DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION HOSPITAL-BASED FACULTY
Mark Rosenberg, M.D.
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Personal Statement: Working collaboratively with residents and faculty to create a challenging and supportive training environment has been a tremendously gratifying way to spend my professional career. Seeing the impact our graduates make is a powerful confirmation of our training program.
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh Residency: Oregon Health & Science University
Areas of Academic Focus:
Residency education
Cardiovascular risk modification
National/Regional Responsibilities:
International Workgroup on Patient Safety (Jerusalem 2008)
International Collaborative for Healthcare in Africa (ASANTE)
Geriatrics Education Task Force, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine
Long-Range Planning Committee, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine
International Missions for Sisters of Providence, Corporate Board Member
Physician Education Council – Sisters of Providence
Review Board: Cost Effective Use of Cardiovascular Drugs – State of Oregon
Significant Publications:
Guitteau M. Rosenberg M. Effects of Comprehensive Lifestyle Modification, ACP Journal Club 2006
Commentary on: Elmer PJ et al, Annals of Internal Medicine 2006, 144:485-95
Rosenberg M, Jain M. Nothing is better than thiazides..for blacks or non-blacks. ACP Journal Club 2005. Commentary on: Outcomes in black and non-black hypertensives. Wright JT et al. JAMA 2005:1595-608.
Jain M, Rosenberg M. Review: Aspirin reduces CAD events in persons with no history of cardiovascular disease, but it increases gastrointestinal bleeding. ACP J Club 2002 Jul-Aug; 137:6. Commentary on: Hayden M, Pignone M, Phillips C, Muldrow C. Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: a summary of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2002;136(2):161-172.
Jain M and Rosenberg M. Commentary on “An Indo-Mediterranean diet was more effective than a control diet in primary and secondary coronary artery disease prevention.” ACP Journal Club. 2003 May/June; 138:63. Comment on: Singh RB, Dubnow G, Niaz MA, et al. Effect of an Indo-Mediterranean diet on progression of coronary artery disease in high risk patients (Indo-Mediterranean Diet Heart Study): a randomized single-blind trial. Lancet. 2002;360:1455-61.
Jain M and Rosenberg M. Commentary on “Review: Aspirin reduces CAD events in persons with no history of cardiovascular disease, but it increases gastrointestinal bleeding.” ACP Journal Club. 2002 July-Aug;137:6.
Patmas MA, Rosenberg M, Gragnola T. A rotation in population-based health for internal medicine residents. Acad Med 2001;76:557.
Hillier T, Patterson J, Rosenberg MR Physicians as patients. Choices about their own resuscitation. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:1289-93.
Rosenberg M, McNulty D Beyond night float? The impact of call structure on internal medicine residents. J Gen Intern Med 1995;19:95-8.
Representative Presentations:
Integrating Core Competencies into Faculty Development - National APDIM, 2008
Teaching About the Healthcare System - National SGIM, 2008
Peripheral Artery Diseases - Advances in Internal Medicine, 2007
Advances in Hypertension Management - Practical Advances in Internal Medicine, 2006
Assessing Cardiac Risk - Practical Advances in Internal Medicine, 2006
Coronary Artery Disease and Hypertension - PPMC, Practical Advances in Internal Medicine, 2005
Prehypertension and Prediabetes - PPMC Medical Grand Rounds, 2004.
Diabetes Management - PPMC, Practical Advances in Internal Medicine, 2004.
Hypertension Update – State ACP 2004
Beyond JNC VII – Grand Rounds, Providence Portland Medical Center, 2003
Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factors – Advances in Internal Medicine, 2003
Faculty Development:
Getting the Most From Teaching Rounds
Giving Effective Feedback
Ambulatory Precepting
Teaching Residents in the Inpatient Setting
Teaching Responsibilities:
Morning Report 3.0 months/year
Ward teaching rounds 2.0 months/year
Day-to-day inpatient teaching 6 months/year
Outpatient precepting 2 sessions/week
Community Involvement:
Project Access Now (Board Chair) - Linking Volunteer Physicians to Patients
Synagogue Volunteerism
Personal Interests: Outdoor activities (camping, kayaking, tennis,) yoga, and oceanography.
John Heffner, M.D.
William M. Garnjobst Chair of Medical Education
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Personal Statement: After many years working in University internal medicine and pulmonary-critical care training programs, I must say that it is a reinvigorating experience and exceptional honor to have joined in May 2006 the PPMC faculty as Chair of Medical Education. For many years, I had known of Providence's national reputation for excellence in patient care and medical education through my work on the American Board of Internal Medicine. But now that I am here working with our highly talented faculty and motivated residents, I can say with first hand knowledge that we have an extraordinary training program best characterized by a passion for teaching and learning and a devotion to patient care and community service. We welcome all medical students with intellectual curiosity and a commitment to compassionate care and professionalism to consider joining our learning environment.
Medical School: University of California at Los Angeles Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Chief Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Fellowship: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Areas of Academic Focus:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Pleural Disease
Chest infections
Evidence-Based Medicine
End-of-Life Care
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
National/Regional Responsibilities:
Immediate Past President of the American Thoracic Society
Immediate Past Member, Executive Committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine
Past-Chair of the Pulmonary Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine
Editorial Boards: Chest, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, American Journal of Medicine, Journal of Respiratory Disease, Journal of Thoracic Imaging
Associate Editor: Respirology
Editor-in-Chief: Pulmonary Review
Most significant Publications and Honors:
Alfred Soffer Award from the journal Chest for editorial excellence, 2008
Lifetime Educator Award. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Donald F. Egan Scientific Lecture American Association of Respiratory Care
Manuel Albertal Memorial Lecture American College of Chest Physicians
President's Award American College of Chest Physicians
Author or editor of 20 books including the founding editions of the Pearls Series
Author of 72 chapters and 263 journal articles
Second recipient of the William M. Garnjobst endowed Chair of Graduate Medical Education
Teaching Responsibilities:
Leads morning report
Conducts general internal medicine teaching rounds
ICU Teaching Rounds
Didactic lectures and mentorships
Chest conference
Personal Interests:
Portland provides outstanding opportunities for me to interact with others with a shared passion for acoustic guitar playing, mountain biking, hiking, and international travel. I also enjoy the diverse Portland neighborhood cafes and our gorgeous outdoor setting that helps me attract my two lawyer, Bay-area sons up for visits so I can watch them kite board on the Columbia River.
Robert C. Lusk, M.D., FACP Associate Program Director
Infectious Diseases
Personal Statement: I enjoy being part of an academically focused community-based residency, because it allows for such close relationships between residents and faculty. Nothing compares to the joy of watching young physicians grow into accomplished clinicians. During your time with us, we’ll help you develop your clinical skills, your commitment to our profession and help you negotiate the difficult balance between career and family.
Medical School: The University of Texas Medical Branch Residency: The University of Texas Medical Branch Affiliated Hospitals Fellowship: Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University
Areas of Academic Focus:
House Staff Education
Inpatient Medicine
Clinical Pathway Development and Implementation
HIV Provider Training
National/Regional Responsibilities:
Northwest Medical Teams International, China HIV/AIDS Training Team Delegate
Medical Director, Our House of Portland (HIV/AIDS residential care facility)
Secretary-Treasurer, Infectious Disease Society of Oregon
Publications:
The Healing Touch, On Being a Doctor, Annals of Internal Medicine, Volume 127, No. 6, 486, 1997.
Beta-carotene in HIV infection: an extended evaluation, AIDS, 1996, 10:967-973.
Apoenzyme of Pseudomonas cepacia Salicylate Hydroxylase: Preparation, Florescence Properties, and Nature of Flavin Binding, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 259, No. 2, 1136 – 1142, 1984.
Teaching Responsibilities:
Clinic Preceptor, 2 half-days weekly
Inpatient Teaching Attending, 2 months annually
Ward Attending, 4 months annually
Morning Report, 2 blocks annually
Night Float Rounds, 1 month annually
Medical Student Teaching, 1 month annually
ID Consult Service, every month
Personal Interests: I serve on several non-profit organization boards. My partner and I are active in local organizations, including the Oregon Repertory Singers and Social Venture Partners-Portland. I enjoy gardening, cooking, reading. We have just finished a major remodel of our old house and are already planning what we want to do next! Chris and I share our home with our very spoiled “pound dog,” Esther.
Personal Statement: I moved to Providence in a part-time capacity in 2007 after a 25 year career as a clinician-teacher at OHSU. The Providence Internal Medicine residency program has always had a stellar reputation in education, and I have greatly enjoyed becoming part of that tradition.
Medical School: UC San Diego Residency: OHSU Fellowship: OHSU
Areas of Academic Focus:
Clinical rheumatology
Techniques of medical education
National/Regional Responsibilities:
Chair, Targeted Immune Modulators subcommittee, Oregon Health Resources Commissions
Most Significant Publications:
Wernick R, Campbell SM. Update in rheumatology. Ann Intern Med 2000;132:125-133.
Campbell SM, Wernick R. Update in rheumatology. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:135-142.
Rosenbaum R, Campbell SM, Rosenbaum J. The Clinical Neurology of Rheumatic Disease. Butterworth Heinemann (1996).
Recent Presentations:
Update in Osteoarthritis. Providence Internal Medicine Review, 2007.
Approach to Gout – Revised. OHSU Sommer Memorial Lectures, 2007 (Inaugural OHSU Distinguished CME Lecturer Award).
Update in Rheumatology. OHSU Internal Medicine Review, 2007.
New ideas in RA: Providence Internal Medicine Review, 2007
Update in RA: Providence Grand Rounds, 2006
Yearbook of Rheumatology. Annual meeting of NW Rheumatism Society, 2006.
Teaching Responsibilities:
Teaching attending on general medicine ward services (2-3 mos/year).
Medical student teaching attending (2 mos/year)
Teaching attending on rheumatology resident rotation: supervision in rheumatology clinic and medical orthopedics clinic; didactic sessions.
MedOrtho clinic weekly in PACE clinic: designed to give housestaff experience in office musculoskeletal medicine and local injection techniques.
Personal Interests: Family of wife and 3 daughters; hobbies of landscaping, woodworking, hiking.
Personal Statement: I joined the faculty at Providence in September, 2005, and love being part of this dynamic community of faculty and physicians-in-training. I enjoy the close relationships and mentoring that are possible in a smaller training environment. The academic focus of the residency continues to challenge me in my personal learning and growth.
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco (AOA) Residency: University of California, San Francisco (PRIME program)
Areas of Academic Focus:
Population-Based Health/Healthcare systems
Multicultural Health/Cultural Competency
Working with Underserved Populations
Ambulatory Medicine
Teaching Responsibilities:
Precepting two half-days in the PACE clinic
Two months of inpatient attending for the teaching service
Co-director of the Population-Based Health course
Publications:
Teaching Teaching Systems-Based Practice to Residents. Workshop for Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 9, 2008.
Clark BC, Grossman E, White MC, Goldenson J, Tulsky J. The state of diabetes care in the San Francisco County jail. Am J Public Health 2006; 96: 1571-1574
Clark BC. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, pulmonary capillaritis and renal failure: a case of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome. Poster presentation. Society for General Internal Medicine annual meeting, May 2004. SGIM California regional meeting, March 2004.
Levinson W, Kaufman K, Clark B, Tolle S. Mentors and role models for women in academic medicine. West J Med 1991;154:423-26
Personal Interests: Spending time with family including my pre-school age son and toddler daughter. Other interests include gardening, hiking, yoga, and reading novels.
Personal Statement: My work here is about teaching and supporting residents and helping patients.I feel lucky to work with such talented and compassionate people doing work that I love.
Medical School: Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Residency: Northwestern University Medical School/Evanston Hospital
Areas of Academic Focus:
Psychosocial aspects of general medicine
Integration of psychodynamic, cognitive/behavioral, and systemic models of psychotherapy
Doctor/patient relationship
Therapeutic communication
Office counseling
Psychotropic medication
Recent Presentations:
Antipsychotic Medication: A Primary Care Approach. Oregon Society of Physician Assistants Annual Meeting, Legacy Meridian Park Hospital Primary Care Educational Conference, and Providence Portland Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds; April, 2007; September, 2006; and March, 2006 respectively
Use of Newer Antipsychotics. Scientific Program, Oregon Chapter of the American College of Physicians Scientific Meeting, November 2004
Medical Treatment of Depression. Core course presentation, Practical Advances in Internal MedicineSpring Symposium, April 2003
Critical Incident Conferences. Workshop. Society for General Internal Medicine Northwest Regional Meeting, March 2003.
Teaching Responsibilities:
Precept Complicated Illness/Behavioral Health Clinic
Precept in PACE
Precept Psychiatric Review Clinic
Teach self-reflection module in Palliative Care Elective Rotation
Organize and present Behavioral Medicine Noon Conference Series
Facilitate Critical Incident Noon Conferences
Facilitate Resident Support Group
Inpatient team teaching
Advise and support residents
Personal Interests: Family, travel, tennis, hiking, cycling, acting, social justice and peace activities.
Personal Statement: I have been a part of the core-teaching faculty at Providence Portland since 1990, and consider myself fortunate to be a part of this teaching adventure. What makes this place special is the people, from the leadership to the residents. There is great energy here to create a positive learning environment, to renew it on a consistent basis, and to help residents become exceptional physicians. If I can contribute to that, I’m very satisfied. My goal is to make our residents the best trained in infectious diseases that they can be, to give them a strong foundation for the intelligent and compassionate care of their patients.
Medical School: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Presbyterian Hospital, New York; University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship: Infectious diseases, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco
Areas of Academic Focus:
Clinical virology
Molecular diagnostics in ID
HIV
National/Regional Responsibilities:
Past President, Infectious Disease Society of Oregon
Medical Director, Infectious Disease & Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Providence
Portland Medical Center
Most Significant Publications:
Dworkin RJ, Lee BL, Sande MA, Chambers HF. Treatment of right-sided Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in intravenous drug users with ciprofloxacin and rifampin. Lancet 1989;ii:1071-1073.
Gilbert D, Dworkin R, Raber S, Leggett J. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial drug therapy. N Engl J Med 1997; 337:829-838.
Gilbert DN, Lee BL, Dworkin RJ, Leggett JL, Chambers HF, Modin G, Tauber MG, Sande MA. A randomized comparison of the safety and efficacy of once-daily gentamicin or thrice-daily gentamicin in combination with ticarcillin-clavulanate. Am J Med 1998; 105:182-191.
Dworkin RJ. Aminoglycosides for the treatment of gram-negative infections: therapeutic use, resistance, and future outlook. Drug Resistance Updates 1999;2:173-179.
Teaching Responsibilities:
Daily ward rounds in infectious diseases
3 outpatient clinic sessions per week, working with residents and medical students on the ID elective
Director, 3rd year medical student clerkship activities at Providence Portland
Personal Interests: Outdoor activities with my family, travel, golf, fly fishing, biking, reading.
Chief of Infectious Diseases
Previously, Director of Medical Education (35+ years)
Personal Statement: I have had the extreme pleasure of watching the Internal Medicine Residency mature from one full-time faculty member (myself) in 1971 to the current status of over 15 full-time faculty, literally hundreds of volunteer teaching faculty, and a superb academic teaching clinic in a vibrant atmosphere of mutual respect and intellectual curiosity. I have always been driven by what is referred to as the "multiplier effect." It has not been enough to provide quality patient care to patients. I need to teach, and simultaneously learn, with residents and students, so that the knowledge and experience accrued can be "multiplied" and disseminated to an ever-greater number of physicians. For the highly motivated individual, I truly believe that our program represents an intellectual and academic feast.
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University Residency: Oregon Health & Science University Fellowship: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Areas of Academic Focus:
All facets of infectious diseases with emphasis on antimicrobials.
Current project – Role of Chlamydia pneumonial in atherosclerosis.
National/Regional Responsibilities:
Regional Director of Infectious Diseases Program, Providence Health & Services
Past-President, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Past Member, Infectious Diseases Section, American Board of Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Vice Chair, Antimicrobial Availability Task Force of IDSA
Co-Chair, IDSA/FDA Sponsored Workshop on Clinical Trials of Antimicrobials for CAP.
Most Significant Publications & Honors:
Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy revised annually: Co-editor
Sanford Guide to HIV/AIDS Therapy revised annually: Co-editor
Over 120 original peer-reviewed publications in the area of infectious diseases.
Spellberg, B.; Gyidos, R; Gilbert, D et al. The Epidemic of Antibiotic-Resistent Infections: A Call to Action for theMedical Community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2008; 46:155-164
Doggett, JS; Kohlhepp, S; Gresbrink, R; Metz, P; Gleaves, C; Gilbert, D. Lyme Disease in Oregon. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(6): 2115-8, June 2008
Gilbert, D; Urinary Tract Infections in Patients With Chronic Renal Insufficiency. CJASN 1(2):327-31, March 2006
Author of the chapter on Aminoglycosides in Mandell's Textbook of Infectious Diseases.
Master of American College of Physicians - 2002.
First recipient of the William Garnjjobst endowed Chair of Graduate Medical Education.
Recipient Distinguished Alumnus Award of The Oregon Health & Science University, 2006.
Teaching Responsibilities:
Leads resident Morning Report on a rotational basis
Conducts general internal medicine teaching rounds at least twice each year
Attending for Fellows, Residents and Medical Students on the Infectious Diseases Service
ICU Multidisciplinary Rounds 5 times a week
Leads M&M Noon Conferences
Personal Interests: Family. I have been blessed with a loving wife, five children and, at the moment, 11 beautiful grandchildren. Hobbies include golf in the summer and skiing in the winter. Some say that medicine is my ongoing hobby.
Paul Gorman, M.D. Medical Informatics, Evidence-Based Medicine
Personal Statement: I joined the General Medicine faculty at Providence Portland in 1992. The close working relationships that we have with residents, the high standards of care that we maintain for patients, and the atmosphere of friendship and scholarship are what attracted me to Providence and keep me there today. Currently I spend the bulk of my time doing research, a third of my time teaching in the classroom, and a third of my time in clinical teaching where the time I spend seeing patients with residents in clinic and in the hospital remains the high point of my work.
Medical School: Rush Medical College, Chicago. Residency: Internal Medicine, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center Real-World Education: Astoria Clinic, Astoria,Oregon; Kaiser Permanente, Portland Fellowship: General Internal Medicine/MedicalInformatics, Portland VA Medical Center
Areas of Academic Focus:
How clinicians use information to help patients (Patient Safety and Medical Error
National/Regional Responsibilities:
Chair, Education Working Group & Member, Education Committee, American Medical Informatics Association.
Conference Co-Chair, ITHC 2004, Second International conference on Sociotechnical Approaches to IT in Health Care, “To Err is System”, September 13-14, 2004.
Program Chair, International Medical Informatics Association Working Group on Education 2003 Meeting “Teach Globally, Learn Locally, April 23-25, 2003.
Recent Presentations:
Tangible Tools for Collaborative Work: Cognitive Artifacts in ICU, Visiting Lecture, Patient Safety Conference Series, University of Maryland at Baltimore, November 12, 2003.
Finding Answers to Clinical Questions to Improve Patient Care, Principles of Clinical Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine, October 12, 2004.
To Err is System. A Systems Approach to Patient Safety, Principles of Clinical Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine, March 15, 2005.
Representative Publications:
Hazlehurst B, McMullen C, Gorman PN & Sittig D. How the ICU follows orders: Care delivery as a complex activity system. American Medical Informatics Association 2003 Fall Symposium.
Gorman PN, Lavelle M & Ash JS. Order Creation and Communication in Healthcare. Methods of Information in Medicine 2003, 42(4), 376-384.
Vuckovic N, Lavelle M & Gorman PN. Eavesdropping as Normative Behavior in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Journal fro Healthcare Quality Online, Sep/Oct 2004, W5-1-W5-6.
Hazlehurst B, McMullen C & Gorman PN. Getting the Right Tools fro the Job: Preparatory System Configuration and Active Replanning in Cardiac Surgery. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A, Systems and Humans, 2004:34(6), 708-717.
Embi PJ, Yacket TR, Logan JR, Bowen JL, Cooney TG & Gorman PN. Impacts of Computerized Physician Documentation in a Teaching Hospital: Perceptions of Faculty and Residency Physicians. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2004:11(4), 300-309.
Ash JS, Gorman PN, Seshadri V & Hersh WR. Computerized Physician Order Entry in US hospitals: Results of a 2002 Survey. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004, M1427v1421.
Current Research:
Using IT to Improve Medication Safety for Rural Elders (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, P Gorman, Principal Investigator)
ITR: Enhancing Access to the Bibliome for Genomics (National Science Foundation, W Hersh, Principal Investigator)
Enhancing Guidelines with Collaborative Care Agents (National Library of Medicine, D Dorr, Principal Investigator)
Personal Interests:
I have a great family. I spend most of my time with them.When I get a chance, I like fly-fishing
Personal Statement: What I enjoy most about being a faculty member at Providence Portland Medical Center is getting to know the residents personally and professionally, and helping them figure out their path to becoming satisfied, confident internists.
Medical School: University of Arizona, College of Medicine Residency: Providence Portland Medical Center Chief Residency: Providence Portland Medical Center
Areas of Academic Focus:
Preventive Medicine
Women's Health
Dermatologic disease
Quality of Care Evaluation
Educational Responsibilities:
Director of Outpatient Education
Co-director of Women’s Health Advanced Focus track
Recent Publication/Presentations:
“Adverse Effects of Herbal Medicines” , Legacy Meridian Park Grand Rounds, Tualatin, OR, February 2008
“New Data on Diets”, Legacy Meridian Park Grand Rounds, Tualatin, OR August 2007 and Legacy Salmon Creek Grand Rounds, Vancouver, Wa, September 2007.
“Update on Diets, Providence Portland Medical Center Spring Symposium, April 2007.
“Agenda Setting – So Easy, So Hard and Yet, So Helpful”, Regional SGIM Workshop co-presenter, Portland, Oregon, March 2007.
ACP Journal Club Commentary on “Lifestyle recommendations & the DASH diet reduced hypertension in patients with above-optimal blood pressure.” ACP Journal Club, 2006;145:42
“Update in Women’s Health”, Providence Portland Medical Grand Rounds, September 2006.
“How to Give Feedback”, Hospitalist Volunteer Faculty Development Session small group facilitator, October 2005.
Electronic Medical Record Chart Audits Combined with Feedback Sessions to Improve Resident Chronic Disease Care, Society for General Internal Medicine, Regional Meeting, Post presentation, March, 2005.
USPSTF Workshop.Society for General Internal Medicine, Regional Meeting, March 2004
Putting the New USPSTF Recommendations into Practice I and II. Providence Porltand Medical Grand Rounds, March 2003, and Spring Symposium, April 2003.”
Adverse Effects of Herbal Medicines.Providence Medical Center, Spring Symposium, April 2002.
Hormone Replacement Therapy - It's Been a Very Bad Year. Providence Portland Medical Center, Spring Symposium, April 2001.
Developing a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Clinic, Trials & Tribulations. Society of General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting, February 2001.
Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. Good Samaritan Hospital, Medical Grand Rounds, July 2000; Providence Portland Medical Center, Medical Grand Rounds, March 1999.
An Evidence-Based Approach to the Treatment of PMS. Providence Portland Medical Center, Spring Symposium, April 2000.
Personal Interests: Family: Married with a very active 8-year-old son and “chatty” 6-year-old daughter. Hobbies: wine-making, reading, gardening, knitting and biking.
Ruben Halperin, M.D., MPH General Medicine Faculty
Personal Statement: I’ve spent much of my career as a physician teaching medical students and residents. I love the joys and challenges of teaching; I find that it stimulates me to keep learning and growing as a doctor.
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine Residency: UCLA Center for Health Sciences Fellowship: Harvard General Medicine Fellowship
Areas of Academic Focus:
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Cardiovascular risk assessment and reduction
Chronic disease management
End-of-life care
Recent Publications:
Halperin RO, Gaziano JM, Sesso HD. Smoking and the Risk of Incident Hypertension in Middle-aged and Older Men. Am J Htn 21; 148-52 2008 February
Halperin RO, Sesso HD, Jing M, Stampfer M, Buring JE, Gaziano JM. Plasma Lipids And the Risk of Incident Hypertension. Hypertension 47(1): 45-50 2006 January
Halperin RO. Establishing Goals of Care. Hospital Medicine Secrets. Ch 88. 586-589 November 2006
Recent Presentations:
Barriers to Colon Cancer Screening in an Internal Medicine Residency Clinic. Poster, Society for General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 2007
Prostate Cancer: Screening and Prevention
Providence Internal Medicine Annual Symposium, Portland, OR April 2006
Update in General Medicine: Topics in Prevention. Providence Portland Medical Center Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. August 2006
Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Hypertension. SGIM National Meeting, New Orleans, LA May 2005
Dyslipidemia and the Risk of Incident Hypertension. SGIM National Meeting, Chicago, IL May 2004
Teaching Responsibilities:
Preventive medicine and nutrition – 2 nd year medical school course
Clinical Epidemiology – 1 st year medical school course – Harvard Medical School
One half day/week precepting residents – Boston VA – West Roxbury Medical Center
3 Months Ward Attending – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
OSCE examinations 2 nd and 3 rd year medical students - Harvard Medical School
Personal Interests: I enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, cycling, rollerblading and skiing, and indoor ones like playing the piano and performing amateur stand-up comedy.
Irene Hendrickson, M.D.
General Medicine
Medical School: Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha Nebraska Residency: Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland OR Fellowship: General internal medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Personal Statement: I completed my Internal Medicine Residency at Providence St. Vincent’s, followed by a General Internal Medicine Fellowship at Oregon Health & Sciences University. During my fellowship, my academic focus was on Medical Education, and I worked on projects around the ACGME competencies and resident self-assessment – areas of interest which I’ve continued to develop.
Joining Providence Portland after my General Medicine Fellowship, I was excited to return to the Providence Health System, where I feel inspired that a mission of service and a commitment to patient care is emphasized at all levels. I enjoy the education and clinical experience at our intimate community hospital, and I feel that I have a great opportunity here to continue to learn and grow professionally. I love teaching, and being able to work at PPMC offers the chance for rewarding relationships with our residents.
Areas of Academic Focus:
Evaluation and Assessment in resident education
Medical Education areas including Continuing Professional Development, teaching and learning theory, resident development, residency curriculum, ambulatory education, and quality of medical training environments
Organizational Learning
Clinical quality improvement.
Recent Presentations:
Malignancy Risks of CT scans: Practical Advances in Internal Medicine, Portland, OR, 2008
Update in Outpatient Medicine: PPMC Medical Grand Rounds, 2006
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Outpatient Clinical Practice by Implementing Standing Orders. Associates Poster Presentation, American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Eugene, OR November 2003
Overcoming Barriers To Adult Immunizations: Strategies that work. Panel Discussion, Presenter and panelist, Oregon Immunization Conference, Portland, OR, October 2003
Faculty Development:
Elaborated Knowledge and Diagnostic Reasoning
Teaching Responsibilities:
Teaching Rounds 1 month/year
Medical Student teaching 2 months/year
Day-to-day inpatient attending 3-4 months/year
Outpatient precepting 3 sessions/week
Teaching clinical appraisal, evidence based medicine rotation
Personal Interests: My husband and my four kids, ages 8, 6, 4, and 3 are my great joy. We like hiking, biking, camping, and swimming. With them, I’m learning crafts, model-building, painting and other projects. I also enjoy movies, books, theology, and going out to restaurants.
Marian Hodges, M.D., MPH
Palliative Care/Geriatrics/Ethics
Personal Statement:
Marian Hodges, MD, MPH is the physician ethicist for the Providence Center for Health Care Ethics. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College where she majored in religion. After college she studied theology and ethics at Cambridge University in England as a Reynolds Scholar before embarking on her medical training. Dr. Hodges received her MD degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY and completed her residency in internal medicine at the Oregon Health Sciences University. She followed residency with simultaneous postgraduate training in medical ethics and geriatric medicine at the University of Washington, where she received a Masters in Public Health with special focus on medical ethics as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar.
She joined Providence Health & Services in 1992 as Assistant Director of Medical Education at Providence Portland Medical Center, where she directed the internal medicine residency training in geriatrics and ethics for 12 years. During this time she completed the Certificate for Health Care Ethics from the University of Washington and Oregon Health Sciences University. She was President of the PPMC Medical Staff, 2004-2005, and joined the Ethics Center staff in 2005. She is board certified in geriatrics, palliative medicine and internal medicine, and continues to see patients in her part-time practice at PACE Clinic at PPMC.
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Residency: Oregon Health & Science University Fellowship (Geriatrics): University of Washington/Portland VA Medical Center Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Medicine.
Additional Postgraduate Training: Master of Public Health (MPH) with emphasis on Medical Ethics, University of Washington (Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar)
Areas of Academic Focus:
Palliative and End-of-life care, hospital quality improvement initiative
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
Professionalism
National/Regional Responsibilities:
Physician Ethicist, Providence Center for Health Care Ethics
Chair, Regional Excellence in End of Life Steering Committee, Providence Health & Services, Portland Service Area
Past President, Regional Executive Committee, Providence Health & Services, Portland Service Area Medical Staff, Providence Portland Medical center
Board member, Oregon Hospice Association
Member, American Geriatrics Society, Ethics Committee
Most Significant Publications:
Hodges M, London M, Lundstedt J. Family-driven quality improvement in end of life care. J Healthcare Qual (submitted for publication) 2005.
McSkimmingS, Hodges M, Super A,Driever M,Schoessler M, Lee M. The experience of life-threatening illness: patients and their loved ones' perspective. J Palliative Med 1999;2:173 184.
Patterson J, Hodges M. The rule of double effect (letter). NEngl J Med 338:1389, 1998.
Super A, Hodges M. Living and healing during life-threatening illness (Video). Supportive Care of the Dying: A Coalition for Compassionate Care, Catholic Health Association, 1997.
Hodges M. Reflections on the most meaningful experience for me in my training. In Caring for the Dying: Identification and Promotion of Physician Competency. Personal narratives. Project of the American Board of Internal Medicine 199623-24.
HillierTA, Patterson JR, Hodges MO, Rosenberg MR. Physicians as patients: choices regarding their resuscitation. Arch Intern Med 1995155:1289-1293.
DunnP. Gallagher T, Hodges MO et al. Medical ethics: an annotated bibliography. Ann Intern Med. 1994121:627-632.
Hodges MO,Tolle SW.Tube feeding decisions in the elderly.ClinGeriatr Med. 199410:475-488.
Hodges MO. End-of-life discussions: a need unfulfilled and a task undefined. JGen Intern Med. 19949:113-115.
Recent Presentations:
“Effectively Communicating the Availability of Palliative and End of Life Care Services”, Plenary Session, Oregon Statewide Palliative Care Conference, June 17, 2005.
“Culture Conflict in End of Life Decision-Making" with Dr. Geoff Gordon. PPMC Medical Grand Rounds, March, 2004.
“Geriatric Late Life Depression”, PPMC Spring Symposium, April, 2004.
"Making the Most of Your Consultants." Workshop, co-led with Meera Jain, M.D., Society of General Internal Medicine, Northwest Regional Meeting, Seattle, 2000.
Teaching Responsibilities:
Coordinates clinical ethics and palliative care curriculum for residents.
Leads ICU Ethics Rounds weekly with the three ICU house staff to discuss and debrief their most challenging cases
Coordinates the Ethics and Palliative Care Noon Conferences
Directs Palliative Medicine monthly elective for residents
Co-directs Professionalism curriculum
Precepts residents interested in geriatrics training in a shared practice setting
Personal Interests:
Family: husband Matt and daughter Kate. Hobbies: cooking, music/singing, watching baseball.
