Extending a big congratulations to family medicine grad Kylene MacKillop MD, faculty members Jon Karnes MD, Maulik Dhandha MD, and Amy Trelease-Bell MD, and director Raj Woolever MD for their recent publications on dermatology topics: MacKillop K, deKay J, Karnes J. Red painful nodules in a hospitalized patient. Journal of Family Practice. 2020;69(3):155-157. Dhandha MM. […]
Please join us in congratulating Alane O’Connor DNP and Nate Bowling MD for the recent publication of their article Initial management of incarcerated pregnant women with opioid use disorder in the Journal of Correctional Health Care. In Dr. O’Connor’s words, “this document represents a system-wide effort to create an evidence based treatment protocol for a […]
Please join us in congratulating Alane O’Connor, DNP, FNP who was recently awarded Maine’s NP State Award for Excellence by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. This honor is bestowed on an individual nurse practitioner in each state who has demonstrated excellence in NP clinical practice. Alane will be recognized by the AANP at their […]
Annually since 2014, faculty and residents from Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency travel to Honduras to provide primary care services in Colomancagua and five surrounding communities. Faculty physicians Julia McDonald and Jenny Pisculli delivered a presentation at the AAFP Global Health Summit in Albuquerque recently to share information about how this opportunity was created and cultivated; […]
Second year resident physician Dr. Rachel Criswell delivered an invited presentation in West Palm Beach, FL on her work in toxicants and breast milk composition. Her talk “Persistent environmental toxicants in human health outcomes” was given at a Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) scientific research conference dedicated to the science of human […]
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 […]