Kara S. McGee

abpmfg@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Maternal and

Child Health, Chapel Hill, NC

Degree: MSPH

Date of Graduation: August 2001

SUNY at Stony Brook, School of Allied Health Professions, Stony Brook, NY

Degree: B.S. in Health Sciences/Cum laude

Certificate: Physician Assistant

Date of Graduation: June 1994

The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Degree: B.S. in Biology and Medical Technology

Date of Graduation: May 1991

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Current Positions:

Physician Assistant June 2005 - present

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Staff physician assistant in the Division of Infectious Diseases

Outpatient management of patients in Adult HIV Clinic

Diagnosis and management of acute HIV infection

Research coordinator for federally funded clinical research trials

Sub-investigator for clinical trials of treatment of HIV infection

Clinical preceptor for Duke University Physician Assistant Program

Physician Assistant February 2006 - present

Northern Outreach Clinic, Henderson, North Carolina

Staff physician assistant

Outpatient management of HIV infected patients

Administration of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grant

Adjunct Assistant Professor January 2005 - present

Department of Maternal & Child Health

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health

Clinical Instructor January 2011 - present

Advanced Clinical Practice

Duke University School of Nursing

Public Health Professional Experience:

May 2004 June 2005

Senior Research Program Coordinator

University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Acting as the key liaison between UNC-IPRC and the Home Safety Council

Providing relevant summarized scientific information on home safety to partner organizations

Developing research ideas to extend current research on home safety practices

Identifying new sources of data to determine national trends in home injury morbidity and

mortality

October 2003 May 2004

Research Associate

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine,

Miami, Florida

Conducted research on youth violence in local community using medical examiner, hospital

discharge, and emergency department data

Assisted in the conceptualization and development of county-wide injury surveillance system

Participated in activities of a community coalition, The Partnership for the Study and Prevention

of Violence, including assisting communities in evaluating community-based youth violence

prevention programs

Grant writing

Provided lectures to nursing students on injury prevention epidemiology and research methods

October 2001 October 2003

Technical Officer

Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, World

Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Coordinated technical support for countries in South East Asia to plan, implement, and evaluate

injury surveillance systems

Developed and administered a training program on injury epidemiology and injury surveillance for

public health practitioners from low-income countries

Organized promotion of scientifically-based injury data collection methods

Designed and wrote advocacy documents

Analysis and management of global and country-level injury data

Development of training manual on conducting community surveys to assess injuries and violence

Representative to International Collaborative Effort in Injury Statistics

Member of technical committee assisting in the writing of The World Report on Road Traffic

Injury Prevention

Assisted with grant writing

Peer reviewer for Bulletin of the World Health Organization

August 2001 October 2001

Research Associate

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC

Developed and executed analysis plans using SPSS for a study examining source of stolen

firearms used in crime

Summarized and reported findings on external research related to firearm policy, injury and

legislation

Assisted with grant writing

May 2001 August 2001

Research Assistant

Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

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Assisted in the coordination of an evaluation of selected Indian Health Service injury prevention

programs related to fire safety

Tracked and maintained contact with grantees

Prepared reports on grantee activities

September 2000 May 2001

Graduate Research Assistant

Injury Prevention Research Center and Division of Community Pediatrics, University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Assisted in data collection, management and analysis for the Emergency Room Injury Prevention

Study

Conducted literature reviews

Proofread unpublished manuscripts

Clinical Medicine Experience:

August 1995 August 2000; October 2003 May 2004

Physician Assistant

Miami Children s Hospital, Miami, FL

Staff physician assistant in the Department of Pediatric General Surgery

Managed patients in PICU, Emergency Department, Outpatient Center, Operating Room and

inpatient floors

Supervised medical students

Parent teaching on ostomy care, wound care, and post-operative care of children

January 1996 August 2000

Physician Assistant

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL

Staff physician assistant in the pre-admission testing and employee health departments

Cleared patients for surgical procedures

Conducted employee physical examinations and annual inoculations

Supervised physician assistant students

September 1994 July 1995

Physician Assistant

Mt. Sinai Services, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY

Staff physician assistant in the Department of General Surgery

Managed patients in Emergency Department, Operating Room, inpatient floors, and the Surgical

Intensive Care Unit

Supervised and taught rotating physician assistant students

PUBLICATIONS:

Guido Ferrari, Bette Korber, Nilu Goonetilleke, Michael K. P. Liu, Emma L. Turnbull, Jesus

F.Salazar-Gonzalez, Natalie Hawkins, Steve Self, Sydeaka Watson, Michael R. Betts,

Cynthia Gay, Kara McGee, et al. Relationship between Functional Profile of HIV-1

Specific CD8 T Cells and Epitope Variability with the Selection of Escape Mutants in

Acute HIVInfection.2011.PLoSPathog7(2):e1001273.doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001273

Hurt, CB, McCoy SI, Kuruc J, Nelson JAE, Kerkau M, Fiscus S, McGee K, Sebastian J, et al.

Transmitted antiretroviral drug resistance among acute and recent HIV infections in

North Carolina from 1998 to 2007. Antiretroviral Therapy. 2009; 14:673-687.

Runyan CW, Johnson RM,Yang J, Waller AE, Perkis D, Marshall SW, Coyne-Beasley T,

McGee KS. Risk and Protective Factors for Fires, Burns, and Carbon Monoxide

Poisoning in U.S. Households. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

2005;28(1):102 108.

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McGee K, Sethi D, Peden M, Habibula S. Guidelines for conducting community surveys on

injuries and violence. Injury Control and Safety Promotion. 2004;11(4):303-306.

Heinen M, McGee KS, Warner M. Injury questions on household surveys from around the

world. Injury Prevention. 2004;10:327-329.

Sethi D, Habibula S, McGee K, Peden M (eds). Guidelines for Conducting Community Surveys

on Injuries and Violence. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2004.

World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2004.

Kara McGee, Contributing writer Chapter 2, The global impact ; Kara McGee writer

Statistical Annex.

McGee KS, Coyne-Beasley T, Johnson RM. Review of Evaluations of Educational Approaches

to Promote Safe Storage of Firearms. Injury Prevention. 2003;9:108-111.

Peden MM, McGee K. The epidemiology of drowning worldwide. Injury Control and Safety

Promotion. 2003;10(4):195-199.

Heinen M, McGee K. Household Injury Survey Comparison. Proceedings of the International

Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics, Volume IV. Paris Meeting, April 2003. U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2003.

McGee K, Peden M, Waxweiler R, Sleet D. Injury surveillance. Injury Control and Safety

Promotion. 2003;10:105-108.

Coyne-Beasley T, McGee KS, Johnson RM, Bordley WC. The association of handgun

ownership and storage practices with safety consciousness. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.

2002;156:763-768.

Peden M, McGee KS, Krug E (Eds). Injury: A leading cause of the global burden of disease,

2000. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2002.

Peden M, McGee KS, Sharma G. The Injury Chart Book: A graphical overview of the global

burden of injuries. World Health Organization, 2002.

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS:

Efficacy of NNRTI-based antiretroviral therapy initiated during acute HIV infection

C. Gay, A. Johnson, S. McCoy, J. Kuruc, K. McGee, L. McNeil, et al., XVII

International AIDS Conference 3-8 August, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico

Kara McGee, S Kim, A Johnson, J Eron, C Hicks. Diagnosing Acute HIV Infection in North

Carolina: Challenges and Opportunities. Poster Presentation at 15th Conference of

Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA. February 2008.

JoAnn D. Kuruc, MSN, RN; Lisa B. Hightow, MD, MPH; Sandi I. McCoy, MPH; Cynthia

Gay, MD, MPH; Donna Pittard, RN; Kara McGee, PA-C; Rhonda Ashby; Charles

Hicks, MD; Joseph J Eron, MD; Christopher Pilcher, MD; Peter A. Leone, MD.

Acute HIV Rapid Intervention and Entry into Care. Poster Presentation at American

Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. November 2006.

Casteel C, McGee KS, Runyan CW. Leading causes of unintentional home injury in high-risk

age groups. Oral presentation at 2005 National Injury Prevention and Control

Conference, Denver, Colorado. May 2005.

McGee KS, Runyan CW, Casteel C. Prevalence of home safety practices among households

where a person with a disability resides. Oral presentation at 2005 National Injury

Prevention and Control Conference, Denver, Colorado. May 2005.

Casteel C, McGee KS, Runyan CW. Adequacy of data for assessing injuries at home. Oral

presentation at 2005 National Injury Prevention and Control Conference, Denver,

Colorado. May 2005.

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Appy MK, McGee KS, Adkins P. Home Safety Council s National Fire Safety Literacy

Project. Oral presentation at 2005 National Injury Prevention and Control Conference,

Denver, Colorado. May 2005.

McGee K, Tomijima N. Global Injury Data: What Does it Really Mean? Oral presentation at

World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control. Vienna, Austria. June 2004.

Waxweiler R, Sleet D, Peden M, McGee K. Injury Surveillance: Minimum Data. Paper

presented at Road Traffic Injuries and Health Equity Conference, Cambridge,

Massachusetts. April 2002.

McGee KS, Coyne-Beasley T, Johnson RM. Are home safety practices and safe storage of

firearms related? Paper presented at Pediatric Academics Societies Annual Meeting,

Baltimore, Maryland. April 2001.

McGee KS, Coyne-Beasley T. Do parents who employ general safety practices store firearms

safely? Paper presented at American Public Health Association Meeting, Atlanta,

Georgia. October 2001.

Hollands CM, McGee KS. Is single drug therapy adequate for appendicitis? Paper presented at

Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.

September 1998.

Gerace TA, Smith JC, McGee KS. Elevated serum cholesterol in fire fighters: the Dade County

Fire Fighters Health Project. Poster presented at the 29th American Heart Association

Council on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Washington, DC. June 1989.

TEACHING:

Research advisor and reader of Master s Papers for following Maternal and Child Health

students:

Title Master s Paper

Date Student

April 2007 Katie Boos A Descriptive Analysis Of a Rapid HIV Testing Program

at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Clinical rotation preceptor for PA students enrolled in the Duke University Physician Assistant

Program

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:

Board Certified Physician Assistant, National Committee on Certification of Physician

Assistants (NCCPA),1994 - present

Licensed Physician Assistant, Florida Board of Medicine, August 1995 present (inactive)

Licensed Physician Assistant, New York State Education Department Divison of Professional

Licensing Services, January 1995 present (inactive)

Licensed Physician Assistant, North Carolina Medical Board, September 2004 present

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Recipient, Maternal Child Health Bureau Training Grant, 2000-2001

Recipient, Annual Student Scholarships granted by the New York State Society of Physician

Assistants, 1992-1994

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Proficient in French and Spanish

Certified Basic Cardiac Life Support

SPSS and SAS statistical software

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Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Powerpoint

Epi Info 6, Epi Info 2002

Reference Manager 10.0, Endnotes 4.0, and Procite

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