Nicholas Hehmann, DO, completed medical school at Kansas City University and Internal
Medicine residency at the University of Louisville and served as a Chief Resident
in Quality and Safety at the Louisville VAMC.  Currently, he is a general Cardiology Fellow at Kettering Health in Dayton, OH. During his chief year, he focused on improving patient safety, advancing high reliability practices, and leading interdisciplinary quality
improvement efforts. He led a capstone project to enhance MRI safety for Veterans with
implantable cardiac devices and conducted additional projects in improving outpatient
medication safety in the Cardiology fellow clinic. He is also engaged in retrospective research
evaluating antihypertensive prescribing patterns at the Louisville VAMC. His educational
contributions include developing VA wards safety orientation sessions and cocreating a Code
Stroke simulation curriculum for Internal Medicine residents.