UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE

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Family Medicine Quarterly

DAISY ENDOWMENT TO UIC DFM

Dr. Charles Daisy, 1961 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medi-cine, passed away in Naples, Florida on September 3, 2009 at the age of 72. He was a family physician and practiced for approximately 30 years in the small town of Greenville, Illinois. A Resolution of Condolence was submitted by the Illinois chapter of the AAFP and unanimously approved by the 62nd Congress of

Delegates convened in Boston, MA October 12-14, 2009. Both Dr. and Mrs. Daisy have been loyal and dedicated alumni of the U of I and indebted to the University of Illinois College of Medicine for providing Charles the solid foundation of medical education and knowledge that shaped his life and served him well throughout his career. They have made a donation of $100,000 to the department to establish the Dr. Charles and Donna Daisy Lectureship in Family Medicine. At their request, the lectureship will be used for teaching of practice management skills and developments in medical education to residents, young faculty, and fellows. In addition, the Department has received an initial bequest in Dr. Daisy’s name from an anonymous donor in the amount of $5000.

These funds will be used to hold the first lecture in Spring, 2010. The UIC DFM is an academic program dedicated to clinical care, education and research that focuses on meeting the needs of a diverse urban population. We are extremely grateful to Dr. Charles and Donna Daisy for the oppor-tunity to develop this series, the first lectureship in the history of the department. The economics of practice man-agement is an important piece of training for healthcare professionals at any level in their career, and a subject com-

patible with achieving the mission of the Department of Family Medicine.

The Department of Family Medicine will be sponsoring the 2010 ALSO Course on Friday, January 8th and Saturday, January 9th, 2010. The DFM at UIC has coordinated the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics course since 2003, de-signed to teach obstetrics providers how to handle obstetric emergencies and keep them up-to-date on evidence-based practice recommendations. Co-Directing will be Drs. Juliet Bradley, Cook County-Loyola-Provident, and Nimmi Rajagopal, UIC DFM. Dr. Abbas Hyderi, UIC DFM, will serve as Advisory Fac-ulty. The ALSO course instructors include Chicago-area family medicine resi-dency faculty representing UIC, Illinois Masonic, Hinsdale, Resurrection, and

Cook County-Loyola-Provident Medical Centers.

The ALSO Course is AAFP & AMA Category 1 CME-accredited. For additional information and registration form, please contact Shelley Jacobs (shelley@uic.edu) or visit the DFM website at http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/cms/

One.aspx?portalId=506244&pageId=5710246. The deadline date for registration is Friday, December 4th, 2009.

2010 ALSO COURSE

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DFM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations to Abbas Hyderi, MD, MPH for his recent AAFP monograph, entitled “Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS”. The monograph in include in the AAFP’s FP Essentials, Edition No. 365,

which was released for publication in October.

Samuel Grief, MD has been appointed Advisory Committee Member of the Illinois Chapter of The American Academy of Pediatrics Promoting Health: Strengthening Practices & Links to Community Resources Project

Advisory Committee. Congratulations Dr. Grief.

Congratulations to Tamarah Duperval, MD, MPH and Samuel Grief, MD for appearing on the American Medical Association Virtual Town Hall discussion on YouTube.com commenting on the health reform system. For the full discussion go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=YFu8twBKRbc

An article by Dr. Dykens, “Could ‘Peace Care’ Lessen the Global Burden of Disease” was published in the Fall 2009 National Peace Corps Association Worldview Magazine. His article highlights Peace Care’s vision of positively impacting global health disparities. For more information, please visit

www.peacecare.org.

Congratulations to Patrick Tranmer, MD, MPH who scored a featured letter to the editor, entitled “Insurance for All” in the Chicago Sun-Times on August 18th and in the Chicago Tribune on August 24th. To view the Tribune letter please go to the new DFM Website at http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/departments/fammed/ and click on the News

& Events link.

Dr. Duperval was recently featured in a UIC News article regarding the health care debate. For the complete article go to: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?

id=13466.

Dr. Duperval was featured on NBC5-TV on October 7th abut running the Chicago Mara-

thon to raise funds for Breast Cancer research. She finished in 5:14:11. Congratulations!

Javette C. Orgain, MD, MPH joined US Sen. Dick Durbin for a press conference on August 2nd calling on Congress to pass meaningful, effective health care reform. The event was broad-

casted on radio, WGN and WBBM, and television, NBC 5 and ABC 7.

Also on August 2nd, Dr. Orgain spoke live on air with the Chicago Dept of Public Health direc-

tor, Dr. Terry Mason’s weekly WVON-AM talk radio show discussing health care reform.

Dr. Orgain spoke with Matt and Perri on August 4th about health care reform. Dr. Orgain also appeared live on WILL-AM radio with economist Sara Collins, PhD. discussing the current health

care reform proposals. The podcast can be viewed at: http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/RSS/

On September 9th, Paulette Grey, MD, PGY2 served as a panelist for WBBM-TV pro-viding her reaction to President Barack Obama’s health care reform address to Congress

and the nation.

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Thank You DFM Volunteer Faculty

Clinical Associate Professor Elizabeth Feldman, MD Michael Friedman, MD Lawrence Goldberg, MD Christine Jacobs, MD Kathryn Stewart, MD, MPH James Valek, MD Margaret Wiedmann, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor Alan F. Bain, DO Antonio Barajas, MD Jacqueline Bardwell, MD Murray Bass, MD Barbara Bellar, MD, JD Stephen G. Bennett, MD Jon Beran, MD Corinne Blum, MD Christopher Brenner, MD William Briner, MD Matthew Brown, MD Sangili Chandran, MD

Milton Chavez, MD Brian Chicoine, MD Henry Cordero, MD Charles Crotteau, MD Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH Jose Elizondo, MD Michael Fisher, MD Luvianca Fonseca, MD Melvin Glick, MD Martin Gonzalez, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor Judy Gordon, MD, MPH Diana Grant, MD

Glen Grobe, MD Dean Grove, MD, MPH Richard Guthmann, MD Maurice Guzman, MD Benjamin Hasan, MD Michal Hytros, MD Michael Jutovsky, MD Kent Kamradt, MD Fred Karlin, MD Jaya Kasturi, MD Roy Lacey, MD Donna Lawlor, MD Irene Lesniak, MD Esther Liu, MD Benjamin Lo, MD Georgia Lubben, MD Brian Lynch, MD Katarzyna Malecka, MD Michael Melnick, MD Ramiro Mercado, MD Robert Moss, MD Jacqueline Olivo, MD Chiedu Nchekwube, MD Nigam Patel, MD Kenneth Pierini, MD, MS Albert Poronsky, DO Stephen Rittman, MD Lizbet Ronning, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor Mario Rosas, MD Oscar Ruiz, MD Jorge Saad, MD, MPH Latifah Sabree, MD John Sage, MD T. Eric Schackow, MD, PhD Daniel Shin, MD Joel Shoolin, MD

James Skomurski, MD Jack Spaniol, MD Stephen Sproul, MD Bruce Steffens, MD Audrey Stillerman, MD Thomas Waidzunas, MD Bruce Weber, MD Lise Weisberger, MD

Clinical Instructor Debra Haley, PhD Jessica Haloskie, MD Dragomir Jovanovic, MD Joshua Merok, MD Haroon Olomi, MD Leon Que, MD Vineet Singla, DO John Tenhundfeld, MD

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Law

Cherilyn Murer, JD, CRA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology

Steven Zuckerman, PhD

We would like to thank all clinical faculty who have contributed their time and expertise in the many educational activi-ties in the Department of Family Medicine at UIC. It is our departmental mission to provide quality educational experi-

ences for medical students, residents and faculty, and your participation is vital in accomplishing this goal.

Please remember to update all your personal information by logging into the University of Illinois’ NESSIE employee access system. NESSIE can be accessed at https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/index.cfm . To prevent technical difficulties in accessing your UIC e-mail account or the UIC Library, please login to NESSIE, your UIC e-mail, or the UIC Library at least once every year. By doing this, you are confirming your intentions to keep your accounts active. The University’s Academic Computing and Communication Center (ACCC) routinely de-activates accounts that remain inactive for greater than one year. If you have recently moved or changed your preferred e-mail address, please notify the DFM Administrative Office at (312) 996-1336 or ehawes1@uic.edu, so that we may continue to provide you with vital infor-

mation regarding your appointment and the DFM Quarterly Newsletter.

If interested in predoctoral activities, please contact Nipa Shah, MD (nshah1@uic.edu); residency training, Mark Potter, MD (mcpotter@uic.edu); Grand Rounds lecture series, Rosalba Angulo (rosalbaa@uic.edu) . Should you have any questions regarding your faculty standing, updating information, or need information about departmental activities, please contact Liz Hawes, (ehawes1@uic.edu ). The program staff of the Department of Family Medicine is here to serve and assist you, and welcomes your questions and comments. Additional information about non-salaried appoint-ments in the Department of Family Medicine can also be located on our newly redesigned website at http://

chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/departments/fammed/

Thank you very much for your continued interest in the Department of Family Medicine at UIC.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of

Family Medicine Ibrahim Bani, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Rodney Eiger, MD

Lecturer James Arons, DO Crystal Cash, MD Frank Castillo, MD, MA Margaret Dolan, MD Yacob Gawa, MD, MRCP Stuart Goldman, MD Judith Gravdal, MD Pauline Harding, MD, LDN Mirza Jesani, DO, Mark Kanaris, MD Greg Kirschner, MD Mark Macumber, MD Paul Omastiak, MD

Steven Rube, MD Martin Shobris, MD,PhD,CMD Stephen Stabile, MD, MHA Gary Stuck, MD Robert Zitter, Ph.D.

The Department of Family Medicine is also grateful for all those who have contributed to DFM gift funds throughout the year. Gift funds are extraordinarily valuable in that they enrich the department by investing in new technology, resources

for research projects, and the overall education of residents and medical students in Family Medicine.

We invite you to consider a gift to the Department of Family Medicine! For additional information and instructions on how you can give to the DFM, please visit our website at: http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/departments/

fammed/giving_to_the_dfm/

GIVING TO THE DFM

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SERVICE AWARDS

A big round of applause to the following members of the DFM, who have been recognized for their years of service to

UIC, the College of Medicine, and UI Medical Center. Employee Recognition Month is held each November.

Deborah Benjamin, Medical Laboratory Tech III - 20 Years

Maureen Gecht, MPH, Director, Patient Education – 15 Years

Carmen Feliciano, Medical Assistant – 10 Years

Glenda Rios, MD - 10 Years

Anthony Sedeno, Customer Service Rep I - 10 Years

Lorene Hightower, Medical Assistant - 5 Years

Congratulations to Christine Bobek, NP and Carmen Feliciano, Medical Assistant who each received CAUGHT IN THE ACT awards on July 29th. The award is provided by the UI Medical Center in recognition for voluntarily providing service above and beyond the call of duty. Christine Bobek, NP received a second Caught In The Act Award also on July

29th. All three award nominations came from patients at the Family Medicine Center.

Christine Bobek, NP and

Carmen Feliciano, MA

“I have never seen the quality of professionalism and care that I personally received from Ms. Feliciano and Ms. Bobek. I feel it is important to recognize individuals that go

beyond their work expectations, especially in the medical field. I commend Ms. Bobek and Ms. Feliciano for being two unique individuals that are efficient, professional, and

more important, caring. The service I received from them meant a lot to me. “

DFM NEWSLETTER STAFF Special thanks to Rosalba Angulo, Project Coordinator, Administration and Liz Hawes, Project Coordinator, Administration for devel-

opment of this newsletter. Please direct questions & comments to Meg Oberholtzer at holtzer@uic.edu.

FALL 2009 DFM MVTP

Congratulations to Christine Bobek, NP, who has been chosen to be recognized as the Fall 2009 DFM Most Valuable Team Player. Chris has been the recipient of several Caught in the Act awards and

acknowledged by patients and peers who made the following comments about her:

I have been going through some stressful moments because of my health...and what has helped me get through it has been the compassion and excellent care that Christine Bobek has consistently demonstrated to me. She has gone above and beyond to help me with my health by calling to check up on me, returning my emails quickly and helping me to secure needed appointments with specialists at UIC. I am truly grateful for

all that she has done for me on my road to better health.

Chris is a caring, compassionate clinician who is very attentive to her patients’ needs, both physically and emotionally. The Depart-

ment is very lucky to have Chris as she truly represents what family medicine is all about! Ms. Bobek took the time to personally call me once the results of my lab work came in to follow up as to how I was feeling. To my

surprise...first class service. I have shared my experience with family and friends...thank you!

Congratulations Christine and thank you for your outstanding service to the DFM and UIC!

FMC EMPLOYEES RECEIVE UIMC AWARDS

This past summer, the DFM launched its newly designed website and we invite you to take a look! The project was part of a University- wide initiative to provide a more user-friendly and consistent appearance to numerous UIC websites. The Residency, PreDoctoral, Re-search, and Department sections have all been completely updated. The new News & Events section allows quick access to DFM employee related news as well as important events oc-curring in the DFM. The DFM Newsletter archives provide complete access to all previously published newsletters. We hope that you will find the information helpful. The website is

available at: http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/departments/fammed/ The redesign was a long process executed by Jeff Korba, IT Specialist, Liz Hawes, Admin Coord and Abby Irvine, Resi-dency Coord; their hard work, and creativity in producing a quality website is greatly appreciated. If you have any com-

ments or suggestions, please direct them to Meg Oberholtzer at holtzer@uic.edu.

DFM WEBSITE HAS A NEW LOOK !