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Research Activities

Edgard Cumpa, MD

Alternative options for autoimmune diseases
Alan Deckard, MD

Hospital QI projects; hospital clinical trials – meds; medical student education
Romaisa Firdose, MD

Research related to obesity – liquid diets; indirect calorimetry
Maureen Francis, MD

Outcomes research; quality and safety issues
Susan Hingle, MD

Medical education (student & resident) – communication – clinical skills – professionalism; women’s health
Azra Jabeen, MD

Gastroenterology; research project approved (retrospective studies); role of Ca+ calcium channel blockers in the prevention of colon polyps
Praveen Kandula, MD, MPH

Nephropathies: anticoagulation, inpatient clinical trial, hypertension, electrolyte abnormalities
Regina Kovach, MD

Peer assessment of professionalism; simulation in medical education
Vamsee Paruchuri, MD

Outpatient quality improvement – specifically ambulatory CKD management in primary care setting

Sherry Robinson, PhD

Nursing interventions to improve functional status in older adults, both in the hospital and nursing home setting; evaluating effectiveness of educational programs and curriculum changes focusing on geriatrics for students and residents in medicine as well as nurses.
Laura Rogers, MD, MPH

Exercise measurement, adherence, and promotion in chronic disease populations, especially cancer survivors; weight management issues
Richard Rosher, MD

Funded projects: Development of “Aging Across the Curriculum”; Development of an Observable Simulated Systems Interaction Examination
Gary Rull, MD

Medical education (both undergraduate and GME); geriatrics education communications skills – clinical skills (physical exam skills)
Sherjeel Sana, MD

Hospital based QI projects; hematology/oncology research committee; therapeutic trials – inpatient; translational research
Stacy Sattovia, MD

QI projects – hospital based; medical student educational issues
Don Scott, MD

Medical education – general and geriatric specific performance-based assessment of clinical and teaching skills: UME, GME and CME
David Steward, MD, MPH

Cancer survivorship; cancer control and prevention; organizational structure and its effect on clinical programs
Christine Todd, MD

Hand off communications; hospital QI projects; teaching communication skills through use of literature
Andrew Varney, MD

Medical ethics; quality improvement; patient safety; error reduction; palliative care and end of life care

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