Section: Research

Daniel Lasser, M.D.,MPH

Academic Role: Professor

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

Current Positions Chairman, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Memorial Health Care/University of Massachusetts Medical School Associate Dean for Commonwealth Medicine, UMMS

Education

• State  University of New York at Buffalo : MD, 1974
• State  University of New York at Buffalo : Rotating Medical Internship, 1975
• Hennepin  County Medical Center (Minneapolis, MN ): Family Practice Residency, 1977
• Harvard  School of Public Health: MPH (Health Policy and Administration), 1987

Affiliations

Staff Physician, Great Brook Valley Health Center, Worcester, MA

Scholarly Activity

Dr. Lasser’s professional interests include:

• Health care service delivery to vulnerable populations;
• Health workforce development;
• Linking medical education and shortage area practice; and
• Health management and administration, especially within the public sector

Recent presentations include:

Leifer, J, Lasser, D, Anthes, F, "FQHC/Family Practice Residency Collaborations:  Developing Successful Collaborative Opportunities and Avoiding Potential Pitfalls" (29^th Annual Policy and Issues Forum, National Association of Community Health Centers, Washington, DC, 4/04 and 2004Annual Convention & Community Health Institute,  National Association of Community Health Centers, San Francisco, 9/04)

Lasser, D, "Reflections on the Future of Family Medicine (Jack Cunningham Memorial Lecturer at Brown University Department of Family Medicine and annual meeting of the Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, Newport, RI, 5/04)

Quirk, M, Lasser, D, "Use of the Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) and Objective Structured Teaching Exam (OSTE) for Evaluating Communication Skills Evaluation of Communication Skills and Clinical Teaching" (Nordic Network for Education in Medical Communication, Reykjavik, IS, 10/03)

Lasser, D, Huppert, M, Childs-Roshak, J, Kurtz, B, "Community Health Center/Family Practice Residency Collaborations: Creating Partnerships"  (STFM Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 9/03)

McConarty, P, Lasser, D, "Should this Residency Close? (STFM Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 9/03)

Lasser, D,  "Family Practice Update" (Family Practice Grand Rounds, 7/95, 7/96, 7/01)

Lasser, D, "Integrating Learners into Busy Clinical Office Settings"  (Faculty Development for National Health Service Corps Providers, Chicago, 11/00; Albany Medical College Family Practice Department , 6/01; annual meeting of the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians 6/00, 6/01)

Lasser, D, "Time Management in Academic Settings" (Albany Medical College Family Practice Department, 6/01)

Lasser, D, "Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine" (Faculty Development for National Health Service Corps Providers, Chicago, 11/00)

Cashman, S,  Stenger, J,  Kemble, S, Lasser, D, "Community Oriented Primary Care:  Integrating the Community into Primary Care," (Family Practice Grand Rounds, 6/00)

Quirk, M, Lasser, D, and Chuman, A, "Faculty Development: Teaching Needs of Primary Care Preceptors in the Northeast" (STFM Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL,  May, 2000)

Lasser, D, "A Chair's Perspective on the Role of Faculty Development" (invited panel discussion of future directions for faculty development at the national level, STFM Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL,  May, 2000)

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