DonaldFordMD

Addiction Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Preventive Medicine

Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

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Office
6801 Mayfield Rd
Suite 444
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
Phone+1 440-312-8294

Fax+1 440-312-8224

Baldwin Wallace UniversityMBA, Health Care, Honors, 2013 - 2015
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Family Medicine, 1996 - 1999
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1997
State University of New York, College at Stony BrookPost-baccalaureate, 1991 - 1993
State University of New York, College at PurchaseBFA, Acting, 1982

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010-2013
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010-2013
Mentorship Award CWRU Department of Family Medicine, 2009
Fellow American Academy of Family Physicians, 2007
Ed & Diane White Award for Excellence in Clinical Preceptorship 2006
Employee of the Month CCF Solon, 2004
Harry L. Resnick Award for Unusual Accomplishment CWRU
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PubMed

1 citations
Physicians underestimate calcium intake in women.
Sandra M. Snyder, Carl V. Tyler, Vanessa Panaite, Michael J. Smolak, Brenda L. Powell
Family Medicine. 2010-06-01
9 citations
Barriers to supplemental calcium use among women in suburban family practice: a report from the Cleveland Clinic Ambulatory Research Network (CleAR-eN).
Carl V. Tyler, James Joseph Werner, Vanessa Panaite, Sandra M. Snyder, Donald B. Ford
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2008-07-01
5 citations
Patient-provider e-mail communication as an adjunctive tool in addiction medicine.
Gregory B. Collins, Mark S. McAllister, Donald B. Ford
Journal of Addictive Diseases. 2007-01-01

Journal Articles

Physicians Underestimate Calcium Intake in Women
Sandra Snyder, DO, Carl Tyler, MD, Donald Ford, MD, et al, Family Medicine, 1/1/2010
Barriers to Supplemental Calcium Use among Women in Suburban Family Practices
Carl Tyler, MD, Donald Ford, MD, et al., J Am Board Fam Med, 1/1/2008
Patient-Provider E-mail Communication as an Adjunctive Tool in Addiction Medicine
Gregory Collins MD, Mark McAllister MD, Donald Ford, MD, Journal of Addictive Disease, 1/1/2007

Lectures

Update on Alcohol & Drugs
Cleveland Clinic - 5/2/2014
A View from the Ground
Washington, DC - 5/1/2014
Choosing Wisely
2/19/2014
A Conversation with Akram Boutros
10/4/2013
Live Long Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst, OH - 8/29/2013
How to Deal with Drug-Seeking Patients
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. - 10/16/2012
Seven Years of Seven Days, or Home Doesn’t Close on Sundays
5/11/2011
Living Well on a Restricted Diet
Rocky River, OH - 11/10/2010
Protocols vs Algorithms
Children’s Physician Network, Minneapolis, MN - 9/27/2008
Barriers to Supplemental Calcium Use among Women in Suburban Family Practices
Chicago, IL - 10/6/2007
Clinical Teaching and Assessment Best Practices
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine - 6/5/2007
Acute Frozen Shoulder in a Patient with Multiple Medical Problems
7/11/2006
Anatomy of an Error
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Other

Your "Normal" Temperature Is Not Actually 98.6 Degrees, Doctors WarnDecember 12th, 2020
Think Your Normal Temperature Is 98.6? Maybe Not (And Why That's Important)December 7th, 2020
Wellness Wednesday: Consequences of Coronavirus on Ohio’s Opioids FightApril 15th, 2020