Robert Baldor, M.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Family Medicine and Community Health

Current Positions Vice Chairman and Predoctoral Director, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Medical School Director, Community-Based Education, UMMS Office of Medical Education UMMS Educational Policy Committee (Chair) Education University of Vermont School of Medicine, M.D., 1983 Family Practice Residency: Hahneman Family Health Center/UMass, 1986 Affiliations   Director of Managed Care Education for the Meyers Primary Care Institute   See also http://www.umassmed.edu/meyers/faculty/baldor.aspx

Scholarly Activity

• UMass Teaching Health Centers Connections Project  (NLM) with Elaine Martin
• Predoctoral Training in Family Medicine  (HRSA)

Mentoring

Dr. Baldor's special medical interests include skin diseases, managed care, evidenced based medicine and care of the mentally retarded individual. Additionally, advancing quality primary care education from the medical student to the practicing physician is of particular interest. His personal interests include grape physiology and fermentation.

Publications

Managed Care Made Simple, 1996, Blackwell Science Limited

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Biography

Dr. Baldor is the Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Major responsiblities include oversight of the Department's Undergraduate and Graduate Educational Programs. He also serves as the Director of Community Based Education for the medical school and the Director of Managed Care Education for the Meyers Primary Care Institute. Dr. Baldor is a graduate of the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and he completed his family practice internship and residency at Hahnemann Family Health Center in Worcester. Following three years with the Indian Health Service of New Mexico, he joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Baldor has served as President of the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians. He has published and lectured on a wide variety of family medicine and an eduational topics.  He authored the textbook Managed Care Made Simple, a widely utilized primer on the basics of managed care, healthcare costs, and the evolving U.S, healthcare system, currently in its 2nd edition (Blackwell Scientific, Inc.)

Office: A3-151
Phone: 774-442-1509
Fax: 508-856-6400
E-mail: Robert.Baldor@umassmed.edu

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