National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
HealthPOWER! Prevention News Winter 2014 Staff Updates
In November, Jane Kim, M.D., M.P.H., joined NCP as Deputy Chief Consultant for Preventive Medicine, arriving from the Durham (NC) VAMC, where she has been a primary care provider since 2005 and more recently, Women’s Health Medical Director. Jane received her M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Duke University and Preventive Medicine Residency at UNC. In her role as Deputy Chief Consultant, she will advise NCP’s Chief Consultant on evidence-based population approaches to implementing preventive medicine services and developing VHA prevention policy. Jane will also continue to be a part-time provider at the Durham VAMC, and follow her interests in women’s health and preventive services in the primary care setting.
Congratulations to Dr. Ken Jones, who received the quarterly "Above and Beyond" NCP Staff Award for outstanding leadership and contributions on a variety of new and ongoing MOVE!® initiatives. This quarterly, peer-nominated honor recognizes Ken’s collective work as NCP’s National Program Director for Weight Management/MOVE!®.
Rachel Urrutia, M.D., M.S.C.R., is our newest resident from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Preventive Medicine Residency Program. Now in her second year of residency, she previously completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University and a National Institutes of Health T-32 research fellowship at UNC. Rachel received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and undergraduate degree from Clark University in Massachusetts. She is interested in using reproductive health visits as opportunities to address chronic disease prevention in women, especially the underserved.
Two field-based Clinical Applications Coordinators (CACs) have been selected for 0.2 FTEE details to NCP: Jeff Fahner and Dawn O’Connor. Jeff is based at the Richard L. Roudebush VAMC in Indianapolis; Dawn is at the Orlando VAMC. Along with our 0.125 detailed Informatics Consultant Dr. Bryan Volpp, the CACs will assist NCP in developing and updating national and NCP-sponsored clinical reminders related to prevention. They will also assist NCP with activities related to the ICD-10 conversion and other assorted projects. Welcome Jeff and Dawn!
