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Kay Miller Temple, MD, Medicine/Pediatrics, Phoenix, AZ

KayMiller TempleMDMaster's in Journalism and Mass Comm.

Medicine/Pediatrics • Phoenix, AZ

Physician journalist/medical writer; current focus on rural health care; BC IM/Peds/Hospice&PallMed.

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  • Office

    5777 E Mayo Blvd
    Phoenix, AZ 85054
    Phone+1 480-301-8000

Summary

  • I am a board certified Internist/Pediatrician and Hospice and Palliative Care physician. During 30+ years of practice, I worked in various clinical inpatient and outpatient settings. I left full-time clinical medicine December 2016.

    I received a master degree in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2013. I reported for Cronkite News Service and held an editorial internship position at Virgo Publishing (now Informa LLC) January-May 2014 and wrote for two medical trade magazines and a business solution publication. I now write full-time creating original content for a federally-funded rural health information clearinghouse.

    I enjoy investigative reporting and in-depth story writing. Several of my personal stories and team projects have won regional and national awards. I have an award-winning photograph. Though health, medical and science stories are my forte, I love feature writing on many other topics. I am also an experienced ghostwriter.

    Pen and pencil aside, I do public speaking on rural health, medical journalism, and other miscellaneous topics.

    • Kay Miller Temple, Author at The Rural Monitor

    Rural Monitor articles written by Kay Miller Temple.

Clinical Expertise

  • Infection control, Childhood obesity, obesity

Education & Training

  • Arizona State University
    Arizona State UniversityMasters, 2012 - 2013
  • Phoenix Hospital Affiliated Pediatric Program
    Phoenix Hospital Affiliated Pediatric ProgramResidency, Pediatrics, 1986 - 1987
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
    University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1986
  • Phoenix Hospital Affiliated Pediatric Program
    Phoenix Hospital Affiliated Pediatric ProgramResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1984
  • University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine
    University of South Dakota, Sanford School of MedicineClass of 1983
  • Augustana College
    Augustana CollegeBA, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1975 - 1979

Certifications & Licensure

  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 1988 - Present
  • UT State Medical License
    UT State Medical License 1900 - Present
  • KY State Medical License
    KY State Medical License 1990 - 2002
  • NM State Medical License
    NM State Medical License 1990 - 1994
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License Active through 1993
  • OK State Medical License
    OK State Medical License 1991 - 1991

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society 2013
  • Top 10 Percent Mayo Clinic Arizona CME Faculty Speakers Mayo Clinic, 2006
  • Pediatric Intern of the Year Phoenix Children's Hospital
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • What every hospitalist should know about the post-bariatric surgery patient  
    Swanson CM, Roust LR, Miller K, Madura JA 2nd, J Hosp Med, 11/15/2011
  • Long-term follow-up and clinicohistopathological features of Simpson grade 1 resection of large olfactory groove meningioma  
    Lyons MK, Birch BD, Wilkens JA, Miller K, Open Neurosurgery, 7/1/2011
  • Prostate carcinoma presenting as an extraaxial mass lesion mimicking meningioma  
    Lyons MK, Drazkowski JF, Miller K, Patel NP, Zimmerman RS, Birch BD, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Section Meeting, 1/1/2007

Lectures

  • Thinking. Differently. 
    Keynote address for 1st Annual Rural Health Student Summit - 11/2018
  • Telling Your Rural Story 
    Georgia Rural Hospital Association Annual Meeting - 8/2018
  • Telling Your Story 
    National Rural Health Association Annual Meeting - 5/2018
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Authored Content

  • Rural Health-focused topicsJanuary 2017

External Links

Dr. Kay Miller Temple, Dr. Kay Miller Temple, MD, Dr. K Miller Temple