Sonnad SS, Goldsack J, McGowan KL J Natl Med Assoc 2011 Sep-Oct;103(9-10):811-5 PMID: 22364047 Abstract INTRODUCTION: The number of female medical school faculty being promoted and the speed at which they are promoted have not kept pace with their male counterparts at many institutions. One of the reasons is that these women are not publishing
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Elliott DJ, Robinson EJ, Sanford M, Herrman JW, Riesenberg LA Am J Med Qual 2011 Jul-Aug;26(4):284-90 PMID: 21393616 Abstract Primary care providers deliver the majority of care for patients with diabetes. This article presents a qualitative analysis of systemic barriers to primary care diabetes management in the small office setting in Delaware. Grounded theory was
Predina JD, Puc MM, Bergey MR, Sonnad SS, Kucharczuk JC, Staddon A, Kaiser LR, Shrager JB J Thorac Oncol 2011 May;6(5):913-9 PMID: 21750417 Abstract INTRODUCTION: Survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for soft tissue sarcoma (STS) has been lower than in osteosarcoma (14-40% versus 40-50%). With improved patient selection criteria and advanced chemotherapy agents, we hypothesized that
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Bittner Fagan H, Diamond J, Myers R, Gill JM J Am Board Fam Med 2008 Nov-Dec;21(6):555-61 PMID: 18988723 Abstract BACKGROUND: Insight into adolescents’ weight-loss behavior is needed. METHODS: Survey data were obtained from overweight and obese adolescents in the Youth Risk Behavioral Survey (YRBS) in Delaware. Cross tabulations were used to determine the frequency of
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Myers RE, Hyslop T, Sifri R, Bittner-Fagan H, Katurakes NC, Cocroft J, Dicarlo M, Wolf T Med Care 2008 Sep;46(9 Suppl 1):S123-31 PMID: 18725824 Abstract BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underutilized. Effective methods to increase screening use are needed. This study sought to determine the impact of tailored navigation on CRC screening in primary
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Bittner Fagan H, Harwood M J Fam Pract 2003 May;52(5):353-5 PMID: 12737761 Abstract