Salar A. Khan

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Salar A. Khan, MD, MBA, FACA, FCCP, DTCD, MCPS, has served as a Research Compliance Officer (RCO) at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (JBVAMC), Chicago, since 2009. Before becoming an RCO, he held various positions at JBVAMC. Dr. Khan served as a Medical Administration Specialist, VA Merit Review Grant Administrator, and the Acting Director Westside Institute for Science and Education between 2000-2009. Dr. Khan was an Operating Room Buyer and Materials Management at Michael Reese Hospital, Acting Supervisor, Central Processing /Materials Management/Surgical Assistant at Edgewater Medical Center between 1996-2000, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Baqai Medical College and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan between 1993-94. Before, Dr. Khan worked as Attending Internal Medicine, Psychiatrist, and Pulmonologist, Chief of Medicine, Chief of Staff and Hospital Director, Al-Midhnab General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Saudi, Arabia. During his tenure from 1988 to 1993, he treated over 65,650 patients, managed day-to-day administrative activities & supervised 350 medical/paramedical staff, performed clinical duties, worked in the academic/clinical/research arena, supervised funds, confidential files, quality management & budget development, acted as chairman of various hospital committees, and directly collaborated & built consensus with the diverse individuals of the Board of Directors. Between 1985 and 1987, Dr. Khan was an Attending Physician at Karachi Psychiatry Hospital. He oversaw psychiatric wards, examined & managed patients with psychiatric illness, and treated over 27,000 patients. In preparation for his career, he earned his medical degree from Dow Medical College & Civil Hospital, University of Karachi, Pakistan, in 1979. Then, Dr. Khan completed a Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases at Ojah Institute, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan (DTCD 1983). In 1985, he received his MCPS training in Chest Diseases, including Tuberculosis, from the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan. A Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) and the American College of Angiology (FACA), Dr. Khan holds a Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management (MBA) from Century University Graduate School of Business, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1998. 

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As an RCO, Dr. Khan has played an instrumental role in establishing the new Jesse Brown-Institutional Review Board (JB-IRB), a critical part of the research program dedicated to advancing excellence in healthcare for veterans. His unparalleled understanding of the regulations for veterans, the governance of research oversight, and his scientific background allowed the project to be a successful one. His guidance and willingness to go above and beyond his call of duty added to the efficacy of the project. Dr. Khan also closely collaborated with research service staff at JBVAMC, Office of Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and Midwest Office of Research Oversight (ORO). During the process of establishing the JR-IRB, Dr. Khan demonstrated outstanding leadership and performance managerial practices. Among other duties, he also audited approximately ¼ million pages of documents to improve workflow and efficiency. Most notably, his initiatives to help find resolutions to multifaceted issues further limn his empathetic leadership qualities. As a lifetime member with the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent in North America (APPNA) since 2012, the National Association of Distinguished Professionals (NADP) USA since 2013, the International Association of Who’s Who since 2015, and the International Association of HealthCare Professionals (IAHCP) since 2015, Dr. Khan is an award-winning author. He wrote Unlocking the Natural-Born Leader’s Abilities: An Autobiographical Exposé (2017), Am I Burned Out at Work? A Self Care Solution (2019) and Shaping the Future of Global Leadership: Finding A Peaceful Solution (2020). Dr. Khan is currently writing his 4th book and coming soon, Cultivation of Global Leadership Mind- Skillsets: A Unique Training Manual. As a testament to his career, Dr. Khan has received numerous awards and accolades. The recipient of the Award of Distinction by the International Assoc. of Who's Who and the Award of the Leading Physician of the World Doctors of Excellence (2015), Dr. Khan has received Special Contributions /Incentive Awards (2005 to 2012), Chicago Federal Employee of the Year (2006) Winner, Service To America Medal, Nominee 2006 to 2008,  Spirit of the Jesse Brown Award nominee (2007 – 2016), , Nominee Chicago Federal Employee of the Year Outstanding Team Award, (2009, 2012, 2013), and Nominee Management Excellence Award 2016 Chicago Federal Employee from Jesse Brown VA Hospital. Dr. Khan has also received international recognition from Saudi Arabia Under the Ministry of Health, such as Best Hospital Administrator (1993), Enhancing Hospital Reputation (1992), Excellent Job Performance & Best Practices (1990), and Best Hospital Employee (1989). Highly praised by his peers and patients, Dr. Khan enjoys cooking, photography, and cricket. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons. Please visit the webpage www.doctorsalarkhan.com

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The Research Compliance Officer (RCO) position at the Jesse Brown VAMC was created in February 2009 according to the Office Research Oversight (ORO) VA Central Office recommendation. The overall research compliance rating related federal regulation was only 15% for the animal welfare and bench research. Human subject research compliance with federal regulation was 60%. These were the outcome of my audit as a new RCO. I developed various new audit tools to find causes of such a low noncompliance related to VA federal regulations. After conducting extensive audits, doing audit analysis, and gap analysis, the RCO reach to the root cause of very low compliance rate. It was due to lack of understanding of federal regulatory knowledge by the VA researcher and various committee members. The RCO found the most common non-compliance was related to lapse in IRB/IACUC/Bench research protocol approvals, VA mandatory training and protocol deviation violations. RCO Observation & Suggestions to further improve Animal Welfare / Bench Research/ Human Subjects Research Operations at the Jesse Brown VAMC in year 2010: Annual Reviews are required for animal research protocols/ bench research/ human subject’s research which must be completed within a 365-day window. Investigators are requested to adhere to the 365-day annual review ORO requirement to avoid non-compliance. This non-compliance will be reported to ORO and funding agencies as well as to department heads. If research is suspended by IACUC/ bench research/ human subjects research, the research data will not use for publication during the suspension period. The IACUC/ bench research/ human subject’s research coordinator must ensure that all investigators and their research team members have completed VA mandatory trainings, maintaining current training log for the ORO auditors, and scope of practice documentation for each research team members. If there is any lapse in IACUC/ bench research/human subject’s research training identified which will be reported to IACUC/ Subcommittee on Research Safety, Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Research & Development Committee (R&D C) for non-compliance determination. Investigators are requested to ensure 100% IACUC/ bench research/ human subject’s research training requirement for their research staff to meet ORO compliance regulation. The coordinator requires monitoring of up-to-date scope of practice log for each research investigator and their research personnel with accuracy. If anyone is working out of scope of practice must be reported to the relevant committee for non-compliance determination. Investigators are requested to follow instructions from the R&D Office to ensure 100% Scope of Practice ORO compliance requirement. Investigators are requested to ensure everything is labeled properly in their research area. The VMU requires maintaining monitoring logs of up-to-date controlled substances inventory and usage. Investigators are requested to obtain all controlled substances from VA Pharmacy under approved research safety/animal protocols to be compliance with the ORO regulatory requirement. The VMU requires monitoring of up-to-date logs for all research personnel involved in research and that they are offered the opportunity to enroll in an approved Occupational Safety and Health Program. Investigators are requested to ensure to meet this ORO requirement. As RCO I designed more practical training and education program included power point presentation and one-on-one training which took 4-5 years to train 749 investigators and research personnel, R&D Committee/ IRB/ IACUC/ Research Safety Subcommittee members. Now for last 3 years Jesse Brown VAMC Animal Research Program and Research Safety is 100% compliant to the VA regulation and no non-compliance were reported to the ORO. Our human subject research program has compliance rate 98% for last two years and this year it is 99%. These results became reality due to the RCO assures compliance with applicable laws, regulation and policies according to VHA Handbook 1200.01 R&D Committee Operations, VHA Handbook 1200.05 requirement for the protection of human subjects in research, VHA Handbook 1200.06 control of hazardous agents in VA research laboratories, VHA handbook 1200.7 use of animals in research, VHA Handbook 1200.08 safety of personnel engaged in research, VHA Handbook 1058.01 requirements for reporting research events to Facility Oversight Committees and the ORO, VHA Handbook 1058.02 research misconduct , VHA Handbook 1605.01 Privacy & Release of Information, VA Handbook 6500 information security program, and VHA handbook 6500.6 Contract Security. The RCO job is reviewing, auditing, and preparing audit report with recommendations. These reports must be forwarded through the Medical Center Director to Research Oversight Committees. The RCO is keeping follow-up to implement the remedial action plan with investigator. Any Serious Continuing Non-compliance findings must be reported to the Medical Center Director, Office of Research Oversight (ORO), and all relevant agencies including FDA, Sponsor, OHRP, and VA research oversight committees by the RCO. The RCO is also participating in preparation of various external/accreditation audits. Jesse Brown VAMC has two academic affiliates University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University. I developed excellent line of communications with research investigators, their research team members, fellows and residents which results in an outstanding compliance rating for the JBVAMC. As RCO monitoring compliance issues, generate & revise SOPs according to the need of new regulation, prepare organization for ten external/accreditation site visits/internal audit, motivate employees for a team work to achieve common goals in order to achieve mission of the organization. Recently I worked with VHA Privacy Compliance Assurance external auditors to keep Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in compliance with Federal Regulations. My area of audit got top score in the entire medical center. Managed Phase I-IV clinical trials with sponsor/ investigators, Institutional Review Board, Research & Development Committee, and CRADA (Cooperative Research And Development Agreement to evaluate language is negotiated correctly in the Clinical Trial Agreement to meet VA regulatory requirement. I have 15 years’ experience in administrative, compliance management, and organization accreditation preparation with strong positive outcome. Effectively managed two academic affiliates of Jesse Brown VA Medical Center – UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) and NU (Northwestern University) and enhance reputation of the organization at national level. Highly experience in inspections, leading interviews, developing reviews plans, generating and implementing remedial action plan, and handling effectively several documents for filing systems. RCO Observation & Suggestions to further improve Animal Welfare / Bench Research/ Human Subjects Research Operations at the Jesse Brown VAMC in year 2010: Annual Reviews are required for animal research protocols/ bench research/ human subject’s research which must be completed within a 365-day window. Investigators are requested to adhere to the 365-day annual review ORO requirement to avoid non-compliance. This non-compliance will be reported to ORO and funding agencies as well as to department heads. If research is suspended by IACUC/ bench research/ human subjects research, the research data will not use for publication during the suspension period. The IACUC/ bench research/ human subject’s research coordinator must ensure that all investigators and their research team members have completed VA mandatory trainings, maintaining current training log for the ORO auditors, and scope of practice documentation for each research team members. If there is any lapse in IACUC/ bench research/human subject’s research training identified which will be reported to IACUC/ Subcommittee on Research Safety, Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Research & Development Committee (R&D C) for non-compliance determination. Investigators are requested to ensure 100% IACUC/ bench research/ human subject’s research training requirement for their research staff to meet ORO compliance regulation. The coordinator requires monitoring of up-to-date scope of practice log for each research investigator and their research personnel with accuracy. If anyone is working out of scope of practice must be reported to the relevant committee for non-compliance determination. Investigators are requested to follow instructions from the R&D Office to ensure 100% Scope of Practice ORO compliance requirement. Investigators are requested to ensure everything is labeled properly in their research area. The VMU requires maintaining monitoring logs of up-to-date controlled substances inventory and usage. Investigators are requested to obtain all controlled substances from VA Pharmacy under approved research safety/animal protocols to be compliance with the ORO regulatory requirement. The VMU requires monitoring of up-to-date logs for all research personnel involved in research and that they are offered the opportunity to enroll in an approved Occupational Safety and Health Program. Investigators are requested to ensure to meet this ORO requirement. As RCO I designed more practical training and education program included power point presentation and one-on-one training which took 4-5 years to train 749 investigators and research personnel, R&D Committee/ IRB/ IACUC/ Research Safety Subcommittee members. Now for last 3 years Jesse Brown VAMC Animal Research Program and Research Safety is 100% compliant to the VA regulation and no non-compliance were reported to the ORO. Our human subject research program has compliance rate 98% for last two years and this year it is 99%. These results became reality due to the RCO assures compliance with applicable laws, regulation and policies according to VHA Handbook 1200.01 R&D Committee Operations, VHA Handbook 1200.05 requirement for the protection of human subjects in research, VHA Handbook 1200.06 control of hazardous agents in VA research laboratories, VHA handbook 1200.7 use of animals in research, VHA Handbook 1200.08 safety of personnel engaged in research, VHA Handbook 1058.01 requirements for reporting research events to Facility Oversight Committees and the ORO, VHA Handbook 1058.02 research misconduct , VHA Handbook 1605.01 Privacy & Release of Information, VA Handbook 6500 information security program, and VHA handbook 6500.6 Contract Security. The RCO job is reviewing, auditing, and preparing audit report with recommendations. These reports must be forwarded through the Medical Center Director to Research Oversight Committees. The RCO is keeping follow-up to implement the remedial action plan with investigator. Any Serious Continuing Non-compliance findings must be reported to the Medical Center Director, Office of Research Oversight (ORO), and all relevant agencies including FDA, Sponsor, OHRP, and VA research oversight committees by the RCO. The RCO is also participating in preparation of various external/accreditation audits. Jesse Brown VAMC has two academic affiliates University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University. I developed excellent line of communications with research investigators, their research team members, fellows and residents which results in an outstanding compliance rating for the JBVAMC. As RCO monitoring compliance issues, generate & revise SOPs according to the need of new regulation, prepare organization for ten external/accreditation site visits/internal audit, motivate employees for a team work to achieve common goals in order to achieve mission of the organization. Recently I worked with VHA Privacy Compliance Assurance external auditors to keep Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in compliance with Federal Regulations. My area of audit got top score in the entire medical center. Managed Phase I-IV clinical trials with sponsor/ investigators, Institutional Review Board, Research & Development Committee, and CRADA (Cooperative Research And Development Agreement to evaluate language is negotiated correctly in the Clinical Trial Agreement to meet VA regulatory requirement. I have 15 years’ experience in administrative, compliance management, and organization accreditation preparation with strong positive outcome. Effectively managed two academic affiliates of Jesse Brown VA Medical Center – UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) and NU (Northwestern University) and enhance reputation of the organization at national level. Highly experience in inspections, leading interviews, developing reviews plans, generating and implementing remedial action plan, and handling effectively several documents for filing systems.