Volume 2 – No. 6
June 2006
DFSM E-Newsletter
Department of Family and Social Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
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We are pleased to present our monthly departmental newsletter. Thank you for your continued support and
contributions. Remember the deadline for submissions is the 20th of each month! We look forward to
hearing from you!
Editors-at-Large:
Mark Polisar, MD
Tami Rivera
Peter Selwyn, MD, MPH
Becky Williams, MD, MHPE
PUBLICATIONS
Sharif I, Lo Sarah, Ozuah PO. Availability of Prescription Labels Written in Spanish in an Urban Latino
Setting. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2006: 17(1)
Davis P, Fornari A. Nutrition in Palliative Care. In Eilliot L, Molseed LL, McCallum PD, Grant B, eds. The
Clinical to Oncology Nutrition, 2nd Ed. Published by the American Dietetic Association.
PRESENTATIONS
National Abortion Federation (NAF) Meeting
April 23-25, 2006, San Francisco, CA
Bramhi D. Abortion Training in Family Medicine.
Geer K. Reproductive Health Beliefs of IndoCaribbean Women.
Gold M. Training Issues in Family Medicine.
Gold M. (Breakfast Forum) Training in Abortion.
39th Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference
April 26-30, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
Alfasi G, Carling M, Dyche L, Fader J, Korin E, Petersen L, Vourkas C. Family-oriented Interviewing During a
Routine Medical Visit.
Alfasi G, Tinio A. Psychosocial Teaching on the Inpatient Service.
Baker N, Leanza F, Harper P, Van Vranken MD, Reif C. Everything I Know About Physician Leadership I
Learned on a Wilderness Canoe Trip.
Barr W, Molina-Ortiz E, Shimoni N. Using Electronic Health Records to Improve Patient Care and
Resident Education.
Bryant A, Tiller G, Singh D, Prine L. Voices of Choice: Physicians Who Provided Abortions Before Roe vs.
Wade
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39th Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference
April 26-30, 2006, San Francisco, CA. cont’d
Fornari A, Leanza F, Duggan M, Guilbe R, Gorski V. Developmental and Competency-based Performance
Assessment: Beginning With a Family Medicine Inpatient Rotation.
Gold M. Writing A Proposal for Funding to Integrate Abortion and Family Planning Into Your Residency
Curriculum
Geer K. (Poster Presentation) The Reproductive Health Attitudes and Beliefs of IndoCaribbeans.
Gold M, Townsend J. (Preconference Workshop) STFM Group on Women in Family Medicine Network:
Celebrating Women in Family Medicine.
Gross P. Launching—and Writing for—A Magazine of Personal Experience and Advocacy.
Guilbe R, Townsend J. (Common Interest and Group Meeting Breakfasts) Assisting Residents in Addressing
Cultural Issues in End-of-life Care.
Jackson E, Anderson M, Fornari A, Korin E. (Poster Presentation) Hitting the Streets: A Resident Inspired
and Executed Experiential Cultural Curriculum.
Leanza F, Duggan M, St. Louis M, Fornari A. Designing and Implementing an ACGME Competency-based
Remediation Plan for Residents.
Lesnewski R, Swica Y. Responding to New Drug Warnings and Recalls.
Mockler G, George P, Painter K, Kirchen N. Attitudes and Cultural Beliefs About Emergency Contraception
Within a Low-income, Spanish-speaking Urban Population
Painter K, Kirchen N, Stein T, Joo P, Figueroa E, Bylund C. Resident to Resident: Using an Educational
Framework to Develop an ACGME Competency-based Evaluation Tool.
Prine L, Mayers L, Shimoni N. Intrauterine Devices: Dispelling the Myths.
Rodriguez J, Painter K, Burg J, Bent G. (Poster Presentation) Vehicle-assisted Nutrition: Bronx Mobile Health
Unit.
Rodriguez J, Painter K, Mockler G, Bent G. Health Not Cosmetics: Four Years of Group Visits Treating
Obesity in an Urban Underserved Community
Rubin S. (Poster Presentation) Integration of Early Abortion Services Into Primary Care: A Patient
Acceptability Study.
Saper R, Kligler B, Gardiner P, Gordon A, Bonadkar R, Izzy J. Developing Evidence-based Complementary
and Alternative Medicine Teaching Cases for Family Medicine Residency Curricula.
Silverman H, Kligler B, Hadley S, Hayes M, Kohatsu W, Lebensohn P, Maizes V, Rakel D, Schneider C.
Experience With a 4-year Integrative Medicine Family Medicine Residency-Fellowship.
Williams R, Fink M, Barr W. Precepting Prenatal Care: A Collaborative Faculty Development
Program
WELCOMES & FAREWELLS
Welcome! To Bernadette Huvane who has joined the Palliative Care Service as an advanced practice nurse
working in the emergency room with Dr. Janice Simpson. Bernadette received a master's degree from the
College of New Rochelle with a focus in adult and geriatric practice and received a post-master's certificate
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in family practice from the College of Mt. St. Vincent’s. She has previously worked at Fordham University
Student Health Services and Schumaker Nursing and Rehab. Center. Feel free to page her at (917) 2180758.
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES
Indian Restaurant Club
Dinner anyone? Our last dinner of the year took place at Bengal Tiger in White Plains. The group is
working on a review of the restaurants we visited for the next newsletter. While all the meals were good,
the company was excellent. Sadly the majority of the resident members for these expeditions will be
graduating this year. If anyone is interested in continuing this tradition next year, please speak with Dr.
Williams. Vegetarian restaurants, perhaps? For more information contact Sheena Kumar at (917) 2190163.
Movie/Book Club
For more information please contact Aisha Mays at (917) 218-3372 or via e-mail at aimays@montefiore.org
or Dan O'Connell at (917) 433-6083 or via e-mail at oconnel@montefiore.org.
SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
SAVE THE DATE! June 30, 2006 at the New York Academy of Medicine. Building Blocks of Palliative Care:
Urban Successes, Challenges, and Visions sponsored by Palliative Care Services, Montefiore Medical Center.
For more information contact: cme@montefiore.org or (718) 920-6674, Ext. 226.
PERSONAL HAPPENINGS
People in the news…
Congratulations! To Dr. David Appel designated one of New York Magazine’s most “Influentials” of 2006!
The article may be found online at http://www.nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16925/. Dr. Appel
has been one of the most visible faces and audible voices advocating for children’s access to quality,
comprehensive primary care and mental health services in school-based settings. His recognition is well
deserved.
Congratulations! To Yinghua Liu, one of our research partners in the Diabetes Collaboratives, on
completing his 2nd master's degree -an M.P.A. from the NYU Wagner School. His first was a Master's in
Sociology from the University of Beijing.
Congratulations! To Barbara Sanders, MD, who on behalf of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and
Montefiore Medical Center was congratulated on May 22, 2006 by Dean Dominick P. Purpura for her
valuable work and contributions as Coordinator of the Family Medicine Subinternship clerkship.
Dr. Peter Sherman coordinated a 3-day mini-course for the May Pediatric Academic Society meeting in San
Francisco titled Underserved Populations Research Mini Course. Presenters included Dr. Iman Sharif. Given
the unmet health needs of underserved children it is important that physicians be provided with the skills
needed to engage in research in this arena. This mini-course provided a framework for inspiring clinicians
to do research with underserved children as well as teach pertinent skills.
MISCELLANEOUS
You can access a complete list of MonteTalk E-Bulletins click here: http://intranet/newsevents/montetalk
In April the Palliative Medicine Review Committee granted accreditation to DFSM's Hospice and Palliative
Medicine Fellowship. Francine Rainone, the Program Director, worked closely with Alice Fornari to ensure
compliance with the Voluntary Program Standards for Residency Education in Palliative Medicine. Kim Eady
deserves special credit for handling the enormous volume of paper work required. In September the
American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
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are very likely to recognize Palliative Medicine as a specialty. With accreditation, we are well positioned to
continue shaping the future of this exciting field.
MONTHLY SCHEDULE REMINDERS
All Faculty Administrative meetings for 2006
1:30 to 3:00 p.m., 3544 Jerome Ave, 3rd Floor Conference Room.
Presenters and Topics: TBA
July 11 (Due to July 4 holiday)
Sept 5
Nov 7
Social Medicine Rounds
Convener: Peter Sherman, MD
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., RPSM at 3544 Jerome Ave
June 13
Social Medicine Project Presentations
Educational Scholarship Writer's Group
Next meeting scheduled for June 13, 2006, 5:00-6:30pm. For more information contact Dr. Alice Fornari at
afornari@aecom.yu.edu.
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Please send email submissions for upcoming newsletters, by the 20th of each month, to:
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Peter Selwyn
pselwyn@montefiore.org
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