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Kirsten L. Ek, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine
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- Overview
- Education & Training
- Clinical Interests
- Teaching
- Committees & Organizations
- Publications
- Presentations
Academic Hospitalist; UCONN School of Medicine Course Director: Patient Advocacy in Communities, Teams & Health Systems (PACTS)
Education
Post-Graduate Training
Awards
| Degree | Institution | Major |
|---|---|---|
| BA | Bowdoin College | English Literature |
| Other | Cornell University | Post-baccalaureate pre-medical coursework |
| MD | University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Internal Medicine |
| Other | University of Connecticut | Internal Medicine |
| Certificate | Yale School of Public Health | Climate Change and Health |
Post-Graduate Training
| Training | Institution | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Residency | University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Internal Medicine |
| Professional Training | ICahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Mini-Fellowship in Geriatrics |
| Postdoctoral | Yale School of Public Health | Public Health Certificate: Climate Change and Health |
| Professional Training | AMA | Accelerating Change in Medical Education Health Systems Science: Faculty Development Workshop; American Medical Association, 9/2018; 12/2019 |
Awards
| Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
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| Fellow | American College of Physicians |
| Fellow | American College of Physicians |
| Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. 2020 | School of Medicine |
| PAWS Award: Stroke Alert Responding Team | UCONN Health |
| Kaiser Permanente Grant Award, with Kate Topalis | Kaiser Permanente |
| Teaching Award: Outstanding Clinical Preceptor. 2018 | School of Medicine |
Hospital Medicine practice
Develop and teach curriculum modules for first year students with focuses on health systems science, interprofessional collaboration, health equity, public health, the patient experience of living with chronic illness, and community/population health and advocacy.
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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| UCONN Health Sustainability Committee | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | Local | 2020 | |
| BARC (Block B, C, D Assessment Review Committee) | Education Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2017 | |
| Clinical Foundations Committee | Education Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2017 | |
| Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn Health | University | 2016 | |
| Infection Control Committee | Advisory Committee | Hospitalist Attending | UConn Health | Local | 2013 | |
| American College of Physicians | Professional/Scientific Organization | Fellow | External | National | 2011 | |
| Calhoun Cardiology Review Committee | Other | UConn Health | University | |||
| Health Systems Science Steering Committee | Education Committee | UConn Health | University |
Journal Articles
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Hepatocellular carcinoma with right atrial tumor thrombus.
The American journal of the medical sciences 2022 Apr;
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A Rare Case of Churg Strauss Syndrome Associated with Cervical Spine and Brain Involvement April 8, 2014 vol. 82 no .10 Supplement P.037.
Neurology 2012 Apr;82(10):37
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Rapidly fatal acute ATLL emerging after methotrexate therapy for disseminated psoriasis.
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia 2012 Feb;12(1):76-8
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Attitudes toward working on interdisciplinary healthcare teams: a comparison by discipline.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002 Jun;50(6):1141-8
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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by older adults: a comparison of self-report and physician chart documentation.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2002 Apr;57(4):M223-7
Book Chapters
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Transitions from Setting to Setting Along the Care Continuum: The Case for Megateams
Ethical Patient Care 2002 Jan;
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Demography and Epidemiology of Age-Associated Neuronal Impairment
Functional Neurobiology of Aging 2001 Jan;31-50
Letters
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Opinion: We flattened the coronavirus curve in Connecticut once. We now need to keep each other safe, again.
Hartford Courant 2020 Nov;
Other
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The COVID Yogi
ACP Hospitalist: Pandemic Perspectives, Part 1 2020 Nov;(November 2020):
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| Climate Action – Health, Resilience & Innovation. Waide Center for Applied Ethics; Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. April 4, 2024. | Lecture | Fairfield University | 2024 | Fairfield, CT |
| Health Equity in Action - Transforming Neighborhoods through Policy, Advocacy & Partnership DESCRIPTION - Many medical students and professionals want to impact the health of communities. Health equity, at its core, invites those in healthcare not only to impact individual patients but also to improve the circumstances in which patients live. Health systems and medical schools are often uniquely positioned to have such an impact. | Panel Discussion | SNMA 59th Annual Medical Education Conference "Brilliance Embodied" | 2023 | SNMA 59th Annual Medical Education Conference; CT Convention Center |
| Adult Scurvy Presenting as Severe Periodontal Disease and Mimicking Cutaneous Vasculitis Luiza Doro Pereira1, Maria de Los Angeles Fernandez Manrique2, Aziz Khan3, Kirsten Ek1 1 Internal Medicine Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington CT. 2 School of Medicine, Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo, Samborondon, Ecuador. 3 Dermatology Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington CT. | Poster | CT Chapter of American College of Physicians, Annual Scientific Meeting | 2023 | CT Chapter of American College of Physicians Annual Meeting; Plantsville CT |
| Climate Change and Health: Relevance to Your Practice. CME presentation. | Lecture | Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians, Annual Meeting | 2022 | Hartford Convention Center |
| Teaching Health Equity by Neighborhood: Exploring the 15 year Life Expectancy Gap at the School of Medicine's Doorstep; American Medical Association and AAMC National Conferences | Poster | American Medical Association and AAMC National Conference | 2020 | Virtual Poster Display |
| Accelerating Change in Medical Education Health Systems Science: Faculty Development Workshop; American Medical Association | Other | AMA | 2019 | Chicago |
| Sustainability | Talk | UCONN Health | 2019 | Infection Control Committee and Infectious Liaison Committee |
| Guillain Barre Syndrome Following Transforaminal Epidural Injection. Manasvi Gupta MD, Hassan Bin Attique MD, Kirsten Ek MD | Poster | ACP CT 2019 Scientific Meeting | 2019 | Hartford, CT |