Institute for Family Health Staff and Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications

Health Disparities

Calman, NS, Golub M, Ruddock C, Le L, Hauser D. The Action Committee of the Bronx Health REACH Coalition.  Separate and Unequal Care in New York City.  Journal of Health Care Law & Policy.  2006.  9(1):105-120.

Kaplan SA, Calman NS, Golub M, Ruddock C, Billings J.  The role of faith-based institutions in addressing health disparities: a case study of an initiative in the southwest Bronx. Journal of  Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2006 May;17(2 Suppl):9-19.

Kaplan SA, Calman NS, Golub M, Davis JH, Ruddock C, Billings J.  Racial and ethnic disparities in health: a view from the South Bronx. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2006 Feb;17(1):116-27.

Calman NS.  Making Health Equality a Reality: The Bronx Takes Action.  Health Affairs.  March/April 2005; 24(2):491-498.

Health Information Technology

Hripcsak G, Soulakis ND, Li L, Morrison FP, Lai A, Friedman C, Calman NS, Mostashari F. Syndromic surveillance using ambulatory electronic health records. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. In press.

Sengupta S, Calman NS, Hripcsak G.  A model for expanded public health reporting in the context of HIPAA.  Journal of the  American Medical Informatics Association. 2008;15:569-574.

Calman NS, Kitson K, Hauser D.  Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Quality and Safety in Community Health Centers.  Journal of Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education and Action.  Spring 2007 1(1):83-88.

Community-based Participatory Research

Kaplan SA, Calman NS, Golub M, Ruddock C, Billings J.  Fostering Organizational Change Through a Community-Based Initiative.  Health Promotion Practice. 2006 June 7; [Epub ahead of print]

Kaplan SA, Dillman KN, Calman NS, Billings J.  Opening doors and building capacity: employing a community-based approach to surveying. Journal of Urban Health. 2004 Jun;81(2):291-300.

Health Professions Education and Research

Barr WB.  Why pregnancy care should be an essential part of family medicine training.
Family Medicine. 2005 May;37(5):364-6.

Calman NS, Hauser D, Forte G, Continelli T.  New York State Physicians: Characteristics and Distribution in Health Professional Shortage Areas.  Journal of Urban Health.  2006 Nov 29; [Epub ahead of print].

Calman N, Hauser D, Salsberg E, Forte G.  Physician Shortages. (Letter)  Health Affairs. July/August 2003.  22(4)260-1.  

Cohrssen A.  Tracking resident procedures needs accountability.  Family Medicine. 1998 May;30(5):322.

Ginzburg R, Cohrssen A. Demonstrating Prescribing Competence: A Successful Pilot of a Prescription Competency Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents. Family Medicine. 2007;39(10): 703-705.

Cohrssen A, Geer K. Ideal number of patients per resident per session = ?  (Letter) Annals of  Family Medicine.  2008 (February 13, 2008).

Kligler B, Gordon A, Stuart M, Sierpina V.  Suggested curriculum guidelines on complementary and alternative medicine:  recommendations of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Alternative Medicine.  Family Medicine. 2000 Jan;32(1):30-3.

Prine L, Lesnewski R, Bregman R.   Integrating medical abortion into a residency practice. Family Medicine. 2003 Jul-Aug;35(7):469-71.

Faculty Clinical Research and Commentaries

Lederman SA, Alfasi G, Deckelbaum RJ.  Pregnancy-associated obesity in black women in New York City.  Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2002 Mar;6(1):37-42.

Alfasi, G. A failure-to-thrive infant at play: applications of microanlysis.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 1982 Jun;7(2):111-23.

Barr WB.  Vaginal speculum examinations without stirrups.  British Medical Journal. 2006 Jul 22;333(7560):158-9.

Barr WB.  Concerns about differential use of LMP in ultrasound-based EDC estimation. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2005 June;192(6):2091-2.

Barr WB, Pecci CC.  Last menstrual period versus ultrasound for pregnancy dating. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2004 Oct;87(1):38-9.

Calman NS.  So tired of life.  Health Affairs. 2004 May-Jun;23(3):228-32.

Calman NS.  No one needs to know.  Health Affairs. 2001 Mar-Apr;20(2):243-9. 

Calman NS. Out of the shadow.  Health Affairs. 2000 Jan-Feb;19(1):170-4. 

Bhushan A, Kupperman JL, Stone JE, Kimberly PJ, Calman NS, Hacker MP, Birge RB, Tritton TR, Newell MK.  Drug resistance results in alterations in expression of immune recognition molecules and failure to express Fas (CD95).  Immunol Cell Biol. 1998 Aug;76(4):350-6.

Calman NS.  No shattered vision.  JAMA. 1993 Feb 3;269(5):638.

Calman NS, Hyman RB, Licht W.  Variability in consultation rates and practitioner level of diagnostic certainty.  Journal of Family Practice. 1992 Jul;35(1):31-8.

Cohrssen A, Schiller RS. Risks of H. pylori “Test-and-Treat” Strategy in Dyspepsia (Letter) American Family Physician.  Jan 15:77(2):146. 

Cohrssen A. Commercial interests in Competency Assessment Form (Letter) FP Revolution.  2(2)  January 13, 2008.

Cohrssen A.  Echinacea's immune effects-possibilities and pitfalls-two cases.  Explore (NY). 2006 May;2(3):232-3.

Cohrssen A, Anderson M, Merrill A, McKee D.  Reliability of the whiff test in clinical practice.  Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 2005 Nov-Dec;18(6):561-2.

Bruno PG, Cohrssen A.  An Interesting Case of Torticollis: Case Report and Literature Review.  Osteopathic Family Physician News.  November/December 2005;5(10):1-12.

Cohrssen A. Dietary iron - was it fully assessed? Why was it taken?  Electronic letters published in: Annals of Family Medicine 2005 (5 April 2005).  In response to: Mainous AG, Gill JM, Everett CJ. Transferrin Saturation, Dietary Iron Intake, and Risk of Cancer Annals of Family Medicine 2005;3:131-137.

Anderson MR, Klink K, Cohrssen A.  Evaluation of vaginal complaints.  JAMA. 2004 Mar 17;291(11):1368-79.

D'Huyvetter K, Cohrssen A.  Homeopathy.   Primary Care. 2002 Jun;29(2):407-18, viii.

Bennett IM, Johnson M, Kalkstein K, Gillespie G, Bellamy SL, Fleischman J.  Early Abortion in Family Medicine: Clinical Outcomes. Annals of Family Medicine.  In press.

Ginzburg R, Rosero E. Risk of developing fractures with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2009 Jan; 43(1): [Epub ahead of print].

Ginzburg R, Ambizas EM. Clinical pharmacology of lubiprostone, a chloride channel activator in defecation disorders. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology. 2008 Aug; 4(8): 1091-7.

Plakogiannis R, Ginzburg R. Possible Amiodarone-Warfarin Interaction: a Reemphasis on a Potentially Dangerous Drug-drug Interaction. Journal of Pharmacy Practice.  2007;20(6): 469–473.

Ginzburg R, Singleton R, Barr WB.  Probable Labetalol-induced Hepatotoxicity. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2007; 20(3): 283-287.

Ambizas EM, Ginzburg R. Lubiprostone: A Chloride Channel Activator for Treatment of Chronic Constipation. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2007 June; 41: 957-964.

Ginzburg R, Wong Y, Fader JS. Effect of Bupropion on Sexual Function. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2005 December;39(12):2096-2099.

Kligler B, Cohrssen A: Probiotics. American Family Physician. 2008 78(9):1073-78.

Erickson K, Shalts E, Kligler B.  Case study in integrative medicine: Jared C, a child with recurrent otitis media and upper respiratory illness. Explore (NY). 2006 May;2(3):235-7.

Kligler B, Ulbricht C, Basch E, Kirkwood CD, Abrams TR, Miranda M, Singh Khalsa KP, Giles M, Boon H, Woods J.  Andrographis paniculata for the treatment of upper respiratory infection: asystematic review by the natural standard research collaboration.  Explore (NY). 2006 Jan;2(1):25-9.

Little S, Nielsen A, Lee R, Kligler B.  Case study in integrative medicine: Hannah T.
Explore (NY). 2005 May;1(3):194-7.

Maizes V, Silverman H, Lebensohn P, Koithan M, Kligler B, Rakel D, Schneider
C, Kohatsu W, Hayes M, Weil A.  The integrative family medicine program: an innovation in residency education.  Academic Medicine. 2006 Jun;81(6):583-9.

Ulbricht C, Brendler T, Gruenwald J, Kligler B, Keifer D, Abrams TR, Woods J, Boon H, Defranco Kirkwood C, Hackman DA, Basch E, Lafferty HJ.  Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis L.)An Evidence-Based Systematic Review by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration. Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy. 2005;5(4):71-114.

Kligler B. The role of the optimal healing environment in the care of patients with
diabetes mellitus type II.  Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2004;10 Suppl 1:S223-9.

Kligler B, Maizes V, Schachter S, Park CM, Gaudet T, Benn R, Lee R, Remen
RN; Education Working Group, Consortium of Academic Health Centers for
Integrative Medicine.  Core competencies in integrative medicine for medical school curricula: a proposal.  Academic Medicine. 2004 Jun;79(6):521-31.

Kligler B. Creating the optimal healing environment.  Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2003 Nov-Dec;9(6):34-5.

Kligler B, Lynch D.  An integrative approach to the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.  Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2003 Nov-Dec;9(6):24-32; quiz 33. Review. No abstract available.

Kligler B.  Black cohosh.  American Family Physician. 2003 Jul 1;68(1):114-6.

Girman A, Lee R, Kligler B.  An integrative medicine approach to premenstrual syndrome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2003 May;188(5 Suppl):S56-65.

Kligler B.  Echinacea.  American Family Physician. 2003 Jan 1;67(1):77-80.

Kligler B.  Hypophosphatemia as atypical panic disorder: a case study. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 1999 Jan-Feb;12(1):65-7.

Kligler B.  Herbal medicines and the family physician. Amercian Family Physician. 1998 Oct 1;58(5):1064-5.

Kligler B.  Challenges for the future: report on the First National Conference on Medical
and Nursing Education in Complementary Therapies.  Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 1996 Winter;2(4):539-41.

Lesnewski R. Mistakes.  JAMA. 2006 Sep 20;296(11):1327-8.

Lesnewski R, Prine L.  Initiating hormonal contraception.  American Family Physician. 2006 Jul 1;74(1):105-12.

Lesnewski R, Prine L, Gold M.  Letter to the Editor: Safety of and contraindications for use of intrauterine devices.  American Family Physician. 2005 Oct 15;72(8):1450.

Lesnewski R.  Preventing unintended pregnancy: implications for physicians.
American Family Physician. 2004 Jun 15;69(12):2779-80, 2782.

Lesnewski R, Prine L, Gold M.  New research abortion training as an integral part of residency training. Family Medicine. 2003 Jun;35(6):386-7.

Nothnagle M, Prine L, Goodman S.  Benefits of comprehensive reproductive health education in family medicine residency. Family Medicine. 2008 Mar;40(3):204-7.

Prine LW. Time of change in abortion: Abortion care in family medicine. British Medical Journal. 2008 Jan 5;336(7634):10.

Winikoff B, Dzuba IG, Creinin MD, Crowden WA, Goldberg AB, Gonzalez J, Howe M, Moskowitz J, Prine L, Shannon C.  Two Distinct Oral Routes of Misoprostol in Mifepristone Medical Abortion: A Randomized Control Trial.  Obstetrics & Gynecology.  December 2008.  112(6):1303-1310.

Prine L. Emergency contraception, myths and facts. Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinics of North Amercia. 2007 Mar;34(1):127-36, ix-x.

Rubin SE, Grumet S, Prine L.  Hospital religious affiliation and emergency contraceptive prescribing practices.  American Journal of Public Health. 2006 Aug;96(8):1398-401. [Epub 2006 Jun 29].

Hann L, Prine L, Gillespie G.  Another use of papaya as a teaching model.  Family Medicine. 2005 Sep;37(8):535-6.

Prine LW, Lesnewski R.  Medication abortion and family physicians' scope of practice.
Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 2005 Jul-Aug;18(4):304-6.

Prine L, Lesnewski R, Berley N, Gold M.  Medical abortion in family practice: a case series.  Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 2003 Jul-Aug;16(4):290-5.

Schiller R.  Ask the experts. Viburcol for upper respiratory infection in children.
Explore (NY). 2005 Mar;1(2):154.

Schiller R.  Reiki: a starting point for integrative medicine.
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2003 Mar-Apr;9(2):20-1.

Schiller RM, Kligler B, Grossman R.  Different viewpoints on alternative medicine.
American Family Physician. 1997 May 1;55(6):2083 author reply 2083-4.

See S, Ginzburg R. Choosing a skeletal muscle relaxant. American Family Physician. 2008;78(3):365-370.

See S, Ginzburg R. Skeletal muscle relaxants. Pharmacotherapy. 2008: 28(2): 207-13.

Lam, S, See S.  Exenatide: A Novel Incretin Mimetic Agent for Treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Cardiology in Review.  July/August 2006;14(4):205-211.

See S, Scott EK, Levin MW.  Penicillin Induced Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction.  Annals of Pharmacotherapy.  Dec 2005;39:2128-2130.

See S. VALIANT Study. Merck Institute of Aging and Health. 2004. (Clinically Appraised Topic).  Available at: http://www.pogoe.org/ebm/resources/journalClub/content/jc_2004_pfeffer_
VALIANT.html

See S, Rubin S.  Tapering inhaled steroids effective for chronic asthma. Journal of Family Practice. October 2003;52(10):748-751.

See S, Geer K.  Anticholinergics reduce symptoms of overactive bladder. Journal of Family Practice.  September 2003;52(9):678-679.
 
See S, Bruno P.  Digoxin increases mortality among women with congestive heart failure. Journal of Family Practice.  February 2003;52(2):106,111.  

Sulli M, Kanmaz T, See S. Non-hormonal therapy for hot flashes.  US Pharmacist.  2003; 28(9): 41-54.

See S. Clarinex-S.T.E.P.S. Drug Updates (Safety-Tolerability-Efficacy-Price-Simplicity). American Family Physician 2003; 68: 2015-16.

See S. Fluoxetine, fluphenazine, glipizide, glyburide, fluvoxamine.  In: Sullivan L, editor. Medical Pocket Reference: Drug-Herb Interactions. Springhouse: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Corporation, 2003:57-60. (Drug Monographs)
 
See S.  Carbamazepine effective for alcohol withdrawal.  Journal of Family Practice. September 2002;51(9):778.
 
Koffler A, See S, Mumford J, Johnston B.  Implementing and evaluating a pharmacy consult service within a family medicine residency program. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. June 15, 2002;59(12):1200-1204.

See S, Mumford J.  Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole induced toxic epidermal necrolysis.  Annals of Pharmacotherapy.  June 2001;35:694-7.

See S.  Angiotensin II receptor blockers for the treatment of hypertension.  Expert Opin Pharmacotherapy.  2001;2(11):1795-1804.

See S. Cinnamon, clary, clove oil, co-enzyme Q10, coffee.  In: The Nursing Herbal Medicine Handbook. Springhouse: Springhouse Corporation, 2001:131-137 (Drug Monographs).

Kanmaz T, See S. Resources for Information on Herbal Medicinals and Dietary Supplements: A Review of  The Natural Pharmacist Website.  Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy.  2001; 1(3):71-75.

See S.  Is azithromycin monotherapy as efficacious as cefuroxime plus erythromycin for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients? Journal of Family Practice.  October 2000; 49(10):883-884.
 
See S, Stirling A. Candesartan cilexetil: An angiotensin II-receptor blocker. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. October 2000; 57(8):739-746.

See S, Balog DL.  The pharmacologic management of painful diabetic neuropathy.  Podiatry Management.  April/May 2000; 19(4):145-158.

Stirling MA, See S.  In-hospital treatment of sickle cell anemia.  US Pharmacist. March 2000; 25(3):HS3-15.

Carter RT, Forsyth J, Williams B, Mazulla S. Does racism predict psychological harm? Mental health and legal implications. Law Enforcement Executive Forum.  2007. 7:131-156.

Carter RT, Williams B, Juby H, Buckley, T. Racial identity as mediator of the relationship between gender role conflict and severity of psychological symptoms in Black, Latino, and Asian men.  Sex Roles.  2005. 54:473-486.

Williams B. The worldview dimensions of individualism and collectivism: Implications for counseling.  Journal of Counseling and Development.  2003. 81:370-374.

Williams B.  The practice of gestalt therapy within a brief therapy context.  The Gestalt Journal.  2002.  24:7-62.

Williams B. The treatment of adolescent populations: An institutional vs. a wilderness setting.  Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy.  2000. 10:47-56.

Faculty and Staff Book Chapters

Barr WB.  Cervical cancer screening.  Essential of Family Medicine: Fundamentals and Cases, 3rd Edition.  Robert Rakel, editor. (In press).

Barr WB. Term Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM).  Family Practice Obstetrics, 3rd Edition.  Ratcliffe SD, et. al., editors. (In press)

Calman, NS, Golub M, Kitson K, Ruddock C.  Electronic Health Records: The Use of Technology to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Health Outcomes.  In: Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer.  Health Information and Management Systems Society, Chicago, IL.  Kenneth Ong, MD, Editor.  January 2007.

Calman, N.  Preparing the Mind and Body for the Decades Ahead .  In: Sixty Things to Do When You Turn Sixty.  Ronnie Sellers Productions, Portland ME.  Ronnie Sellers, Editor.  2006.

Carter RT, Forsyth J, Mazzula S, Williams B. Racial discrimination and race-based traumatic stress: An exploratory investigation.  In R. T. Carter  (Ed.), Handbook of racial-cultural psychology and counseling: Training and practice, Volume II.  2005.  New York: Wiley & Sons.

Carter RT, Williams B, Pieterse AL.  Racial-cultural training and practice, moving from rhetoric to reality: Summary and conclusion.  In R.T. Carter (Ed), Handbook of racial-cultural psychology and counseling: Training and practice, Volume II.  2005.  New York: Wiley & Sons.

Carter RT, Pieterse, AL, Williams B. The decline of white racial-cultural dominance in counseling and psychology: Summary and reflections on the impact of multiple perspectives. In R. T. Carter (Ed), Handbook of racial -cultural psychology and counseling: Theory and research, Volume I.  2005.  New York: Wiley & Sons.