Rural Health Scholars
Seminars
2000-2011
2000-2001
10/00 Rural Health Careers
Wayne Myers, MD
11/00 Rural Health Experiences
Dan Lasser, MD
Mick Huppert, MPH
1/01 Practice in Rural Areas
Joe Stenger, MD
Betsy Burbank, MD
Jeff Jones, MD
2/01 Critical Care Access Hospitals
Erin Knight, MPH
3/01 Practice in a SmallTown and at a CommunityHospital
Angela Beeler, MD
5/01 Indian Health Service
Bob Baldor, MD
Joe Stenger, MD
6/01 Year End Evaluation and Planning
2001-2002
9/01 Physicians in Rural Massachusetts
Lauren McClure, MS II
Teen Health in Central Massachusetts
TanyaShah, MS I
11/01 Casting
Joe Stenger, MD
12/01 Practice in Rural Areas
Sam Pickens, MD and Scott Schuker, MD
1/02 Practice in a CommunityHospital
MaryLaneHospital and Rick Gerstein, MD
2/02 Suturing
Sam Pickens, MD
4/02 Migrant Health
Sara Kemble, MD
5/02 Year End Evaluation and Planning
2002-2003
9/02 The Road Less Taken
AAFP Video
Program Planning
Joe Stenger, MD
Suzanne Cashman, ScD
10/02 Two-Wheeled Motor Vehicle Accidents in DukesCounty
Jennifer Austin, MS II
11/02 Wilderness Medicine
Will Houghton, MD
12/02 Indian Health Service
Dan O’Donnell, MD
1/03 Life as a Physician Practicing in a Rural Area
Panel: Greg Hinson, MD, Nantucket
Kami Phillips, MD, Westminster
David Keller, MD, SouthCounty
Kathleen Mariani, MD, Barre
Michael Kaplan, FP, Lee
3/03 Family Medicine Clerkship Discussion
Lauren McClure, MS III
Andrew Cook, MS III
4/03 Suturing
Sam Pickens, MD
5/2/03 Year End Evaluation/Planning
2003-2004
9/03 Martha's Vineyard Healthcare Access Project
Dylan Kwait, MS II
10/03 Rural Medicine: Practice in small town and rural areas
Panel: Angela Beeler, MD, Webster
Rick Gerstein, MD, Ware
Sarah Kemble, MD, Turner's Falls
Henry Neider, MD, Martha's Vineyard
Stacey Potts, MD, Barre
11/03 Rural Hospitals: ClintonHospital visit
12/03 Wilderness Medicine
Will Houghton, MD
1/04 Trauma Care
Joe Stenger, MD
2/04 Rural Practice and the National Health Service Corps
Anna Doubeni, MD
3/04 Family Medicine Clerkship Discussion
Andy Cook, MS IV
Andrew Monte, MS III
Allison Paroskie, MS III
4/04 Casting
Joe Stenger, DM
5/04 Year End Evaluation/Planning
2004-05
8/04 Poster Session
Jake Drew, MS2: The Visiting Specialist model
Jesse Foote, MS2: Martha’s Vineyard Rural Health Clinic and Health Access
Program
9/04 Subspecialists in Massachusetts who staff rural clinics: Who are they? Where are
they? What are their practice arrangements and characteristics?
Jake Drew MS2
9/04 Life as a Physician Practicing in a Rural Area
Ilene Klein MD Martha’s Vineyard
Betsy Burbank MD Baldwinville
Roger LaFleur MD Ware
10/04 Medical Practice on a Reservation in Arizona through the Indian Health Service
Tony Valdini MD
Louis Kazal MD
11/04 Suturing
Sam Pickens MD
12/04 Summer experience through AHEC and the Primary Care Association in Southern Indiana and Peace Corps experience in Niger
Elaine Carlson MS2
2/05 Casting
Joe Stenger, MD
Art Deschamps
3/05 Third year clerkship planning
Allison Paroskie, MS4
Johanna Mailloux, MS4
Maria Gallo, MS3
3/05 Casting
Joe Stenger, MD
Art Deschamps
4/05 Practice in Rural Areas
Joe Stenger MD Barre
Rick Gerstein, MD Ware
William Damon, MD Gardner
5/05 Graduation celebration
Lauren McClure, MS4 (Family medicine)
Andrew Cook, MS4 (Family medicine)
Andrew Monte, MS4 (Emergency medicine)
Johanna Mailloux, MS4 (Pediatrics)
5/05 Year End Evaluation and Planning
2005-2006
8/05Poster Session
Amy Reale, MS2: Massachusetts Rural Primary Care Physician Survey
9/05Summer Projects
Second year students reporting
10/05Managing a Rural/Small Town Practice
Kami Phillips, MD
11/05 Rural Medicine: Practice in small town and rural communities
Lisa Carson, NP
Pamela Grimaldi, DO
Joseph Stenger, MD
11/05 Wilderness Medicine
Andrew Monte, MD (Program grad)
12/05 Mental Health in Rural Communities
Sue Coles, MA
1/06 Casting
Piper Lillard, DO
Art Deschamps
1/06 IVTherapy
Joe Stenger, MD
Pat Giangrande, RN
2/06 Rural Hospitals: ClintonHospital visit
3/06 Third year clerkship planning
5/06 Medical Practice on a Reservation in Alaska through the Indian Health Service
Allison Paroskie, MS IV
5/06 Graduation celebration
5/06 Year End Evaluation and Planning
2006-2007
9/06Introductions andSummer Projects
Second year students reporting
10/06 Managing a Rural/Small Town Practice
Steve Martin, MD, MEd
10/06 Casting Workshop
Christopher Lutrzykowski, MD (sports medicine fellow)
11/06 State Office of Rural Health: Rural Health Policy Issues
Ronnie Rom, MSPH
12/06 Rural Medicine: Practice in small town and rural communities
Carol Forgione, NP
Jim Ledwith, MD
Lisa Sylvia, MD
1/07 WildernessMedicine
Andrew Monte, MD
2/07 Suturing (second year students)
Sam Pickens, MD
2/07 Rural Hospital Visit: HubbardHospital
Paula Bigelow, RN
3/07 Clerkship Planning
4/07 Indian Health Service
Dan O’Donnell, MD, MPH
Margo Gill, MD
5/07 Year-end Evaluation
End of year celebration
2007-2008
8/07 Welcome, Orientation, Initial Planning
9/07 Introductions and Summer Projects Second year students reporting
9/07Rural Practice: Clinical medicine in small town and rural communities
Robynn Eisley MS, RN
Steve Martin MD
Stefan Topolski MD
10/07 Managing a Rural/Small Town Practice
Liz Siraco, MD
10/07 Indian Health Service
George Maxted, MD
11/07 State Office of Rural Health: Rural Hospital and Policy Issues
Ronnie Rom, MSPH
Shelia Daly, RN, President and CEO, ClintonHospital
12/07 Rural Hospital Visit: MaryLaneHospital
1/08 IV Starts
Patty Giangrande, RN
2/08 Suturing
Xan Schultes, MD
2/08 Wilderness Medicine
Andrew Monte, MD
3/08 Clerkship Planning
4/08 Osteopathic Medicine
Pam Grimaldi, DO
5/08 Evaluation
2008-2009
9/2/08 Welcome and Introductions
Suzanne Cashman, ScD
9/23/08 Opportunities and Careers in Rural/Small Town Communities
Joe Stenger, MD
10/7/08SmallTown Practice: Management and Other Issues
Kami Phillips, MD, Westminster, MD
10/28/08Pharmacy Issues in Small Town Hospitals
Peg St. Amand, R.Ph., Manager of Pharmacy Operations, AtholMemorialHospital
11/21/08Suturing
Xan Schultes, MD
12/5/08What is it like to practice in a rural/small town community?
Genevieve Sloboda, NP
William Muller, MD
StevenEarls, MD
1/13/09House Calls: Bringing Rural Health Home
Stefan Topolski, MD
2/6/09Casting
Konstantinos Deligiannidis, MD, MPH
3/3/09Migrant Health
Bruce Gould, MD
3/24/09Third Year Clerkship
Third and fourth year students
4/24/09Medicine on the Appalachian Trail
Melissa Buddensee, MS IV
5/5/09Wrap-up and Evaluation
Final Celebration lunch and evaluation
5/26/09 Graduation Dinner and Celebration
2009-1010
8/20/09 Brief organizational meeting
8/25/09 Healthy eating/nutrition,
Teri Kleinberg, MS IV
9/15/09 Practicing in a rural Massachusetts community health center
Beth Coates MD and Bob Quinn MD, Hilltown Clinic, Worthington, MA
9/22/09 Summer experiences
Sandra Beverly - AHEC in Mass and MD
10/14/09 Managing a small practice (MS II students)
Liz Siraco, MD
10/23/09 Rural provider panel (all students invited)
Kate Atkinson MD, Amherst
Elizabeth Toomajian, NP, North , tele—413 664-4088, or snail mail—820 State Road, North Adams, MA01247
Doreen Frost DC, Petersham (ill so canceled)
11/19/09 Hospital visit
ClintonHospital
12/4/09 Reading X-rays
Joe Stenger, MD
1/29/10Mental Health
Heidi Kleiner, LICSW
2/11/10Wound Care
Steve Martin, MD, EdM
Matt Taylor PT, DPT
3/24/10Third yearclerkship planning
MS III and MS IV students
4/29/10Healthy cooking/healthy eating
Teri Kleinberg, MS IV
5/20/10Graduation dinner
2010-2011
8/19/10 Brief organizational meeting
9/27/10 Rural provider panel (all students invited)
Pat Iverson, MD, Greenfield
RobertKnight, MD, Athol
Elizabeth Toomajian, NP, North Adams
10/15/10 Suturing
Sam Pickens, MD
Steve Martin, MD, EdM
11/1/10 Substance Abuse
Dan Mullen, PhD
Riley Mclean, MS II
Jennifer Michaels, MD (BrienCenter)
Steve Martin, MD, EdM
11/29/10 Hospital Visit
MaryLaneHospital, Ware
12/10/10Trauma Assessment and Management
Steve Martin, MD
Matt Taylor, PT
1/21/11 State Office of Rural Health
Cathleen McElligott, Mass Department of Public Health
2/4/11 Indian Health Service
Genevieve Verrastro, MS IV
3/4/11 Casting
Gabe Lurvey, MD
3/21/11 Third Year Clerkship
Third and fourth year students lead discussion
4/11/11 Maternal and Child Health
Lori DiLorenzo, M.D.
5/9/11 Year End Evaluation
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