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Office
224 S 10th Ave
Siler City, NC 27344Phone+1 919-663-1744
Education & Training
- University of Kentucky College of MedicineResidency, Family Medicine, 2005 - 2008
- St Mary's Hospital (Waterbury)Internship, Surgery, 2003 - 2004
- Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2003, MD
- Yale UniversityBS, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, 1994 - 1998
Certifications & Licensure
- NC State Medical License 2018 - 2025
- KY State Medical License 2006 - 2019
- American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Educational Leadership & Administration Abraham Flexner Master Educator Awards, 2016
- Faculty Development in Education Abraham Flexner Master Educator Awards, 2016
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2013-2016
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 152 citationsIDH1-R132H acts as a tumor suppressor in glioma via epigenetic up-regulation of the DNA damage response.Felipe J Nunez, Flor M. Mendez, Padma Kadiyala, Mahmoud S. Alghamri, Masha G. Savelieff
Science Translational Medicine. 2019-02-13 - 54 citationsEffects of ectopic decorin in modulating intracranial glioma progression in vivo, in a rat syngeneic model.Alireza Biglari, Dominique Bataille, Ulrike Naumann, Michael Weller, Jeffrey M. Zirger
Cancer Gene Therapy. 2004-11-01 - 61 citationsReplicative retroviral vectors for cancer gene therapy.S. Solly, Stephane Trajcevski, Charlotte Frisen, Georg Holzer, Elisabeth Nelson
Cancer Gene Therapy. 2003-01-01
Journal Articles
- Patient characteristics are associated with adherence to a long-acting naltrexone program as a treatment for opiate use disorder: A retrospective analysis of patients ...Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians Journal, 1/1/2018
- Unscheduled Return Visits to the Emergency Department among Limited English Proficiency patients of Hispanic OriginKentucky Academy of Family Physicians Journal, 1/1/2017
- A Global Perspective on Medical EducationKentucky Academy of Family Physicians Journal, 1/1/2015
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Abstracts/Posters
- Health Advocacy Across Health Professions: Efforts to Improve Patient Access and OutcomesSGEA Regional Conference, Lexington, KY, 1/19/2012
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Lectures
- Women in Medicine1/1/2017
- Developing a rubric for assessment and feedback for medical students� clinical reasoning.1/1/2016
- Best practices for Ethical Learning Experiences in Global Health1/1/2016
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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