John R. Freedy, M.D., Ph.D.

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.