Varadarajan Subbiah, MD, MBA, FACP, CHCQM, is the vice president of utilization management and quality at ChristianaCare in Newark, Delaware. He has practiced internal medicine for over 10 years and has served as senior physician advisor, medical director of observation care, and medical director of patient access and flow. He has worked at multiple hospitals in the Greater Philadelphia area and is a frequent speaker on the topics of observation care, utilization management, and discharge planning. Dr. Subbiah completed his medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and an internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital. He further completed a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He also has a physician advisor sub-specialty certification from the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.