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The Pew Health Group
Medical Device Initiative
Position: Senior Officer charged with developing and leading research in support related to medical device safety and approval
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The Pew Health Group
The FDA Initiative
Position: Senior Officer for Policy serves as the FDA Initiative’s senior regulatory policy expert
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George Washington University
School of Public Health and Health Services
Position: Director of the Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) Track/Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health
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South Shore Hospital, OB/GYN Department
Position: Chief of OB/GYN Department
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Center for Child Health Care Dept of Population Medicine
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School
Position: Faculty member in research at the level of instructor, asst or assoc professor
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Clinical Scholars Experience Key to Success for Three State Health Commissioners

As he treated patients in a Montana rural health clinic, Ed Ehlinger, M.D., M.S.P.H. (UNC 1978–1980) thought there had to be a better way to tackle the health problems facing his community. “I wanted to find a way for medicine to address the underlying health problems,” recalls Ehlinger. After two years with the National Health Service Corps, this vision led him to the Clinical Scholars program and eventually to his current role as Minnesota’s Commissioner of Health.

Ehlinger is not the only Clinical Scholar to serve as a commissioner of health.  Rhode Island’s former Commissioner of Health, David Gifford, M.D., M.P.H., (UCLA 1992–1994), says that being a Clinical Scholar allowed him to ask the right questions that enabled him to affect health care beyond the bedside and outside of academia.

New York’s current Commissioner of Health, Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., (UCLA 2001–2003) credits the Clinical Scholars program with teaching him the basic tenet of his success: the importance of being able to see the “big picture.” Not one of these physicians had their sights set on the job of health commissioner, but their Clinical Scholars training put them on the pathway to public service leadership.

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Health Services Research publishes articles by RWJF Clinical Scholars alumni as part of a special issue on "Bridging the Gap between Research and Health Policy" featuring articles by current and former RWJF Clinical Scholars. Print edition to be pub in Feb 2012.

Anthony Lehman (UCLA CSP 79-81) appointed as the new senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Rebekah Gee (Penn CSP 06-09) weighs in on Louisiana’s attempt to reduce premature births by 8% in the next two years.

Margaret Gourlay (UNC CSP 02-04) talks to NPR about her latest study on older women and frequency of bone scan

Justin Fox (Yale CSP 10-12), Cary Gross (JHU CSP 97-99), and others discuss older patient experiences in the mammography decision-making process. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(1):62-64.

Kelly Kyanko (Yale CSP 09-11) co-authors study that points to use of out of network services by women more than men as a possible factor in higher health care costs

Zachary Meisel (Penn CSP 08-11) asks "Should Your Doctor be Napping on the Job?" in his weekly blog The Medical Insider in Time.com

Donna Zulman (Michigan CSP 08-11 VA Scholar) authors an article in Annals of Internal Medicine on patient interest in sharing their electronic health information.

Kara Odom Walker (UCLA CSP 07-10), Arleen Brown (UCLA CSP 96-98), Robin Clarke (UCLA CSP), and Gery Ryan publish report studying the impact of hospital safety net closures on primary care physicians in Annals of Family Medicine.

Raina Merchant (Penn CSP 07-10) leads study on early withdrawal of care among cardiac arrest patients published in Critical Care Medicine.

Zach Meisel (Penn CSP 08-11) and Jason Karlawish publish study in JAMA arguing for the value of narrative-based evidence.

Vijay Singh (Michigan CSP 07-10) and Katherine Gold (Michigan CSP 05-07) co-author study on the risk of suicide among pregnant women and new mothers in General Hospital Psychiatry.

Camilla Sasson (Michigan CSP 07-10) leads study finding cardiac arrest survival rates at home or at work have remained virtually unchanged over 30 years.

Kate Goodrich (Yale CSP 08-10) is featured in The Hospitalist discussing her path to a health policy career.

Karin Rhodes (JHU CSP 95-97) receives the American Public Health Association's Student Assembly Public Health Mentoring Award.

Gates Foundation names Dr. Christopher Elias (Washington CSP 88-90) to lead expanded Global Development Program

Stacy Lindau (Chicago CSP 00-02) and team publish article on the health benefits of low-income mothers moving to lower poverty areas in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Katherine Gold (Michigan CSP 05-07) heads study on women’s use of Internet forums to cope with pregnancy loss to be published in Women’s Health Issues.

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Deepa Camenga (Yale CSP), Kelly Kyanko (Yale CSP 08-11) and team work to protect infants from whooping cough.

Eugenia Garvin (Penn CSP) publishes op-ed in The Inquirer illustrating the health benefits of cleaned up and greened vacant city lots.

Lenard Lesser (UCLA CSP) and Robert Brook (CSP Co-Director) produce study with researchers from RAND finding food served in children’s hospitals is largely unhealthy.

Gordon Sun (Michigan CSP - VA Scholar) speaks with ENT Today about the Clinical Scholars program and a policy career.

Shreya Kangovi (Penn CSP - VA Scholar) and David Grande publish study of alternative strategies to reduce hospital readmissions in JAMA.

Kalpana Narayan (Penn CSP) writes op-ed in The Inquirer on long-term healthcare and the demise of the CLASS Act.

Sidney Coupet (Michigan CSP) shares his experiences working to rebuild Haiti post earthquake.

Sidney Coupet (Michigan CSP) and Reza Nassiri publish report discussing comprehensive intervention for the cholera epidemic in Haiti in The DO.

Michael Hochman (UCLA CSP – VA Scholar) leads study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine finding that results of medication studies in top medical journals may be misleading to readers.

Stephen Henry (Michigan CSP – VA Scholar) and team publish study on non-verbal cues that guide doctor-patient relationships in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.

Jeffrey Kullgren (Penn CSP – VA Scholar) leads study published in Health Services Research that identifies health care barriers beyond cost.

Aasim Padela (Michigan CSP) studies how religious beliefs shape health care attitudes among US Muslims in an
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding report.

Jennifer Walter (Michigan CSP) and Matt Davis (Michigan CSP Co-Director) publish report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that draws attention to the unaddressed disparities of the Affordable Care Act.

Christoph Lee (UCLA CSP) was awarded the 2011-2012 E. Stephen Amis, Jr., MD, Fellowship in Quality and Safety by the American College of Radiology

Christoph Lee (UCLA CSP) co-authors article with Howard Foreman, MD discuss imaging in the context of health care reform and regulatory issues in a May 2011 American Journal of Roentgenology article.

Ryan Greysen (Yale CSP) received a 2011 Mack Lipkin Sr. Associate Member Award at Society for General Internal Medicine annual meeting for his paper entitled "Understanding Transitions in Hospital Care for Homeless Patients: A community -based participatory approach".

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