Perspectives in Prevention
ACPM/Medscape monthly column

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:

Patients Learn Chronic Disease Self-Management Online (CME AVAILABLE!)
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
USAF Major 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

Click here to access the Medscape PH&P homepage and ACPM “Perspectives” series.

For more information, contact Michele Surricchio at msurricchio@acpm.org.