Congratulations to Maine-Dartmouth faculty member Dr. Julia McDonald for being honored by the Maine Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) as Maine’s Family Physician of the Year! Dr. McDonald’s nomination specifically notes her perseverance, depth, passion, and dedication for her patients. “She actually listens…She meets patients in the moment, on their ground, and develops a plan […]
We wish to recognize a publication this week in the New England Journal of Medicine co-authored by two physicians from the Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency. Cheryl Seymour MD, faculty at the residency, and Carrie Griffin DO, a 2015 residency alum, have written a case analysis entitled: “Structural Differential – A 32 Year Old Man with […]
Huge congratulations to Maine-Dartmouth faculty member Dr. Jenny Pisculli for being the recipient of MaineGeneral’s AWESOME award: “Jenny Pisculli, MD, a physician with Maine Dartmouth Family Practice and also a hospitalist at the Alfond Center for Health, recently received MaineGeneral’s AWESOME (Award-Winning Exemplary Scholar of Medical Excellence) Award for the excellent care she provides, her […]
MDFMR faculty Kelley Harmon DO and Alane O’Connor DNP delivered a presentation on the integrated care of opioid dependent women and their infants at the Maine Public Health Association’s annual conference on Oct 16, 2018, which focused on addiction and the state of public health in Maine. They discussed evidence based screening for substance use […]
Dr. Elizabeth “Libby” Abbas was selected as the 2018 recipient of the “Dr. Russell DeJong Excellence in Scholarship” award at MDFMR’s Scholarly Activity Symposium. Dr. Abbas’s presentation, IVIg vs Steroid in the Treatment of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, described a patient case which had been presented as a poster at the Maine Chapter of the Society of Hospital […]
Congratulations to faculty addiction medicine specialist Alane O’Connor DNP and MaineGeneral Medical Center on their recent grant award from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. Their project, Partners for Recovery, will reduce the impact of opioid use disorders by strengthening and expanding partnerships, increasing treatment capacity, and implementing systems related to screening and referral […]
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Natasha Lantz for having an abstract selected for poster presentation at the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society in May. Dr. Lantz, with co-authors Dr. Beyea and Dr. Fingerman, submitted a case that demonstrates the serious implications of adverse medication effects in older patients.
Our own Dr. Megan Barker was honored by MaineGeneral Health with a much-deserved A.W.E.S.O.M.E. award: Megan Barker, MD, is AWESOME (Award-winning Exemplary Scholar of Medical Excellence Award) on many fronts. A family medicine physician who provides a broad range of health care services to patients of all ages at Maine Dartmouth Family Practice (MDFP), “She’s […]
Huge congratulations to faculty member Alane O’Connor, DNP and chief resident Brandon Kelly, MD on upcoming publication of their research study “Maternal and infant outcomes following third trimester exposure to marijuana in opioid dependent pregnant women maintained on buprenorphine” in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Their study of 191 maternal-infant dyads maintained on buprenorphine […]
The winner of this year’s Russ DeJong Excellence in Scholarship Award for best presentation at MDFMR’s annual Scholarly Activity Symposium was Dr. Ben Colby! Dr. Colby’s scholarly efforts focused on the development of an evidence-based answer to a clinical question about the optimal education structure for improving diabetes control and minimizing distress in patients with […]