Haitian Medical Outreach - KU School of Medicine

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014
Haitian Medical Outreach
From left to right: James Pierre Louis, Zita Magloire, Bruce Campbell, Jean Roger Polidor, Samuel Derousseau,
Melissa Williamson, Rick Moberly, Shelley Kurek, Amy Seery, Louise Polidor, Duane Spalding.
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Amy Seery, M.D., Via Christi, was part of a medical
team that traveled to Haiti in August to treat a
medically underserved population in a remote area of the country. Her story is below.
I am part of a small group of medical professionals who
volunteer their skills in the southeast region of Haiti. After
almost a year of planning and fundraising we partnered
with Heart-to-Heart International and our inaugural trip
was in August 2013. Our team consisted of physicians, nurse
practitioners, and radiology technicians. After arriving in
Port-au-Prince, we quickly partnered up with the Haitian
team of doctors, nurses, interpreters, and drivers and headed
deep into one of the most remote parts of Haiti. The drive
took us eight hours over extremely rough terrain … a route
that could be completed in 15 minutes by helicopter. Because
of the lack of roads and the difficulty reaching many of the
mountainous villages, there is no other organization currently
serving these people.
Each morning we would drive several hours into the
mountains to different villages where several hundred people
would be waiting to be seen. Many had traveled by foot for
days to be there in time for the clinic, but they were always
very clean and polite. I saw many infants and children with
skin conditions, malnutrition, lung infections, and chronic
intestinal parasites. Through the efforts of the entire team
we dewormed more than 2,000 people in five days. This will
improve nutrition by 30 percent for the next six months, which
will in turn improve health, productivity, and education for
each of these communities.
Dr. Seery consults with patients in Haiti.
Only after everyone had been seen would we travel back
to the town of Belle Anse where we stayed most nights. We
were lucky enough to engage in several cultural events such
as watching a regional soccer match and meeting local and
regional leaders during election season. We also enjoyed
many local food items such as fried plantains, spaghetti for
breakfast, and fresh caught lobster casserole. Our team did
not favor the cold fish stew breakfast so much.
Via Christi resident Zita Magloire, M.D., also made the
trip as well as Via Christi employees Bruce Campbell, APRN,
Melissa Williamson, an ultrasound technician, Shelley
Kurek, a radiology technician, and Richard Moberly, M.D.,
a Via Christi residency graduate who practices in Mason
City, Iowa.
Via Christi resident Michael Campbell, M.D., and his
father, Bruce Campbell, APRN, were part of a team that
returned to Haiti in January. They worked in five different
clinics and spent part of their time deworming another 2,000
people. Dr. Seery will return to Haiti in the spring.
To raise money for this project, a talent show and silent
auction will be held March 30 at the Westside Christian
Church, 1819 W. Douglas. Doors open at 6 p.m. for food
and the “Traveling Medicine Show & Haiti Benefit” starts
at 7 p.m. People interested in participating as volunteers
for the talent show and silent auction or as trip volunteers
can contact the team at [email protected]
or on Facebook at “Southeast Haiti Medical Project.”
Via Christi Residents Receive
Scholarships for Mission Work
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Andrew Posey, M.D., and Zita Magloire, M.D.,
Via Christi, received scholarships for medical mission work.
Dr. Posey is the inaugural recipient of the Carol A.
Johnson, M.D., Family Medicine International Mission
Scholarship awarded by the Kansas Academy of Family
Medicine-Foundation (KAFP). It was established in memory
Dr. Johnson, who died in 2013. She was a graduate of
KUSM–Wichita and Wesley Family Medicine (WFM). At
WFM Dr. Johnson was on faculty for many years and served
as program director from 1990-2001. Dr. Johnson served as
president of the KAFP and KAFP-Foundation and received
the 2012 Kansas Humanitarian Award from the KAFPFoundation. On her numerous medical mission trips she
traveled to Russia, Romania, Brazil, Egypt, Myanmar,
and Haiti.
Dr. Posey used the scholarship funds for a medical
mission trip to Chad in November 2013.
Dr. Magloire received the 2014 Family Medicine Cares
International (FMCI) Resident Scholarship from the
American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
Only one scholarship is given each year. Her scholarship
paid for travel, housing, and food for her trip as part of
the 2014 FMCI Delegation to Haiti Feb. 15-22.
The FMCI delegation was composed of three teams.
The patient care team provided medical care to patients
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at Heart-to-Heart clinics in various locations in Haiti.
The volunteer team helped at an orphanage that is
supported by the AAFP Foundation as well as a number
of other projects. Dr. Magloire was on the medical
education team that made presentations to family
medicine residencies in Cap Haitian and St. Marc.
They also presented in Port-au-Prince where they
met with key health and medical officials and toured
a state-of-the-art hospital in Mierbalais.
Dr. Magloire has always wanted to serve internationally,
and has a special tie to Haiti because her father is Haitian.
She plans on continuing to serve there as well as maintain a
full-time practice in Cairo, Ga., after completing residency.
Congratulations to Drs. Posey and Magloire.
Family Medicine Spring Symposium 2014
The Family Medicine Spring Symposium will be Friday, April 11, at the
National Center for Aviation Training on Webb Road north of Jabara
Airport. The symposium will focus on mental health with presentations
on “Eating and Image Disorders,” “The Alcoholic Patient,” “Anxiety
Disorders: Recognition and Management,” “Addressing Behavior Change
in the Patient with Dementia,” “Autism,” “Lifestyle and Other NonPharmacological Treatments for Depression,” “Anorexia in a Runner,”
“Intimate Partner Violence,” “Postpartum Depression,” “Medical
Management of Smoking Cessation in Patients with Mental Illness,”
“Impact of Marginalization on the LGBT Patient,” and “Antidepressant
Withdrawal in the Newborn.”
For more information and registration, go to:
http://wichita.kumc.edu/fcm/cme/spring-symposium.html.
Residents and students may attend for free if registered.
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Mark Stovak, M.D., Via Christi, will
represent the American Board of Family
Medicine on the ACGME Sports Medicine
Milestones Committee. The Milestones are
competency-based developmental outcome
expectations that should be demonstrated
by sports medicine fellows.
Whitney Weixelman, MS3, FMIG
secretary, has been selected as the medical
student representative to the AAFP Tar
Wars Medical Advisory panel which
advises the AAFP Commission on Health
of the Public and Science on administration
and development of the Tar Wars activities
and programs.
Rick Kellerman, M.D., has been appointed as a physician
delegate and member of the American Hospital Association
Region 6 Policy Board.
Deb Outwater, M.D., Wesley, wrote the article “Tips Can
Help You Stay Healthy during the Busy Holiday Season,”
which was featured in the “Doc Talk” section of the Wichita
Eagle, Dec. 17, 2013.
Mary Boyce, M.D., Wesley, wrote the article “Physical
and Emotional Effects of Abuse” for “The Experts”
column of Splurge! Magazine, December 2013, page 30,
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/689f1aa6#/689f1aa6/30.
Aaron Sinclair, M.D., Wesley, wrote the article “Does it
Need Stitches?” for Splurge! Magazine, January 2014, page 40,
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/32b8b0ed#/32b8b0ed/1.
Daniel DeJong, MS4, and Aaron Sinclair, M.D., Wesley,
are featured in “Clinic Helps Med Students and Uninsured,”
Jan. 25, a story about the JayDoc Community Clinic on
KWCH News at http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/clinichelps-med-students-and-uninsured/-/21054266/24114548/-/
a193rm/-/index.html.
Aaron Sinclair, M.D., Wesley, discussed “Low
Testosterone” on “The Doctor Is In” on KWCH News,
Feb. 17.
Amanda Miller, MS4, received the Medical Student
Education Student Scholarship at the Society of Teachers
of Family Medicine Medical Education Conference in
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Michael Scheve, D.O., and his wife, Diana, on the birth
of their son, Vincent Benjamin, Dec. 20, 2013.
ATTENTION STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS
KUSM–Wichita Research Forum, April 17, KUSM–Wichita. Abstract submission deadline is March 27. Submitting an
abstract does NOT include forum registration. For more information go to http://wichita.kumc.edu/research/office-of-research/
research-forum/22nd-annual-research-forum---april-17-2014.html.
The 2014 application cycle for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program will be open
through March 20. NHSC providers are able to pay off all or part of their student loans. For more information, go to
http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/nhscloanrepayment/index.html.
ATTENTION FACULTY
Grant Generating Project (GGP) 2014-2015 Fellowship assists family medicine faculty in identifying and honing the
critical skills needed to develop and submit competitive research grant proposals that result in external funding awards.
Application deadline is June 1 for a letter of intent and June 30 for the completed application. For more information go to
http://www.familymedicine.vcu.edu/research/ggp/.
MEETINGS
Program Director’s Workshop and Residency Program Solutions Residency Education Symposium, March 28 through
April 1 in Kansas City, Mo. For more information, go to http://www.aafp.org/events/pdw-rps.html?cmpid=em_9831107_L1.
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PUBLICATIONS:
Hicks C, Moore S, Andrade A, Gentry C, Taormina C.
Probiotics for the Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea.
Kansas Journal of Medicine, Nov. 25, 2013, http://kjm.kumc.edu/.
Woolley DC, Old JL, Zackula RE, Davis N. Acute hospital
admissions of hospice patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine.
December 2013;16(12):1515-1522.
Houssayni S. 707 N. Emporia. The Examined Life Journal,
January 2014, Issue 3.1.
The following published chapters in “Conn’s Current Therapy
2014” edited by Rick Kellerman, M.D.:
Beard S. Nonallergic Rhinitis
Curry A. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Dickson G. Otitis Media
Dorsch J. The Red Eye
Duggins M. Erectile Dysfunction
Freelove R. Nongonococcal Urethritis
Houssayni S, Cherven P. Encopresis
Long MC. Condyloma Acuminata
Neil T. Postpartum Care
Seery A. Normal Newborn Feeding
Sinclair A. Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract
Stephens T. Genital Ulcer Disease: Chancroid, Granuloma Inguinale and Lymphogranuloma
Walker R. Epididymitis
Walling A. Migraine Headache
Weber R. Pharyngitis
Williams T. Chlamydia Trachomatis
Wipperman J. Dizziness and Vertigo
PRESENTATIONS
Sarah Houssayni, M.D., Via Christi, “Reaching LGBTQ Youth
Around Greater Boston and Wichita” and “How to Teach it to
Medical Trainees,” at the Beyond Housing 2014 Conference
hosted by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness,
Jan. 15-17, New York, N.Y.
Gretchen Dickson, M.D., MBA, Wesley, “Facing Students’
Professionalism Problems: Strategies for Feedback and
Reflection,” “Power of Politics and Change,” and “Leading
Change Curriculum,” Jan. 31; “Mentoring, Milestones, and
Measuring Competency: Tasks With Many Challenges,” Feb. 1,
STFM Conference on Medical Student Education, Jan. 30-Feb. 2,
Nashville, Tenn.
Aaron Sinclair, M.D., “Colon Ink: Endoscopic Tattooing
Options and Techniques,” KUSM–Wichita, Feb. 6.
Rick Kellerman, M.D., “Mobile Audio Learning
Opportunities,” Commission on Continuing Professional
Development of the American Academy of Family Physicians on
Feb. 7, Kansas City, Mo.
Sheryl Beard, M.D., “The Standardized Learner Project”, Dept.
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds, Wichita,
Feb. 25.
POSTERS
Amanda Miller, MS4, Daniel Miller, MS4, and Scott Moser,
M.D., “Adequacy of Follow-up in a Student Run Free Colposcopy
Clinic,” Annual Conference of Student-Run Free Clinics, Feb. 1-2,
Nashville, Tenn.
DEADLINES
National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and
Medical Students, poster submission deadline, April 11.
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March
6 “JNC8 Guidelines for the Management of Adult
Hypertension,” Barry Carter, Pharm.D., noon-1 p.m., Roberts Amphitheater, KUSM–Wichita
12 Faculty Development Conference, “Milestones –
What Do We Do with Them?” Chantel Long, M.D., noon-1:15 p.m., Chaney Room, KUSM–Wichita
April
9 Faculty Development Conference, “Te4Q-What is it and What Does It Have to Do with Education?” Sarah Houssayni, M.D., and Bob Kraft, M.D. noon-1:15 p.m., Chaney Room, KUSM–Wichita
11 Family Medicine Spring Symposium, “Mental
Health Issues”– National Center for Aviation
Training, Wichita
May
14 Faculty Development Conference, topic TBA, - Chaney Room, KUSM–Wichita
June
11 Faculty Development Conference, topic TBA, - Chaney Room, KUSM–Wichita
March
21 Match Day, Botanica Wichita
April
17 KUSM–Wichita Annual Research Forum, KUSM–Wichita
May
17 Hooding and Awards Ceremony-Lied Center, Lawrence
18 Commencement Ceremony-Memorial Stadium, Lawrence
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publication Staff
Terry Ast, Editor
Rick Kellerman, M.D.
Debbie Bennett
contributors
Alex Westerman, RN, Smoky Hill FM
Katie Kellerman, Wesley FM
Marcia Beasley, Via Christi FM
Connie Gallardo, Via Christi FM
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