and narrative medicine. He is committed to advancing patient care through compassionate service.
Dr. Colquhoun medically manages complicated inpatients while navigating transitions in care and arranging for their safe discharge. In consulting with surgeons and proceduralists, he ensures optimal patient outcomes through meticulous preoperative planning and postoperative management. He oversees Evergreen's Rapid Response Program which aims to identify, stabilize and rescue patients in crisis to prevent their deterioration.
Dr. Colquhoun provides comprehensive care for diabetic inpatients, particularly in the ICU; he manages critically ill patients with precision and compassion. Collaborating with his palliative medicine colleagues, he offers supportive care aimed at improving the quality of life for patients with serious often incurable illnesses. He also guides patients and families through the end-of-life process with empathy and respect.
Clinical Expertise
Medical management of the diabetic patient around surgery and navigating transitions in care including safe diabetic discharge.
Philosophy of Care
When I first meet patients, they are often very sick; some are approaching the end of their lives. Whatever has been going on up to this point hasn't worked, and they've landed here in the hospital. It's a true emergency but there's often time to find a better way forward.
For me, meeting a patient for the first time, it's about showing up with humility, humor, and improvisation while listening to them and their families. I strive to offer and coordinate as many resources as possible from the hospital's multidisciplinary teams, including nurses, specialists, social workers, case managers, chaplains, therapists, and nutritionists. I also add a dash of project management; we will often draw up a daily plan on the whiteboard as we forge a new plan of care together.
I am keenly interested in getting to the root of a patient's problem whenever possible. By hearing a patient's story, we can write our way forward, improve their situation and send their case off in a newer, better direction.
Experience
Year began practicing:
1999
Medical School
Georgetown University School of Medicine | Washington, DC
Residency
University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, IL
Internship
York Hospital | York, PA
