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    Curriculum Vitae: Karen Patricia McGann, M.D., M.S.P.H.

    PERSONAL INFORMATION:
    Birthplace: Ada, Oklahoma
    Birth Date: June 30, 1946
    Citizenship: United States of America

    Marital Status: Single

    EDUCATION:

    Undergraduate :

    • 1964-1965: East Central State College, Ada, Oklahoma

    • 1965-1968: West Ark Junior College, Fort Smith, Arkansas (part-time) -- Associate of Arts, 1968

    • 1968-1971: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas (part-Time)

    • 1971-1973: St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri -- Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, 1973

    Medical :

    • 1973-1977: University of Arkansas College of Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas -- Doctor of Medicine, 1977

    • 1986-1988: University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri -- Master of Science with an emphasis in Public Health

    POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

    • 1977-1980: Resident, Family Medicine, University of Missouri Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri

    • 1979-1980: Chief Resident, Family Medicine, University of Missouri Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri

    • 1986-1988: Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

    • 1990-1993: NIAAA Faculty Fellow in Substance Abuse

    SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:

    • 1980: Family Practice

    • 1986: Recertification Family Practice

    • 1988: Certificate of Special Qualification in Geriatrics

    • 1992: Recertification Family Practice

    • 1998: Recertification Family Practice



    • 2004: Recertification Family Practice

    EMPLOYMENT:

    • 1998-Present
      Medical Director, Los Altos Center
      Palo Alto Medical Foundation
      Los Altos, California

    • 1995-Present
      Practicing Physician
      Palo Alto Clinic, Los Altos Center
      Los Altos, California

    • 1995-2004
      Clinical Associate Professor
      Department of Medicine
      Stanford University School of Medicine
      Stanford, California

    • 1994-1995
      Associate Professor
      Department of Family and Community Medicine
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1988-1994
      Assistant Professor
      Department of Family and Community Medicine
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1994-1995
      Associate Residency Director
      Department of Family and Community Medicine
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1980-1986
      Volunteer Clinical Faculty
      Department of Family and Community Medicine
      Stanford School of Medicine
      Stanford, California

    • 1980-1986
      Practicing Physician
      Midpeninsula Health Service
      Palo Alto, California

    • 1980
      Physician (Part-Time)
      Gross and Breshers Family Practice Clinic
      Fulton, Missouri

    • 1968-1971
      Teacher Elementary School
      St. Theresa School
      Little Rock, Arkansas

    • 1963-1964
      Red Cross swimming instructor and lifeguard
      City of Ada, Oklahoma
      Ada, Oklahoma

    HONORS AND AWARDS:

    • 1973
      Phi Beta Kappa
      St. Louis University
      St. Louis, Missouri

    • 1979-1980
      Chief Resident (one of two)
      University of Missouri
      Columbia, Missouri

    • 1986-1988
      Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship in Family Medicine
      University of Missouri
      Columbia, Missouri

    • 1990-1993
      NIAAA Faculty Fellow in Substance Abuse
      Grant Number 5T 15SP07502

    • 1991
      Residency Teaching Award
      Department of Family and Community Medicine
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1994
      Innovations in Clinical Education Grant
      from Graduate Medical Education Committee
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine.
      "A Curriculum for Alcohol and Drug Abuse"

    • 1995
      Residency Teaching Award
      Department of Family and Community Medicine
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1990-1993
      Co-Chair
      Association for Medical Education and Research
      in Substance Abuse Task Force
      on Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum

    • 1989-Present
      Member
      Substance Abuse Interest Group
      Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

    COMMITTEE WORK:

    National:

    • 1990-1993
      Co-Chair
      Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse Task Force on UndergraduateMedical Education

    • 1989-Present
      Member, Substance Abuse Interest Group
      Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

    • 1990-1991
      Faculty Trainer "Substance Abuse Education for Family Practice" project sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine with funding from Health Resources and Services Administration

    State :

    • 1992-1995
      Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
      Curriculum Working Committee, North Carolina

    • 1993-1995
      North Carolina Physician Health and Effectiveness Committee

    Intramural :

    • 1998-Present
      Member, Primary Care Department Heads Committee
      Palo Alto Medical Clinic

    • 1996-1998
      Member, Diabetes Task Force
      Palo Alto Medical Foundation

    • 1995-1998
      Member, Utilization Review Committee
      Palo Alto Medical Foundation

    • 1988-1994
      Chair, Health and Effectiveness Council
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine

    • 1992-1995
      Member, Clinical Research Practices Committee
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine

    • 1993-1995
      Member, Associate Dean's Advisory Committee
      Bowman Gray School of Medicine

    Departmental :

    • 1988-1992
      Director, Quality Assurance

    • 1992-1995
      Director, Curriculum Innovation Residency Training Program

    • 1992-1995
      Residency Program Liaison to Clinic

    • 1992-1995
      Residency Program Liaison to Gynecology Department

    STATE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES/SERVICES:

    • 1965-1980
      Benedictine Sister

    • 1975-1976
      Justice of the Peace for Big Rock Township
      Little Rock, Arkansas

    • 1986-1988
      Board of Directors
      Planned Parenthood
      Columbia, Missouri

    • 1988-1990
      Board of Directors
      Alzheimer's Association of the Triad
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1990-1995
      Volunteer
      Alzheimer's Association of the Triad
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1990-1994
      Board Member
      North Carolina Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse

    • 1992-1994
      Board of Directors
      Forsyth-Stokes County Mental Health
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    • 1995-Present
      Advisory Board Midpeninsula Home Careand Hospice
      Mountain View, California

    • 1995-Present
      Volunteer Clinical Faculty
      Family Practice Division
      Stanford University Medical School

    LECTURES, SPEECHES, EXHIBITS, FILMS:

    Presentations:

    "Missouri Hospital Prescribing Practices for Prophylaxis of Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn." The annual meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1987.

    "Illnesses in Family Members of Alcoholics." The annual meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 1988.

    "Comparability of Hospital Care: Morbidity and Mortality for Family Physicians' and Internists' Admissions." The annual meeting of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Denver, Colorado, April 30, 1989.

    "Alcoholism in the Elderly." Geriatric Board Review, sponsored by the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and the Appalachian Geriatric Education Center, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, March 1990.

    "Recognizing and Confronting Patients with Substance Abuse." The Patrick Henry Medical Society, Martinsville, Virginia, May 1990.

    "Substance Abuse Education for Family Physicians." Sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine with funding from the Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professionals, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Durham, North Carolina, August 1990.

    "Substance Abuse Education for Family Physicians." Sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine with funding from the Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professionals, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 1990.

    "Illegal Hard and Soft Drugs." AHEC. Continuing Medical Education Series, Statesville, North Carolina, October 1990.

    "Substance Abuse Training for Medical Practitioners." The North Carolina School for Alcohol & Drug Studies, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, May 29-August 3, 1992.

    "Recognition of Substance Abuse in the Primary Care Setting." North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Conference, Wrightsville Breach, North Carolina, August 18, 1991.

    "Women's Health Issues", Sara Lee Corporation Nurses, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 23, 1992.

    "Prevalence and Predictors of Alcohol Problems in Diabetics." Poster Session Association for Medical Education and Research in Substances Abuse, Washington, DC, November 1992.

    "Peer Counselor Training: One Component of a Health and Effectiveness Program." Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. Washington, DC, November 1992.

    "Prescription Drug Abuse in the Elderly." Conference on Substance Abuse for the Worshiping Community. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 1992.

    "Substance Abuse in Patients and Health Care Providers." North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, August 20, 1993.

    "Interpreting Common Laboratory Values." Sara Lee Corporation Nurses, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 5, 1993.

    "Primary Health Care Issues in Substance Abusing Women." First Annual Regional Conference on Maternal Substance Abuse, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, March 10, 1994.

    "Morbidity, Mortality, and Hospital Charges in the Edlerly: A Comparison of Outcomes Between Internists and Family Physicians." Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2, 1994.

    "Tuberculosis in the Workplace." Sara Lee Corporation Nurses Annual Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina, October 29, 1994.

    Hoban JD, Silvia LY, Wymer A, McGann KP, et al. Faculty development outcomes: A five year study. Poster Session, Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, Washington, DC, November, 1995.

    "Maternal Substance Abuse: How to Read the Signals." Second Annual Northwest Regional Conference on Maternal Substance Abuse, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 21, 1995.

    "Recognizing Substance Abuse." Family and Community Medicine 20 Year Reunion Conference. Columbia, Missouri, November 3, 1995.

    "Transient Ischemic Attacks." Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 7, 1996.

    "Women and Alcohol." Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April, 24, 1997.

    "Interpreting Abnormal Pap Smears" Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September, 12, 1997.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    Peer Reviewed Journal Articles :

    McGann KP, Griffin WT. Recurrent classic sacculation of the pregnant uterus. J Fam Prac 1988;26:339-341.

    McGann KP. Self reported illnesses in family members of alcoholics. Family Medicine 1990;22:103-106.

    McGann KP, Bowman MA. A comparison of morbidity and mortality for family physicians' and internists' admissions. J Fam Prac 1990;31(5):541-545.

    Marion GS, McGann KP, Camp DL. Core body temperature in the elderly and factors which influence its measurement. Gerontology, June-July 1991;37(4):225-232.

    McGann KP, Pribanich S, Graham JA, Browning DG. Diphenhydramine toxicity in children with varicella: a case report. J Fam Pract, 1992;35(1):210-214.

    McGann KP, Marion GS. Screening for alcoholism in the elderly: the validity of two brief screening measures. Substance Abuse 1992;13(4):188-195.

    Giebel HN, Hawes DS, McGann KP, Williams WC. Liver mass and oral contraceptive use. NC Fam Phys. Winter 1992.

    Spangler JG, Konen JC, McGann KP. Prevalence and Predictors of Problem Drinking Among Primary Care Diabetic Patients. J Fam Prac 1993;37:370-375.

    McGann KP, Marion GS, Camp DL, Davis SW. The influence of gender and race on mean body temperature in a population of healthy older adults. Arch Fam Med 1993;2:1265-1267.

    Kirk JK, McGann KP. International Normalized Ratio: The New Standard for Monitoring Anticoagulation. Arch Fam Med 1994;3:71-74.

    McGann KP, Marion GS, Szewczyk M. Absence of sex differences in the evaluation of patients hospitalized with transient ischemic attacks. J Fam Prac 1994;39:134-139.

    McGann KP. Sex bias in the care of patients with coronary artery disease: equity and quality of care. J Fam Prac 1994;39(4):327-329.

    McKinney ML, McGann KP, Hunt JC, Edwards KS. Peer counselor training: one component of a medical student health and effectiveness program. Substance Abuse 1995;16:125-128.

    McGann KP, Bowman MA, Davis SW. Morbidity, mortality, and hospital charges in the elderly: a comparison of outcomes between internists and family physicians. J Fam Prac 1995;40:443-448.

    Wymer A, Harrington ME, Sundberg DK, Cariaga-Lo L, McGann KP, Silvia LY, Camp L, Dagenhart MC, Hoban JD. An assessment of medical student awareness of clinical skills in substance abuse. Substance Abuse 1996;17:159-169.

    Book Chapters :

    McGann KP, Morell V. Functional Dyspepsia. In: The Five Minute Clinical Consult 95,96,97,98 (ed) Griffith HW, Dambro MR. Lea & Febiger, Philadephia.

    McGann KP, Pearce K. Transient Ischemic Attacks. In: The Manual of Family Practice, Robert Taylor (ed.). Little, Brown, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996, page 219-221.

    McGann KP, Spangler JG. Alcohol, tobacco, and illict drug use. In: Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice in Women's Medicine. Vol. 24, Number 1, 1997, page 113-121. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia.

    Other Writings:

    McGann KP, Bowman MA. Admission by family physicians vs internists. (Reply to Letter) J Fam Prac 1991;32(3):240.

    McGann KP. Book review of Manual of Clinical Problems in Ambulatory Care, second edition by L. Dornbrand, M.D., et al. Archives Family Medicine.

    Marion GS, McGann KP. 98.6oF. Letter to the Editor. JAMA 1993;269(10):1251.

    McGann KP. Screening for Alcohol Problems. Editorial; Comment. Arch Fam Med Sept-Oct 1997.

    EDITORIAL WORK:

    1992-1998
    Reviewer, Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

    1992-1998
    Reviewer, Archives of Family Medicine

    1994-1998
    Reviewer, Journal of Family Practice