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Name	CARLOS ALBERTO ESTRADA
Campus Address	FOT 720D Zip 3407
Phone	(205) 934-7997
E-mail	cestrada@uabmc.edu
Other websites	Division of General Internal Medicine Google Scholar Profile VAQS Fellowship UAB Medicine Provider Page

Education

Graduate	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.	1987	MD
Residency	Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.	1991	Internal Medicine
Fellowship	Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.	1993	Gen Int Med fellow
Graduate	University of Michigan	1993	MS Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Residency	Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.	1994	Chief Medical Resident

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

2011

Faculty Appointment(s)

Appointment Type Department Division Rank

Primary Med - Preventive Medicine Med - Preventive Medicine Professor

Center Center for Outcomes & Effectiveness Res & Educ Center for Outcomes & Effectiveness Res & Educ Professor

Center Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Professor

Center Ctr for Interprof Educ and Simulation Ctr for Interprof Educ and Simulation Professor

Center Minority Health & Research Center Minority Health & Research Center Professor

Biographical Sketch

Carlos A. Estrada, MD, MS, is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Birmingham VAMC, Senior Scholar and Co-Director of the Birmingham Veterans Administration Quality Scholar Fellowship Program (VAQS), and Scientist at the Health Services Research and Development Programs, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.

As a general internal medicine physician working at three large academic medical centers for the past 25 years, he had the privilege of serving as Division Director in two of them. As such, over the years he has acquired and applied a variety of skills in administration, leadership, medical education, mentoring, research, and patient care. His research interests have evolved over time and now include quality improvement, implementation research, clinical reasoning, medical education, faculty development, inter-professional education, clinical prediction rules, and decision analysis. He has designed, conducted, analyzed, and published studies using the spectrum of research design (case reports, case-series, cross-sectional, cohort, clustered randomized trials, decision analysis, clinical reasoning).

He co-edited a Joint Commission book with two nurse leaders and a physician from the VAQS program. Splaine, M. E., Dolansky, M. A., Patrician, P. A., Estrada, C. A. Editors. Oakbrook: Joint Commission Resources; Practice-based Learning and Improvement: A Clinical Improvement Action Guide, 3rd Edition. 2012.

Dr. Estrada is a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), USMLE Gross Anatomy & Embryology Test Material Development Committee (TMDC), United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). He served as member of the Editorial Board and Deputy Editor for The Journal of General Internal Medicine, CME Editor for ACP Medicine Chapter self-assessment program (American College of Physicians), and Editor of the Leadership Forum (Newsletter; Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine, ACLGIM). He Chaired the 2009 National Program and served as Council member at the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Dr Estrada received his medical degree from Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. He then completed his internship, residency in internal medicine and Chief Medical Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. While completing his fellowship in general internal medicine, also at Henry Ford Hospital, Dr Estrada received a Master of Science degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is married to Jennie Andresen, pediatrician at UAB, and has two daughters.

Society Memberships

Organization Name Position Held Org Link

American College of Physicians Member. FACP. http://www.acponline.org/

Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine Editor, The Leadership Forum (2009-2013) http://www.acgim.org/Publications.htm

Journal of General Internal Medicine Member, Editorial Board (2013-2016) http://www.sgim.org/jgim

Society of General Internal Medicine Council (2009-2012). Chair, National Meeting (Miami, 2009). Southern SGIM: President (2002-2003). http://www.sgim.org/

Research/Clinical Interest

Title

Description
The experiences and collaboration with educators and clinicians from nursing, pediatrics, psychiatry, physical medicine, and hospital medicine have broadened his academic horizon. Dr Estrada has authored over 90 articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Funded by the NHLBI, he conducted studies on the evaluation of cultural competency education (Improving Cultural Competency: An Online Case-Based Curriculum - K07 HL081373-01. At East Carolina University, he conducted research on low-literacy among elderly patients receiving anticoagulants, developed low-literacy brochures, and implemented a nurse-led anticoagulation management service.

Selected Publications

Estrada CA, Patel S, Talente G, Kraemer M. The 10-Minute Oral Presentation: What Should I Focus on?. Am J Med Sci 2005; 329:306-309. 15958872

Estrada CA, Martin-Hryniewicz M, Peek BT, Collins C, Byrd JC. Literacy and numeracy skills and anticoagulation control. Am J Med Sci 2004; 328:88-93. 15311167

Estrada CA, Young JA, Nifong LW, Chitwood Jr. WR. Outcomes and perioperative hyperglycemia in patients with or without diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1392-1399. 12735552

Price J, Estrada CA, Thompson D. Administrative data versus corrected administrative data. Am J Med Quality 2003; 18:38-45. 12583643

McNeill L, Allen M, Estrada CA, Cook P. Tolerability and safety of a two-month regimen of pyrazinamide and rifampin compared to a six-month regimen of isoniazid for treatment of patients with latent tuberculosis infection Chest 2003; 123:102-106. 12527609

Patel SR, Wiese W, Patel SC, Ohl C, Byrd JC, Estrada CA. Systematic review of diagnostic tests for vaginal trichomoniasis. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2000;8(5-6):248-57. 11220487

Estrada CA, Unterborn JN, Price J, Thompson D, Gibson L. Judging the effectiveness of clinical pathways for pneumonia: the role of risk adjustment. Eff Clin Pract. 2000;3(5):221-8. http://www.acponline.org/clinical_information/journals_publications/ecp/sepoct00/pneumonia.htm 11185327

Wiese W, Patel SR, Patel SC, Ohl CA, Estrada CA. A meta-analysis of the wet mount and Papanicolaou smear for the diagnosis of vaginal trichomoniasis. Am J Med 2000; 108: 301-308. ACP Journal Club 2000; 133: 113. http://ebm.bmj.com/content/5/6/186.full. University of York.NHS Centre for Reviewers and Dissemination, URL: http://nhscrd.york.ac.uk/online/dare/20000810.htm 11014723

Estrada CA, Bloch RM, Antonacci D, Basnight LL, Patel S, Patel S, Wiese W. Reporting and concordance of methodologic criteria between abstracts and articles in diagnostic test studies. J Gen Intern Med 2000; 15: 183-187. 10718899

Estrada CA, Mansfield C, Heudebert G. Low-molecular-weight heparin in the treatment of venous thromboembolism: A cost-effectiveness analysis J Gen Intern Med 2000; 15; 109-15. University of York. NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, URL http://nhscrd.york.ac.uk/online/nhseed/20000394.htm 10672114

Estrada CA, Rosman HS, Prasad NK, Battilana G, Alexander M. Held AC, Young MJ. Evaluation of guidelines for the use of telemetry in the non-intensive care setting. J Gen Intern Med 2000; 15:51-55. 10632834

Estrada CA, McElligott J, Dolezal J, Cunningham P. Asymptomatic patients at high risk for deep venous thrombosis who receive inadequate prophylaxis should be screened. South Med J 1999; 92: 1145-1150. 10624903

Petitta A, Kaatz S, Estrada CA, Effendi A, Anandan JV. The transition to medication system performance indicators. Top Hosp Pharm Manage 1995; 14: 20-26. 10140425

Ben Menachem T, Estrada CA, Young MJ, Peethambaram P, Krol G, Scher EJ, Lesch M. Balancing service and education: Improving internal medicine residencies in the managed care era. Am J Med 1996; 100: 224-229. 8629659

Estrada CA, Young MJ. An N of 1 clinical trial of garlic in the treatment of hypertension. J Gen Intern Med 1993; 8:619-621. 8289103

Estrada CA, Prasad N, Rosman HS, Young MJ. Outcomes of patients admitted to a telemetry unit. Am J Cardiol 1994; 74: 357-362. 8059698

Estrada CA, Rosman HS, Prasad N, Alexander M, Battilana G, Held AC, Young MJ. Telemetry monitoring in the Non Intensive Care: Outcomes and Impact on Decision Making. Am J Cardiol 1995; 76: 960-965. 7484840

Andresen J, Zegarra JA, Estrada CA, Dumler F. Serum creatinine concentrations in healthy newborns: Reference ranges during the first five days of life. Henry Ford Hosp Med J 1988; 36:193-194. 3250951

Meza I, Estrada CA, Montalvo J, Hidalgo W, Andresen J. Cocaine induced stroke. Henry Ford Hosp Med J 1989; 37:50- 51. 2767995

Estrada CA, Lewandowski C, Dorman P, Schubert T. Esophageal compromise in secondary amyloidosis. J Clin Gastroenterol 1990; 12:447-50. 2398252

Estrada CA, Lyons S, Terebelo H. Rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. South Med J 1990; 83:599 600. 2343338

Estrada CA, Harrington D, Glasberg M. Eosinophilic myositis. An expression of L tryptophan toxicity?. J Rheumatol 1990; 17:1554-6. 2273502

Estrada CA, Scher E, Zachariah J, Kaul R. Antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody associated pulmonary hemorrhage:Wegener granulomatosis?. South Med J 1992; 85:181-183. 1738885

Corley JE, Massie Jr FS, Medrano M, Estrada CA. Medical Students Cultural Attitudes: The Health Belief Attitudes Survey. J Edu Training Studies. 2016; 4(2):131-137 (online first, http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/jets/article/view/1201/1173).

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Keywords

Medical education, cultural competence, quality of care, safety, quality improvement, physical exam, physical diagnosis, clinical reasoning, decision analsyis/ cost-effectiveness analysis, primary care, internal medicine.