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John R. Freedy, M.D., Ph.D.
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Office address:
Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
9228 Medical Plaza Dr., Charleston, SC 29406
Telephone/Fax: (843)
876-7047 / (843) 876-7111 (Fax)
Email address: freedyjr@musc.edu
Departmental and administrative
position(s):
Program Director, Trident/MUSC
Transitional Year Residency
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, 2002-2005
Fellowship: NIMH Traumatic Stress Research Fellowship, 1990-91
Fellowship: MUSC Trustees Leadership Academy, 2007-2008
Fellowship: National Institute for Program Director Development
Fundamentals, Association of Family Practice Residency Directors,
2008-2009
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 (board member)
American Academy of Family Physicians (member)
American Medical Association (member)
Best Doctors in America (2007-present)
International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine (associate editor)
MUSC Faculty Senator (2008-present)
North American Primary Care Research group (member; review committee
member)
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (member)
Trident Health Center, Charleston, SC, Institutional Review Board
(chairperson)
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. Traumatic stress: From theory
to practice. New York: Plenum Press, 1995.
Freedy, J.R., Monnier, J. & Shaw, D.L. Putting a comprehensive
violence curriculum on the fast track. Academic Medicine, 76,
348-50, 2001.
Freedy, J. R., Monnier, J., & Shaw, D.L. Trauma screening
in students attending a medical university. Journal of American
College Health, 50, 160-7, 2002.
Freedy, J.R. Reflections on vulnerability within the doctor-patient
relationship. Journal of the Balint Society, 32, 41-44, 2004.
Freedy, J.R. Professional identity development and the psychotherapeutic
function of a residency Balint Group. International Journal of
the Balint Society, 34, 16-20, 2006.
Freedy, J.R., & Simpson, W.J. Disaster-related physical and
mental health: A role for family physicians. American Family Physician,
75, 841-846, 2007.
Freedy, J.R. Teaching points-A 2-minute mini-lecture: Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder in primary care patients. The Teaching Physician
(for those who teach students and residents in family medicine),
7(4), 1,3-4, October, 2008.
Freedy, J.R., Brock, C.D., Blue, A.B., & Detar, D.T. The art
of professionalism: Being in role as the fundamental skill. Journal
of the Balint Society, 37, 51-54, 2009.
Freedy, J.R. Improving the management of patients with mental
illness. Letter to editor. American Family Physician, 80(11),
1205, 2009.
Freedy, J.R. Primary care management of adult depression and anxiety.
Audiodigest Family Practice, 57(11), March 21, 2009.
Freedy, J.R. Primary care management of pediatric depression and
anxiety. Audiodigest Family Practice, 57(11), March 21,
2009.
Freedy, J.R. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. In: Ebell, M., Ferenchick,
G., Smith, M., Barry, H., Slawson, D., Shaughnessy, A., Forsch,
R., Li, S., Wilkes, M., Usatine, R., eds. Essential Evidence.
John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, 2009.
Freedy, J.R., Magruder, K.M., Mainous, A.G., Geesey, M.E., &
Frueh, B.C. Gender differences traumatic event exposure among
veteran administration primary care patients. Military Medicine.
Manuscript accepted for publication. July, 2010.
Freedy, J.R., Magruder, K.M., Yeager, D.E., Zoller, J.S., Hueston,
W.J., & Carek, P.J. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder screening
test performance in civilian primary care. Family Practice
2010 July 9 [epub ahead of print].
Freedy, J.R., & Ryan, K. Screening and case finding: Screening
tools, clinical clues, and presenting the diagnosis. For Primary
Care: Clinics in Office Practice (Substance abuse in Office-Based
Practice). Manuscript accepted for publication. April, 2010.
Freedy, J.R., Magruder, K.M., Zoller, J.S., Hueston, W.J., Carek,
P.J., & Brock, C.D. Traumatic events and mental health in
civilian primary care: Implications for training and practice.
Family Medicine, 42(3), 180-187, 2010.
Freedy, J.R., & Brock, C.D. Spotting-and treating-PTSD in
primary care. The Journal of Family Practice, 59(2), 75-80,
2010.
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