Melinda Muller MD FACP
1200 NW 23rd Ave (o)
Portland OR 97210
503-413-7981 (vm)
503-413-6769 (fax)
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Date of Birth: August 23, 1968
Place of Birth: Medford, Oregon
EDUCATION & POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
2000-2002General Internal Medicine Fellow, Legacy Portland Hospitals
Portland, Oregon
1999-2000Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Legacy Portland Hospitals
Portland, Oregon
1997-1999Resident, Internal Medicine, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1996-1997Intern, Internal Medicine, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1992-1996School of Medicine, MD
Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU)
Tartar Research Fellow, Amer Ht Assoc Summer Research Fellow
Academic scholarship recipient
1989-1990Medical Technology Program, OHSU
BS, Medical Technology
Valedictorian
1987-1990Southern Oregon State College
Ashland, Oregon
BA, General Studies Math/Science, Pre-Medical Technology
(finished concurrently with BS above), Summa Cum Laude, President’s
Honor Roll 3 years
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Sep/Oct 2004Physician Leadership for the 21st Century, Institute Two, The Foundation
For Medical Excellence, Portland, Oregon
Apr/May 2004 Physician Leadership for the 21st Century, Institute One, The Foundation
For Medical Excellence, Portland, Oregon
Sep 2003Competency Assessment: Forethought not Afterthought, Tufts Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 2002Practical Approaches for Achieving Required Competencies in Systems-Based Practice and Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Tufts Managed Care Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep/Oct 2000Physician Leadership for the 21st Century, Institute Two, The Foundation for Medical Excellence, Portland, Oregon
Apr/May 2000 Physician Leadership for the 21st Century, Institute One, The Foundation for Medical Excellence, Portland, Oregon
Nov 1999Improving End-Of-Life Care: Internal Medicine Residency Education Project, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/American Board of Internal Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
1989-1996Laboratory Assistant & Medical Technologist, Good Samaritan Hospital
& Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
CERTIFICATION:
1999American Board of Internal Medicine #191457
1997-PresentDEA Certification
1995-2002Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support
1994-1997USMLE Certification Part I, II, III
1990-PresentAmerican Society of Clinical Pathologists, Medical Technologist
LICENSURE:
1997-PresentOregon Board of Medical Examiners (Number MD20786)
APPOINTMENTS:
2002Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
2006- Medical Director, Legacy Clinics, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2006-Medical Director of Quality for Primary Care, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2006-Co-Chair, Legacy Medicine Interdisciplinary Quality Council, Legacy
Portland Hospitals
2003-2006Medical Director, Legacy Teaching Clinics, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2003-2006Associate Program Director, Legacy Internal Medicine Residency Program
2003-PresentSite Medical Director, Legacy Clinic Good Samaritan, Legacy Portland
Hospitals
2002-2003Associate Medical Director, Legacy Clinics, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2002-PresentLegacy Representative to the ACP Regional Meeting Planning committee
2002-2005Legacy Clinics Quality Improvement Committee Co-Chair, Legacy
Portland Hospitals
2002-2005Legacy Department of Medicine Quality Council, Legacy Portland
Hospitals, Chair 2005
2002-PresentLegacy Clinics Information Technology Committee, Legacy Portland
Hospitals, Chair 2005
2000-PresentFaculty, Department of Medicine, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2000-PresentCoordinator Diabetes Quality Improvement program, Legacy Teaching
Clinics
2000-2003Member, Ethics Committee, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2000-2003Consultant, Comfort Care Team, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2000-2006Legacy Representative to the Oregon Diabetes Coalition Workgroup on
Diabetes Tracking, Oregon Health Division.
1999-2001Member/Interviewer, Residency Interview committee, Legacy Portland
Hospitals
2002-PresentInterviewer, Legacy Internal Medicine Program, Legacy Portland
Hospitals
1999-2000Chair, Code 99 committee, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1999-2000Member, GME committee, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1998-2006Member, Curriculum committee, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1998-2000Member, Evaluation committee, Legacy Portland Hospitals
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
2002-2004Facilitator, Outpatient Morning Report, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1999-2001Ward teaching attending, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1999-2002Facilitator, Morning Report, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1999-2006Clinic Preceptor, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1999-2006Facilitator Clinic Block Conference, Legacy Portland Hospitals
1993-PresentFounder/Presenter/Facilitator, Principles of Clinical Medicine course,
“Sexual Orientation issues in Health Care”, Oregon Health & Science
University, Portland, Oregon
HONORS & AWARDS:
Regional
2003Faculty Chair, Oregon Diabetes Collaborative II, Portland Oregon.
Legacy Portland Hospitals
2000Teaching Managing Care Competencies: A Faculty Development Program
for UME-21 and PQE Physicians, Providence, Rhode Island
1998Winner, Research Poster, American College of Physicians/American
Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM) Associate Competition,
“Medical Student Attitudes toward Homosexuality: Evaluation of a
Second year curriculum”. National Scientific Meeting. San Diego, CA.
1997Winner, Research Poster, ACP-ASIM Associate Competition, “Medical
Student
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: Evaluation of a second year curriculum”.
Annual Scientific Meeting, Oregon Chapter. Eugene, OR.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
2004-PresentACP Fellow
2000-PresentSociety of General Internal Medicine, Reviewer for JGIM (2002-Present)
1994-2003ACP-ASIM Associate/Member
1993-PresentGay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), Board of Directors
(1998-2002), Treasurer (2000-2002), Reviewer for Journal of GLMA
(1997-2001)
1993-PresentGay, Lesbian and Bisexual Physicians’ of Oregon (GLBPO), Founding
Member, Treasurer (2000-Present), Chairperson (1997-1999), Co-
Chairperson (1995-1997)
1993-2002Oregon Medical Association
1993-2002Metropolitan Portland Medical Society
1992-2002American Medical Association
1989-PresentAmerican Society of Clinical Pathologists
ACTIVITIES:
American College of Physicians
2003-PresentResident/Medical Student Clinical Vignettes/Research Presentation Judge
American Medical Student Association
1992-1996Students Teaching AIDS to Students (STATS) instructor, OHSU
Coordinator (1993-1994)
1992-1998AIDS Task Force member, regional co-coordinator (1993)
1992-1998Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered People in Medicine Task Force
member
1992-1994Portland Public Schools Talented and Gifted Evening High School
Program instructor
Volunteer
1995-1996Wallace Medical Concern (non-profit inner city health clinic) volunteer,
Portland Oregon
1994-2003Neighborhood Health Clinics (non-profit free health clinic) volunteer,
Portland, Oregon, medical technologist and physician
1992-1995Oregon AIDS Hotline volunteer
1990-PresentRose City Gay Freedom Band, Portland, Oregon
Held positions of Secretary and Librarian in addition to playing
PRESENTATIONS:
Local:
2005Medical Grand Rounds, HIV for the PCP, What Primary Care Physicians
need to know, Legacy Portland Hospitals
2004 Medical Grand Rounds, Psychiatric Prescribing for the Primary Care
Physician with John Bischof. Legacy Portland Hospitals
2003Medical Grand Rounds, Diabetes Management: Making the System Work
with D Shute. Legacy Portland Hospitals.
2003Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Health. National College of
Naturopathic Medicine. Portland OR.
2002Diabetes in Primary Care. Clinical Problem Solving: Management of Difficult Patients with J Neifing, K Ward. Portland OR.
2002Faculty Development, Practical Teaching Tips for Outpatient Preceptor
with J Bowen, E Eckstrom et al. Portland OR.
2001Faculty Development, Practical Teaching Tips for Outpatient Preceptors with J Bowen, E Eckstrom et al. Portland OR.
2001Medical Grand Rounds, Diabetes Tracking Systems: A Real Life Experience. Legacy Portland Hospitals.
2000Medical Grand Rounds, Relief of Suffering or Hastening Death: The Principal of Double Effect with J White, P Bullock, et al. Legacy Portland Hospitals.
2000Faculty Development, Palliative Medicine/Symptom Management with J White. Legacy Portland Hospitals.
2000Lesbian Sexuality and Healthcare. Savvy about Sex: A Conference for Women’s Healthcare Practitioners. Oregon Chapter of the American College Nurse Midwives. Portland, OR.
Regional:
2001Muller MJ, Eckstrom E. So Your Patient’s a Lesbian. Regional Society of
General Internal Medicine Meeting. Portland, OR.
2001Muller MJ. HIV 101: What Primary Care Physicians Need to Know. Regional Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting. Portland, OR.
National:
2004Teaching Students and Residents in the Office with E Eckstrom et al.
Workshop, National American College of Physicians Meeting, New Orleans, CA.
2003Teaching Students and Residents in the Office – Priming for Efficiency,
with E Eckstrom, J Drummond, et al. Workshop, National American
College of Physicians Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2002When Precepting Doesn’t Go as Planned: Precepting Strategies for Challenging Situations, with E Eckstrom, E Haney, J Drummond, et al. Precourse, National Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
2002 Turning Cases into Teaching: Writing Cases for Case-Method Teaching, with G Noel, E Eckstrom, E Haney. National Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
2002The Advanced One Minute Preceptor: Applying Teaching Microskills in Problematic Teaching Situations, with E Eckstrom, E Haney, J Drummond. National Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting. Atlanta, GA
1997Medical Student Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: Evaluation of a Second-Year Curriculum. Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Symposium. San Francisco, CA.
RESEARCH:
2005-PresentMedication Reconciliation: Bridging Communication Across the
Continuum. AHRQ Grant 1 U18 HSO15904-01
2004ACCOMPLISH (Avoiding Cardiovascular Events through Combination Therapy in Patients Living with Systolic Hypertension). Novartis Hypertension Study SubInvestigator.
2003-2005Robert Wood Johnson Depression in Primary Care Grant. Acted as
consultant
2001-2004Oregon Diabetes Collaborative to improve quality of Diabetes Care.
Legacy Portland Hospitals.
2000-2001Usefulness of a Diabetes Flowsheet in improving diabetes care in a
Resident clinic. Legacy Portland Hospitals.
1998-2001Usefulness of Peak Flow Meters in mild-moderate asthma. In
collaboration with E Eckstrom. Legacy Portland Hospitals.
1995-1998Evaluation of a Second-Year Curriculum on Homosexuality. In collaboration with J White. OHSU/Legacy Portland Hospitals
Ongoing Co-Investigator:
CPCRA 065
“A large, simple trial comparing two strategies for management of anti-retroviral therapy (SMART)”
CPCRA 064
“A Randomized Study of a Prescribed 4-Month Structured Treatment Interruption (STI) Followed by Initiation of a New Antiretroviral Regimen Versus Immediate Initiation of a New Antiretroviral Regimen in HIV-Infected Patients with Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Virus
CPCRA 062
“Adherence Strategies Using a Medication Manager and an Electronic Medication Reminder System for HIV-Infected Patients Receiving HAART”
CPCRA 061
“Metabolic Consequences of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in HIV-Positive Individuals”
CPCRA 060
“A Study of Long-Term Clinical, Virologic, and Immunologic Outcomes in
HIV-Infected Individuals”
CPCRA 058
“A Randomized, Open-Label Study of the Long-Term Effectiveness of Three Initial Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) Strategies in HAART-Naïve, HIV-Infected Persons”
CPCRA 059
“A Randomized, Open-Label, Study of the Impact of Two Doses of Subcutaneous Recombinant IL-2 (Proleukin) on Viral Burden and CD4+ Cell Count in Patients With HIV-1 Infection and CD4+ Cell Counts greater than or equal to 300/mm3”
CPCRA 057
“A Randomized Study of the Virologic Efficacy of Different Antiretroviral (AR) Treatment Strategies in HIV-Infected Individuals With Detectable Plasma HIV RNA Measurements After At Least 16 Weeks on Their Initial Protease Inhibitor-Containing AR Regimens”
CPCRA 054
“Effects of Prophylaxis for Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) Disease With Azitromycin Versus Deferred Prophylaxis on Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Substudy of the CR-MAC Protocol (CPCRA 048)”
GRANT/FUNDING:
2005-2007AHRQ Grant: Medication Reconciliation: Bridging Communication
Across the Continuum of Care, Principal Investigator
2004-2005 AAIM/ABIM/ABIM Foundation Resident-Faculty Practicum in System
Based Practice and Practice Based Learning and Improvement with S
Freer.
2001-2003Coalition of Healthcare Purchasers Diabetes Tracking Grant with M
Watson, J Goodwin, H Klein.
1999-2004HRSA Faculty Development Project with T Cooney, J Bowen, E
Eckstrom, et al.
PUBLICATIONS:
Muller MJ, White JC. Medical Student Attitudes toward Homosexuality: Evaluation of a second year curriculum. J Gay Lesbian Med Assoc 1997;1:155-159.
Muller MJ. Palliation. J Gay Lesbian Med Assoc 2000;4:31-32.
Muller MJ. One Physician’s Experience in Palliative Medicine Chronicled and Published as a Result of Attending Training Conference. (Abstract) J Pall Med 2001:93-94.
White JC, Muller MJ. Physician Best-Practice Standards for the Inpatient Care of Dying patients and their families for a Residency Program and Community Hospital System. (Abstract) J Pall Med 2001:93.
Muller MJ, White JC, Ashcraft L, Misaki C. End-of-Life Care Survey on Pain Assessment at the Time of Hospital Admission Reveals Effectiveness of Teaching Moments and Increased Awareness by Residents. (Abstract) J Pall Med 2001:91.
Muller MJ, White JC. End-of-Life Faculty Development Sessions are Instructive for Faculty and Promote Increased Interest in Developing Effective Teaching Strategies. (Abstract) J Pall Med 2001:91-92.
White JC, Muller MJ. End-of-Life Care Curriculum Development for Faculty and Residents: FastFacts Teaching Tools are Used by Faculty and Found Helpful by Residents. (Abstract) J Pall Med 2001:92-93.
Muller MJ, Sewell GS. Coexistence of Eosinophilic gastroenteritis and Helicobacter pylori gastritis: Causality versus coincidence. Digestive Dis & Sciences 2001;46:1784-86.
Muller M, Kenny S, et al. A New Method for Teaching Quality Improvement in Diabetes Care: Residents as Peer Champions. (Abstract) JGIM 2002;17 (Suppl 1): 98.
Bowen J, Eckstrom E, Muller MJ, et al. Enhancing the Effectiveness of One-Minute Preceptor Faculty Development Workshops. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2006;18:35-41.
PERSONAL:
Play flute and oboe, interested in gardening, snowboarding
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Melinda Muller MD Curriculum Vitae