Kingston, NY (September 24, 2015) – The Institute for Family Health sponsored an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course for family medicine residents in Kingston, NY on September 17th and 18th. Residents from the three (Harlem, Mid-Hudson and Beth Israel) programs participated. The course, which is developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians, was …read more
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New York, NY (September 4, 2015) – Alan R. Fleischman, MD will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s September Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled “Confronting Ethical Dilemmas in Everyday Practice,” will explore the basic principles of ethical analysis; discuss difficult, but common, ethical dilemmas in everyday practice; and help attendees develop approaches and solutions …read more
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New York, NY (August 12, 2015) – John W. Epling, MD, MSEd, FAAFP will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s August Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled “You are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention: Understanding the Burden of HPV Disease, the Importance of the HPV Vaccine Recommendation, and Communicating about HPV Vaccination,” will …read more
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New York, NY (July 7, 2015) –The Institute for Family Health is graduating 26 family physicians from its three family medicine residency programs this year, including the inaugural class of its Harlem Residency in Family Medicine, launched in 2012. All 26 of the graduates trained primarily in Institute-operated community health centers during their three-year residency, as …read more
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New York, NY (June 5, 2015) – Angela Diaz, MD, MPH will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s June Grand Rounds. Her presentation, entitled “Trends in Adolescent Health,” will address the current status of adolescent health and emerging issues within the field, as well as the unique challenges of serving an urban adolescent population …read more
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NEW YORK, NY (May 4, 2015) – Demetre C. Daskalakis, MD, MPH will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s May Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled “PrEP and the Prevention=Treatment Continuum,” will address how to identify individuals who may benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), how to better make decisions about PrEP initiation and potential …read more
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New York, NY (April 3, 2015) – Robert J. Fletcher, DSW, ACSW, NADD-CC will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s April Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled “Integrated Care: The Interface Between Primary and Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability,” will review multiple facets of caring for patients with intellectual disabilities: the interaction between physical …read more
0 Responses | by Erin Edwards |
New York, NY (February 6, 2015) – Van Yu, MD will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s February Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled, “Practicing Psychiatry in the Field with Homeless People,” will discuss the scope of homelessness in New York City; the relationship between homelessness, mental illness, and medical illness; as well …read more
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New York, NY (January 8, 2015) – Willie Parker, MD, MPH, MSc will present the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s January Grand Rounds. His presentation, entitled, “Going to Mississippi: If I Don’t, Who Will? – Physician Advocacy from a Reproductive Justice Perspective,” will discuss the epidemiology of abortion in the United States by …read more
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Dr. Anita Ravi, a resident at the Institute’s Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Practice, has been selected as a 2014 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. Through the program, Dr. Ravi will learn to conduct innovative research and work with communities, organizations, practitioners and policy-makers in order to take a leadership role in improving …read more
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