Volume 1 – No. 10
November 2005
DFSM E-Newsletter
Department of Family and Social Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
AECOM  1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461  718-430-2900
MMC  3544 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10467  718-920-4678
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
Braganza SF. Gastroesophageal Reflux. Pediatrics in Review 2005:26(8):298-299.
Braganza SF, Ozuah PO. Fad Therapies. Pediatrics in Review. 2005:26(10):365-370.
Berry DA, Cronin KA, Plevritis SK, Fryback DG, Clarke L, Zelen M, et al. (including Dr. Clyde Schechter as a
CISNET Collaborator). Effect of screening and adjuvant therapy on mortality from breast cancer. N Eng J
Med 2005; 353(17):1784-1792.
Cunningham CO, Sohler NL, McCoy K, Heller D, Selwyn PA. Health care access and utilization patterns in
unstably housed HIV-infected individuals in New York City. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2005; 19(10):904-909.
PRESENTATIONS
33rd NAPCRG Annual Meeting, Hilton Quebec, Quebec City, October 2005
Barr W, Bennett I, Gimotty P, Kanetsky P. Depressive Symptomatology and Poor Postpartum Contraceptive
Adherence.
Coco A, Ratcliffe S, Yeh J, Barr W. Low Birth Weight Prevention Through a Multi-Factor Risk Reduction
Quality Improvement Initiative.
Cohrssen A, Damaske P, Munshi S, Kligler B, Dahmer S, Schiller R. Impact of Alternative Medicine
Modalities Utilization on the Use of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Cough and Upper Respiratory Infections.
LaCalle E, McKee D. Rates and Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Urban, Minority Patients.
McKee D, O'Sullivan L, Weber C. The Physician's Role in Meeting the Sexual Health Care Needs of
Adolescents: Mothers' Perspectives.
Rosenberg M, Appel D, Webber M, Gold M. Urine Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Gonorrhea and
Chlamydia in a School-Based Clinic.
Sampson O, Hearst N, Gold M, Grumbach K. Understanding the Under-use of Emergency Contraception
Among Adolescents in California: Elucidating the Barriers to Using and Obtaining ECP.
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Schechter C, LaCalle E, McKee D, Fletcher J. The Challenges of Urban Primary Care: Using NAMCS to
Characterize the Urban Healthcare Safety Net.
Schwartz C, Karasz A, McKee D, Levine J, Korin E. Barriers to Rational Self-Management Among Latinas
with Diabetes Mellitus.
DEPARTMENTAL TRANSITIONS
Drs. Janet Townsend and Alice Fornari will be Co-Directors of the Department's Division of Education. As
part of a process of building and strengthening the structure of the Education Division, Janet and Alice will
take formal responsibility for overseeing the wide range of educational activities that take place across our
Department. They have already done much important work as part of this process, and together will
function as a very effective team in moving ahead with an ambitious program of educational growth and
scholarship.
Philip Ozuah, MD, has been appointed Interim Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center View memo:
http://intranet/newsevents/montetalk/PhillipOzuahMD.pdf
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES
Weight Watchers At Work Program
Meetings are held on Wednesdays at 12:30 at 3331 Steuben Ave. on the Moses Campus. The fee is
$119.50 pre-paid for a 10 week session. Open meeting is November 2. For more information contact Lisa
Kosits at 718-920-5241.
Book Club
We are currently reading, "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman for our book club.
Our next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday Nov. 15 at Sean Misciagna's place. For more
information please contact Aisha Mays at (917) 218-3372 r via e-mail at aimays@montefiore.org.
Indian Restaurant Club
Dinner anyone? On the third Thursday of each month, this group samples a new Indian Restaurant. For
more information contact Sheena Kumar at (917) 219-0163 or via e-mail at skumar@montefiore.org.
SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
Clerkship Presentations
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Project Presentations, Friday, November 4th, from 10:15AM to 3:30PM,
BELFER, ROOM 809/811
Management of the HIV-Infected Patient
8th Annual Controversies in the Management of the HIV-Infected Patient
http://www.newsberry.com/uploads/179/sept_2005_header.gif; Friday November 4th, 2005 7:45 AM-3:00
PM Weill Medical College of Cornell University Uris Auditorium 1300 York Avenue (69th Street), New York,
NY
Leadership Forum
November 15, 2005, 8:30am-4:30pm: A Leadership Forum on HIV and Tobacco at Rockefeller University,
Caspary Auditorium, 1230 York Ave @ 66th St., NYC. Preregistration required by November 4th.
http://www.rockefeller.edu
FORCE Seminar
Wednesday, November 16, 6-9pm: FORCE seminar on Surgical Management of Obesity by Marc Bessler,
MD and Understanding Clinical Trial Design by Roy M. Gulick to take place at Nyauta Restaurant in Yonkers.
www.TheForceInc.org
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Skill-Based Workshops
The Education & Faculty Support Committee of the Division of Education is sponsoring two new skills-based
workshops on November 17, 2005: Morning Workshop: Designing a Survey; Afternoon Workshop: Search
& Cite: MEDLINE/PubMed to EndNote to Manuscript. For further information, please call (718) 430-2693,
or E-mail oer@aecom.yu.edu. Space is limited in these hands-on workshops, early registration is
recommended!
Healthy Hearts for the Holidays
The Bronx Faith & Medicine Project of Albert Einstein College of Medicine has partnered with the American
Heart Association and Urban Health Plan to invite you to:
Healthy Heart for the Holidays
SAVE - THE - DATE: NOVEMBER 30, 2005
Place: 198 East 161st, 2nd floor Conference Room the Office of the Bronx Borough President
Time: 8:00am to Noon
Heart Disease and Stroke are the #1 and #3 killers in the U.S. At this workshop you will learn what you can
do to prevent, control or treat cardiovascular diseases. Reverend Christine Jackson 718-430-2793
The conference is free: Registration is required! Registration Deadline November 16th Fax to: 718-4303729 **Breakfast will be served. The # 1 or #6 bus to 161st The D Train to 161st station or the #4 and #6
Train to 161st Yankee Stadium Stop.
Program Announcement
The Section of Health Care Delivery at The New York Academy of Medicine presents a two-part series on
The Future of the NYS Health Care System
Monday, December 5, 2005 from 5:30-7:30 pm:
Session 1 - Planning the Health Care System for the 21st Century
Featuring: Stephen Berger, Chairman and David Sandman, PhD, Executive Director
In the first session, the leaders of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, a nonpartisan panel established by the Governor and the Legislature, will describe how, over the next year, the
Commission will go about making recommendations to reconfigure the NYS healthcare system to improve
access to high quality care at an affordable cost.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:00-10:30 am
Session 2 - Visions for the Health Care System of the 21st Century In the second session, key thinkers and
leaders in the healthcare - acute care, long term care and ambulatory care - will reflect on their visions for
the NYS healthcare system in the 21st century.
In both sessions there will be ample opportunity for dialogue between the speaker and the audience. The
New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue @ E. 103rd Street Fees per session: $ 25 general
admission$ 20 Fellows of The New York Academy of Medicine$ 10 Residents and Students These events
are open to the public. Please register for these events separately in advance at our website:
https://www.nyam.org/eventsby fax: 212-987-4735 or by email : ecarroll@nyam.org Please note: You
must register for each program.
SAVE THE DATE: December 8 AECOM Faculty Networking Breakfast. Following its highly successful
Faculty Networking Breakfast last May, the AECOM Education & Faculty Support Committee has planned a
second breakfast for Thursday, December 8, 2005 from 8:30-10:00 am. Junior faculty will have the
opportunity to talk informally at individual tables with senior faculty on a variety of topics. Watch for the Email invitation coming this fall!
HOLD THE DATE!! Our annual office Holiday Party will take place on Tuesday, December 13,
2005 in the 3rd Floor Conference Room at 3544 Jerome Ave. To follow a wonderful assortment
of food which came together at last year's event, we will again ask that people show off their
favorite recipes. (See attached flyer)
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ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S BASH!!! Want to start the New Year off with a bang. Come join us for our
annual departmental new year's bash to be held on Friday, January 6, 2006 at Salsa Caterer's.
(See attached flyer)
Davidoff Teaching Day, focused on the past, present and future of teaching with a keynote on bedside
teaching of the future using evidence, will take place January 31, 2006 at AECOM. Look out for more
information. (See attached Memo)
PERSONAL HAPPENINGS
People in the News.....
On Sunday October 2, 2005 the Palliative Care Team "Walked for a
Cure" for Juvenile Diabetes. The walk was held at Van Cortlandt Park
and over 1200 walkers attended and sponsored by the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Fund. All donations go directly to research to
discover a cure for this disease. See attached photo, pictured from left
to right are NP Janice Simpson and her family: son Caswell and
daughters Colleen and Ashleigh. Sean O'Mahony, Janet McHenry and
her daughter Caitlin who has been diabetic since age 7 and ran the
course and niece Jenna Nardi. Ayla Karakas and her Mom Serife. Not
pictured (because she was already out running) was manager and
marathoner Gisela Perez.
Congratulations! To Dr. Hal Strelnick, who was awarded the Power to Change Our World Award on
Saturday, October 29, 2005. Dr. Strelnick received this award from the Family Medicine Education
Consortium at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine in Hershey,
PA. The award is made to a family physician who has contributed to making change beyond the usual roles
of clinician, teacher, and researcher. Colleagues Drs. Victoria Gorski, Eliana Korin, and Janet Townsend, at
Dr. Alice Fornari’s suggestion, nominated Dr. Strelnick.
OPPORTUNITIES
Family Medicine Research Fellowships
Two Fellowship positions available July 1, 2006 for residency trained family practitioners with interest in
learning to become primary care and health services researchers.
Entry level faculty positions split 50% research and 50% clinical. Will carry out a mentored clinical research
project, and, if eligible, may earn a Masters Degree in Clinical Research Training Program from the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine. Work in our nationally recognized department of urban family medicine which
is dedicated to the missions of service, teaching, research and advocacy involving underserved populations.
Two positions:
1) Primary care research with a focus on diabetes and hypertension
Mentor: Clyde Schechter, MD, PhD
2) Primary care research with a focus on HIV/AIDS
Mentors: Peter Selwyn, MD, MPH, and Robert Beil, MD
Please send CV and inquiries in confidence to:
Peter Selwyn, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Department of Family and Social Medicine
3544 Jerome Avenue, Bronx NY 10467
(718) 920-8434
Fax (718) 881-1458
email: selwyn@aecom.yu.edu
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From MONTETALK:
MonteCares Team Volunteers Needed: You can make a difference in the life of a child! The MonteCares
Team will be participating in the 2005 Day of the Child. The Day of the Child is designed to inspire New
Yorkers to volunteer their time at this special event on November 19, 2005, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Chelsea Piers,
The Field House.
For information and to join the MonteCares Team, please contact Margaret Hamer at 718-920-6654 or
mhamer@montefiore.org
House Staff Career Night: Tuesday, November 8, 2005. Presentations: 5:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
Cherkasky Auditorium; Buffet Dinner/Q&A: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Food Pavilion. This program is free for all
Montefiore house officers, medical students, attendings and their guests. To register in advance call the
Staff and Alumni Office at 718-920-5260.
View flyer: http://intranet/newsevents/montetalk/MMEMO_2005_oct24_careernight.pdf
To see a complete list of MonteTalk E-Bulletins click here: http://intranet/newsevents/montetalk
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics course will be held at Wyckoff on December 2 and 3. Please contact
Dr. Williams with questions.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mandatory Physician Training
MMC employed attending physicians are required to attend a session of the Mandatory Teaching Physician
Guidelines and Evaluation and Management Training. (If they have not done so within the last two years)
Please contact Michelle Miller, Billing Compliance Manager at 718-920-8207 if you have any questions. You
can still make it to a Session:
Weiler Auditorium on 11/10 at 8 AM, or on 11/16 at 12 PM
Moses Library/2nd Floor Research Bldg on 11/7 or 11/25 at 8am, or on 11/21 at 12 PM
HIPPA Training
All faculty, residents and staff are required to attend HIPPA training:
Nov. 14, Monday - Weiler Auditorium
11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm
Dec. 12, Monday - Weiler Auditorium
9:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm
Primary Care
Theoni Stavrianopoulos, a Sophie Davis student, is the AMSA president for Sophie Davis and she is
interested in putting together an event on Primary Care on Nov 22nd from 6-8pm. She is trying to find
Primary Care Physicians who would be willing to come and speak with the Sophie students. She is
interested in having folks speak about what they do in their day-to-day lives -- create a picture for the
students who don't have first hand knowledge. She would like the speakers to comment on the following:
What is like to practice primary care?
What do you do on and average day?
What's the difference between private practice and working in a CHC?
If you are interested please contact Dr. Erica Lubetkin, lubetkin@med.cuny.edu, Theoni Stavrianopoulos,
theonisofia@yahoo.com
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MONTHLY SCHEDULE REMINDERS
All Faculty Administrative meetings for 2005
1:30 to 3:00 p.m., 3544 Jerome Ave, 3rd Floor Conference Room:
December 6
Presenter: Jonathan Swartz, MD
Topic:
Social Medicine Rounds
Convener: Matt Anderson, MD
4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Lite refreshments will be served.
November 15
Presenter: Alice Fornari, RD, PhD
Topic: Community Mapping (Intern Presentation)
Location: Binswanger Auditorium located in the Moses Hospital [enter 210th street entrance, ask security,
and follow the arrows]
Also, if you have not done so already, please visit www.socialmedicine.org to see our monthly highlight on
the People's Health Assembly this summer in
Cuenca.
DFSM Grand Rounds
8:00 - 9:15 a.m., Moses II Conference Room:
November 11
Presenter: Diane McKee, MD, MS
Topic: The NYC RING Practice Based Research Network
Palliative Care Grand Rounds:
This event is open to the public.
8:30-9:30 a.m., Tishman A Conference Room, North 2 MMC
November 9
Presenter: Dr. JoMarie Zeleznik - Comprehensive Geriatric Care
Topic: A Qualitative Analysis of the Write in Statements on Health Care Proxies
November 23
Palliative Care Grand Rounds Canceled
Educational Scholarship Group, November 8
This event is open to all faculty.
5:30pm - 7pm, 3544 Jerome Ave, 3rd Floor Conference Room
Light dinner will be provided.
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds will take place every week on Thursdays from 10:30AM to 12:00PM at the Cherkasky
Auditorium.
Information is posted on the Psychosocial Board on the 3rd Floor.
November 10
Presenter: Steven Toose, MD, Columbia
Topic: Treatment of Late Life Depression: Methodological Problems in Clinical Trials
November 17
Presenter: George Alexopolous, MD, Cornell University
Topic: The Cognitive Dimensions of Geriatric Depression
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Novmeber 23 - No Grand Rounds
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Please send email submissions for upcoming newsletters, by the 20th of each month, to:
Becky Williams
rewillia@montefiore.org
Mark Polisar
mpolisar@montefiore.org
Tami Rivera
tariver@montefiore.org
Peter Selwyn
pselwyn@montefiore.org
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