March 2019
Ted Johnson, MD, MPH
Just 55 Words
from the Chair:
A frequent question for many college reunion attendees or for parents touring colleges with their applicant children is: “Well, if I were applying here right now, could I still get in?” Hmmm. You may have a similar feeling when you read below about the awesome accomplishments of our current family and preventive medicine trainees. Enjoy!
Educational investments for our future
Congratulations, 2018 LaHouse Scholar
Sarah Dupont, MD, MPH!
Sarah Dupont obtained her doctorate in medicine and master’s in public health in 2018 from the Emory School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health, respectively. Her passion to serve the community is evident through her constant involvement in community outreach projects. Dr. Dupont has a keen interest in helping the refugee population and has worked with refugee children to orient them to the expectations and norms of the school system in America. As a medical student, she participated in the South Georgia Farmworkers Health Program in Bainbridge, GA.
Dr. Dupont’s moral and ethical compass guides her desire to become an agent of change within family medicine. She clearly stated it in her residency personal statement: “The desire to challenge and change unjust systems is born out of my deep faith and sense of responsibility towards humanity.”
Dr. Dupont was the recipient of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP) T. A. Sappington Award, which is given to students who have demonstrated their commitment to family medicine in the state of Georgia. She has also served on the GAFP Legislative Committee and as a student member of the GAFP Board of Directors. As a family medicine resident, Dr. Dupont has begun to provide home visits to our patients with limited resources. During the home visits, she can evaluate the social and environmental challenges that our patients experience.
The LaHouse Residency Fund fund supports one three-year trainee in family medicine. Family medicine physicians are needed to insure that all Georgians have affordable access to primary care that is patient-centered and focused on preventing disease.
FMIG hosts Primary Care Sports Medicine talk
The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) hosted a Primary Care Sports Medicine Dinner Time Talk on Tuesday, February 19th at the School of Medicine. We had 16 students join in an interactive presentation on Braces and Splints for Common Musculoskeletal Conditions by Tyler Wheeler, MD, Torrance Laury, MD, and Rajiv Verma, DO. Dr. Wheeler is one of the Adult Primary Care Clerkship’s community preceptors and Drs. Laury and Verma are currently completing their Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship here at Emory University. FMIG was honored to have these three physicians represent Family Medicine and provide another aspect of this specialty to a group of first year medical students.
Pictured below: Torrance Laury MD, Rajiv Verma DO, and Tyler Wheeler MD.
Preventive Medicine Residents tour CDC Museum
Pictured above: Preventive Medicine residents with a pediatric iron lung during their tour of the David J. Sencer CDC Museum. Left to right: CDC Museum Director Judy Gantt, Amelia Muñiz-Hernandez, MD, Farah Kudrath, MD, MPH, Major Kimberly McKinney, MD.
Pictured above: Mary Davis, MPH, Program Coordinator; Farah Kudrath, MD, MPH; CDC Museum Director Judy Gantt; Major Kimberly McKinney, MD; Caileigh McKenna, MD; Amelia Muñiz-Hernandez, MD.
Fresh from the Match!
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and its Preventive Medicine Residency Program are pleased to welcome their two incoming residents:
Chioma Erondu, MD: Dr. Erondu earned her baccalaureate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MD degree from Duke University School of Medicine. She presently is completing her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) in its Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She pursued interests in public health and preventive medicine even while in her current OB/GYN residency during which she participated in a rotation at HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that was sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teach and Research. [Dr. Erondu's photo was not available by the March newsletter deadline - we hope to share her photo in April.]
Sara Turbow, MD, MPH: Dr. Turbow earned her baccalaureate degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and her MD and MPH (concentration in Epidemiology) degrees from Emory University’s School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health, respectively. She also completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Emory. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, she is Assistant
Professor in Emory’s Department of Medicine and, since 2015, has served as a Primary Care Center Attending at Grady Memorial Hospital where other appointments include serving as General Medicine Ward Attending, Hepatitis C Clinic Attending, Health Diet and Lifestyles Class Attending, and Resident Ambulatory Curriculum Director.
Being of Service
Congratulations to Emory Student Health for its recent reaccreditation for 3 years!
Transformative Research
PGY-2 Leila Myrick, MD, PhD together with mentor Anne Dunlop, MD, MPH, was awarded a $20,000 research grant from the Center for Children’s Health, the Environment, the Microbiome and Metabolomics (CCHEM2) to investigate “Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Infant Health Outcomes” using biological samples, clinical and questionnaire data available from an on-going cohort comprised of prenatal patients recruited from Emory Midtown and Grady Memorial Hospital practices.
Evidence of our Awesomeness!
Congratulations:
Miranda Moore, PhD, has been appointed to the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Research Committee. The STFM Research Committee reviews research papers submitted for the Annual Spring Conference and promotes the continued development of researchers and research activities in family medicine.
Megha K. Shah, MD, MSc and Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MBA were part of a team that was awarded the Georgia CTSA Team Science Award of Distinction for Early Stage Research Teams that was presented at the Georiga CTSA Statewide Meeting on February 28, 2019.
Publications:
Evans APB, Mascaro J, Kohn JN, Dobrusin A, Darcher A, Starr SD, Craighead LW, Negi, LT. Compassion Meditation Training for Emotional Numbing Symptoms Among Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Published online. 13 Feb 2019.
Mutter J, Liaw W, Etz R, Moore M, Howe A, Bazemore A. Core principles to improve primary care quality management. J Am Board Fam Med. 2018 Nov-Dec;31(6):931-940.
Moore M, Jetty A, Coffman M. Over half of family medicine residency directors report use of telehealth services. Telemed J E Health, 2018 Nov 28.
Smith G, Shore S, Allen L, Markham D, Mitchell A, Moore M, Morris A, Speight C, Dickert N. Discussing out-of-pocket costs with patients: Shared decision-making for Sacubitril-Valsartan in heart failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Jan 8;8(1).
Valle J, Eick SM, Fairley JK, Waggoner JJ, Goodman RA, Rosenberg E, Wu, HM. Evaluation of Patients for Zika Virus Infection in a Travel Clinic in the Southeast United States, 2016. Southern Medical Journal. Jan 2019.
Don't miss events
Community Action Poverty Simulation. March 2. 1-4 pm. Atlanta Community Food Bank. Spend a simulated month in the poverty experienced by our community. This interactive event promotes poverty awareness, increases understanding, and inspires local change. To register, contact Brittany Evans at the Urban Health Initiative (brittany.evans@emory.edu / 404.778.5481).
Healthcare Ethics Consortium 25th Annual Conference. March 4: Registration deadline. Emory Conference Center Hotel. More information here.
Physician Assistant Education Association Education Forum. March 4: Call for Proposals submission deadline. 11:59 pm. Guidelines available here.
10th Annual Faculty Education, Enrichment, and Development (FEED) Conference. March 5: Registration deadline. March 22: Conference, 8 am - 12:40 pm. Emory 1599 Building. Register. Full agenda available here. This event provides an exciting half-day CME-accredited program full of learning opportunities for faculty at all levels. Open to FPM and DOM faculty.
American Society of Preventive Oncology Annual Meeting. March 10-12. Tampa, FL. Read more here.
NIH K awards tutorial: In anticipation of the June 2019 deadline for the NIH K Career Development Award for new proposals (and resubmission proposals for March), the Office of Postdoctoral Education will be offering the “NIH K Grant Writing Tutorial”. This is a two-class series - attending both is highly recommended.
Class 1: Tuesday, March 12, 2019; 9:00am-12:00pm School of Medicine Rm. 170A
Class 2: Tuesday, March 19, 2019; 9:00am-12:00pm SOM Rm. 170A
For more information as to what will be covered specifically and how to enroll, please click here.
SOM New Faculty Orientation & Resource Fair. March 18. 8:30 to 12:30 p.m., SOM 130 All faculty hired since Sept. 1, 2018 that have not participated are strongly encouraged to attend. RSVP required.
Emory Medical Education Day, "Communication in Healthcare." March 25. 12-5 pm. SOM. Keynote speaker: Dr. Calvin Chou, UCSF: "Navigating Communication Challenges: How to Get Over, Around, or Through a Brick Wall."
Emory Quality Conference. April 2, 1 pm - 3 pm. WHSCAB auditorium. Keynote speaker, Don Berwick, founding CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Registration required. More details available here.
HIV and Aging: From Mitochondria to the Metropolis. April 11-12. Emory University. Read more here .
Emory Primary Care Consortium provides grants up to $2,500 to support any project that involves research, quality improvement, advocacy, development of clinical decision support tools, or educational activities in support of advancements in primary care (as it relates to patient safety, innovations in healthcare delivery, addressing disparities in healthcare, etc.). The next deadline for application submission is April 15. Awardees will be announced by May 15. More information available here.
9th Annual Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Lecture. April 23, Miller-Ward Alumni House. 5:15 pm: wine and hors d'oeuvres. 6 pm: lecture with reception to follow. Speaker: Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD. "Depression and Quality of Life in Late Life Chronic Illness: Findings from the EQUAL Study." Register here.
Clinical Research Bootcamp 301. April 23, all day, Cox Hall Ballroom 100% focus on statistics - registration coming soon!
Georgia CTSA's Community Engagement 4th Biennial Forum. April 25-26. One Georgia: Building Bridges to Improve Quality Access for Optimal Health.
Atlanta Technical College - Dennard Conference Center. 1560 Metropolitan Parkway. More information available here.
National LGBTQ Health Conference: Bridging Research and Practice. May 31-June 1. Emory University. Additional information and registration here .
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