Family & Community Medicine

Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD

Carlos Roberto Jaen

Email: jaen@uthscsa.edu
Phone: 210-567-4550

Faculty/Administrative Position: Dr. John M. Smith Jr. endowed Professor & Chair of the Department of Family & Community Medicine

PhD: Epidemiology and Community Health with a concentration in Tobacco Control . SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Fellowship: Primary Care Research Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
Residency: University Hospital of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
MD: SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
MS: Oncology, Niagara University, Lewiston, NY.


Interests/Expertise:

  • Health Behavioral Counseling - Four behaviors (tobacco use, unhealthy diet, sedentary lifestyle, and problem drinking) account for the majority of excess mortality in the US. Integrating the implementation of these interventions of primary care is essential.
  • Latino Health Issues - Experience working with Latino communities (mostly Puerto Rican) addressing issues of access to care and lay models of illness.
  • Participatory Research with Communities - Experience working with poor urban communities to identify and address health care needs through interventions designed in collaboration with community members.
  • Primary Care Research - Over 10 years experience in studying primary care practices using mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative methodologies) to understand organizational characteristics and interventions to increase preventive service delivery and chronic disease management.
  • Tobacco Control - Member of the Expert Panel that published clinical smoking cessation guidelines for the Public Health Service in 1996 and 2000.

Selected Awards:

8/2005
Adolph Meyer, MD Research Award: Recognition for outstanding contribution to research involving studies on chronic mental illness with co-morbidity medical illnesses and research in the training that will be required of primary health physicians with psychiatric consultation.
7/2004
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
7/2004
Degree of Fellow: American Academy of Family Physicians
7/2004
Texas Academy of Family Physicians Unsung Heroes Presidential Award
5/2004
Best Doctors in America 2003-2004
7/2002
Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
6/2002
Best Doctors in America 2001-2002
5/1999
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Best Research Paper Award
3/1999
U. S. Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellowship
5/1998
Coalition For A Tobacco Free Erie County Awardee
3/1997
American Lung Association of Western New York Awardee: "For Outstanding Service in the Conquest of Lung Disease and the Promotion of Lung Health"
9/1996
Listed as one of 5 future leaders in Medicine: Sept. 22nd, Buffalo Magazine, The Buffalo News.
6/1996
New York State Academy of Family Physicians, Research Forum: "Best Research Presentation Award"
7/1994
Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar
7/1994
ACS Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians.

Selected publications:

  1. Cohen, D, McDaniels R, Crabtree BF, Ruhe MC, Meyer SM, Tallia A, Miller WL, Goodwin MA, Nutting P, Solberg LI, Zyzanski SJ, Jaén CR, Gilchrist V, Stange KC. A Practice Change Model for Quality Improvement in Primary Care Practice Journal of Healthcare Management 2004 May;49(3):155-168.
  2. Stange KC, Zyzanski SJ, Jaén CR, Callahan EJ, Kelly RB, Gillanders WR, Shank JC, Chao J, Medalie JH, Miller WL, Crabtree BF, Flocke SA, Gilchrist VJ, Langa DM, Goodwin MA. Illuminating the ‘black box‘. A description of 4454 patient visits to 138 family physicians. J Fam Pract 1998 May;46(5):377-389.
  3. Jaen CR, Stange KC, Nutting PA. Competing demands of primary care: a model for the delivery of clinical preventive services. J Fam Pract 1994 Feb;38(2):166-171.

Editorial work:

Present
Member of the Editorial Board of the Annals of Family Medicine
Present
Member of the Editorial Board for Family Medicine for UpToDate
03/2005 - Present
Reviewer: Nicotine and Tobacco Research, The Official Journal of the Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
08/2004 - Present
Reviewer: Medical Care
01/2004 - Present
Reviewer: American Journal of Public Health
10/2003 - Present
Reviewer: Annals of Family Medicine
07/2003 - Present
Reviewer: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
01/2003 - Present
Reviewer: JAMA
06/2002 - Present
Reviewer: Journal of the National Medical Association
01/1998 - Present
Reviewer: Pediatrics
01/1996 - Present
Reviewer: Tobacco Control: An International Journal

National Appointments or Offices held:

  • Chairman of the Research Committee of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM). www.adfammed.org
  • Member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). www.ahrq.gov/
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Prescribe for Health Program”. www.rwjf.org
  • Member of the Selection Committee of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians. www.cancer.org
  • Co-Director of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Center for Research in Family Medicine and Primary Care. www.aafp.org

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