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University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Family and Community Medicine
Winter 2017/2018 Newsletter
The UIH Food Pantry Opens Its Doors in Pilsen Community
Submitted by: Dr. Evelyn Figueroa
SUPPORT THE UI HEALTH PILSEN FOOD PANTRY!
Food insecurity is a significant problem globally and especially pervasive in the UIC Pil‐
sen community. A baseline food insecurity assessment in this community resulted in 80%
of respondents indicating difficulty obtaining food in the past 6 months.
The UI Health Pilsen Food Pantry (UIHPFP) opened on 1/2/18 to address food shortages
in the Pilsen community. The food pantry hours are 12‐4pm Monday through Friday
(except national holidays). In its first two weeks, in spite of incredibly frigid tempera‐
tures, its efforts reached over 300 people (85 families) and included the distribution of
over 2000 pounds of food!
The UIHPFP is a partnership between the UIC Department of Family Medicine, UI
Health, and the Figueroa Wu Family Foundation. The Pantry is unique in that it is part of
a family medicine clinic as a way of increasing access to patients already embedded in
medical care (although it is open to all). It is staffed 100% by volunteers that include
medical students, family medicine residents, UI Health Volunteer Services, and commu‐
nity members. It is the aim of its founder and pantry director, Evelyn Figueroa, that medical professionals consistently address social
determinants of health, such as food insecurity, homelessness, racism, sexism, and other biases in healthcare. Foods are sourced
through wholesale purchasing, the UIC DFM Social Justice Fund, the Figueroa Wu Family Foundation, grocery store surplus, and
other donations. The Pantry is in close contact with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and its application is under review. Regard‐
less of GCFD membership, the pantry will need to significantly supplement our offerings (e.g., dry beans, cilantro, corn tortillas, pep‐
pers, oil, vinegar, tomato paste, dry herbs). The pantry staff hopes to offer a dignified shopping experience that includes kitchen ba‐
sics, seasonings, proteins, and fresh produce.
Foods available at the UI Health Pilsen Food Pantry include culturally‐sensitive perishable and non‐perishable foods, including fruits
and vegetables. Examples include dry and fresh seasonings, which should encourage our clients to cook delicious, healthy meals for
their families. In addition, a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) office is co‐located
to help connect patrons to WIC and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP). Medicaid application assistance is also available from the UI Health Pilsen
Lower West Family Health Center medical staff. Lastly, in February, free weekly cook‐
ing classes will be hosted by community volunteers, UIC students, and UIC health
professionals.
Future plans for the UI Health Pilsen Food
Pantry include food delivery and tracking of
social and health outcomes (e.g., days missed
from work, hypertension control, diabetes
control, weight). More information about the
pantry may be found at: https://
www.figueroawufamilyfoundation.com/food‐
pantry/.
Inside this issue:
UIH Pilsen Food Pantry...1
Arrivals and Departures...2
Residency...3
Med Ed...5
Research...6
PCM...8
Clinic News...9
DFM in the News...11
MATEC...12
Awards/ Recogni ons...13
Upcoming Events...15
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Farewell and Good Luck!
Welcome! The Department of Family and Community Medicine welcomed the following faculty and staff to the
Department August 2016 through December 2017
Amy Arialis, MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Family Medicine
Gabriela Baeza, MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Family Medicine
Ron Chacko, MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Family Medicine
Emily Hall, MD
Associate Director,
Residency
Meha Patel, MD
Academic Career
Fellowship
Hayley Evans
Director of
Administrative
Operations
L. Amanda Perry, MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Family Medicine
Nathan Stackhouse MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Family Medicine
Maura Woznica, MD
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Family Medicine
Kemi Borokini
Healthcare Reimburse‐
ment Analyst II
Sandy Pfantz retired De‐cember 31, 2017. She has been with the university for 45
years!
We thank her for her many years of dedicated service
and wish her happiness and health in her retirement.
Rosa Setterstrom (formally Angulo) left the department January 12th. She was with Family Medi‐
cine for 9 years! We wish her luck in her new role in the College of Medicine Dean’s Office.
Thank you Rosa!
Not Pictured: Sonya Cutler, Clerical Assistant
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Residency
Inpatient Teacher of the Year: Bhrandon Harris, MD
Family Centered Maternity Care Teacher of the Year: Emily Hall, MD
Outpatient Preceptor Teacher of the Year: Leila Hagshenas, MD
Specialty Teacher of the Year: Melody Hrubes, MD
Support Staff of the Year, Mile Square: Edward Hayes
Support Staff of the Year, University Village: Lupe Salgado
R1 Good Citizenship Award: Neerja Joshi, MD
R2 Good Citizenship Award: Peter Cha, MD
Gunzberger Faculty Scholarship: Andrew Dykens, MD
Gunzberger Resident Scholarship: Helena Orbach, MD, & Gillian Eastman, MD
STFM Resident Teaching Award: Gillian Eastman, MD
2017 Teaching and Residency Awards
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Residency Cont’d
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has .” —Margaret Mead
2017 Residency Graduates
Fri Awasum, MD
Chief Resident
Expertise:
Women’s health
Maternity care
Academic medicine
Hospital medicine
Gillian Eastman, MD
Expertise:
Maternity care
Reproductive health
Mental health
Chronic disease management
Meha Patel, MD
Expertise:
Academic medicine
Women’s health
Reproductive health
Adolescent
Medicine
Jessica Richardson, MD
Expertise:
Women’s health
Preventative Medicine
Underserved populations
Care of the Elderly
Rina Davè, MD
Expertise:
Underserved populations
Women’s health
HIV medicine
Global health
Helena Orbach, MD
Expertise:
Maternity care
Reproductive health
Underserved populations
HIV medicine
Kimberly Remski, MD
Expertise:
Women’s health
Reproductive health
Preventative medicine
FM procedures
N’Djamina Robinson, MD MPH
Chief Resident
Expertise:
Health leadership
HIV medicine
Health disparities
FM procedures
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Medical Student Education
M2 Family Medicine Exposure Experience
In Fall 2017, Dr. Sagina Hanjrah and Dr. Maureen Gecht offered students a new opportunity to ex‐perience Family Medicine first hand. This new ex‐perience allowed four second year medical stu‐dents to shadow a family physician for several clinic days and involved a debriefing session with PGY‐3 Julie Loza, MD and PGY‐2 Jim Swakow, MD.
Next steps: We will expand this opportuni‐ty in the upcoming year to include additional stu‐dents and offer it for both fall and spring semes‐ters.
Dr. Hanjrah would like to thank the faculty, residents, and staff of the department for their support and
excellent teaching of our 4 extern students. Four UIC medical students between their 1st and 2nd year of
medical school participated in the 6th year of this successful program. Our goal is for this program to
showcase the department to highly qualified students and thus encourage them to pursue family medi‐
cine as their career choice (and encourage others to do the same).
6th Annual DFM Summer Externship
Shadow a Family Doc Week Dec 18 – Dec 22, 2017
The annual FMIG sponsored Shadow a Family Doctor Week was a success! 15 students signed up this year. Highlights from their experiences are below:
I loved seeing the doctor
interact with her patients
like she had known them
for so long. To see such
strong physician‐patient
relationships was a
breath of fresh air from
the usual in‐and‐out
pace of a hospital visit.
I learned that in
family medicine
you can really
tailor your prac‐
tice to what you
exactly want to
do.
I loved
my time
in clinic!
It was a good intro‐
duction to Family
Medicine and would
definitely recom‐
mend to other
students.
Interested in becoming a Family Medicine preceptor?
We are constantly looking for sites for our M3 Clerkship
Students. Please reach out to the director of Medical
Student Education, Dr. Sagina Hanjrah at [email protected]
for more information.
Thank you!
From left to right: Peter Kim,
Ivana Surjancev, Tamara Nunez,
and Jissy Cyriac
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Research
Enhancing Care at the Systems level
Moderator: Adrienne Williams, PhD
Survey of Select Chicago FQHCs Regarding No Shows and
Scheduling
Kimberly Remski, MD; N’Djamina Robinson, MD
Surveillance of Abnormal Paps: An Intervention for Improving
Colposcopy Follow‐Up
Gillian Eastman, MD; Helena Orbach, MD
Implementation of a Model to Empower Family Medicine Pa‐
tients to achieve Institute of Medicine Gestational Weight
Gain Recommendations
Rina Dave, MD; Jessica Richardson, MD; Evelyn Figueroa,
MD
Quality Improvement in Action
Moderator: Evelyn Figueroa, MD
Implementing Fluoride Tooth Varnish Application for Pedi‐atric Patients in a Family Medicine Clinic Marian Tripp, MD
An “Advanced Directive Toolkit” to Enhance End‐of‐Life
Discussions in the Primary Care Setting
Julie Loza MD; Kristina Dakis MD
In‐FLU‐ential practices: Improving vaccination rates
among adult UIC Family Medicine clinic patients
Arielle Hirschfeld, MD; Brittani Jackson, MD
Self‐swab versus speculum technique in sample collection
for vaginitis: Optimizing clinician and patient experience
and office efficiency
Andrew G. Birkhead, MD
Keynote Speaker
“Lessons Learned Conducting Research in Type Diabetes Self Management” Ben Gerber, MD, MPH
Thank you to all who presented and attended at last year’s Scholarship Day!
“Building Interprofessional Bridges to Improve Health through
Education, Service and Scholarship”
Scholarship Day 2017 May 24, 2017
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Research Cont’d
Transformative Education to Reduce Health Disparities
and Promote Wellness
Moderator, Mark Potter, MD
Teaching Humanism through the Care of the Homeless
Evelyn Figueroa, MD; Maureen Clark, MHS, MLIS; Meha
Patel, MD; Hunter Holt, MD; Fri Awasum, MD
Healing the Healer: Achieving Wellness in Medical Education
Kristina Dakis, MD
Increasing Capacity of HIV Care for Minority Populations:
Results from the MATEC Clinician Scholars Program
Salma A, MPH; Corina Wagner, MEd, MBA
Transforming Health Professions Education and Practice in
Geriatric Primary Care: The ENGAGE‐IL Journey
Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, PhD; Valerie Gruss,
PhD, APN, CNP‐BC; Laura Amanda Perry, MD; Ashish
Ansal, MD
Better Health through Clinical care
Moderator: Keia Hobbs, MD
Evaluation of antibiotic prescribing for acute upper respira‐
tory tract infections in the ambulatory care setting
Suzanne Molino, PharmD, BCPS; Susan Bleasdale, MD;
John Hickner, MD; Thomas Kannapolis, MS; Nancy
Shapiro, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCACP; Paul Stranges,
PharmD, BCPS, BCACP; Katie Suda, PharmD, MS; Alan
Gross, PharmD, BCPS AQ ID
Fluoroquinolone Use in Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis in
the ambulatory setting
John S. Shilka, PharmD; Alan Gross, PharmD, BCPS AQ
ID; John Hickner, MD, MS; Thomas Kannampallil, MS;
Nancy L. Shapiro, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP; Katie Suda,
PharmD, MS; Paul Stranges, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Impact of pharmacy students conducting asthma screenings
and telephone calls on asthma quality measures
Helen Sweiss, PharmD Candidate, Class of 2018
Nicholas Wright‐hart, PharmD Candidate, Class of 2018
Thank you to all who presented and attended at this year’s Scholarship Day!
Scholarship Day 2017 May 24, 2017
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Patient‐Centered Medicine Scholars Class of 2021
We are thrilled to wel‐
come a new class of
PCM Scholars. The class
of 2021 is full of bright
and energetic students,
well on their way to be‐
coming patient‐centered
physicians!
Service Learning Program (SLP) and
Interprofessional Approaches to Health Disparities
(IAHD)
The SLP and IAHD programs focus on five different concentrations:
HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Domestic Violence, Immigrant and Refugee
Health, and Geriatrics, and include students from these colleges: Medi‐
cine, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Public Health. In the coming year, we
plan to expand to include social work and occupational therapy.
The faculty for this program include (in the photo to the right),
Griselle Torres (SPH), L. Amanda Perry (DFM), Susan Altfeld (SPH),
Mike Koronkowski (Pharm), Memoona Hasnain (DFM), Ron Chacko
(DFM), Valerie Gruss (CON), and Nimmi Rajagopal (DFM). Not in the
photo: Keia Hobbs, Jennie Jarrett, Tyse Suesakul, Chris Mitchell, and Sonia Oyola. For more information on PCM
please visit us at: http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments/academic‐departments/family‐medicine/research/
patient‐centered‐medicine‐scholars‐program/
Please join us for the SLP‐IAHD Showcase on Thursday, March 15th at 5:30pm. Please contact Claire
Bridges at [email protected] for more information.
Patient-Centered Medicine
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Team STEPPS Training November 29, 2017
Submitted by: Ariel Leifer
Team STEPPS OvervOn November 29 the clinical staff came together for a mini retreat to re‐energize our team based
care and focus on how we can bring some of the TeamSTEPPS communication skills to our work in the clinic. Support
from the hospital administration allowed us to hold the event in a lovely space in the college of nursing and provide a
catered breakfast. Claire Bridges did an excellent job organizing the event. Turnout was robust. We had strong repre‐
sentation from all areas of our clinical work – front desk, medical assistants, nursing, clinic administration and physi‐
cians. Many commented that just the opportunity to sit together with their clinical team members and get to know
one another while discussing how to improve our clinical care was time well spent. It was clear that everyone at the
University Village and Pilsen clinics is truly invested in providing the best care to our patients.
TeamSTEPPS is an evidence‐based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving commu‐
nication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. It was developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ). Our department was introduced to TeamSTEPPS last Feb‐
ruary during a successful department wide retreat. This past September, Joanne
Lonzo, Doris Mitchell, Raquel Martinez and Ariel Leifer were able to attend a
TeamSTEPPS train the trainer class. Having a retreat designed and led by our own
department members was very impactful.
Many positive aspects of working in family medicine were noted on the multicol‐
ored post‐it notes each team placed on the walls. Many noted the friendliness,
respect and willingness to help shown by their colleagues. We also came away de‐
termined to work on better face to face communication – in huddles and de‐
briefing, as we go on break and committing to asking for and accepting help when
we are overwhelmed. We have great ability to help our patients and we came
away more energized to realize this goal more fully.
Clinic News
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In 2010, the UIC Department of Family Medicine created a longitudinal partnership between Kedougou, Sene‐gal (the most decentralized rural health region), Peace Corps Senegal, and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to strengthen regional health services through an equitable partnership model. The primary focus has been on establishing cervical cancer screening service based on local prioritization.
In the fall of 2017, we, Emmanuelle Allseits (Post‐graduate year 2, from the Family Medicine Department) and Michael Charles (Post‐graduate year 4 from the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Department), came to Kédougou to observe, contribute to the partnership’s ongoing efforts, and expand our knowledge in implementation sci‐ence and community development. Our presence on the ground immediately informed our understanding of the healthcare disparities and barriers to access that plague the region, notably travel and language. Given that we were previously trained in research ethics, we led a training course in French on the topic for “ADCs: Agents de développements communautaires” using approved material. In addition, we also held a Quality Improve‐ment (Client‐Oriented Provider‐Efficient (COPE)) training course for various local health center leaders at the partnership meeting in Kédougou. As an integral part of optimizing healthcare delivery at regional centers, this tool seeks to empower healthcare workers and community members to find solutions to problems utilizing their own local resources. We had the privilege to see this concept coming to life as we co‐led a COPE session in the DarSalaam health post. From a research standpoint, COPE also serves to inform decision making about the healthcare system at a policy level.
Importantly, traveling to Senegal instructed Emmanuelle and Michael on the complexities involved in estab‐lishing a system to respond to the simplest health needs of a community. Beyond our time in West Africa, we continue to be involved in the partnership through our own scholarly project. We are working on strengthening the existing regional monitor program by integrating various aspects of COPE. We have been inspired and empowered as global health scholars and future leaders in the field. Gaining this skill set in residency will ulti‐mately serve as a huge asset as we hope to create sus‐tainable projects in underserved areas globally during the course of our careers.
Clinic News Cont’d
Excerpts from Senegal Partnership Visit Resident Newsletter Submitted By: Drs. J. Andrew Dykens, Emmanuelle Allseits and Michael Charles
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UICOM Student‐initiated Test Preparation Program for the USMLE Step 1 Exam Published to Teaching and Learning in Medicine
Drs. Yoon Soo Park, Matthew Lineberry, Carol Kamin, and Abbas Hyderi from the Department of Medical Educa‐tion were noted as co‐authors of a study that describes the development, evaluation, and effects of a student‐initiated USMLE Step 1 preparatory program at UIC. The lead author was Lindsay Schwartz, a 2015 graduate of UICOM Chicago campus and now third year resident in Pediatrics at UCLA. She was one of the early members of the Student Education Team (SET) now called the Student Cur‐ricular Board (SCB).
While Lindsay has migrated to Pediatrics, our department provided support for her to attend an STFM Conference at which she presented early findings of this study which ultimately led to this publication.
The study can be read it in its entirety at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10401334.2017.1386106.
DFM In the News
Guest Commentary on Impact of NIH Budget Cuts Published to the Kansas City Star
Dr. Andrew Dykens’ personal reflections on the impact of NIH budget cuts to funding for crucial work of the Peace Corps in regions such as Mauritania in West Africa were published to the Kansas City Star. His commentary can be read in greater detail at: h p://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers‐opinion/guest‐commentary/ar cle155395269.html.
Reconciling Entrustment and Competence Published to the Journal of Graduate Medical Education
Dr. Abbas Hyderi co‐authored a letter to the editor of Journal of Graduate Medical Education on behalf of the AAMC Core Entrustabable Professional Activities for Entering Residency Pilot for which we are one of ten schools in the country participating in this 5‐year project. It responds to a recent commentary titled “Entrustment Versus Compe‐tency—Continued Confusion.”
The full letter can be found at: http://www.jgme.org/doi pdf/10.4300/JGME‐D‐17‐00579.1
Resident Confronts Burnout by Launching Wellness Program
Kristina Dakis, M.D., a second‐year resident in the University of Illinois at Chicago Family Medicine Residency Pro‐gram, recently gave AAFP News an inside look at her own experience with burnout early in her medical training and explained how it drove her to help create a medical student wellness program.
The full story can be read at: https://www.aafp.org/news/focus‐on‐physician‐well‐being/20170705burnout‐dakis.html?cmpid=em_AP_20170705.
Behavioral Health: Fixing a System in Crisis
Dr. Sam Grief was interviewed for a special report featured in Modern Healthcare magazine exploring the link be‐tween behavioral health and chronic disease, assessing the promise of the 21st Century Cures Act, and profiling the organizations making a difference on the front lines.
Dr. Grief’s interview can be read at: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/assets/interactive/behavioral‐health/?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL&utm_campaign=mh‐alert#!/
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MATEC’s Corner
Introducing the National HIV, HIV/HCV Co-Infection, and STD Curricula
The HIV/HCV Co-Infection National Curriculum offers
an evidence-based online curriculum for healthcare pro-
fessionals and trainers to increase their knowledge on
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C
virus (HCV) co-infection among people of color in the
United States and its territories. Topics covered include
prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment recom-
mendations as well as barriers and other co-factors that
may impede optimal treatment outcomes for co-infected
people of color.
National HIV/HCV Curriculum: https://aidsetc.org/hivhcv
The National STD Curriculum addresses the epidemi-
ology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis,
management, and prevention of STDs including chla-
mydia, gonorrhea, HSV, HPV, PID, syphilis, and vagini-
tis. This is a free educational curriculum is offered by the
University of Washington STD Prevention and Training
Center and the University of Washington and funded by
a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention (CDC).
National STD Curriculum: http://www.std.uw.edu/
The National HIV Curriculum (NHC) is a new and free
online training platform designed to meet the core compe-
tency knowledge for HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis,
and ongoing treatment and care. The curriculum is for
healthcare professionals, students, and faculty and offers
activities for novice to expert learners. The NHC provides
ongoing, up-to-date information needed to meet the core
competency knowledge for HIV prevention, screening,
diagnosis, and ongoing treatment and care to healthcare
professionals in the United States.
The NHC site is funded by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau and
was developed by the AIDS Education & Training Center's
(AETC) National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC)
and the University of Washington. The website, which of-
fers CME and CNE credits, contains course modules on
Screening and Diagnosis, Basic HIV Primary Care, An-
tiretroviral Therapy, and Co-Occurring Conditions.
National HIV Curriculum:
https://aidsetc.org/nhc
National HIV Curriculum Course Modules:
http://www.hiv.uw.edu/
The Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center (MATEC) offers a range of training opportunities to clinical and allied healthcare professionals. They are designed to develop your clinical capacity and expertise of HIV care and preven-tion. The Winter/Spring sessions are underway and seats are filling up fast. UIC staff and faculty can attend at no charge (registration is required) and most are conveniently located at our facilities in the West Campus. MATEC also hosts the Chicago HIV Breakfast Club CME/CNE program every first Wednesday of the month. It is conveniently held at the UIC Marriott Medical District (free breakfast and park-ing). Registration is required and offered free of charge. To find a training program go to one of the links below.
MATEC Winter/Spring Programs: http://go.uic.edu/2017-18programs
MATEC Illinois Program Calendar: http://go.uic.edu/mateccalendar
We've gathered a list of really useful - and free – online training and clinical resources on HIV/HCV. They include Clinical Training, Guidelines & Clinical Information, Warm-lines and Hotlines, Drug Assistance Programs, Drug & Bio-medical Info, HIV/AIDS Policy & Surveillance, and info for Consumers and Patients.
HIV/AIDS & HCV Clinical Resources: http://go.uic.edu/hivhcvresources
h ps://aidsetc.org/
www.matec.info [email protected]
Find HIV/AIDS/HCV training and clinical resources today
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Kristina Dakis was 1
of only 12 family med‐
icine PGY2s awarded
the AAFP Award for
Excellence in Gradu‐
ate Medical Educa‐
tion. Congratula‐
tions Kristina!
John Hickner and Mark Potter were
named among the region's top physicians by
Castle Connolly– a well deserved recogni‐
tion. To read their recognition entry in full,
please visit: http://www.chicagomag.com/
Chicago‐Magazine/January‐2018/Top‐
Doctors/Other‐Specialties/
Evelyn Figueroa
was selected as one
of the winners of the
“Medicine Awards”
at the Health & Med‐
icine Policy Research
Group’s HMPRG
Awards.
Bernardita Del Ro‐
sario was awarded a
Care Award in May/
June 2017 for her excel‐
lent management of a
very sick patient. Job
well done!
Awards and Recognitions
Adrienne Williams was recognized at the UIC ceremony for outstand‐ing faculty for “External Awards” for receiving
the Presidential Citation award from the Society for Health Psychology.
Memoona Hasnain was honored at the annual UIC ceremony for outstanding
faculty for “External Awards” for her election as President of the Board of
Directors of the South Asian Public Health Association.
Congratulations Dr. Hasnain!
Audrey Stillerman
was nominated for
the UIH 2017 Physi‐
cian of the year for
the excellent care and
leadership she pro‐
vides in Family Medi‐
cine.
Congratulations! 13
Years of Service Award
Recipients
Estela Balderas
10 years!
Sandy Pfantz
45 years!
Mark Potter
15 years!
Ariel Leifer
5 years!
Thank you for your years of service!
New Book Co‐Edited by Dr. Hasnain Spotlights
Health Disparities for South Asian Americans
Dr. Memoona Hasnain is the lead editor of a new book about the
health of South Asian Americans. Dr. Hasnain and her co‐ edi‐
tors call attention to the high rates of chronic conditions, intimate‐
partner violence and tobacco use in the South Asian American com‐
munity. The book discusses research‐based recommendations to help
improve the health and well‐being of South Asian Americans. Co‐
editors on the book are Punam Parikh of the UCLA School of Medi‐
cine and Nitasha Chaudhary Nagaraj of the George Washington Uni‐
versity. The book is available on amazon and routledge.com. Fantastic work Dr. Hasnain!
(The press release can be read in it entirety at https://today.uic.edu/new-book-spotlights-health-disparities-for-south-asian-americans
Not pictured: Guadalupe Salgado—25 years! and Linda Scarver—25 years!
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Chicago Essential Evidence Update
Conference
When: Fri Mar 2, 2018 7:30 AM ‐ Sat Mar 3, 2018 1:00 PM
Where: UIC Molecular Biology Research Building at 901 S Marshfield Ave (MBRB)
For More Information Visit: https://iafp.memberclicks.net/chicago-essential-evidence-update-conference
.
Scholarship Day 2018 Date Announced:
May 23, 2018
ALSOThe UIC Department of Family Medicine will sponsor and host a one‐day Advanced Life Support in Ob‐stetrics (ALSO) Provider Course on Friday, February 16th, 2018. The course is an evidence‐based multidis‐ciplinary training program that prepares maternity health care providers to better manage obstetric emergencies. Led by director Dr. Tabatha Wells, the program will train and accredit 30‐40 attendees, res‐idents, and midwives from all over the country as certified ALSO Providers. The course's faculty will be made up of local family medicine MDs, including four based at UIC: Tabatha Wells, Evelyn Figueroa, Keia Hobbs, and Glenda Rios.
Past courses required two days of training on site, but after participating in a 2016 "blended classroom" pilot program designed by ALSO and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), UIC will be switching to a one‐day format in which participants will complete part of the course online before they arrive to the course site to complete the rest of the training. Any questions regarding this year's ALSO course or future courses can be sent to course coordinator, Perry Clark at [email protected] .
Upcoming Events
Website:
http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/departments/fammed/
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