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John R. Freedy, M.D., Ph.D.
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Office address:
Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
9298 Medical Plaza Dr., Charleston, SC 29412
Telephone/Fax: (843)
876-7047 / (843) 876-7111 (Fax)
Email address: freedyjr@musc.edu
Departmental and administrative
position(s):
Director, Behavioral Science Curriculum
Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
Medical Director, Skilled Nursing Facility
Trident Regional Medical Center |
Education / Training:
College: BA with honors in Psychology, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1984
MA in Clinical Psychology, Kent State University, 1988
PhD in Clinical Psychology, Kent State University, 1990
MD: Medical University of South Carolina, 2002
Residency: Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
Fellowship: NIMH Traumatic Stress Research Fellowship, 1990-91
MUSC Faculty Development Fellowship, 2005-06
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Clinical Reasoning and Evidence-Based Medicine
(medical students)
Behavioral Science Curriculum, Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
(resident physicians)
Positions in academic / professional groups:
American Balint Society (member)
American Medical Association (member)
North American Primary Care Research group (member; review committee
member)
SC Academy of Family Physicians (member; membership subcommittee)
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (member)
American Academy of Family Physicians (member)
South Carolina Medical Association (Delegate, young physician
section, 2007)
Selected honors / awards:
Family Medicine Resident Scholarship Day 1st Place Research
Award, 2004
Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
Project title: Lifetime trauma exposure and mental health status
among veteran administration primary care patients
First Place Essay for the Balint Society, 2004
Essay title: Reflections on vulnerability within the doctor-patient
relationship
Research / academic / clinical interests:
Violence & traumatic stress
PTSD
Relationship between mental health & chronic illnesses
Behavioral science curriculum development
Balint group work.
Selected or recent publications:
Freedy, J. R., & Hobfoll, S.E. (1995). Traumatic stress:
From theory to practice. New York: Plenum Press.
Freedy, J.R., Monnier, J. & Shaw, D.L. (2001). Putting a
comprehensive violence curriculum on the fast track. Academic
Medicine, 76, 348-50.
Freedy, J. R., Monnier, J., & Shaw, D.L. (2002). Trauma screening
in students attending a medical university. Journal of American
College Health, 50, 160-7.
Freedy, J.R. (2004). Reflections on vulnerability within the
doctor-patient relationship. Journal of the Balint Society, 32,
41-44.
Freedy, J.R., & Simpson, W.J. (2007). Disaster-related physical
and mental health: A role for family physicians. American Family
Physician, 75, 841-846.
Freedy, J.R. (2006). Professional identity development and the
psychotherapeutic function of a residency Balint Group. International
Journal of the Balint Society, 34, 16-20.
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