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NEWSLETTERJanuary - March 2019

New Faculty & Staff 2

River Oaks Clinic 3

Happenings 4

Newsmakers 12

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For the Record 19

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And finally, we are saddened by the sudden

death of Anita Scott, MSN FNP-BC, an

instructor at Monroe Same-Day Clinic of

the Harris Health System. Our thoughts and

prayers remain with Ms. Scott’s family and

friends.

Sincerely,Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH, FAAFPRichard M. Kleberg, Sr. Professor & Chair

Note from the Chair

The 2019-2020 U.S. News & World Report annual list of top graduate

schools was recently released. Baylor College of Medicine was ranked

#4 in the nation for Primary Care overall, and #13 in Family Medicine.

The U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on medical student

GPA and MCAT scores, student selectivity, faculty to student ratio,

NIH funding for the medical school and grant dollars per investigator,

as well as a reputation component from surveys of medical school

deans, deans of academic affairs, heads of internal medicine, and

directors of admissions.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Dr. William Huang, Vice

Chair of Education, our faculty, staff and trainees for your engagement

with our students, and for your dedication to our mission. Your hard

work allowed us to achieve these impressive numbers.

The department’s annual Primary Care Update, held on March 23,

was a huge success. Each year PCU gains the attention of more and

more providers and allows us to showcase the strengths of Baylor

College of Medicine. Please check out pages 8 and 9 for more on

the event.

I have decided to forego the fourth quarter (April - June)

newsletter, and will instead share the department’s Annual

Report. Look for it during the first week of July. As always,

your feedback is welcome on this change and anything else

regarding our department’s publications.

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April Walker, Behavioral Health Specialist, received a BS in Psychol-ogy from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas (2013), and an MA in Counseling at the Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas (2017). Her primary work location is the 6th floor of Kirby.

Mary McEvoy, Nurse Manager, received her BSN from Georgetown University in Washington, DC (2004) and the MSN from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland (2007). She works at HHH.

Jessica Hammons, Medical Assistant I, received the Medical Assis-tant Certificate (2018) after a 180-hour externship with Baylor Fam-ily Medicine. Her work location is the Kirby Clinic.

Tahir M. Maya, MD, Assistant Professor, received her medical de-gree from Ross University School of Medicine (2011) and complet-ed residency training at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (2014). She is an inpatient physician and will provide locum coverage for Harris Health clinics.

Rita Ravenell, Registered Nurse II, received her BA from Texas Southern University in Houston (1999), and the Assocate Nursing Degree from Lamar State College in Port Arthur, Texas (2014). Ms. Ravenell is currently enrolled in the BSN program at the University of Texas in Arlington. Her work station is the River Oaks Clinic.

Kierra Gobert, Front Desk Specialist, works at the River Oaks Clin-ic. Prior to joining the department, Ms. Gobert worked at the office of Dr. James R. Stamper, DDS (Houston).

Melanie Fannin, MBA, received ther graduate degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to coming to Baylor, Ms. Fannin was a Regional Director for Private Practice Leadership, LLC. She manages the new River Oaks Clinic.

Devin Emery, Medical Assistant II, received the Certificate of Med-ical Assistant Program w/NCT in 2014, and the Medical Coding & Billing Certificate in 2012. She will assist patients at the River Oaks Clinic.

Laquincia Lawson, Medical Assistant II at the River Oaks Clinic, re-ceived the AA degree from Lone Star College (2018), and the Med-ical Assistant Certification in 2015. She is currently working toward an Associate in Medical Assisting degree from Brightwood College.

Esmeralda Contreras is the Front Desk Specialist at the River Oaks Clinic. Prior to coming to Baylor, Ms. Contreras worked at the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston.

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Yana Finkelshteyn, MD Assistant Profes-

sor, received her medical degree at Baylor

College of Medicine (1997) and completed

residency training at Central Texas Medical

Foundation Family Practice Department

(now the University of Texas at Austin Dell

Medical School) in Austin (2000). She will

see patients at the Kirby Clinic.

Nneka I. Okafor, MD, MPH, Assistant

Professor, received her medical degree

from Ross University School of Medicine

in Portsmouth, Dominica (2011) and com-

pleted residency training at the University

of Texas San Antonio. Dr. Okafor will see

patients at the River Oaks Clinic.

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(Above) Laquincia Lawson assists Melanie Fannin, clinic manager at the new River

Oaks Medical Clinic at 3743 Westheimer Drive at Weslayan.

Aymer Al-Mutairi, MDClinic Director

Irvin Sulapas, MD Nneka Okafor, MD, MPH

The new Baylor Medicine – Family Medi-

cine/River Oaks clinic recently opened, and

offers same-day and next-day appointments

for acute illnesses as well as primary and

sports medicine care. The grand opening will

be held on April 25.

To schedule an appointment, call 713-798-

7700.

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The Department hosted a nationally renowned speaker Fernanmi Okanlami, MD, MA to discuss “Cultural

and Linguistic Competencies” at the monthly Grand Rounds on March 5. Dr. Okanlami is Assistant Professor

of Family Medicine with a joint appointment in the Department Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and

is Director of Medical Student Success in the Office for Health Equality and Inclusion at the University of

Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.

In 2017 Dr. Okanlami was awarded Michiana’s Forty under Forty awards. He is currently working to bring

adaptive sports to the University of Michigan.

Upcoming events:

Faculty MeetingApril 9, 2019

Sankar Navaneethan, MBBS, MPH, MSChronic Kidney Disease

Grand Rounds, May 14, 2019

Ricardo Nuila, MDEthics

Grand Rounds, June 11, 2019

FCM to complete pilot ABFM and STFM project

In 2018 the Department of Family and Community Medicine was selected to

be one of 33 sites nationwide to serve as a sponsor for the American Board

of Family Medicine (ABFM) and The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

(STFM) pilot, Precepting Performance Improvement (PI). The initial joint

venture, recently completed, offered PI continuing certification credit (previ-

ously MOC Part IV) to ABFM diplomates who provide personal instruction,

training, and supervision to a medical student or resident and who participate

in a teaching improvement activity.

The PI program allows academic units (Sponsors) to develop and oversee the

completion of performance improvement projects that meet the ABFM Family

Medicine Certification requirements. Approved Sponsors are able to develop

and oversee PI projects for teaching physicians without having to submit an

application for each activity for ABFM review.

Forty-two Sponsors were originally selected to participate

through an application process.

During the pilot, which ran from April through December of

2018, Sponsors worked with preceptors to:

• Identify areas of teaching that needed improvement

• Create aims for improvement that included desired goals and

timeframes for achieving improvement

• Conduct interventions

• Measure improvement

To receive PI credit, preceptors also had to complete 180 1:1

teaching hours.

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Conference on

Medical Student Education

Conference onPractice Improvement

SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OFFAMILY MEDICINE

Conference onPractice Improvement

Based on the success of the pilot, the ABFM Performance Improvement Program rolled out to additional Sponsors in

March 2019. Family medicine departments, residencies, chapters (or other academic units) that are approved by the

ABFM will be able to develop and oversee the completion of PI projects that meet the ABFM Family Medicine Certifi-

cation requirements.

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On January 4, the department held a farewell lunch to bid a fond adieu to

Marina Blum, MBA, who takes on the role of Project Manager, Clinical

Business Planning in the Department of Pediatrics, Cardiology Section. We

thank Marina for her diligent effort while in our department and wish her the

very best in her new position.

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Top row, left to right: Anish Patnaik (MS3/McGovern Medical School), Jennifer Bush (MS3/McGovern),

Harish Eswaran, Executive Director (MS4/BCM), Jonathan Lo (MS2/BCM), Preston Baker (MS2/

McGovern), Alejandro Gener (PhD Student/BCM). Bottom row: Diana Rodriguez (P2/UH College of

Pharmacy), Callie Downs (P3/UHCOP), Katherine Yu (MS2/McGovern), Sarah McGriff (MS3/BCM)

HOMES CLINIC Receives $9,055 Grant

Houston Outreach Medicine, Education, and Social Services (HOMES) Clinic, a medical and pharmacy

student-led clinic dedicated to providing free medical care to the homeless of Houston, has earned a $9,055

AAFP Family Medicine Cares USA grant. The application was accompanied by letters of support from its

community partners, Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston and The Beacon. The funds will enhance the

ability of HOMES Clinic to care for the homeless by helping to purchase laboratory equipment for compre-

hensive patient care. The equipment will include a point-of-care hemoglobin A1c analyzer to aid in manage-

ment of diabetes and handheld spirometer for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

HOMES Clinic is open on Sundays, a day when many laboratory services are unavailable for its underinsured

patients. “Most of the patients seen in HOMES Clinic sleep on the streets and have competing priorities,”

writes Dana Clark, MD, HOMES preceptor and Assistant Professor. “This makes it difficult for our patients

to be compliant with follow-up appointments for lab testing. The equipment provided by this grant will im-

prove the delivery of medical care and aid student education in many ways, especially their ability to counsel

patients in areas of prevention and treatment.”

The AAFP Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of Family Physicians whose mis-

sion is to advance the values of Family Medicine through humanitarian, educational and scientific philan-

thropy dedicated to improving health. HOMES Clinic is one of many free health clinics nationwide that will

benefit from grants provided by a signature program of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foun-

dation called Family Medicine Cares USA.

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Arunima Misra, MD

CHF: Diagnosis, staging and evidence-based

updates

Aimee Garcia, MD

Wound care

2019 Primary Care UpdateThe annual Primary Care Update, sponsored by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at

Baylor College of Medicine was held on March 23, 2019. This conference provided evidence-based advice in

a non-commercial setting. Nearly 100 providers took part in the day-long event.

(Above) Kenneth Barning, MBChB, Wil-

liam Huang, MD; Savitri Fedson, MD;

Judy Levison, MD, MPH

(Left) Fabrizia Faustinella, MD, PhD;

Kamna Bansal, MD; Anjali Aggarw-

al, MD; Preethi Nambi, MD; Malvika

Juneja, MD; Brady Slater

(Left) Hammad Mahmood, MBBS;

Diana Blicharski, MBBS

Malvika Juneja, MD, the department’s CME Director,

added to the annual event to include posters to the mix

this year. Submissions were accepted from residents,

students, fellows, and faculty. Ribbons were awarded to

the best in each group.

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Sahil Mittal, MD, MS

Functional bowel disorders

Maher Karam-Hage, MD

Smoking cessation: Newer options and

updates

Judy Levison, MD

Abnormal Cervical Cytology: What do I do

next?

Ida Orengo, MD

Common skin lesions in primary care

Savitri Fedson, MD

End of life decision: Medical facts & patient

preferences

2019 Primary Care Update Conference Poster Award Winners

(Above) Laura Nietfeld, MD; Larissa Grigoryan, MD, PhD;

Suvarna Mahadasyam, MD

(Right) Medical students Jeremiah Lee; Courtney Pette

First Place Faculty Research Poster

Grigoryan L, Zoorob R, Wang H, Shah J, Arya M, Trautner B. Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for acute uncomplicated bronchitis in adults.

First Place Student Poster

Bhavsar P, Pette C, Lee J, Khan F, Huang W, Zoorob R, Aggarwal A. Addressing gaps in primary care education: A primary care elective created by medical students.

First Place Resident Poster

Sakar A, Nguyen S, Yanoff B, Varadarajan S. Assessing and addressing pediatric immunization schedule non-compliance.

First Place Fellow Poster

Raza SA, Salemi JL, Zoorob R. Using the geospatial distribution of age-adjusted gender disparities in cancer incidence to explore etiologic hypotheses.

First Place Faculty Poster

Rode R, Shah N. Closing the gap between non-compliance and ig-norance by meaningful use of AVS.

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The department’s Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Training was on Febuary 2 from 8 AM to 12

PM. The entire training event was free of charge.

Participants learned from our experts on topics focusing on medication assisted treatment

and OUD treatment with buprenorphine/naloxone. Physicians require 8 hours of training to

apply to the Drug Enforcement Agency for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine, one of three

medications approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid use disorder. This 4-hour in

person training, in combination with a 4-hour online self-study portion, allowed participants

to obtain his/her buprenorphine waiver. These trainings also counted as the first 8 hours of

the 24-hour requirement for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.

Every time we take a course of antibiotics we don’t necessarily need, we’re

disrupting our own microbiome - as well as potentially contributing to

drug resistance. The Houston Chronicle interviewed Larissa Grigoryan,

MD, PhD and Barbara Trautner, MD about their recent survey.

Luis Rustveld, PhD, RD, LD spoke with

the BCM Momentum Blog about “Debating

Diets.” Read his comments here.

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Harris Health System held a staff appreciation day at Vallbona Health Center on February 21, 2019.

(Left) Melvin Prado (Site Director); Saira Khan, MD; Noreen Pirzada, MD; Malvika Juneja, MD; Joy Blumenreich, MD

At the department-sponsored event are (right, front row) Ambreen Mujahid, MD; Noreen Pirzada, MD; Phong Luu, MD; Soledad Khoury, MD; Kamna Bansal, MBBS; Diana Atwal, MD; San-jana Bhattarai, MD; (Back row) Bharat Joshi, MD; Jason Buchan-an, MD; Preethi Nambi, MD; Eric Lee, MD; Saira Khan, MD

The FGP providers were invited to the sixth floor of the

Kirby location to receive the department’s gratitude for

a job well done. (Below, left) Paul Dalangpan, Senior

Practice Manager of the Upper Kirby and TMC locations;

Priya Davar, MD; Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH; Mela-

nie Fannin, Senior Practice Manager of the River Oaks

location; Aymer Al-Mutairi, MD.

(Below, facing the camera) Nneka

Okafor, MD, MPH and Ahsan Raza,

MBBS, MSc, PhD.

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Irvin Sulapas, MD (center) volunteered at the Chevron

Houston Marathon after running the half marathon first (see

medals!). Encouraging him are two PGY-2 residents, Stephanie

Nguyen, MD (left) and Alex Herrera, MD.

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The documentary, entitled The Dark Side of the

Moon, explores the root causes of homelessness and

the challenges of street life, as well as societal biases and

prejudices towards homeless people, while discussing

possible solutions to this widespread and devastating

phenomenon.

The film also focuses on how a difficult upbringing,

amidst abuse and neglect, can have a devastating impact

on the cognitive and physical development of a child.

The documentary was submitted to national and

international film festivals and just received the official

selection laurel from the International Christian Film and

Music Festival in Orlando, Florida. The documentary

will also be used by the Coalition for the Homeless in

Houston for a variety of events and educational purposes,

and will be shown to BCM students in the Compassion

and the Art of Medicine course, directed by

JoAnna Fields-Gilmore, MD.

Congratulations to our own Fabrizia Faustinella, MD, PhD, FACP (right) who wrote, directed, and produced the film. Job

well done!

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Mònica Alzate, PhD, LCSW, MA was inter-

viewed by FOX 26 (watch here) and was con-

sulted by Julia Benstein of BCM about the art of

mindfulness and mental health.

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Having a cold can be miserable. A sore throat,

fever, cough, headache or fatigue can leave you

searching for ways to find instant relief. Jeffrey

Steinbauer, MD, professor of family and

community medicine at Baylor, explains how to

relieve a cold using over-the-counter medication

and home remedies.

Check out the TMC News article about the

department’s History of Medicine Society

lecture series emphasizes the relevance of the

past. Fareed Khan, MBBS (right) is the Course

Director.

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Jones KC, Salemi JL, Dongarwar D, Rodriguez SM, Quach TH, Kunik ME, Salihu HM. Racial/

ethnic disparities in receipt of electroconvulsive therapy for elderly patients with a principal diagnosis

of depression in inpatient settings. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 Mar;27(3):266-78

Marcus M, de Groot A, Bachman S, Chisolm N, Quadri Y, Cabral H, Rajabiun S. Longitudinal

determinants of housing stability among people living with HIV/AIDS experiencing homelessness.

AJPH. 2018 Dec;108(S7):S552-S560

Levine RS, Schneid RP, Zoorob RJ, Hennekens CH. A tale of two cities: Persistently high homicide

rates in Baltimore City compared with significant declines in New York City. Am J Med. 2019

Jan;132(1):3-5

Levine RS, Kilbourne B, Sanderson M, Fadden MK, Pisu M, Salemi JL, Mejia de Grubb MC,

O’Hara H, Huasini BA, Zoorob R, Hennekens CH. Lack of validity of self-reported mammography.

J Fam Community Med. 2019 Jan 29;7(1): e000096

Marshall J, Ramakrishnan R, Slotnick AL, Tanner JP, Salemi JL, Kirby RS. Family-centered perinatal

services for children with Down Syndrome and their families in Florida. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal

Nurs. 2019 Jan;48(1):78-89

Porter M, Quillen D, Agana DF, Chacko L, Lynch K, Bielick L, Fu X, Yang Y, Carek PJ. Are patients

frequently readmitted to the hospital different from the other admitted patients? J Am Board Fam Med.

2019 Jan;32(1):58-64

Kowalchuk AA, Gonzalez SJ, Zoorob RJ. Substance use issues among the underserved: United

States and international perspectives. J Physician Assist Clinics. 2019;4(1):141-54

Mejia de Grubb MC, Levine RS, Zoorob RJ. Diet and obesity issues in the underserved. J Physician

Assist Clinics. 2019;4(1):155-69

Huang WY, Grigoryan L, Aggarwal A. Predictors of student use of an electronic record. Clin Teach.

2019 Apr;16(2):131-137

Skelton F, Martin LA, Evans C, Kramer J, Grigoryan L, Richardson P, Kunik ME, Poon IO, Holmes

SA, Trauter BW. Determining best practices for management of bacteriuria in spinal cord injury:

Protocol for a mixed-methods study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Feb;8(2): e12272

Frankel WC, Trautner BW, Spiegelman A, Grigoryan L, LeMaire SA. Patients at risk for aortic rupture

often exposed to fluoroquinolones during hospitalization. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Feb

1;63(2):e01712-18 *Selected as Editor’s Pick

Kendle A, Salemi JL, Tanner JP, Louis JM. Delivery-associated sepsis: Trends in morbidity and

mortality. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jan;220(1):s76

Salihu HM, Henshaw C, Salemi JL, Dongarwar D, Wudil UJ, Olaleye Om Godbole N, Aggarwal A.

Temporal trends and black–white disparity in mortality among hospitalized persons living with HIV in the

United States. J Med. 2019 Mar;98(9):e14584

Zoorob RJ, Salemi JL, Mejia de Grubb MC, Modak S, Levine RS. A nationwide study of breast cancer,

depression, and multimorbidity among hospitalized women and men in the United States. Breast Cancer

Res Treat. 2019 Feb;174(1):237-248

Salihu HM, Salinas A, Medina I, Krishnaswami J, Alihu MH. Biopsychosocial determinants of opioid use

disorder (OUD) and implications for maternal and child health research: A scoping review. J Opioid Manag.

2019 Jan/Feb;15(1):77-91

Yusuf KK, Salihu HM, Wilson R, Mbah A, Sappenfield W, King LM, Bruder K. Comparing folic acid

dosage strengths to prevent reduction in featl size among pregnant women who smoked cigarettes: A ran-

domized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Mar 18 [Epub ahead of print]

Skelton F, Salemi JL, Akpati L, Silva S, Dongarwar D, Trautner BW, Salihu HM. Genitourinary complications

are a leading and expensive cause of emergency department and inpatient encounters for persons with spinal cord

injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Mar 30 [Epub ahead of print]

IN PRESS

Aguinaga, M del Pilar, O’Hara H, Mejia de Grubb MC, Wood S, Hennekens CH, Levine RS. Differential

changes in mortality from sickle cell disorders by age in the United States. JSCDH

Mayor JM, Salemi JL, Dongarwar D, Salihu HM, Montero-Baker M, Mills JL, Chung J. Ten-year nationwide

outcomes of carotid revascularization show that females have a higher risk of stroke for symptomatic but not

asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. JACS

Salemi JL. Terminology used to describe statistical models with multiple independent variables. J Registry

Manag.

Kowalchuk A, Mejia de Grubb M, Gonzalez S, Zoorob R. Addressing substance use with the adoles-

cent in primary care: the SBIRT model. In: Morelli V, ed. Adolescent Health Screening: An Update in the

Age of Big Data

Chima C, Salemi JL, Sidani MA, Zoorob R. Coaching and Education for Diabetes Distress: Protocol for

a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc

Chima CC, Salemi JL, Sidani M, Zoorob R. CONSORT-EHEALTH checklist: Information to include when

reporting ehealth/mhealth trials.

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NS Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

Conference on Medical Student EducationFebruary 2019

Juneja M, Gill A. Cultural humility and social determinants of health: A curriculum designed to enhance medical student awareness, attitudes and competency.

Huang W, Ruiz E, Prukiss J. Work in Progress: Promoting effective feedback by clerkship preceptors through an ABFM/STFM pilot precepting performance improvement activity.

Sung A, Barning K, Varadarajan S, Juneja M, Thangarala A, Huang W, Zoorob R. In-Progress Research Project: Responding to medical student and faculty research interest by creating a central database of FCM department scholarly activity.

Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference 2019April 2019

Grigoryan L, Germanos G, Zoorob R, Juneja S, Raphael JL, Paasche-Orlow MK, Trautner BW. Use of antibiotics without a prescription in the United States.

Skelton F, May S, Grigoryan L, Martin L, Poon I, Holmes A, Trautner BW. spinal cord injury provider knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic stewardship for bacteriuria: Mixed methods analysis.

Brastman AT, Mathias K, Rose SR, Grigoryan L. Outpatient fluoroquinolone prescribing patterns before and after FDA warning.

Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship ConferenceJanuary 2019

Grigoryan L, Germanos G, Zoorob R, Raphael J, Paasche-Orlow M, Trautner B. Use of antibiotics without a prescription in the United States.

16th Annual Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (DLDCCC) SymposiumFebruary 2019

Mejia de Grubb MC, Mosqueda M, Zoorob R, Levine RS. Equitable access to lung cancer screening and tobacco cessa-

tion treatment: Key informant responses rior to implementation of a new program.

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Henry JN Taub & James K. Alexander Medical Student Research SymposiumMarch 2019

First place poster in educational research: Bhavsar P,

Pette C, Lee J, Khan F, Huang W, Zoorob R, Aggarwal A.

Addressing gaps in primary care education: A primary care elective

created by medical students. (left)

ADA (American Diabetes Association) Diabetes is Primary ConferenceFebruary 2019

Shah NP. Tailoring treatment to social context. (below)

2019 Primary Care Update Conference

March 2019

Best student poster: Bhavsar P, Pette C, Lee J, Khan F,

Huang W, Zoorob R, Aggarwal A. Addressing gaps in primary

care education: A primary care elective created by medical students.

Best resident poster: Sakar A, Nguyen S, Yanoff B,

Varadarajan S. Assessing and addressing pediatric immunization

schedule non-compliance.

Best fellow poster: Raza SA, Salemi JL, Zoorob R. Using the

geospatial distribution of age-adjusted gender disparities in cancer

incidence to explore etiologic hypotheses.

Best faculty poster: Rode R, Shah N. Closing the gap between non-compliance and ignorance by meaningful use of AVS.

Best faculty research poster: Grigoryan L, Zoorob R,

Wang H, Shah J, Arya M, Trautner B. Inappropriate prescribing

of antibiotics for acute uncomplicated bronchitis in adults.

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NCQA Alcohol Learning Collaborative: Bi-Monthly Collaborative WebinarMarch 2018

Zoorob R, Gonzalez SJ, Salemi JL, Spooner KK, Sidani M. Implementing alcohol screening and follow-up.

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Aggarwal A, Sidani M, Nash S Warwick E Jeffcoat D, Zoorob R, Salihu H. Development of a workshop in Ob-Gyn

ultrasound simulations.

Sung A, Tran E, Wang H, Sidani M. Challenges and lessons learned in improving reported preventive screening rates.

Mehrotra N, Aggarwal A, Nash S, Khan F, Zoorob R. Improving workflow for medical record charts and forms at a

community health center.

Aggarwal A, Salemi JL, Nash SG, Matas JL, Zoorob R, Salihu HM. Integration of innovative simulation exercises to the

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) Provider Course: Impact on trainee knowledge, skills, and confidence.

Trantham R, Fu J, Verghese B, Nash S, Huang W, Zoorob R, Aggarwal A. Electronic order entry as an educational tool in a

family medicine preceptor site.

Sarkar A, Ren X, Xie C, Hoang L, Yanoff B, Juneja M. Identifying barriers to research participation in a residency program.

Raza SA, Salemi JL, Zoorob R. Exploring the global impact of gender biases in cancer registration on reported gender

disparities in cancer incidence.

Agana DF, Striley CW, Young ME, Cook R, Cruz-Almeida Y, Carek PJ. Understanding the readmitting population among

primary care patients: a mixed methods study.

Agana DF, Striley CW, Cook R, Cruz-Almeida Y, Carek PJ, Salemi JL. Identifying ambulatory care sensitive related readmissions

and characterizing readmission behavior: An analysis from the Nationwide Readmissions Database.

Faustinella F, Zoorob R. Obstacles to health care access among racial and ethnic minorities and the development of the same

day clinic system.

Faustinella F, Blumenreich, J. An uncommon clinical presentation of ovarian torsion.

Grigoryan L, Zoorob R, Wang H, Horsfield M, Gupta K, Trautner B. Lack of clinical benefit with longer antimicrobial

treatment of acute cystitis.

Grigoryan L, Nash S, Trautner B. Treatment of urinary tract infections in primary care: Identifying barriers to evidence-based

prescribing.

Hansen MA, Salemi JL, Zoorob R, Shegog R. Studying technology acceptance to improve advanced usage of aatient portals.

Hansen MA, Samannodi M, Hasbun R. Characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of encephalitis in older adults.

Burdick B, Wang D, Edmondson E, Agha M, Gill A, Juenja M. Teaching the social determinants of health and cultural humility

to increase the knowledge, skills, and attitudinal competencies in third year medical students.

Agha M, Burdick B, Ikejiani S, Edmondson E, Wang D, Juneja M. Implicit bias and health equity: Personal and institutional

responsibility.

Waqar A, Nash S, Bray J. Effect of motivational interviewing (MI) in obese patients.

Slater B, Sung A, Varadarajan S, Juneja M, Salemi JL, Zoorob R. Christner J. Passion, prestige, or pressure: Trends of

medical student involvement in research.

Germanos GJ, Trautner BW, Zoorob R, Salemi JL, Drekonja D, Gupta K, Grigoryan L. No clinical benefit to treating male

urinary tract infection longer than seven days: An outpatient database study.

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MATCH DAY 2019

We are excited to welcome the Class of 2022 to our Family of

Family Medicine! We are honored that they chose our program.

Check out our welcome video, produced by our current Chief

Residents, Reggie Nguyen, MD and Stephanie Vachirasudlekha,

MD, MPH, MSW, and starring our faculty and staff.

Peter Baek, MDMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Yasmin Chin, MDMeharry Medical College

Sara Coverdale, MDMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Michelle Wheeler, MDUniversity of Mississippi School of Medicine

Liz Thoyakulathu, MDBaylor College of Medicine

Chinwe Nwokocha, MDUniversity of Texas Medical Branch

School of Medicine

Lily Luc, MDTexas A&M

Health Science CenterCollege of Medicine

NEW CHIEF RESIDENTS

After a close race, we congratulate our 2019-2020

Chief Residents! Veena Chavakula, MD (right)

and Arindam Sarkar MD (far right) will take over

on April 1.

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NEWSLETTERJanuary - March 2019

The Family and Community Medicine Quarterly Newsletter

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