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Through a partnership with Medscape/WebMD—the largest source of CME content on the Internet—ACPM prepares a monthly preventive medicine column for publication on the Medscape site. ACPM selects the topics and identifies members to author columns under the heading, "Perspectives in Prevention from the American College of Preventive Medicine.” Each article is featured in Medscape’s new Public Health and Prevention (PH&P) homepage, the MedPulse newsletter, and throughout many other primary care and subspecialty sites on Medscape.

To date, ACPM has published the following columns:

1. Diet and the Prevention of Chronic Disease
2. Does a Healthy Diet Prevent Chronic Disease? (CME AVAILABLE!)
Jonathan Berz, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

1. Developmental Screening in Children: Promoting Healthy Development and Catching Problems Early
2. Childhood Development: How Do You Catch Problems Early? (CME AVAILABLE!)
Jacqueline Sedgwick, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

1. Cancer Surveillance Informatics: Where Health Statistics, Information Systems, and Clinical Decision-Making Intersect
2. Cancer Surveillance (CME AVAILABLE!)
Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH
Preventive Medicine Resident, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May Darwish-Yassine, PhD
Director, Cancer Control Services, Michigan Public Health Institute, Okemos, Michigan

1. Preventive Health Services Under the Affordable Care Act: Role of Delivery System Reform
2. Preventive Care and the Affordable Care Act (CME AVAILABLE!)
Anthony Shih, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President for Programs, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York
Julia A. Berenson, MSc
Research Associate to the Executive Vice President for Programs, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York
Melinda Abrams, MS
Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York

1. Transitioning Adolescents Into Adult Healthcare
2. Transition of Care for Adolescents (CME AVAILABLE!)
Karen T. Nakano, MD
Preventive Medicine Resident, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Geoffrey B. Crawford, MD
Chief Resident, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Tatiana Zenzano, MD, MPH
12th Luther Terry Fellow and Senior Clinical Advisor, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland
Ligia Peralta, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

1. Dietary Supplements and the Clinical Encounter
2. Dietary Supplements: How to Counsel Patients (CME AVAILABLE!)
Olugbenga Obasanjo, MD, MPH, PhD, CPH
Public Health Physician, Prince William Health District, Manassas, Virginia

1. Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine
2. Lifestyle Medicine (CME AVAILABLE!)
Liana Lianov, MD, MPH, FACPM
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis

1. Stepping Up STI Counseling and Prevention
2. Screening for STIs (CME AVAILABLE!)
Kshamica S. Nimalasuriya, MD, MPH
Project Director, Health Sciences Online; Co-Chair, Global Health Committee, American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia

1. Advising Patients on Safe Travel Abroad
2. Travel and Health (CME AVAILABLE!)
Cathey E. Falvo, MD, MPH
Retired Professor and Chair, International & General Public Health; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

1. Preventing Injury and Death in Young Workers
2. Occupational Health and Safety in Young Workers: Prevention Opportunities in Clinical Care (CME AVAILABLE!)
Jane L. Uva, MD, MPH
Physician, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Occupational Health, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, Vermont

The Value of "Greening” Your Practice (CME AVAILABLE!)
David B. Wallinga, MD, MPA
Food and Health Program Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Urban Health and Physical Activity (CME AVAILABLE!)
Amita Toprani, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana

Foodborne Illness Primer for Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals:
A Review
Olugbenga Obasanjo, MD, MPH, PhD
Orise Fellow, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland

Vaccination as a Tool for Cancer Prevention
Eric H. Raabe, MD, PhD
Fellow in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Julia M. Kim, MD, MPH
General Preventive Medicine Resident, Preventive Medicine Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Miriam Alexander, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Population and Reproductive Health; Director, General Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

American Adolescents and Emergency Contraceptive Pill Access: Moving Beyond Politics
Jacqueline Sedgwick, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Staff Physician, CSU Monterey Bay Campus Health Center, Seaside, California

Medications as Modifiable Contributors to Weight Gain
Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD, MPH
Office of the Commissioner, Office of Pediatric Therapeutics, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville, Maryland

A Case for Documenting Occupational History in the Medical Record
Sara Luckhaupt, MD, MPH
Medical Officer, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio
Geoffrey Calvert, MD, MPH
Team Leader, State-Based Surveillance, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio

Preventive Care for Adults With Down Syndrome
Leigh Wilson, DO, MPH
Resident, Internal and Preventive Medicine, Griffin Hospital, Derby, Connecticut

The Role of the Primary Care Clinician in Evaluation and Management of Mold Exposure for Sensitive Populations
Leigh Wilson, DO, MPH
Resident, Internal and Preventive Medicine, Griffin Hospital, Derby, Connecticut
Michele A. Surricchio, MPH, CHES
Director of Programs, American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC

The Role of Clinicians in Preparing Patients for Disasters
Ayanna V. Buckner, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Clinical and Public Health Genomics: Informing Prevention and Population Medicine
Sara A. Brenner, MD, MPH
Assistant Vice President for NanoHealth Initiatives; Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, Albany, New York

Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents:
Risk Factor Identification, Screening, and Prevention
Jaspal S. Ahluwalia, MD, MPH
General Preventive Medicine Resident, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland

Awareness, the Key to Dissolving the Threat of Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Seth J. Baum, MD, FACC, FAHA
Founder and Director of Clinical Development, VitalRemedyMD, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida

Environmental Justice and Air Pollution:
The Right to a Safe and Healthy Environment
Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD
Professor; Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Health Effects of Global Climate Change:
How Health Professionals Can Be Part of the Solution
Sara A. Brenner, MD
Preventive Medicine Resident Physician, State University of New York-Albany, Rensselaer, New York
Cindy L. Parker, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Program on Global Sustainability and Health; Instructor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Promoting Healthy Adolescent Development:
The View Through a Half-Full Looking Glass
Arthur Elster, MD
Director, Medicine and Public Health, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois

Helping Patients with Asthma: Focusing on the Source
Eliza H. Humphreys, MD, MPH
Resident, University of California, San Francisco-University of California, Berkeley Joint Program in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, San Francisco, California
Gina Solomon, MD, MPH
Associate Director, University of California, San Francisco, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Black-White Infant Mortality Differentials in the United States
Donald W. MacCorquodale, MD, MSPH
Private Consultant, Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Media and the Adolescent Mind: From Studies to Action
Sami A. Beg, MD, MPA
Preventive Medicine Resident, New York State Department of Health/SUNY University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York
P. Anne Loveless, MD, MS
Preventive Medicine Resident, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Quality Improvement in HealthcareCME/CE
Sarah F. Schillie, MD, MPH
Director of Performance Improvement, Suffolk County DHS, Hauppauge, New York

Patients Learn Chronic Disease Self-Management Online
Janet H. Greenhut, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Consultant, HealthMedia Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan

Agricultural Injuries: Improving Occupational Safety
Wendy E. Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd
Resident, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Miriam Alexander, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Population and Reproductive Health; Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Update on HIV Prevention: The Role of Male Circumcision
Jessica A. Evert, MD
Global Health Clinical Scholar, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Disaster Preparedness: Ending the Exceptionalism
Joshua Lipsman, MD, JD, MPH
Commissioner, Westchester County Department of Health, New Rochelle, New York

Vaccine Safety
Frank DeStefano, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist, Immunization Safety Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Cost-Effectiveness of Prevention
Steven Teutsch, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Outcomes Research and Management, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania

Considerations for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older Adults
James P. Richardson, MD, MPH, AGSF, FACPM
Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Practicing Environmental Pediatrics
Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD, FACPM
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC

A New Key to Improving the Health of Patients and of the Whole Population: Physicians Preach What We Practice
Kshamica S. Nimalasuriya, MD, MPH
Preventive Medicine Resident, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Erica Frank, MD, MPH, FACPM
Vice Chair, Division Chief, and Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; Michael Smith Foundation Senior Scholar, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia

Quality Improvement in Cancer Screening:
Methods and Motivations for Making Screening Happen
Dorothy S. Lane, MD, MPH, FACPM
Distinguished Service Professor, Vice Chair and Residency Program Director,
Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Quality Improvement in Cancer Screening: Highlighting Breast and Colorectal Cancer
Dorothy S. Lane, MD, MPH, FACPM
Distinguished Service Professor, Vice Chair and Residency Program Director,
Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Adolescent Illicit Drug Use -- Understanding and Addressing the Problem
Winfred Wu, MD
GPM/PH Resident, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Amy J. Khan, MD, MPH
Addiction Medicine and Preventive Medicine physician; Consultant

Recognizing Waterborne Disease, Water Pollution, and Water Terrorism: Understanding the Role of the Medical Community in Protecting the Public’s Health
Patricia L. Meinhardt, MD, MPH, MA
Executive Medical Director, Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Prevention vs. Cure – Which takes precedence?
Halley S. Faust, MD, MPH, FACPM
Secretary/Treasurer, American College of Preventive Medicine

Genomic and Prevention: A Vision for the Future
Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD, FACPM
Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, & Public Health, University of Michigan

Consumer-Driven Health Care: Prevention, Evidence-Based Care and Better Patient-Physician Relationships
Michael D. Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM
President-Elect, American College of Preventive Medicine

The Women’s Health Initiative: The Role of Hormonal Therapy in Disease Prevention
Robert B. Wallace, MD, MSc, FACPM
Departments of Epidemiology and Internal Medicine, U. of Iowa College of Public Health

Preventive Medicine and the Electronic Health Record
George K. Anderson, MD, MPH, FACPM
USAFMajor General (Ret.) and Past-President, American College of Preventive Medicine

Weight Control in Adolescence: Serving Healthful Food, For Thought
David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP
Director, Yale Prevention Research Center

Preventive Medicine Partners with Medscape
Robert G. Harmon, MD, MPH, FACPM
Immediate Past President, American College of Preventive Medicine

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