TheresaMarieRohr-KirchgraberMD

Internal Medicine • Athens, GA

Adolescent Medicine, Women's Health

Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Office
1500 Oglethorpe Ave
Ste 200C
Athens, GA 30606
Phone+1 706-389-3875

Fax+1 706-389-3876

Summary

California native Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber graduated from California State University, Long Beach, and Weill College of Medicine at Cornell. Training as an Internist at University Hospitals of Cleveland, she is a professor of medicine and clinical educator who joined the faculty of AU/UGA Medical Partnership in March 2021.

A physician advocate, leading efforts to improve the health of women and their families, her leadership positions include 1st Hispanic president of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), vice-chair of the American Medical Association (AMA) Women’s Physician Section, AMA Minority Affairs Governing Council and the Dissemination and Implementation Steering Committee for the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative with the American College of OBGYN. An inaugural fellow of AMWA Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber, is the recipient of many leadership and teaching awards.

As an underrepresented minority professor of medicine, Dr. Rohr-Kirchgraber is passionate about the need for increased diversity in healthcare. Developing programs and mentoring, she strives to assist physicians and others to find satisfaction in their careers. Teaching to ensure our future physicians have a well-rounded background in clinical medicine and understand the social determinants that affect health and wellbeing, her clinical expertise is in primary care for adults and adolescents, especially those with chronic conditions.

Education & Training

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1988
California State University SystemB.A., Chemistry, 1978 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2003 - 2026
IN State Medical License 2007 - 2021
NC State Medical License 2020 - 2021
OH State Medical License 1990 - 2010
NY State Medical License 1994 - 2004
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Adolescent Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Indianapolis Monthly Castle Connolly, 2014
Commitment to Excellence American Medical Women’s Association, 2014
Exceptional Mentor Award American Medical Women’s Association, 2012
Presidential Award American Medical Women’s Association, 2012
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015
Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015
Indianapolis Top Doctors Indianapolis Monthly, 2012
Top Advocating, Caring, Teaching, Service Award Wishard Health Service, 2009
Hispanic Physicians Political Leadership AMA-MAC, 2008
Outstanding General Medicine Outpatient Teacher of the Year Emory School of Medicine, 2007
Minority Faculty Development Award Emory School of Medicine, 2006
Humanism in Medicine Award Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, 2001
Faculty Scholar for Excellence in Teaching Upstate Medical University, 2001
Joint Labor-Management Professional Development Award United University Professor, 2001
Outstanding Clinic Attending Upstate Medical University, 2000
Joint Labor-Management Professional Development Award United University Professions, 1995
Outstanding Clinical Attending Meridia Huron Hospital, 1994
Philip E. Marcus Award for Outstanding Student Involvement Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity, 1986
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
(Dis)Incentivizing Patient Satisfaction Metrics: The Unintended Consequences of Institutional Bias
Sylk Sotto-Santiago, James E. Slaven, Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber
Health Equity. 2019-04-10
26 citations
Interleukin-6 in the fever and multiorgan crisis of pheochromocytoma
Abu Salahuddin, Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, Raja Shekar, Burton West, Joseph Loewenstein
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1997-01-01
New rash.
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, Zeina Melhem Nabhan
Adolescent Medicine. 2012-08-01

Journal Articles

The Sex and Gender Influence on Hypertension
Sheena Shah Paresh, Theresa Greco, Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, HealthManagement.org, 10/10/2019
Sex & Gender Impacts in Cardiovascular Disease: A “Typical” Presentation of Cardiovascular Disease?
Lindstrom K, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, ? HealthManagement, Volume 19 - Issue 4, 2019, 2019
., Sex and gender in medicine: The need for more attention to how sex and gender influences healthcare
Kumar N., Rohr-Kirchgraber T, HealthManagement.org, 2019
HPV Vaccination
Parikh P., Rohr-Kirchgraber T, Indianapolis Medical Society Bulletin, 11/2018
The Health Care Needs of the Incarcerated Woman
Parikh P., Omorogbe A., Rohr-Kirchgraber T., Dauss K, Indianapolis Medical Society Bulletin, 11/2018
Back pain in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency
McHenry MS, Deschamp AR, Rohr-Kirchgraber TM, Clin Pediatr, 1/1/2014
Hang your Plaques! A Column of AWAEM Kudos
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, AWAEM AWARENESS, 1/1/2014
More progess needed for primary care docs
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Indianapolis Business Journal, 1/4/2013
Marguerite Shepard Nominated for Otis R Bowen Award
Rohr-Kirchgraber T, IUSM INScope, 1/3/2013
Iron Supplements for women and girls
Orenstein M, Patel P, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, AMWA Position statement, 1/1/2013
Calcium Supplements for Women and Girls
Orenstien M, Patel P, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, AMWA Position statement, 1/1/2013
Eating Disorders in Adults
Mensah, N, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, IMS Bulletin, 1/12/2012
These Muscle Cramps Are Holding Me Back!” A 14-Year-Old Star Basketball Player With Muscle Cramps
Rohr-Kirchgraber T, Adolesc Med, 1/1/2012
New Rash
Rohr-Kirchgraber T., Nabhan Z. M, Adolesc Med, 1/1/2012
Multiple Visits for Abdominal Pain, Constipation, and “I need a test for sexually transmitted diseases
Rohr-Kirchgraber T, Adolesc Med, 1/1/2012
Cause of the doctor shortage: A Rebuttal Pointing the blame at women physicians strays from reality
Rohr-Kirchgraber T, Welch J, Medical Economics, 1/25/2011
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Is it for your child?
Mattar, S, Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Indy Child, 1/1/2011
Let’s Talk About Sex: Be The One Your Child Comes To For Answers
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy, Empowering Women and Girls, Indianapolis Woman, 1/1/2009
Girls Try Hockey and Excel!
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T. Mooney, L, Indiana Hockey News, 1/1/2008
Nutrition and Hockey
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Indiana Hockey News, 1/1/2008
Care and Feeding of Your Young Athlete
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, USA Hockey Magazine, 1/1/2008
Hit the Flu With Your Best Shot!
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, USA Hockey Magazine, 1/1/2008
Med Professor Weighs In On Teen Dieting and Eating Disorders
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Family Ed, Inside, 1/1/2008
Why My Daughter? The HPV Vaccine
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, IndysChild, 1/1/2007
Interleukin-6 in the Fever and Multiorgan Crisis of Pheochromocytoma
Salahuddin, A., Rohr-Kirchgraber, T., Shekar, R., West, B., Loewenstein, J, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Disease, 1/1/1997
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Books/Book Chapters

Handbook of Women’s Health
Chapter: Eating Disorders
Rohr-Kirchgraber T, Rouse, MACP2009
Decision Making in Medicine
Chapter: Tinnitus
Sanders, SF, Rohr-Kirchgraber TEditors: Mushlin & Greene.Elsevier2009
Decision Making in Medicine
Chapter: Hearing Loss
Sanders, SF, Rohr-Kirchgraber TEditors: Mushlin & Greene.Elsevier2009

Abstracts/Posters

You Are Bursting My Bubble: Ovarian Cysts
Miller K, Patel N, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
When It’s Not Just Sinusitis: Primary Osteogenic Sarcoma of the Sphenoid Sinsus
O’Connor K, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
The Childhood Cancer Survivors – Unique Cardiovascular Risks
Hissong E, Shao J, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
My Stomach Hurts! When should H. pylori testing be done?
Olabisi J, O’Neal KB, Reynolds R, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
Legal Guardianship of Adults with Eating Disorders
Narsinghani A, Clark B, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
Coping with Changing Roles: When Doctors Become Patients
Kuruppu D, Carr C, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
Breast Creepy Crawlers
Bonamino D, Harris AS, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
Anorexia Nervosa: An Unusual Cause of Hepatic Portal Venous Gas
Kim CJ, Lin JB, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1/1/2013
The Physician’s role in improving health care outcomes in survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Irojah B, Rusiecki L, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
There Is Always More to the Story: Screening for Domestic Violence (DV)
Nair KM, Ashurst SE, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
Irojah B, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
A Stake in the Game: Concussion Incidence and Outcomes in Girls American
Suah A, Hale a, Mahapatra S, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
Don’t Just Stand There, Say Something: The Importance of Faculty Identification and Support of Medical Residents with Eating Disorders (ED)
Schowe E, Rohr-Kirchgraber T, Rouse M, American Medical Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
Surpise! It’s Not the Parrot: Histoplasmosis as a Cause of Chronic Cough
Huntington, Mary Anne, Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, SGIM Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2009
Good pasture’s Syndrome in Elderly Man: “Treat Him as Your Dad”
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T., Lipson, A, SGIM Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2006
Think it is Mono, But It’s Not: Still’s Disease
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T., DeLaCruz, M, SGIM Mid Atlantic Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2003
Warfarin Induced Skin Necrosis
Kholsa, M., Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, American College of Physicians, Upstate Regional Meeting, Buffalo, NY, 1/1/2002
The Eating Disorder That Wasn’t
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T., Tuncer, T, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2002
Adrenoleukodystrophy Presenting as Multiple Sclerosis with Fever and Leg Weakness
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T., Bhattari, J, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2002
Osteoporosis in a Young Woman after TAHBSO for Ovarian Carcinoma. “It’s Not Always What it Seems”: Celiac Sprue as a Diagnosis without GI Symptoms
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2000
Brain Death!! Or Acute Barbiturate Intoxication
Hindka, D, Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2000
A Porcine Model to Teach Skin Biopsy Procedures in an Internal Medicine Residency
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Journal General Internal Medicine, 1/1/1999
A Toxic Reaction to Diphenhydramine: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Agarwal, S., Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, American College of Physicians, Upstate Regional Meeting, Buffalo, NY, 1/1/1998
An Unusual Presentation of Anti Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease (ANTI-GBM) Presenting As Non-Oliguric Renal Failure
Lohar, P., Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, American College of Physicians, Upstate Regional Meeting, Rochester, NY, 1/1/1997
Neisseria Gonorrhea: A STD to be considered in the Workup of a Sore Throat
Mace, J., Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, American College of Physician, Upstate Regional Meeting, Albany, NY, 1/1/1996
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Lectures

On Being a Physician
Multiple Locations - 1/1/2015
Nutrition and Medicine
1/1/2014
Hot Topics in Adolescent Medicine
1/1/2014
Motivational Interviewing for the Physician
1/1/2013
Eating Disorders-Nutrition Class
1/1/2013
Adolescent Growth and Development
1/1/2013
Topics in Adolescent Medicine
1/1/2013
Nutrition: Keeping your patients healthy
1/1/2013
Clinical Cases in Adolescent Medicine
1/1/2013
Nutrition and Leadership
Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2013
Innovations in Medicine: The 24 hour diet history can save health care dollars and time
1/1/2013
Ethics in Clinical Care MS1 ICM
1/1/2012
Balance, Shamlance Just Have Fun!
Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2012
Picking Eating: Pediatric Conditions with Adult Consequences
Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2012
Cervical Cancer Screening for the Rural, Underserved and Underinsured Patients
1/1/2012
Why Do I Need a Pap Smear?
1/1/2012
You are what you eat!—Nutrition, Eating Disorders and the Role of Physicians
1/1/2012
Selective Nutrition: EDNOS (SOS!)
Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2012
Obesity’s Impact on Women’s Health
Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2011
Adolescent Health, IMPACT
1/1/2011
Eating Disorders
1/1/2011
Adolescent Emergencies
1/1/2011
Kitchen to Boardroom: Nutrition and Leadership
1/1/2011
Leadership: Straight From the Kitchen
1/1/2011
Enforcing Nutrition on Our Teens
Indianapolis, IN - 1/1/2011
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Other

This Headline is Not OK
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber
http://medicine.iu.edu/blogs/uncategorized/this-headline-is-not-ok/
10/22/2019
Thank Your Rep. Burton
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T
http://www.indystar.com
1/30/2014
Stand up to Domestic Violence
Rouse, J, Rohr-Kirchgraber, T
1/8/2014
Getting The Most Out Of A Vegetarian Diet
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Annual Physical Exam Etiquette
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Should Marijuana Be Legalized
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Birth Control Implants and Intrauterine Devices Safe for Teenagers
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Our Changing Bodies Across the Lifespan
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Coppin Chapel
1/1/2014
Intrauterine Devices Safe for Teenagers
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Birth Control Implants
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Health benefits of Multiple vitamins
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
“Who’s in Charge”: The development of the Chief Physician Executive
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, The Tobias Leadership Program
1/1/2014
Risks, Benefits, And Effects Of Legalizing Marijuana
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Doc chat: Are Boys More Susceptible To Autism?
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Personal Genomic Testing—Unnecessary Angst For Patients?
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Intimate Partner Violence Among Military Women
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
New Review Shows Aspirin Could Lower Risk Of Preeclampsia
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Study Shows Flu Shots Improve Health Of Women With Cardiovascular Disease
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Long Acting Reproductive Contraception for Teens
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Why Is Decreased Blood Circulation In The Legs More Common Among Women?
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
From Birth Control To Hot Flashes, Experts Answer Common Q's About Perimenopause And Menopause
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
The Dangers Of Underage Drinking
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine, National Public Radio
1/1/2014
Women’s Health in Indiana: Women’s Day at the Statehouse
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Office of Women’s Health
1/1/2013
Why the flu shot?
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, WHTR-13
1/1/2013
Will osteoporosis screenings fall victim to budget cuts?
Rohr-Kirchgraber, T, Sound Medicine
1/1/2013
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Authored Content

5 reasons women physicians earn less then men8/6/2018
Everybody Knows SomebodyApril 2018
Everybody Knows SomebodyApril 2018

Press Mentions

Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP, FAMWA Named AMWA President 2022-23May 17th, 2022
A New Book from American Association for Physician LeadershipMarch 1st, 2022
Gender-Based Pay Inequity in GastroenterologyDecember 28th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians - ACP
Fellow
American Medical Association - AMA
WPS Governing Council
American Medical Women's Association
Member
Society for Adolescent Medicine
Member