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Mark Loafman, MD, MPH 
        
Assistant Professor of Family 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:
2001Primary Health Care Clinician Devotion AwardIllinois Primary Health Care Association
1998Delta Omega Honor SocietyUniversity of Illinois, School of Public Health
1996Teacher of the Year AwardWest Suburban Hospital Medical Center
Family Practice Residency Program
1994Teacher of the Year AwardWest 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: 
2007Loafman, M. "Health Centers and Residency Training Programs." National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Community Health Institute. Dallas, TX. August 2007.
2007Loafman, 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. August 2007.
2007Loafman, 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. April 2007.
2006

Loafman, M. “Keeping the Family in Family Medicine”. Health Source, Illinois Primary Health Care Association. May 2006.

2006Loafman, 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, Illinois, 2005.

2005

Loafman, M. “Perinatal Pilot and Patient Safety Collaborative”. Health Source. Illinois Primary Health Care Association. April 2005.

1995 - 2006Lecturer – 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
1998Loafman, M. “Family Medicine and Maternal and Child Health.” Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical College. 1998.
1998Loafman, M., Gideonsen, M., Perinatal Case Management Seminar at Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.
1996Loafman, 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, California, 1996.
1996Loafman, 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, 1996.
1995Piotrowski, 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, Illinois, 1995.

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1301
Chicago, IL 60611-3078
Tel: (312) 503-1273
Fax: (312) 503-1377

PCC Wellness - Lake Street Family Care Center
14 W. Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60302
Tel: (773) 836-2785
Fax: (773) 836-7381