Resident Scholarly Activity
Abernethy H, Cho C, DeLanoy A, Khan O, Kerns JW What Non-Pharmacologic Treatments Are Effective Against Common Non-Genital Warts? Journal of Family Practice, 2006 September: 55(9): 801-802
Alli C, Daguio M, Kosciuk M, Middelhof C, Wyrick K, Kerns JW Does Case Management Improve Diabetes Outcomes? Journal of Family Practice, 2008 November: 57(9): 747-748
Alli C, Daguio M, Kosciuk M, Middelhof C, Wyrick K, Ball T Presentation to Residency-wide staff and physicians, Community Medicine Project "Sexually Transmitted Diseases-Prevalence in Our Community and Public Education to Warren County Junior High School."
Pham D, Kerns JW Best Treatment for Diastolic Heart Failure FPIN Review. Presented at the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Annual Winter Meeting, January 2009.
Crouse M, Flack D, Martin L, Pham D, Sudireddy R, Vorster M, Kerns JW Peer Review for Journal American Family Physician, March 2009. Did peer review for publication. "Treatment of Streptococcal Pharyngitis."
Akhavan A, Flores C, Green S, Hackett J, Nguyen M, Kerns JW, Knight K, Poddar S. How should we follow athletes after a concussion? J Fam Pract. 2005; 54:902-4.
Adair G, Grant J, Pandhi N, Saunders R, Sadowski I, West B, Kerns JW, When should patients with stroke receive thrombolytics? J Fam Pract 2004; 53, 656-659.
Crouse M, Flack D, Martin L, Pham D, Sudireddy R, Vorster M, Kerns JW. “What is the Best Treatment for Diastolic Health Failure.” Submitted for publication to the Journal of Family Practice.
Fagan M, Judd Flack J, Hassan A, Hill J, Spriggs T, Ball T. Community Medicine Research Project: “Childhood Obesity in Our Community”
Craig C, Joshi N, Hawari S, Rajan R, Serrano J, Kerns, JW. Which Tests Are Most Clinically Useful for Diagnosing Chlamydia Tracchomatis? Submitted for publication to J Fam Pract. And pending.
Faculty Scholarly Activity
Entire Core Faculty: “Quality Data Collection and Reporting of Performance Monitoring in Primary Care Offices.” AHRQ funded project, implementation site for project on Collection of Diabetes Quality Indicators. Publication pending 2009.
Frank Dennehy, M.D.:
Publications/Presentations:
Presentation, Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, March, 2007, Pikeville, KY, to medical students and faculty, Natural Family Planning: History, Methods, and Scientific Basis.
Presentation, Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, March, 2007, Pikeville, KY, to medical students and faculty, Medical Ethics and the Hippocratic Oath.
Presentation, Virginia Commonwealth University State-Wide General Faculty Meeting, Richmond, Virginia, May, 2007, FP Need: A Demographic Survey of the Need for Family Physicians in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
Presentation, NIPPD Fellowship, Overland Park, Kansas, June, 2007, FP Need: A Demographic Study of the Need for Family Physicians in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
Presentation, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, October, 2007, Hippocratic Oath.
Presentation, Georgetown University Family Practice Residency Faculty, Staff and Residents, Washington, DC, December, 2007, Natural Family Planning: Introduction, History, Methods, and Scientific Uses.
Presentation, Dennehy F, Doane M. Northeast Region Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2008. Family Planning Using the Creighton Model Fertility Care System.
J. William Kerns, MD:
Publications:
Kerns JW, Krist AH, Woolf SH, Flores SK, Johnson RE. Patient perceptions of how physicians communicate during prostate cancer screening discussions: a comparison of residents and faculty. Fam Med 2008: 40; 181-7.
Krist AH, Woolf SH, Frazier CO, Johnson RE, Rothemich SF, Wilson DB, Devers KJ, Kerns JW. An electronic linkage system for health behavior counseling effect on delivery of the 5A's. Am J Prev Med. 2008 Nov;35(5 Suppl):S350-8.
Alli C, Daguio M, Kosciuk M, Middelhoff C, Wyrick K, Kerns JW, Knight K. Does case management improve diabetes outcomes? J Fam Pract. 2008 Nov;57(11):747-8.
Krist AH, Jones RM, Woolf SH, Woessner S, Merenstein D, Kerns JW, Foliaco W, Jackson P. Timing of Repeat Colonoscopy: Disparity Between Guidelines and Endoscopists’ Recommendation . Am J Prev Med 2007: 33; 471-8.
Krist AH, Woolf SH, Johnson RE, Kerns JW. Patient education on prostate cancer screening and involvement in decision making. Ann Fam Med 2007;5:112-119.
Kerns JW, White A, Nashelsky J, Sherman S. Does psychiatric treatment help patients with intractable chronic pain? J Fam Pract. 2006; 55:235-6.
Kerns, JW, Abernethy H, Cho C, DeLanoy A, Khan O. What non-pharmacological treatments are effective in the treatment/resolution of verruca vulgaris (common non-genital warts)? J Fam Pract 2006; 55: 801-2.
Akhavan A, Flores C, Green S, Hackett J, Nguyen M, Kerns JW, Knight K, Poddar S. How should we follow athletes after a concussion? J Fam Pract. 2005; 54:902-4.
Adair G, Grant J, Pandhi N, Saunders R, Sadowski I, West B, Kerns JW, When should patients with stroke receive thrombolytics? J Fam Pract 2004; 53, 656-659.
Kerns, JW “Add exercise to Routine post-MI Treatment”, Clinical Commentary, J Fam Pract 2004; 53: 586.
Ball TA, Kerns JW, Nashelsky J. Do antiarrythmics prevent sudden death in patients with heart failure? J Fam Pract 2003; 52: 719-721.
Kerns JW, Mabry S, Lopez, R. What is the best diagnostic approach to postmenopausal vaginal bleeding in women taking hormone replacement therapy? J Fam Pract. 2001; 50:843-4.
Kerns JW. Was it Lyme disease? Va Med. 1983;110:390-1.
Peer Reviewer:
American Family Physician 2008.
FPIN (Family Practice Inquiries Network) 2002-2006, 2009.
DynaMed (www.dynamicmedical.com) 2002-2005, Bipolar Disorder
STFM Presentation: EBM Search Engine (Spring 2001)
NAPCRG Presentations/Posters:
An Interactive Preventive Healthcare Record to Promote Delivery of Patient-Centered Preventive Care Krist, Alex H., Virginia Commonwealth University; Flores,Sharon;Woolf, Steven; Rothemich, Stephen; Johnson,Robert; Longo, Daniel; Kerns, William (11/08)
Experience With a "5 As" Electronic Medical Record Prompt Referral System Linking Clinicians and Counselors for Health Behavior Change Alex Krist, MD, MPH; Kelly Devers; Charles Frazier; Robert Johnson ; Resa Jones; J Williams Kerns; Stephen Rothemich; Diane Wilson; Steven Woolf (10/07)
A Comprehensive Practice-Friendly Model for Promoting Healthy Behaviors Alex Krist, MD; Amy Burgett; Kelly Devers; Sharon Flores; Charles Frazier; Robert Johnson; Resa Jones; J. William Kerns; Stephen Rothemich; Diane Wilson; Steven Woolf (10/06)
Endoscopists’ Recommendations on Repeat Colonoscopy: What Primary Care Doctor’s See Sarah Woessner, MD; Sarah Woessner; Alex Krist; J. William Kerns; Daniel Merenstein; Resa Jones (10/06)
Kerns JW, Krist A, Johnson R, Woolf SH. Are residents as competent as faculty physicians in sharing prostate canceer screening decisions? (10/05)
Krist A, Woolf SH, Johnson R, Kerns JW. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Decision Aid to Promote Shared Decision-Making for Prostate Cancer Screening. (10/05)
Krist A, Kuzel, A, Devers K, Johnson R, Kerns JW, Woolf SH, Prostate Cancer Screening: Uncertainty, Malpractice, and Conflict (10/04)
Krist A, Johnson R, Rothemich S, Woolf S, Kerns W.; Shortages of 7-Valent Pneumoccocal Vaccine Limit Effective Administration (10/03)
Rothemich, Stephen; Johnson, Robert; Woolf, Steven; Krist, Alexander; Kerns, William; Is Smoking Cessation Associated With Improved Mental Health? (10/03)
Kerns, JW, Johnson RE Associations Between Mental Health Diagnoses and Self Reported Mental Health Functional Status in Primary Care Patients (11/02)
Judith M. Wheat, Psy.D.:
Presentations:
Presentation to Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Family Medicine State-Wide General Faculty Meeting, Curriculum in Interpersonal and Communication Skills. October 2006.
Future of Family Medicine Project, spring 2006, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Family Medicine State-Wide General Faculty Meeting, Key Components of Training in Patient-Centered Care.
Roger K. Westfall, MD:
Poster/Presentation:
Hassan-Hussein A, Westfall, R. The Alzheimer Disease Tsunami, poster presentation Virginia Commonwealth University, May 2007.
Sherry A. Whisenant, MD:
Presentations:
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO). Annual presentations at the ALSO Workshop for regional ALSO training course, June of each year.
Bret Ripley, DO:
Presentations:
Presentation at Valley Health System-Wide Grand Rounds (Three Hospital System), Introduction to Osteopathic Principles, February 2007.
Presentation at Valley Health System-Wide Grand Rounds (Three Hospital System) February, 2009, Migraines.
Presentation at the national Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina, March, 2009, Zebra Curriculum: Online Case Presentations.
Presentation at national Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina, June 2009, Halo Effect in Residency Teaching.
Gretchen Johson, Pharm.D.:
Publication:
Johnson G. STEPS New Drug Review: Tinidazole for Trichomoniasis and Bacterial Vaginosis. Am Fam Phys. January 15, 2009: 79(2): 102-103.
Andrew White, MD (Community Faculty Preceptor):
Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Teacher of the Year 2008, Presented at VAFP Meeting June, 2008.
Faculty/Resident Awards:
Thomas Ball, MD: 2009 Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Teacher of the Year
Andrew White, MD (Founder, Community Preceptor): 2008 Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Teacher of the Year
Bill Kerns, MD: 2009 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine: Mid Career Achievement Award
Jason Bhan, MD (Community Preceptor, Graduate): 2009 AAFP/Pfizer Teacher Development Award
Joel Grant, MD (Community Preceptor, Graduate): 2008 AAFP/Pfizer Teacher Developmenet Award
Chi Young, MD (Resident): 2009-10 MSV Board of Directors
Micah Crouse, MD (Resident): 2008-09 VAFP Board of Directors
VCU Research Team, including Dr. Bill Kerns and SVFPR: 2009 STFM Best Research Paper: "Timing of Colonscopy...."
In addition, almost entire faculty completed Faculty Development Fellowships:
Drs. Bill Kerns, Roger Westfall, and Sherry Whisenant: VCU School of Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship
Dr. Bret Ripley: UNC Schoolf Medicine Faculty Development Felllowship
Dr. Frank Dennehy: Family Practice Residency Director Fellowship with National Institution for Program Director Development