Family Medicine Newsletter

University of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Department of Family MedicineDepartment of Family MedicineDepartment of Family MedicineDepartment of Family Medicine

JULY 2012JULY 2012JULY 2012JULY 2012

♦ Sully Cardona McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Chicago, IL

♦ Patricia Chico University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Chicago, IL

♦ Ben Goold University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA

♦ Amanda Guzman Franklin Square Hospital Baltimore, MD

♦ Jeremy Howe University of Nebraska Affiliated Hospitals Omaha, NE

♦ William Michael Naval Hospital (Bremerton) Puget Sound Bremerton, WA

♦ Juleigh Nowinski Konchak McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Chicago, IL

♦ Nicholas Otten Hinsdale Hospital Hinsdale, IL

♦ Benjamin Preyss McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Chicago, IL

♦ Zinal Thakkar Resurrection Medical Center Chicago, IL

Graduates of the UIC College of Medicine are accepted in many of the best residencies in the country. From neurology and family medicine at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education to emergency medicine at Beth Israel and pathology at Johns Hopkins, UIC COM’s students routinely enter the most sought-after programs.

UIC COM GRADUATES MATCHED TO FAMILY MEDICINE

Drs. Stringham, Hyderi, P. Chico, J. Chico, Figueroa and Hasnain.

Inside this issue:

DFM 2012 Residency Graduation……………………………………………………………………………… Class of 2015…………………………………………………………………………………………………. Peacecare Senegal 2012………………………………………………………………………………………… PCM/SLP…………………………………………………………………………………………………... DFM Scholarship Day………………………………………………………………………………………… Announcements………………………………………………………………………………………………... Announcements cont’d…………………………………………………………………………………………..

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CONGRATULATIONS 2012 GRADUATES!

The UIC COM Family Medicine Residency Program held its 16th Annual Residency Gradua-tion. It proudly graduated 6 new Family Physicians; Sofia Adawy, MD, Ashish Ansal, MD, Mary Callis, MD, Nathan McLaughlin, MD, Mydhili Moorthie, MD, and Magdaline Piatek, MD. The graduation was held at 6pm on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at “One North” in Chicago.

Sofia Adawy, MD MSHC at Cicero Chicago, IL Ashish Ansal, MD MSHC (Main site) Chicago, IL Mary Callis, MD Shawano Medical Center Shawano, WI Nathan McLaughlin, MD MSHC at Back of the Yards Chicago, IL Mydhili Moorthie, MD Rush-Copley Medical Center Aurora, IL Magdaline Piatek, MD Metro Community Provider Network Denver, CO

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Recognitions and Awards

Certificate of Achievement awarded to

Douglas Pepple, MD

for successful com-pletion of the

Sports Medicine Fellowship Program

June 2012 *

Nathan McLaughlin, MD

Chief Resident 2011-2012

* Ashish Ansal, MD

Chief Resident 2011-2012

* Jaroslaw Peter

Czarnkowski, MD Specialty Attending Teacher of the Year

2011-2012 *

Evelyn Figueroa, MD

FCMC Attending Teacher of the Year

2011-2012 *

Brian Dudkiewicz, MD

Inpatient Attending of the Year 2011-2012

* Nimmi Rajagopal,

MD Outpatient Attend-

ing of the Year 2011-2012

* STFM

Resident Teacher of the Year

Nathan McLaughlin

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CLASS OF 2015

Joseph Angel, MD is a New Mexico native and graduate from University of Washing-ton School of Medicine. His interests include advocacy and care for vulnerable popu-lations.

Patti Chico, MD is a Chicago native and graduate from the Univ. of IL. at Chicago. She is fluent in Spanish and her interests include underserved, reproductive health and La-tino focus.

Kavita Shanker, MD is a graduate from Rush Medical College. She is fluent in Hindi and her interest is in Women’s Health.

Emily Hall, MD is a graduate of Columbia University Col-lege of Physicians and Sur-geons. Her interests are OB Gyne and academic medicine.

Sarah Johnson, MD is a graduate from Wayne State University School of Medi-cine. Her interests are a full-spectrum FM w/ OB/Women’s Health.

Morgan Madison, MD is a graduate from George Wash-ington University School of Medicine and Health Sci-ences. Her interests are in international and underserved medicine.

L. Amanda Perry, MD is a graduate from Rush Medical College. Her interests are in the underserved and Women’s Health.

Paul Rotert, DO is a gradu-ate from Kansas City Univer-sity of Medicine and Biosci-ences. His interests are in the underserved and Global Health.

Welcome to the Department of Family Medicine

Class of 2015!

Peacecare Senegal: Global Community Project

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This collaboration between the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) Department of Family Medicine, the UIC School of Public Health, the UIC Department of OB/Gyne, the UIC Department of Communication, the District of Saraya, Senegal, and Peace Corps Senegal, utilized the Global Community Health Collaborative (GCHC) model in building on the prior year’s work. This project is led by Andrew Dykens, MD, MPH, the founder of peacecare (www.peacecare.org) and Director of the UIC Family Medicine Global Community Health Track, and is in collaboration with Peace Corps Sene-gal, Country Director, Chris Hedrick, as well as the Saraya District Director of Health Services, Dr. Youssoupha N’diaye, the Kedougou District Director of Health Services, Dr. Senghor, and the Regional Level Health Systems Medical Director, Dr. N’diaye. In addition to faculty in the respective departments listed above, the traveling team during the 2012 site visit also included two resident physicians, one medical student, and one public health student. This peacecare collaborative expanded to the Kedougou Regional level, which is comprised of the Saraya, Kedou-gou, and Salimata Districts and advanced the work of cervical cancer preventative services implementation to the regional level as well as provided training in global health and cultural competency for U.S. health care trainees. The Health Region of Kedougou is located in the South-Eastern part of Senegal with an estimated population of 143,000 inhabitants and com-prises twenty-three health posts, three health centers, and the Regional Hospital. Through this iteration of the collaborative, the local trainers continued to train additional health personnel in the technique of visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid to complete access to this service throughout the Saraya Dis-trict and advance the goal of covering the entire region. Upon completion of this iteration, 2 trainers remain in the region, 3 candidate trainers have advanced their skills, and 39 total health workers have completed the VIA training. The imple-mented service has been formally integrated into the Regional level. A quality improvement process was initiated to guide further service implementation and policy development. Local Policy development as well as strategic planning discussions are ongoing to detail guidelines and norms and provide insight into the next steps in expansion of the project. As well, efforts have advanced the planning of an information and education approach, strategy, and plan in the coming months. With resources currently in place, one upcoming objective is the determination of burden of disease within the region. A theoretical training for cryotherapy implementation, as well, has occurred and the region is prepared to imple-ment this service during the coming year. As the service continues to be developed within the Kedougou Region, there is, as well, identified interest in advancing the service into the neighboring Tambacounda Region. The collaborative goal is to provide self-sufficiency through the creation of Master Trainers and a local Management Team for future scaling of the service implementation. -- Dr. Andrew Dykens

July 2012 Family Medicine Newsletter

PCM PCM PCM PCM ---- SLPSLPSLPSLP

In line with our Education in Action philosophy and creating and sustaining Patient-centered Medical Homes, UIC Col-lege of Medicine’s Patient-centered Medicine (PCM) Scholars Program continues to flourish. The Service Learning Program, part of this longitudinal curriculum, emphasizes the provision of patient-centered care for un-derserved and vulnerable populations, with a particular focus on survivors of domestic violence, the elderly, per-sons living with HIV/AIDS, the homeless, and immigrants & refugees. On March 14, M2 and M4 Scholars pre-sented reflections on their program-related work at the 7th Annual Service Learning Showcase. Congratulations to all the Scholars for carrying out meaningful community-engaged participatory advocacy, action and scholarship that positively influences the lives of vulnerable and underserved individuals and builds healthier communities.

SLP Showcase Participants

From left to right: Dr. Andrew Dykens, Cheron Zei, Drs. Abbas Hyderi, Nimmi Rajagopal, Memoona Has-nain, Sonia Oyola, Richard Stringham & Minesh Shah. Acknowledgements: The program reflects the hard work and commitment of a team of dedicated faculty and staff, motivated students, and committed commu-nity partners. We gratefully acknowledge the contribu-tions of M4 Co-tutors, our community partners and SLP Faculty & Staff. M4 Co-tutors: Maria Angulo, Amanda Guzman, Amish Desai, Leianne Torres, Olga Cherepanova, Lindsay Mar-tin, Emily Newman, Irida Nikolla, Jeremy Howe & Luz-divina Vine.

Community Partners: Connections for Abused Women and their Children (CAWC): Stephanie Love-Patterson & Roxana Licona; H.O.M.E. Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly: Caren Arden-Tabani & Lisa Leland; EdgeAlliance/AIDSCare Progressive Services: Eric Homer & Zhenya Krassitchkova; Cathedral Shelter of Chicago: Kevin McCullough & Janette Christophe; Lincoln Park Community Shelter: Erin Ryan & Julia Weegar; Heartland Alliance: Darwensi Clark, Elizabeth Hebert & Hugo Ruiz. Program Faculty & Staff: Sonia Oyola - Domestic Violence; Richard Stringham - Geriatrics; Abbas Hyderi & Minesh Shah - HIV/AIDS; Nimmi Rajagopal - Homelessness; Andrew Dykens & Sagina Hanjrah - Immigrant & Refugee Health; Cheron Zei & Fasika Alem - Program Coordinators; Memoona Hasnain, Program Director.

July 2012 Family Medicine Newsletter

Scholarship DayScholarship DayScholarship DayScholarship Day

Moving into the Future with Renewed Vision & Strategies to Integrate Scholarship with Teaching and Service The Department of Family Medicine continues its tradition of convening the annual Scholarship Day. The pur-pose of this endeavor is to highlight and share ongoing scholarly works, to recognize excellence, and to spark ideas for building and expanding on current initiatives for the future. This year’s event was held on May 23rd and in-cluded welcome remarks by Dr. Patrick Tranmer (DFM Head) and faculty and resident presentations of scholarly works in two moderated sessions. Dr. Ben Goold (2012 UIC COM gradate) received the UIC COM Award for Excellence in Family Medicine. Dr. Mary Callis (2012 UIC Family Medicine Residency graduate) received the 2012 Linda K. Gunzburger Resident Award for Excellence in Scholarship. Congratulations to the award recipients and all the presenters. Special thanks to Fasika Alem for helping organize the Scholarship Day logistics and to Drs. Mark Potter and Jeff Tiemstra for serving as session moderators.

Resident Presentations: *The Incorporation of a Medical Spanish Curriculum into a Family Medicine Residency Sofia Adawy, MD; Evelyn Figueroa, MD; Monica Guio, BS; & Katherine Putz, MD *Senegal 2012: Quality Improvement of Cervical Cancer Screening Services Nate McLaughlin, MD; Magda Piatek, MD; & Andrew Dykens, MD, MPH *Presence of CIN 2-3 in Endocervical and Ectocervical Colposcopy Results; Selection of Excisional vs. Abla-tive Treatment by Providers Mydhili Moorthie, MD, MPH *Development and Feasibility of a Medical Mobile Billing App Ashish Ansal, MD Faculty Presentations: *Locally Initiated Health Policy Development in LMICs: A Review of the Literature and Relevance to a Resi-dency Global Community Health Program Andrew Dykens, MD, MPH *HIV/AIDS Skills Building Workshops and Provider Practices: Individual and System-Level Outcomes Beth-Anne Jacob, LCSW, PhD; Patricia Aguado, PhD; Philip G. Bashook, EdD; David Caplan, MA; Suzanne Carlberg-Racich, PhD; Marcia Edison, PhD; Nathan Linsk, PhD; & Priti Prabhughate, PhD *Primary Care Residency Expansion to Address Unmet Medical Needs: Funding Support and Curriculum De-sign Mark Potter, MD; Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, PhD; & Abbas Hyderi, MD, MPH *Implementation of Team-Based Learning at a Multi-Site Medical School: Lessons Learned and Integrating Scholarship with Curricular Reform Abbas Hyderi, MD, MPH & Amy Lin, MD

Dr. Mydhili Moorthie presenting her project Dr. Ben Goold (right) & Dr. Andrew Dykens, Associate Director of Medical Student Education

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DFM Announcements

The first ever Family Medicine Midwest conference will unite

residents, faculty and medical students from a 12-state Midwest

region. Illinois is proud to be the first state to host Family Medi-

cine Midwest. Join the ranks of physicians at the conference who

are working to improve health care access and quality of care in ways that are innovative and effective. Family

Medicine affords the rare opportunity to custom design your professional life in a way that insures balance, per-

sonal satisfaction, and intrinsic reward. November 10‐11 at Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, IL. Online registration

is now open. For more information, contact Vince Keenan, executive director at vkeenan@iafp.com or 630‐

427‐8002.

Dr. Kameron Matthews (right, DFM Class of 2010), the primary care physician to all transgender inmates at Cook County Jail, was on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight show speaking about the transgender policies at Cook County Jail. To watch show go to: http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/03/12/physician-transgender-inmates-cook-county-jail#.T2TJRhoOhp4.email

Dr. Regina Kim (left) gave a talk at the UIC’s College of Nursing 9th Annual Na-tional LGBT Health Awareness week titled “ Providing Culturally Sensitive Care to Transgender Individuals”. Also, featured in the Chicago Phoenix article “TRANSforming health care: UIC holds transgender health care event”. To view article go to: http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/03/31/transforming-healthcare-uic-holds-transgender-healthcare-event/

I am pleased to say that we have our first M4 inpatient rotator who is very interested in our program and will be applying this fall. Drew Lee (left) is from the Loyola School of Medicine. He graduated this past June. He is taking a year "off" because he received a prestigious fel-lowship through the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) to work in underserved medicine policy in Washington D.C. Amazingly, he already has enough credit to graduate, but he heard such great things about our program from UIC medical student, Lindsey Martin, that he wanted to work with us "as a bonus". Drew just got back from a 1 month experience in

Ghana. Drew will be working with us for 4 weeks. Please introduce yourself and tell him how honestly great our program is. Thank you. -- Dr. Richard Stringham

Drs. Devens, Hyderi, Hasnain and Potter (from left to right) were among many faculty represent-ing the department at the 45th STFM Annual Spring conference in Seattle, WA on April 25-29, 2012.

Next STFM Annual Spring Conference:

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DFM NEWSLETTER STAFF Special thanks to Rosa Angulo, Project Coordinator, Admin., DFM faculty and staff for their contributions to this newsletter. Please direct questions and comments to Rosa at rosalbaa@uic.edu.

DFM Announcements cont’d.

The DFM would like to welcome the following 4 new community clinical sites that will be working with and teaching our UIC 3rd year clerkship students. Santa Fe Family Health Care Center - Dr. Hamid Hussein - Joliet Santa Fe Family Health Care Center - Dr. Ignacio Orellano - Joliet Advocate Illinois Masonic - Dr. Michal Hanak - Oak Lawn Rush -Copley Family Medicine Residency Program - Aurora Crest Clinic - Dr. Obi Nwakudu - Chicago Thank you also to our 22 community sites who are continuing to teach our medical stu-dents. Thank you so much !!! - Dr. Richard Stringham

Dr. Memoona Hasnain (left) and the DFM would like to extend a special CONGRATULA-TIONS for their recent publications to: Dr. Maria Devens - STFM Family Medicine, April 2012 - Volume 44, Issue 4 “Facilitating Resident Well-being: A Pilot Intervention to Address Stress and Team work Issues on an Inpatient Service” Dr. Christina Wells - Journal of Women's Health, 2011 Sep;20(9):1287-95. Epub 2011 Jul 6 “Perinatal depressive symptoms in HIV-infected versus HIV-uninfected women; a prospective study from preconception to postpartum” Drs. Dasar Raju, Ambica Soni, and Naaz Aziz (DFM Class of 2011). STFM Family

Medicine, May 2012 - Volume 44, Issue 5 “A Patient-Centered Telephone Intervention Using the Asthma Action Plan” Catherine Lind, MPH - Journal of School Health, April 2012, Vol. 82, No. 4 “The Effect of Acculturation on Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics Among Hispanic Fourth-Grade Children in Texas Public Schools, 2004-2005”

Dr. Patrick Tranmer (left) and the DFM would like to CONGRATULATE the following faculty members: Dr. Richard Stringham 2012 M3 Golden Apple Award recipient Dr. Abbas Hyderi 2011-2012 C. Thomas Bombeck Award recipient Excellence in Medical Education Dr. Evelyn Figueroa Voted Student Run Free Clinic

(SRFC) 2012 Teacher of the Year Dr. Memoona Hasnain

Women’s Health 2012: The 20th Annual Congress NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health Women’s Health & Sex Differences Research Scientific Poster Session Awarded 1st place-Community & Public Health Research