VirginiaUpchurchCollierMD
Nephrology • Chestertown, MDChair Emeritus, Department of Medicine Christiana Care Health System Professor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
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Office
5306 Johnsontown. Road
Chestertown, MD 21620Phone+1 302-540-2453
Summary
- I am a Physician Executive, Chair Emeritus of the Department of Medicine and emeritus Physician Leader of the Acute Medicine Service Line at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, DE. With more than 25 years of institutional, departmental, and residency program leadership experience, I specialize in principles and practice of physician leadership, mentorship of faculty, residents, and students, and physician recruiting.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1980- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Nephrology, 1977 - 1979
- Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
AZ State Medical License 2017 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1980 - 2022
DE State Medical License 1989 - 2019- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Master American College of Physicians, 2012
- Member, Board of Regents American College of Physicians, 2004-2010
- Parker Palmer Courage to Teach Award Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 2002
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 47 citationsPhysicians' Decisions to Withhold and Withdraw Life-Sustaining TreatmentNeil J. Farber, Pamela Simpson, Tabassum Salam, Virginia U. Collier, Joan Weiner
Archives of Internal Medicine. 2006-03-13 - 210 citationsStress in Medical Residency: Status Quo after a Decade of Reform?Virginia U. Collier, Jack D. Mccue, Allan Markus, Lawrence G. Smith
Annals of Internal Medicine. 2002-03-05 - 31 citationsFrequency and perceived competence in providing palliative care to terminally ill patients: a survey of primary care physiciansNeil J. Farber, Susan Y. Urban, Virginia U. Collier, Michael Metzger, Joan Weiner
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2004-10-01
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Master
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- American Clinical and Climatological AssociationMember
- Academic Alliance for Internal Medicine - AAIMMember
- Member
- American Academy of Physician LeadershipMember
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