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Name:

Deborah L. Burnet, MD, MA

 

 

Department of Primary Appointment:

Department of Medicine

 

Secondary

appointments:

Department of Pediatrics

Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition

 

Present rank:

Associate Professor

 

Present track:

Clinician-Educator

 

Proposed rank:

PROFESSOR

 

Proposed track:

CLINICIAN-EDUCATOR

DEPARTMENT: What is the candidate's field or specialization within medicine?

Medical education with a focus on health disparities and community-based research in diabetes in youths

LAY SUMMARY:

Dr. Burnet is a clinical educator board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics.  She also holds an MA in public policy.  She has served as the program director of the combined pediatrics and medicine residency program (1998-2004), is currently the General Internal Medicine fellowship director (2004-present).  As well she is the Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine within the Department currently (since 2003) and Vice Chair for Development within the Department (since 2005).  This last position places her on the Departmental Executive Committee, the internal governing body of the Department, where her charge is faculty development broadly, although focused on the clinical educators.  Her active administrative role is complemented by her participation in the regional and national Societies of General Medicine, where she regularly participates as a member, an organizer, and as a mentor for young faculty.  In addition to her large administrative role both within and outside the institution, she has an active community based research program focused on family based educational approaches to combating the rising, and alarming, trend of type 2 diabetes.  She describes these activities and her overall philosophy well in her personal statements, so we will not expound further on them here.

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

     

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

               Clinician Educator Award – Society of General Internal Medicine,

                            Midwest Region, 2000

SGIM National Award for Innovation in Medical Education --Society of General

                Internal Medicine, 2001

Honorable Mention, Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center Pilot and

                Feasibility Poster Competition, for  ÒREACH-OUT: Chicago ChildrenÕs

                Diabetes Prevention ProgramÓ poster, 2002

Best Faculty Research Abstract Award, Society of General Internal Medicine Midwest Region Annual Meeting,  2003

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

              

Irving B. Harris Child Policy Fellowship – (for MA in Public Policy) Harris School of

            Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2001 – 2003.

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

1989 - present                 American College of Physicians

                                        Resident physician member Õ89 – Õ93

                                  Member Õ94 – Õ00

                                  Fellow Õ01 – present

 

1989 - present                 American Academy of Pediatrics

                                        Resident Physician member Õ89 -  Ô93

                                        Candidate Fellow Õ93 – Ô97

                                        Fellow Õ97 – present

 

1989 - present                 Physicians for a National Health Program

                                    (Completed SpeakersÕ Training course, 1989)

 

1989 - 2002      Christian Community Health Fellowship

 

1996 - present                 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

                                   Council Member, Midwest Region SGIM 2002-present

                                             President, Midwest Region SGIM 2004 – 2006

                                             Past President, Midwest Region SGIM, 2006-2007

 

1998 - 2004    Medicine-Pediatrics Program DirectorsÕ Association

 

1998 - 2004    Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine  (APDIM)

                                   APDIM Education Committee – 2001-2004

 

1998 - 2004    Association of Pediatrics Program Directors

 

2003 - present               Society for Pediatric Research

 

2003 - present               Association of Chiefs of General Internal Medicine

2007                Chair, Program Committee, Association of Chiefs of General Internal Medicine

                       (for 08 national meeting)

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE / COMMITTEE WORK – REGIONAL, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

2001-2004       Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM)  Education Committee

 

2001-2004       APDIM Abstracts Committee

 

2001-present   Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following journals and associations:

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Annals of Internal Medicine

Canadian Diabetes Association Scholarship Committee

          Diabetes Care

          Ethnicity and Disease

          Journal of General Internal Medicine

          American Journal of Public Health

          Journal of the National Medical Association

 

2003–2004 Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) Professional Development Task Force – This body refined the training offered by the Harvard Crimson Group through the weeklong AAIM Executive Leadership Program  

 

2003            Chicago Public Schools Task Force on Health of ChicagoÕs Children - Appointed by CPS Schools Chief Arne Duncan to a 15 member Task Force to recommend health policy options for CPS, resulting in removal of candy and soda pop from school vending machines the following year.

 

2002–present  Midwest Region Council, Society of General Internal Medicine

2004 – 2006   President, Midwest Region Society of General Internal Medicine

2006-2007       Past President, Midwest Region Society of General Internal Medicine

 

2004-2006       NIH Translational Special Emphasis Review Panel

ZDK1 GRB-1 (J1) - Meetings 11/04, 7/05, 10/06, Washington, DC,  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

                        This panel reviews proposals for translation research, i.e. community-based

                        implementation strategies for diabetes care and prevention

 

2006         General Medicine Division Site Visit Team

                    Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 4/06

                    Member of a national three-person panel invited through the Association of Chiefs of

                 General Internal Medicine to visit and review the Division of General Internal

                 Medicine at Wake Forest University

 

2006    NIH Translational Special Emphasis Review Panel

                    ZHL1 CSR-R (S1) – Meeting 6/06, Washington, DC

                    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

                 This panel reviewed proposals for translation research, i.e. community-based

                 implementation strategies for cardiovascular health care and prevention

 

2006       Society of General Internal Medicine Midwest Region

            Program Planning Chair, Midwest Annual Meeting, 9/06

            Led the planning and convened two-day annual meeting in Chicago with record

           attendance of 235 academic general internists from our thirteen states Midwestern

           Region. Meeting title: ÒCaring for Patients in the Context of their CommunitiesÓ

 

2007         Chair, Association of Chiefs of General Medicine (ACGIM) Program Planning

                 Committee for ACGIM national 2008 meeting

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

SELECTED EXTRAMURAL PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED PARTICIPATION

   during present term of appointment

 

2003      A Community-Based Intervention to Decrease Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in

             Youth.  Invited speaker, CDC Conference on Translational Diabetes Research,

             Boston, 4/03.

 

2003      A Practical Model for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Minority Youth.  Invited

              speaker and Meet the Professor session, National Convention for PhysiciansÕ

              Assistants, New Orleans, 5/23/03.

 

2003      Burnet DL, Plaut A, Ossowski K, Ahmad A, Chin M. Community and Family

              Perspectives on Addressing  Overweight in African American Youth. Society

             of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 5/03, Vancouver, BC. Poster

              presentation.

 

2003      A Practical Model for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Minority Youth.  Invited

              speaker, American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 6/17/03.

 

2003     Plaut A, Burnet D, Chin M. REACH-OUT! Results from a Family-Based

             Nutrition and Activity Program for Urban, Overweight African American

             Children at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes. North American Society for the Study of

             Obesity (NAASO) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FLA, 10/03. Poster

              presentation.

 

2003      Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine Executive Leadership Program,

        Harvard Crimson Group, Boston, August 3-8, 2003 (competitively selected

        participant).

 

2003      Burnet, DL, et al. REACH-OUT: A Community-Based Program to Decrease

              Overweight and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in African American Youth.  Society

              of General Internal Medicine Midwest Region Annual Meeting, 9/18/03. Oral

              presentation(Best Faculty Research Abstract Award)

 

2004     Burnet D, Plaut A, Radovick S, Chin M. REACH-OUT: A Community-Based

            Program Using Lay Health Leaders to Decrease Overweight in African

            American Children at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes. Society for Pediatric Research

            Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 5/3/04.  Poster presentation.

 

2004     Burnet DL, Plaut A, Radovick S, Chin M.  REACH-OUT: Community-Based

             Participatory Research to Decrease Overweight and Diabetes Risk in African

            American Youth.  Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Chicago,

            5/04. Poster presentation.

 

2004     Burnet DL, Plaut A, Chin MH. REACH-OUT Diabetes Risk Reduction Program

             for African American Youth: Experience Using Community Lay Health

             Leaders. Society of General Internal Medicine Midwest Region Annual Meeting,

             Chicago, IL, 10/1/04. Oral presentation.

 

2004    Diabetes Across the Lifespan: A WomanÕs Journey.

                Sixth Annual Illinois WomenÕs Health Conference,

                Illinois Department of Public Health. Rosemont,

             Illinois, October 28, 2004. Invited speaker.

 

2004     Burnet D, Das R, Plaut A, Chin M. REACH-OUT!

             Results from a Family-Based Nutrition and Activity Program for Urban,

            Overweight African American Children at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes.

            North American Society for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)Annual Meeting,

            Las Vegas, NV, 11/04. Poster presentation.

 

2005     Burnet DL, Cooper A, Drum M, Lipton R.

             Risk Factors for Mortality in Latino, Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic

             White Patients with Childhood-Onset Diabetes in Chicago. Pediatric Academic

              SocietiesÕ Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 5/05.  Poster presentation.

 

2005     Burnet DL, Das R, Chin M. REACH-OUT Diabetes Risk Reduction Program

             for African American Youth: Pilot Experience Using Community Lay Health

             Leaders. Society of General Internal Medicine  Annual Meeting, New Orleans,

             5/05. Poster presentation.

 

2005    Burnet D, Das R, Plaut A, Quinn MT, Lipton RB, Radovick S, Chin MH. 

            REACH-OUT Diabetes Risk Reduction Program for African American Youth:

            Results from a Pilot Study. American Diabetes Assn Annual Meeting, San Diego,

           CA, 6/05.  Oral presentation.

 

2005       Decreasing Obesity and Diabetes Risk in Youth.

               Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, 8/16/05. Invited

               Speaker.

 

2007    Community-Based Participatory Research to Decrease

            Obesity and Diabetes Risk in Youth.  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Mercy

            Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 2/9/07. Invited speaker.

 

2007    Perspectives in Care: Poverty and its Impact on Families and Child Health

             Invited workshop presenter for CME conference at Gleacher Center, sponsored by

            LaRabida ChildrenÕs Hospital.

 

2007   Campus-Community Partnerships for Health. Invited Panelist speaker, Society

     of General Internal  Medicine Midwest Region Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 9/07.