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MAFP researcher of the year Diane Madlon-Kay, MD, MS, was recently awarded a grant to study the effect of revised nursery orders on newborn preventive services. She has also published an article in Midwifery entitled "Case Series of 148 Tongue-tied Newborn Babies Evaluated with the Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function" (Madlon-Kay DJ, Ricke LA, Baker NJ, DeFor TA. Case series of 148 tongue-tied newborn babies evaluated with the assessment tool for lingual frenulum function. Midwifery. 2008;24:353-357.)
Chief resident Roli Dwivedi, MD, has also recently published an article in the Journal of Endourology entitled "Ayurvedic Medicine and Renal Calculi." (Kieley S, Dwivedi R, Monga M. Journal of Endourology. 2008;22(8). Available at www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/end.2008.0020.)
Pita Adam, MD, MSPH, recently published a chapter on neonatal resuscitation in a well-regarded family medicine obstetrics textbook. Adam P, Fontaine P. "Neonatal Resuscitation." Family Medicine Obstetrics, Third Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby, 2008.
Intern Parvathi Theerthekarai has been selected by the American College of Chest Physicians to both publish and present in poster form two research articles. She will present "Association Between Severity of Sleep Apnea and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure" and "Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Continuous/Bivalve Positive Airway Pressure" at Chest 2008, a prestigious meeting taking place at the Philadelphia Convention Center October 25-30, 2008. The articles will also appear in Chest.
Nancy Baker, MD, gave a presentation at the STFM annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, in May 2008 on "The Harvard Street Forum: A Successful Community Campus Collaborative." She was also interviewed for an article in the July 2008 Minnesota Medicine on the same subject.
Nancy Baker, MD, wrote an article for the July 2008 Minnesota Medicine on "Poetic Podcasts." She will also be presenting a poster in Oslo, Norway, Sept. 2-5 on "Medical Humanities Podcasts: A Pilot Project."
Chronic Illness Care. Smiley's is one of a handful of sites nationwide to receive a grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges to develop a curriculum in chronic illness care for medical students and family medicine residents.
Arsenic Community Grant: Smiley’s Clinic received a community grant from UCare Minnesota to address the newly discovered arsenic contamination in the Phillips neighborhood. This effort involves convening the clinic and community in joint purpose, supplying medical expertise on arsenic contamination, and working with patients and the community to take practical steps on assessment and care of arsenic-related issues. Update: Nancy Baker, MD, helped secure a summer research grant for second-year medical student Emily Moodie, who will study childhood arsenic screening at Smiley's.
David Satin, MD was interviewed in the Pioneer Press about his November Ethical Issues in Pay for Performance talk sponsored by the Ramsey County Medical Society. Dr. Satin's talk was also quoted in a StarTribune article about the Minnesota Medical Association turning the tables on insurers by ranking the insurers' Pay for Performance plans.
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