Researchers by Department
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Anesthesiology
http://wichita.kumc.edu/anes/
anesthe1@kumc.edu
(316) 268-6147
Jim Walker, M.D.
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- Patient safety
- Quality Improvement in the neurointensive care unit
Family and Community Medicine
http://wichita.kumc.edu/fcm/
wicfcm@kumc.edu
(316) 293-2607
Gretchen Dickson, M.D., MBA
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- Optimizing patient safety and quality of care in the ambulatory environment
- Developing educational curriculum to address community needs in primary care
- Identify learner outcomes from established and novel educational techniques
Robert Kraft, M.D.
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- Ambulatory setting quality improvement with a focus on prevention
- Outcomes-based resident and recent residency graduate evaluation
Doug Woolley, M.D.
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- Primary care geriatrics, including home-care and long-term-care
- Assessment of function in the elderly, including cognitive function
- Processes and outcomes in hospice care
- Teaching geriatrics in the office and in long-term-care settings
Internal Medicine
http://wichita.kumc.edu/im/
internalmed-wichita@kumc.edu
(316) 293-2650
Robert Badgett, M.D.
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- Quality improvement and information retrieval and representation
- Meta-analysis and meta-regression
- Virtual information retrieval laboratory and clinical quality improvement
K James Kallail, Ph.D. (Primary Contact, kkallail@kumc.edu)
- Primary care
- Cancer education
- Nutrician education
Obstetrics and Gynecology
http://wichita.kumc.edu/obgyn/
wicobgyn@kumc.edu
(316) 962-3181
Primary contact: Jennifer Duong, Research Assistant, jduong@kumc.edu
James Delmore, M.D.
- Gynecologic oncology
- Utertine cancer
- Cervical cancer
Darren Farley, M.D.
- Maternal fetal health
- High risk pregnancies
- Clinical trials
- prenatal education/counseling
- medications prescribed during pregnancy
David Grainger, M.D., MPH
- Reproductive medicine
- Medical eduction
- Simulations
- Registries
Melissa Hague, M.D.
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- General gynecology
Kerri Hild, M.D.
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Medical education
- Simulation
Zachary Kuhlmann, D.O.
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Quality improvement
- Compliance
- Randomized control trials
- Medical education
Edgar LeClaire, M.D.
Kevin Miller, M.D.
- Female pelvic surgery
- Urogynecology
Jacqueline Morgan, M.D.
- Clinical research related to gynecologic malignancies, including:
- Impact of comorbidities on presentation and treatment
- Obesity
- Barriers to care and preventive care
- Robotic surgery
Randall Morgan, M.D.
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Quality improvement
Margaret O'Hara, M.D.
- Maternal fetal medicine
- High risk pregnancies
Ashley Robbins, M.D.
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- General gynecology
Jackson Sobbing, D.O.
Travis Stembridge, M.D.
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Resident education
- Simulations
Laura Tatpati, M.D.
Bruce Tjaden, D.O.
Steve Zielke, M.D.
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Informatics
- Medical records
- Registries
Orthopedics
http://wichita.kumc.edu/ortho/
jridgewa@kumc.edu
(316) 268-5988
Bradley Bruner, M.D.
- Spirituality and religion in the provision of surgical health care
Bradley Dart, M.D.
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- Developing new options for operative treatment of long bone diaphyseal fractures
- Effects of repeated sterilizations on the composite materials in reusable instruments/devices
- Biomechanics of tibiofibular syndemosis reduction fixation
Michael Heggeness, M.D.
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- Bone tissue engineering
- Molecular biology of fracture healing
- Pathophysiology of axial spine pain, with attention to intraosseous sources
Ryan Livermore, M.D.
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- Biomechanics of arthroscopic knots: effect of surgeon, techniques and materials
Alan Moskowitz, M.D.
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- Diagnostic, clinical and functional outcomes of Stand Alone Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine
Charles Pence, M.D.
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- Developing minimally invasive pelvic bridging techniques for posterior pelvic ring fixation
Shang-you Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
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- Relationship of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor with the invasiveness of osteosarcoma
Pediatrics
http://wichita.kumc.edu/pediatrics/
peds@kumc.edu
(316) 962-2250
Kari Harris, M.D.
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- Teen mothers: Primary care utilization and barriers to medical care
- Teen mothers: Role models for parenting teens and non-parenting teens
- Teen mothers: Interventions to decrease repeat unintended pregnancies
Mark Harrison, M.D.
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- Medical education
- Medical student clinical education
Shobana Kubendran, MBBS, MS, CGC
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- Developing new models to improve access to genetic services
- Telegenetics for underserved areas
Cari Schmidt, Ph.D. (Primary Contact, cschmidt3@kumc.edu)
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- Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids (TRICKs)
- Safe sleep promotion to decrease risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Natalie Sollo, M.D.
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- Clinical trials for patients with cystic fibrosis
- Phenotypic description of rare CF genotypes
Hasmet Uner, M.D.
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- Transforming the health care system through operations research in Primary Care
- Use models for systemic change to reform the team to include other "experts" change
Kerri Weeks, M.D.
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- Child abuse
- Adolescent health/high risk youth
- Teen pregnancy prevention
Preventive Medicine and Public Health
http://wichita.kumc.edu/prevmed
(316) 293-2627
Tracie Collins, M.D.
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- Vascular disease
- Behavioral interventions
- Underserved populations
- Minority health
- Health disparities
- Physical activity
- Dietary habits
Lisette Jacobson, Ph.D.
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- Women's health
- Pregnancy and birth outcomes among underserved populations
- Health outcomes associated with infertility and assisted reproductive technology
- Cardiovascular and stroke risk factors
- Program evaluation
- Human lactation
- Health disparities
- Rural health
Michelle Redmond, Ph.D.
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- Health disparities
- Health and mental health service utilization for underserved populations
- Women's health
- Racial/Ethnic minority health
- Cardiovascular risk factors
- Program evaluation
- mHealth
- Food security
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
http://wichita.kumc.edu/psych/
wicpsych@kumc.edu
(316) 293-2669
Lyle Baade, Ph.D., ABPP, Cn
- Neuropsychological assessment
- Dementia
- Response bias
Michael Burke, M.D., Ph.D.
- ECT
- Mood disorders
- Vagal nerve stimulation
- Medical education
Susan Carr, M.D.
- Suicide prevention
- Psychiatric emergencies
- Mild cognitive impairment
Robin Heinrichs, Ph.D., LP
- Cognition and functioning in neurologically-impaired adult and geriatric in-and out-patients
Nicole Klaus, Ph.D.
- Youth mood disorders with a focus on telehealth delivery for rural and underserved populations
- Adolescent Suicide: identifying resource utilization and coping strategies by high risk adolescents
- Development of new prevention strategies for adolescents at high risk of suicide
Matthew Macaluso, D.O. (Primary Contact, mmacaluso@kumc.edu)
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- Clinical trials examining investigational new drugs to treat psychiatric illness including major depressive disorder, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease
- Translational Research: "first in human" testing to phase IV investigations
Dan Morgan, Ph.D.
- Personality assessment
- Personality disorders
Kelli Netson, Ph.D.
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- Quality of life research for rural Kansas cancer survivors in collaboration with the state-wide Kansas Cancer Partnership
- Improving patient satisfaction with physician communication
- Curriculum development to enhance parenting skills in children with executive function deficits (e.g. ADHD, behavior problems)
- Retrospective reviews of childhood cognition across a range of medical, psychiatric and behavioral disorders
Ryan Schroeder, Psy.D.
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- Neuropsychological Research: retrospective studies of neuropsychological conditions and neuropsychological testing
Surgery
http://wichita.kumc.edu/surgery/
dawn_fountain@via-christi.org
(316) 268-5990
Alex Ammar, M.D.
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- Diagnostic studies for treatment planning for carotid artery disease
- Outcome measures of medical student education
Therese E. Cusick, M.D.
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- Quality improvement in breast surgery
James M. Haan, M.D.
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- Outcomes and health services research in trauma, critical care and emergency medical services
- Validation of new CDC criteria for Trauma Team activation
- Roll of obesity in risk of falls for the elderly
- Validation of known predictive models for pediatric TBI
- New insights into splenic injuries
- Public health implications of legislative actions
R. Joseph Nold, M.D.
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- Outcomes and health services research in trauma and critical care
Patty L. Tenofsky, M.D.
- Age related differences in screening and treatment for breast cancer
- Outcomes of surgical therapies for individuals with breast cancer
- Effect of family history on patients decisions for surgical intervention
Last modified:
Jun 07, 2017