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Faculty Detail    
Name CARLOS ALBERTO ESTRADA
  
Campus Address FOT 732 Zip 3407
Phone 205-934-7997
E-mail cestrada@uab.edu
Other websites Division of General Internal Medicine
Google Scholar Profile
VAQS Fellowship
      ICM Preceptor

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 


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Medicine  Med - General Internal Medicine Professor
Center  General Clinical Research Center  Center for Outcomes & Effectiveness Res & Educ Professor
Center  General Clinical 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, Senior Scholar and Director of the Veterans Administration National Quality Scholar Fellowship Program (VAQS), Chair of the Quality Management Council, and Scientist at the REAP Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research & Transitions (C-SMART), Birmingham VAMC.

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.

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 (2009-2012)  http://www.acgim.org/Publications.htm 
Journal of General Internal Medicine  Member, Editorial Board  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
Dr Estrada’s research interests are in decision analysis, quality improvement, and implementation research. He has conducted studies on the evaluation of cultural competency education and online continuous medical education with a focus on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in rural practices, implementation research with a focus on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, the science of quality improvement (publication guideline), and faculty development on the scholarship of medical education. Dr. Estrada is leading efforts at the Birmingham VAMC to improve quality of care and safety in hospitalized patients.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Parris T, Kraemer R, Newsom J, Estrada C, Willett L, Morris J. Validation of a scoring tool to select clinical vignettes. Med Educ. 2013;47(5):530-1.  23574089 
Denby K, Nelson G, Estrada CA. Bedside Hand Grip Assessment with the sphygmomanometer. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Apr 9. [Epub ahead of print]  23568188 
Coker J, Castiglioni A, Kraemer RR, Massie FS, Morris JL, Rodriguez M, Russell SW, Shaneyfelt T, Willett LL, Estrada CA. Evaluation of an Advanced Physical Diagnosis Course Using Consumer Preferences Methods: The Nominal Group Technique. Am J Med Sci. 2013 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print]  23552288 
Vita S, Coplin H, Feiereisel KB, Garten S, Mechaber AJ, Estrada C. Decreasing the ceiling effect in assessing meeting quality at an academic professional meeting. Teach Learn Med. 2013;25(1):47-54.  23330894 
Snyder ED, Salanitro A, Estrada CA, Centor RM, Castiglioni A. Preparing for oral scientific and clinical vignette presentations: Does practice make perfect? J Grad Med Edu. 2011; 3: 554-557. http://www.jgme.org/doi/abs/10.4300/JGME-D-11-00070.1?journalCode=jgme  23205208 
Tonks SA, Makwana S, Salanitro AH, Safford MM, Houston TK, Allison JJ, Curry W, Estrada CA. Quality of diabetes mellitus care by rural primary care physicians. J Rural Health. 2012;28(4):364-71.  23083082 
Schleifer JW, Centor RM, Heudebert GR, Estrada CA, Morris JL. NSTEMI or Not: A 59-Year-Old Man with Chest Pain and Troponin Elevation. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28(4):583-90.  23054926 
Billue KL, Safford MM, Salanitro AH, Houston TK, Curry W, Kim Y, Allison JJ, Estrada CA. Medication intensification in diabetes in rural primary care: a cluster-randomised effectiveness trial. BMJ Open. 2012;17;2(5). doi:pii: e000959. 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000959.  22991217 
Patrician PA, Dolansky M, Estrada C, Brennan C, Miltner R, Newsom J, Olds D, Splaine M, Moore S. Interprofessional education in action: the VA Quality Scholars fellowship program. Nurs Clin North Am. 2012 Sep;47(3):347-54.  22920425 
Willett LL, Estrada CA, Wall TC, Coley HL, Ngu J, Curry W, Salanitro A, Houston TK. Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment to Guide Curricular Change in Graduate Medical Education. J Grad Med Edu. 2011;2:162-167. http://www.jgme.org/doi/full/10.4300/JGME-D-10-00165.1  22655137 
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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.

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