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Donald R. Bordley, M.D.

Donald R. Bordley, M.D.

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Office (585) 275-4912
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About Me

Dr. Bordley is a native of Cooperstown, New York. He majored in English at Yale University and received his MD degree from Johns Hopkins University. He carried out his residency training, including Chief Residency, and his General Medicine Fellowship at Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of...
Dr. Bordley is a native of Cooperstown, New York. He majored in English at Yale University and received his MD degree from Johns Hopkins University. He carried out his residency training, including Chief Residency, and his General Medicine Fellowship at Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester. Since that time he has been a member of the Hospital Medicine Division at the University of Rochester and is now William L. Morgan Professor of Medicine and Associate Department Chair for Education. He was Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Strong Memorial Hospital for 15 years from 1997 until 2012. Dr. Bordley is very active nationally in Internal Medicine Resident Education and is a past president of the national Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.

Faculty Appointments

Professor Emeritus - Department of Medicine, Hospital Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Resident in Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester 1976-79

Chief Resident in Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester 1979-80

Kaiser Family Foundation Fellow in General Internal Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester

Education

MD | Johns Hopkins U Sch Medicine. Medicine. 1976

MD | Johns Hopkins U Sch Medicine. Medicine. 1976

BA | Yale University. English Or Journalism. 1969

BA | Yale University. English Or Journalism. 1969

Awards

AAIM Special Recognition Award/Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. 2012

American College of Physicians Laureate Award. 2005

University of Rochester Medical School Graduation Speaker. 2002

University of Rochester Alumni Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2000

Keith Miner Ford Award for Excellence in Teaching. 1997

Harry L. Segal Prize for Excellence in Third Year Teaching. 1997

Keith Miner Ford Award for Excellence in Teaching. 1996

Lawrence E. Young Dean's Teaching Scholar. 1995 - 1998

Harry L. Segal Prize for Excellence in Third Year Teaching. 1995

Keith Miner Ford Award for Excellence in Teaching. 1993

Phi Beta Kappa. 1976

Alpha Omega Alpha. 1976

Publications

Journal Articles

Guidelines for writing department of medicine summary letters.

Lang VJ, Aboff BM, Bordley DR, Call S, Dezee KJ, Fazio SB, Fitz M, Hemmer PA, Logio LS, Wayne DB

The American journal of medicine.. 2013 May 126 (5):458-63. Epub 1900 01 01.

Restructuring an inpatient resident service to improve outcomes for residents, students, and patients.

O?connor AB, Lang VJ, Bordley DR

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2011 December 86 (12):1500-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Competency-based advancement: risky business.

Bordley DR, Smith LG, Wiese JG

The American journal of medicine.. 2010 February 123 (2):188-91. Epub 1900 01 01.

Association between hand-off patients and subject exam performance in medicine clerkship students.

Lang VJ, Mooney CJ, O'Connor AB, Bordley DR, Lurie SJ

Journal of general internal medicine.. 2009 September 24 (9):1018-22. Epub 07/05/2009.

The effect of nonteaching services on the distribution of inpatient cases for internal medicine residents.

O'Connor AB, Lang VJ, Lurie SJ, Lambert DR, Rudmann A, Robbins B, Bordley DR

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2009 February 84 (2):220-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Redesigning residency education in internal medicine: a position paper from the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.

, Fitzgibbons JP, Bordley DR, Berkowitz LR, Miller BW, Henderson MC

Annals of internal medicine.. 2006 June 20144 (12):920-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

The future of residents' education in internal medicine.

Smith LG, Humphrey H, Bordley DR

The American journal of medicine.. 2004 May 1116 (9):648-50. Epub 1900 01 01.

Preparing residents to become more effective teachers: a priority for internal medicine.

Bordley DR, Litzelman DK

The American journal of medicine.. 2000 December 1109 (8):693-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Evidence-based medicine: a powerful educational tool for clerkship education.

Bordley DR, Fagan M, Theige D

The American journal of medicine.. 1997 May 102 (5):427-32. Epub 1900 01 01.

Isoniazid prophylaxis: the importance of individual values.

Dolan JG, Bordley DR

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making.. 1994 14 (1):1-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Diagnostic strategies in the management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: patient and physician preferences.

Dolan JG, Bordley DR, Miller H

Journal of general internal medicine.. 1993 October 8 (10):525-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Involving patients in complex decisions about their care: an approach using the analytic hierarchy process.

Dolan JG, Bordley DR

Journal of general internal medicine.. 1993 April 8 (4):204-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to develop and disseminate guidelines.

Dolan JG, Bordley DR

QRB. Quality review bulletin. 1992 December 18 (12):440-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cervical esophageal perforation--a unique presentation.

Dick RS, Bordley DR

New York state journal of medicine.. 1992 October 92 (10):446-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Initial management of serious urinary tract infection: epidemiologic guidelines.

Dolan JG, Bordley DR, Polito R

Journal of general internal medicine.. 1989 4 (3):190-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Monitoring and improving the content of medical residents' ambulatory care experience: a microcomputer-based method using diagnosis clusters.

Bordley DR, Dolan JG, Hall WJ

Journal of general internal medicine.. 1987 2 (3):174-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

An evaluation of clinicians' subjective prior probability estimates.

Dolan JG, Bordley DR, Mushlin AI

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making.. 1986 6 (4):216-23. Epub 1900 01 01.

Early clinical signs identify low-risk patients with acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

Bordley DR, Mushlin AI, Dolan JG, Richardson WS, Barry M, Polio J, Griner PF

JAMA.. 1985 June 14253 (22):3282-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cavitary pulmonary metastases in a patient with adenocarcinoma of the colon.

Weinstock LB, Brown DR, Bordley DR

New York state journal of medicine.. 1984 September 84 (9):460-1. Epub 1900 01 01.

Osteomalacia and weakness from excessive antacid ingestion.

Insogna KL, Bordley DR, Caro JF, Lockwood DH

JAMA.. 1980 December 5244 (22):2544-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

A Toolkit for Internal Medicine Education Programs, (2007)

Chapter: Keeping Pace with the ACGME Outcome Project: Building a Competency-Based Curriculum

A Toolkit for Internal Medicine Chief Residents (2007)

Chapter: Teaching Clinical Reasoning: A Systematic, Case-Based Approach

A Toolkit for Internal Medicine Education Programs (2005)

Chapter: The ACGME Outcome Project 2005: Building a Competency-Based Curriculum.

APDIM 2004Program Manual, 7th Edition (2002)

Chapter: Primer on the ACGME General Competencies

Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Problems (1999)

Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Problems (1999)

Chapter: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Problems (1999)

Chapter: Myocardial infarction

Primary Care for Women. (1997)

Chapter: Gastrointestinal bleeding. in Leppert PC and Howard FM, eds.

Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Problems (1991)

Chapter: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Problems. (1991)

Chapter: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding - Estimating prognostic and diagnostic pretest probability