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THE MAVEN PROJECT NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2018
Message from The MAVEN Project CEO
Happy spring from The MAVEN Project!
Adding clinic partnerships, physician volunteers, and directors of the board, we are rapidly
scaling our organization to meet the needs of underserved communities. We are thrilled
that our Founder, Laurie Green, MD, has received prestigious recognition as a 2018 San
Francisco Visionary of the Year nominee and has become a member of the San Francisco
Health Commission, the governing and policy-making body of the Department of Public
Health– further validating The MAVEN Project’s mission and goals.
We are so grateful that you are a part of The MAVEN Project family. I am excited to share
the details of our progress!
With gratitude,
Lisa Bard Levine, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Welcome New Board Members
CHASE BEHRINGER
Chase is a career social entrepreneur. She founded CMB Advisors, a boutique consulting
firm serving mission-driven organizations and philanthropists by providing data analytics
and creative problem-solving. Chase is passionate about the mechanics of philanthropy
and leads strategy workshops geared toward helping nonprofit organizations succeed.
TERRY BRADWELL
Terry was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer of AARP
where he helped to transform AARP through strategic planning, corporate partnerships,
product development, and information technology. In 2015 he launched an award-winning
innovation lab called “The Hatchery” that develops solutions for AARP’s 38 million customers.
Currently, Terry serves as the managing partner and co-founder of Solovo Partners,
a technology development and management consulting firm.
GRANT CHAMBERLAIN
An elected Director of the American Telemedicine Association, Grant has advised numer-
ous leading health care and health care technology companies, including Sharp Health-
care, Cedars-Sinai, and Baylor Health, in his capacity as Managing Director in Corporate
Finance Healthcare at Ziegler. He previously led the mHealth sector of Raymond James,
responsible for telehealth, remote monitoring, and wireless healthcare solutions, and
brings over 30 years of healthcare delivery expertise to The MAVEN Project.
MAVEN Project Founder Dr. Laurie Green
Nominated for San Francisco Chronicle
2018 Visionary of the Year Award
San Francisco, CA—The MAVEN Project is thrilled to MAVEN Project Founder,
Laurie Green, MD with the
announce that Founder Dr. Laurie Green was nominated other Visionary of the Year
Award nominees.
for the San Francisco Chronicle 2018 Visionary of the Year
Award. The award recognizes “paradigm changers—in-
dividuals who strive to make the world a better place by
employing new, innovative business models and practices.
As the world faces an increasing number of widespread
social and economic challenges, visionary leaders under-
stand the broad impact of the business community and
recognize its potential to drive great change.”
Anna and Mason Morfit
Host MAVEN Project
Event in San Francisco
The MAVEN Project is incredibly
grateful to Anna and Mason Morfit
for hosting a wonderful evening of
conversation around Health care
Host Anna Morfit and Founder Laurie Green, MD Board Member Chase Behringer, CEO Lisa Bard Levine, MD,
2018: How technology, legislation,
MBA, and Founder Laurie Green, MD and innovation are disrupting what
we know, and how we can make it
better for all Americans.
Strategic Advisor Samrina Marshall, MD, MPH, CEO Lisa Bard Physician Volunteer Gerson Bernhard, MD, Director of
Levine, MD, MBA, Founder Laurie Green, MD, Board Member Physician Engagement Jill Einstein, MD, Physician
Jay Gellert, Host Mason Morfit Volunteer Debbie Cohen, MD
Welcome New Clinic Partners! RECENT EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
PRESENTED BY MAVEN PROJECT
PHYSICIAN VOLUNTEERS
NEW YORK
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In January, The MAVEN Project began its partnership with Community
Adverse Childhood Events
Healthcare Network (CHN), a not-for-profit organization in New York
City providing high-quality healthcare to a diverse population of over Evaluating Genital Complaints in Young Girls (2)
80,000 patients. With 13 clinics and 2 mobile vans across Brooklyn, the Evaluation of Back Pain
Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan, CHN leverages The MAVEN Project’s Clinical Evaluation and Management of Dizziness
educational sessions, mentoring, and advisory consults to elevate Difficult Diabetes Cases
knowledge, and provider job satisfaction for staff managing under-
Evidence Based Psychiatry Treatments for Children
served, at risk patients.
Hypertension
WASHINGTON Liver Function Tests in Primary Care
The Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW) encompasses Management of Common Skin Problems at a
a network of 20 Community Health Centers and 125 clinic sites. Community Center
Thirty-eight of Washington’s 39 counties face provider shortages, Opioid Management
rendering The MAVEN Project’s resources vital for the delivery of Treating Mental Illness in the Primary Care Setting
affordable quality health care across Washington State. Ten clinics
with greatest need will participate in year one, with plans to expand
WELCOME NEW PHYSICIAN VOLUNTEERS
across the network in the near future. SINCE NOVEMBER 2017
MASSACHUSETTS We extend a warm welcome and thank you to
the following physican volunteers who are new
Manet Community Health Center, with locations in Quincy, Hull, and to The MAVEN Project.
Taunton, MA, cares for over 16,000 medically underserved patients,
Dr. Raihana Beg, Psychiatry, Pediatric, PA
providing 50,000 clinic visits in 2016 alone. Our advisory consultations,
educational sessions and mentoring support this Center, that is com- Dr. Norman Cagin, Cardiology, NY
mitted to caring for everyone, regardless of financial circumstance or Dr. Peter Candell, Family Practice, CA
health insurance coverage status. Dr. Brian Dorman, Urology, CA
Dr. Kenneth Elconin, Orthopedics, CA
Dr. Marc Frader, Psychiatry, MA
How we make a difference: Dr. John Graham, Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, CA
Case Studies from our Miami clinic partnership Dr. Miriam Heiferman, Pediatrics, OR
Dr. Stephen Johnson, Internal Medicine, AR
DIABETES: A CLOSET FULL OF NEW DRUGS
Dr. Katherine Johnston, Pediatrics, CA
A clinic partner received several shipments of free, advanced diabetes
Dr. Shamsah Kazani, Pulmonary, Critical Care, MA
medications and supplies, but the clinic providers were inexperienced
Dr. Mushtaq Khan, Dermatology, TX
in choosing the appropriate patients and doses for these life-changing
drugs. Our volunteer endocrinologist stepped in, guiding clinic staff on Dr. Stephen Lieberman, Urology, OR
the appropriate medication utilization and monitoring. The closet is Dr. John Mazzullo, HIV/AIDS, Internal Medicine, MA
emptying, the clinic providers are confidently prescribing, and patients (returning volunteer)
are enjoying improved blood sugars and quality of life! Dr. Michael Nagel, Cardiology, CA (returning volunteer)
Dr. Andrew Norden, Neurology, Oncology, MA
UROLOGY: BLOOD IN THE URINE
Dr. Eiyuche Okeke, Endocrinology, MA
A clinic provider was struggling interpreting several urinalyses Dr. Kenneth Root, Neurology, AZ
showing blood in the urine, which could be unimportant or a sign of
Dr. Atara Schultz, Endocrinology, NJ
cancer. Our volunteer urologist reviewed these cases and taught the
Dr. Jack Siegel, Cardiology, CA
primary care team how to interpret and follow up on this finding.
The clinic team now utilizes his template for management, eliminating Dr. Thomas Tilsner, Otolaryngology, AZ
further unnecessary tests and referrals, saving the patients cost,
time, and anxiety.
Physician Volunteer Spotlight: Dr. Charles Schulman
After decades treating hypertension, heart disease, and other cardiac disorders, Dr.
Charles Schulman, now partially retired, has turned to medical volunteerism as a way to
continue putting his expertise to use.
“I’m at an age when many people retire, but I don’t play golf, tennis, or bridge,” he jokes.
Instead, last fall Dr. Schulman joined The MAVEN Project. Like many doctors, Dr. Schul-
man’s initial interest in medicine came from an early aptitude for science. “There were
fewer choices back then,” he says, “If you liked science you became a doctor.”
Following medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, while in residency at University
Hospital in Cleveland, Dr. Schulman decided to specialize in cardiology. He is matter-of-
fact about his reasons for the choice: “I liked it,” he says.
After a fellowship at Mass General, Dr. Schulman remained in Boston, working in private
practice with an older cardiologist who specialized in hypertension. He continued the prac-
tice after his partner retired, and in 2011 joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
These days, Dr. Schulman splits his time between seeing patients, teaching medical stu-
dents, and volunteering for The MAVEN Project. His MAVEN Project consultations for clinics
in Miami and New York are usually for outpatient cardiology cases. He names heart failure
and atrial fibrillation among the cases on which he has consulted.
Apart from the financial limitations of the clinics he serves remotely, he says, assisting pri-
mary care physicians at free clinics with cardiology patients is no different from consulting
for a doctor in his own hospital.
“I enjoy helping other physicians, because what I’m really doing is helping the patients,” he
says. “That’s what I’ve devoted my life to.”
For many MAVEN Project volunteer physicians – and Dr. Schulman is no exception – being
able to assist and teach underserved clinic practitioners without incurring further costs on
their constrained budgets is a very rewarding experience.
“If one has the time, it’s very satisfying,” Dr. Schulman says, “I get a lot of satisfaction out
doing this.”
The above spotlight was written by MAVEN Project Intern Kavitha George, recent graduate
of UC Berkeley with degrees in cognitive science and journalism. She eventually plans to
pursue graduate degrees in public health and journalism.
CONTRIBUTE A GIFT
TO SPREAD OUR IMPACT, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT THIS UNIQUE TIME IN OUR
GROWTH BY CONTRIBUTING A GIFT:
GO TO: https://www.mavenproject.org/donate/
OR MAIL A GIFT TO: The MAVEN Project, PO Box 156781, San Francisco, California 94115
For direct deposit, bequests, donations of stock, or to name The MAVEN Project as a beneficiary on a
retirement plan, please contact Laurie Green, MD, at lgreen@mavenproject.org, Tel. 415.379.6981
Support The MAVEN Project when you shop on Amazon!
Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-5370676 and Amazon donates to The MAVEN Project.
SPECIALTIES IN
GREATEST NEED
TODAY INCLUDE:
Dermatology
Family Practice
Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Gynecology
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine’ Neurology
Oncology
Be A MAVEN Project Recruitment Ambassador
Orthopedics
We need your help as ambassadors of The MAVEN Project to recruit
stellar physician volunteers in all specialties including primary care
Pediatrics
and pediatrics. Please reach out to your friends and colleagues
about MAVEN Project’s flexible, convenient, and meaningful (general and specialty)
volunteer opportunities. For more information, direct potential
physician volunteers to fill out an online inquiry form or have them Pulmonology
contact the Director of Physician Engagement, Jill Einstein, MD at
jeinstein@mavenproject.org or 617-641-9743 x713.
PHYSIC IAN VO LU NT E E R I NQU I RY F O R M
In the News
The MAVEN Project’s Mission To Improve Access To Healthcare
MedTech Boston, January 7, 2018
Laurie Green Keeps Retired Doctors Working With Health Clinics For Needy
by Erin Allday in SFGATE (online news of the San Francisco Chronicle) on February 17, 2018
VisionSF, Inspiring Leadership with Purpose, 2018 Visionary of the Year nominees,
San Francisco Chronicle
Interview with Dr. Lisa Bard Levine from The MAVEN Project (News from the AACE
Underserved Populations Committee) by Michael Dempsey, MD, First Messenger
magazine of American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Jan/Feb 2018
Telehealth and Children with Disabilities, by H. Barry Waldman DDS, MPH, PHD,
Lisa Bard Levine, MD, MBA et al, American Academy of Developmental Medicine
& Dentistry, February 26, 2018
Community Health Plan of Washington Partners with The MAVEN Project to Increase
Access to Quality Care, Business Wire, February 27, 2018
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