Mark Loafman, MD, MPH
Director of Inpatient Services
Director of Maternal Child Health Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Medical Interests
Maternal Child Health
Obstetrics
Public Health
Community Medicine
Social Justice
Poverty and Health
Training / Education
Undergraduate:
Illinois State University
Medical School:
Rush University
Residency:
Brown University Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Fellowship:
Brown University Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Graduate School:
University of Illinois School of Public Health
Awards, Honors, Recognitions:
2001: Primary Health Care Clinician Devotion Award
Illinois Primary Health Care Association
1998: Delta Omega Honor Society
University of Illinois, School of Public Health
1996: Teacher of the Year Award
West Suburban Hospital Medical Center
Family Practice Residency Program
1994: Teacher of the Year Award
West Suburban Hospital Medical Center
Family Practice Residency Program
Professional Society Memberships:
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Family Medicine with Obstetrics, American Board of Physician Specialties
Presentations:
2008: National Area Health Education Center Organization, “HRSA Workforce Development Collaborative: Lessons Learned;" Denver, CO.
2008: Association of Community Health Centers Annual Conferences, “Workforce Development in Underserved Communities," New Orleans, LA.
2008: Society of Teachers in Family Medicine Annual Conferences, “Workforce Development – HRSA," Baltimore, MA.
2007: Loafman, M. "Health Centers and Residency Training Programs." National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Community Health Institute. Dallas, TX.
2007: Loafman, M. "Training Medical Students in Health Centers: Recruiting for Tomorrow, Retention for Today." National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Community Health Institute. Dallas, TX.
2007: Loafman, M. "Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health Outcomes: The Time Has Come for Individualized and Patient-centered Care." Society of Teachers of Family Medicine(STFM) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
2006: Loafman, M. “Keeping the Family in Family Medicine." Health Source, Illinois Primary Health Care Association.
2006: Loafman, M., McGlynn, A., “Reducing Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes: PCC Community Wellness and the Perinatal Safety Pilot Project." A National Webcast with the Bureau of Primary Health Care. May 2006.
2005: Loafman, M., Malecki, M., “Challenges In Physician Contracting” workshop for the Illinois Primary Health Care Association. Springfield, IL.
2005: Loafman, M. “Perinatal Pilot and Patient Safety Collaborative." Health Source. Illinois Primary Health Care Association.
1995 - 2006: Lecturer – Maternal-Child Health Grand Rounds, West Suburban Department of Family Medicine, Presentations: Antepartum Assessment, Postdates Pregnancy, Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring, Management of Labor, Gestational Diabetes, Infectious Disease in Pregnancy, Perinatal Death, Hypertensive Disorders, Substance Abuse in MCH Populations, Pediatric Respiratory Distress, Pediatric Orthopedics for Primary Care Physicians.
1998: Loafman, M. “Family Medicine and Maternal and Child Health.” Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical College.
1998: Loafman, M., Gideonsen, M., Perinatal Case Management Seminar at Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
1996: Loafman, M., Solinas, L., “A New Paradigm of Obstetrical Education For Family Practice Residents”, A seminar for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
1996: Loafman, M. “Vertical Integration Between a Community Health Center; Hospital and a Family Medicine Residency Training Program for Optimal Comprehensive Primary Care.” Abstract in Models That Work in Serving Vulnerable Populations: U.S. DHHS, PHS, HRSA, Bureau of Primary Care.
1995: Piotrowski, ZH, Loafman, M., Health Service Research: A Community Oriented Primary Care Application (COPC) – Seminar at Annual Meeting of National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), Community Health Symposium, Chicago, IL.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Academic Office Location
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Family and Community Medicine
710 N. Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611-3078
Tel: (312) 503-1273
Fax: (312) 503-1377