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Leadership and Staff
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Scott Davies, MD
CUH Acting Executive Director
scott.davies@co.hennepin.mn.us
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| Dr. Scott Davies graduated from the University
of Minnesota Medical School in 1974. After completing his
medical internship, resident and fellowship training at the
University of Minnesota, he became Chief of the Division
of Pulmonary in the Department of Medicine at Hennepin County
Medical Center (HCMC) in 1979. Dr. Davies’ medical
career has continued at HCMC with the appointment to Chief
of the Department of Medicine in October 2002. Dr. Davies
is a Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chairman of the Department
of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
The Department of Medicine is responsible for inpatient
medical services and outpatient clinics, both in general
medicine and in 14 subspecialties. Dr. Davies is committed
to HCMC’s remaining a world-class public teaching
hospital that provides a high quality safety net for the
community based on an unyielding commitment to provide
the best possible care for each patient.
Dr. Davies current interest revolves around identifying
and addressing health disparities. He is involved in the
development of a Center for Urban Health at Hennepin County
Medical Center.
Curriculum
Vitae [PDF]
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Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP
CUH Medical Director
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, U of MN
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency,
HCMC
kevin.larsen@co.hennepin.mn.us
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Kevin L. Larsen, MD is Associate Program Director
of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Hennepin County
Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also an Assistant
Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and
a physician leader in the Electronic Health Record at Hennepin
County Medical Center. Dr. Larsen graduated from the University
of Minnesota Medical School and was a resident and chief
medical resident at Hennepin County Medical Center. He subsequently
became a hospitalist at Hennepin County Medical Center on
the cardiology teaching service. In this position he received “teacher
of the year” by the internal medicine residents in
2002 and twice was voted “teacher of the year” by
the transitional residents. His research includes inpatient
glycemic control, education around medical procedures, and
health literacy in immigrant populations. He is the physician
lead for Center for Urban Health, a hospital, community collaboration
to eliminate health disparities. He has given workshops at
a number of Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) regional
and national meetings, national APDIM, and local ACP meetings,
many involving immigrant health, health literacy, and international
medical education.
Curriculum
Vitae [PDF] |
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Yiscah Bracha, MS
CUH Research Director
ybracha@CenterForUrbanHealth.org
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Yiscah Bracha is a health services researcher
with more than 15 years of experience in public health research.
A statistician by training, she began her academic health
research career by analyzing data and preparing manuscripts
from the world-renowned Multiple Risk Factor Intervention
Trial (MRFIT). At Hennepin County Medical Center, she was
the Project Director for a study that used administrative
claims data to examine patient use of alternative medicine,
and through this project and others, became increasingly
interested in health services research as a tool to investigate
contextual determinants of population health. Electronic
medical records provide an opportunity to assess patient
behavior in the health system, delivered clinical care, and
patient outcomes, in ways that cannot be addressed using
administrative claims alone, and she looks forward to leading
the effort to exploit this tool to its fullest. Her current
research interests include the process and rationale social
agencies use to make coverage and reimbursement decisions,
how those decisions affect adoption and diffusion of medical
goods and services, and how the adoption and diffusion of
particular medical goods and services differentially affect
the health and well-being of diverse populations throughout
all stages of life, how health and well-being during the
life course affects individual decisions about use of medical
goods and services at the end of life.
Curriculum
Vitae [PDF] |
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