CliffordDecaturPackerMDFACP

Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians
Chair, Committee on Medical Education Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2018-2021
Master Clinician Educator Award University Hospitals of Cleveland, 2018
Evelyn V. Hess Master Teacher Award American College of Physicians, Ohio Chapter, 2017
Alpha Omega Alpha Elected Faculty Member, 2011
Housestaff Teaching Hall of Fame University Hospitals of Cleveland, 2009
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PubMed

16 citations
Staphylococcus caprae: A Skin Commensal with Pathogenic Potential.
Asha Gowda, Amanda L Pensiero, Clifford D. Packer
Cureus. 2018-10-23
3 citations
Evaluation and Treatment of Severe Rhabdomyolysis in a Patient with Legionnaires' Disease.
Joshua Buzzard, Zachary Zuzek, Ben P Alencherry, Clifford D. Packer
Cureus. 2019-09-26
2 citations
Teaching Safe Opioid Prescribing During the Opioid Epidemic: Results of the 2018 Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine Survey
Mim Ari, Michael Kisielewski, Nora Y. Osman, Karen Szauter, Clifford D. Packer
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2019-01-01

Journal Articles

Case reports: More than enough evidence
Packer CD, The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 5/2017
Perioperative beta-blockade: where do we stand?
Cornia PB, Packer CD, SGIM Forum, 3/1/2015
When asthma is not asthma
Strohl M, Packer CD, JGIM Clinical Images, 1/14/2015
Case reports: good evidence, good for teaching
Packer CD, SGIM Forum, 8/2014
A modest proposal for medical school admissions
Packer CD, Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, 9/6/2013
Lost in transliteration
Packer CD, BMJ, 2011
Medical Classics: On the death of Dr. Robert Levet
Packer CD, BMJ, 2010
Unusually severe bullous skin reaction to sorafenib: a case report
Hagopian B, Packer CD, J Med Cases, 2010
Letter to the editor: reply
Packer CD, Int J Clin Pract, 2009
Beta-blockers, stage fright, and vibrato: a case report
Packer CD, Packer DM, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 2005
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Books/Book Chapters

Excelling in the Clinic: A Concise Guide for Medical Students
Clifford D. PackerSpringer International Publishing, SwitzerlandEdition 1st,2022
Presenting Your Case: A Concise Guide for Medical Students
Clifford D. PackerSpringer International Publishing, SwitzerlandEdition 1st,2019
Writing Case Reports: A Practical Guide from Conception through Publication
Clifford D. Packer, Gabrielle N. Berger, Somnath MookherjeeSpringer International Publishing, SwitzerlandEdition 1st,2017

In Reply to Steinhilber Et AlDecember 29th, 2017
Creating Value Challenge: Seeking Bright Ideas to Reduce Waste in Health CareJanuary 2nd, 2017
Winners Named in Teaching Value and Choosing Wisely® ChallengeMarch 5th, 2015
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