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Colleen T. Fogarty, M.D., M.Sc.

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About Me

Background
Dr. Fogarty completed her BA in Chemistry at Cornell University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; after a year in service as a Jesuit Volunteer in Southern California, she entered the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where she earned her MD. She trained as a resident and served as Chief resident in Family Medicine at Highland Hospital/University of Rochester. She then completed additional training in the Marriage and Family Therapy Training Program at the University of Rochester and subsequently a Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Boston University School of Public Health.

Clinical
Dr. Fogarty is a Board Certified Family Physician who practices full spectrum care for children and adults, with a commitment to serving underserved patients. After residency, she practiced in a rural Community Health Center in Western New York for three years before joining the faculty and practicing at the Boston University Department of Family Medicine.

Returning to Rochester in 2004 to join the UR Department of Family Medicine, she initially practiced at Brown Square/Jordan Health Center. In 2017, she moved to practice at the Highland Family Medicine Center in Rochester NY. Her special clinical interests include working with patients coping with post-trauma symptoms, integrating mental health care within routine primary care practice, and behavioral change to promote health and wellness.

Teaching and Scholarship
Dr. Fogarty's publication record reveals both empirical and creative work. This scholarship includes work in primary care identification and management of mental health conditions, intimate partner violence, cultural humility training and Patient Centered Communication Strategies while Using the Electronic Health Record. Her empiric publications have appeared in Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine, The Clinical Teacher, and other journals. A committed medical educator, she has taught many topics relevant to the Patient Centered Medical Home, including team development, team huddles, and supporting patient self-management.

Dr. Fogarty is considered an expert on writing 55-word stories and using them as an educational tool for self-reflection. She has published many of stories, poetry, and narrative essays in journals including Family Medicine, Health Affairs, Pulse Magazine, Medical Humanities, the Journal of Family Practice, and Families, Systems, and Health. Dr. Fogarty served as co-editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Families, Systems, and Health in 2013-2018. She has received creative writing awards from the University of Rochester Cluster on Human Values in Healthcare and the Family Medicine Education Consortium.

Leadership
Since joining the Department of Family Medicine as faculty, Dr. Fogarty has served in a variety of leadership roles including: Assistant Residency Director, Site Director at Brown Square/Jordan for the UR Family Medicine residency, Medical Director of the Highland Family Medicine Practice, Associate Chair for Interprofessional Practice and Education, and Senior Communication Coach for URMC Physician Communication Coaching Program.

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Family Medicine (SMD)

Chair - Department of Family Medicine (SMD)

William Rocktaschel Chair in Family Medicine - Department of Family Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Chief Resident,
Highland Hospital/University of Rochester Family Medicine Rochester, NY 1995 - 1996

Residency,
Highland Hospital/University of Rochester Family Medicine Rochester, NY 1992 - 1995

Education

MSc | Boston University School of Public Health. Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2004

MD | University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Medicine. 1992

BA | Cornell University. Chemistry. 1987

Awards

2024 CERA Paper of the Year. 2024

Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust: Honors Professors who inspired their former students to achieve greatness. 2019

Wingspread Honoree 2017. 2017

Rochester Business Journal's Health Care Achievement Award. 2016

Impact Award: The Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine. 2016

Family Medicine Faculty Teaching Award. 2014

Developing from Within: Exploring and Enhancing Career Choices for Mid-Career Women. 2014 - 2015

Impact Award: The Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine. 2012

URMC Creative Excellence Award. 2009

Workshop for Directors of Family Medicine Residencies, Poster Award - third place. 2009

Brown Square Community Health Center, Residents' Staff Appreciation Award. 2009

Top 10% Reviewer. 2009

Award Winning Essay, "This I Believe". 2009

URMC Creative Excellence Award Essay "I just want the best for my child". 2008

The DeWitt Brower Dean's Teaching Fellow. 2008

Best Workshop Award. 2007

Family Medicine Education Consortium, Creative Writing Award "Could you Know?". 2002

Parke-Davis Teacher Development Award. 1998

Highland Hospital/URMC Family Medicine Residency, Women's Health Care Award. 1996

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resident Teaching Award. 1995

National Migrant Referral Project Scholarship Award. 1991

Scholar in Family Medicine. 1990 - 1992

Publications

Journal Articles

Perfect Gratitude.

Fogarty CT

Journal of general internal medicine.. 2024 October 1 Epub 10/01/2024.

Opioid Dose Reductions by Sex and Race in a Cohort of Patients in a Family Medicine Clinic.

Sanders M, Fiscella K, Devine M, Hunter J, Mohamed Y, Fogarty CT

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.. 2024 August 1437 (3):383-388. Epub 08/14/2024.

Storylines of family medicine III: core principles-primary care, systems and family.

Ventres WB, Stone LA, Joslin TA, Saultz JW, Aldulaimi S, Gordon PR, Lane JC, Lee ER, Prunuske J, Gildenblatt L, Friedman MH, Fogarty CT, McDaniel SH, Rohrberg T, Odom A

Family medicine and community health.. 2024 April 1212 (Suppl 3)Epub 04/12/2024.

Opportunities and challenges of interprofessional education: Postgraduate nurse practitioner and physician residency.

Singh, C; Palladino, KE; Karuza, J; Ampadu, L; Fogarty, CT.

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2024; 20(8).

Making the Future of Family Medicine Brighter by Breaking it First….

Fogarty CT, Strayer SM, Lord RW, Baltierra DA, Jame PA, Hoff T

Annals of family medicine.. 2024 22 (4):358-360. Epub 1900 01 01.

The Day I Almost Walked Away: Trust, Gratitude, and the Power of Teamwork.

Fogarty CT, Schiano R

Annals of family medicine.. 2024 22 (5):451-452. Epub 1900 01 01.

Addressing Sexual Harassment and Gender Bias: Mandatory Modules Are Not Enough.

Russell HA, Sanders M, Nofziger A, Fogarty CT, McDaniel SH, Rosenberg T, Fiscella K, Naumburg E

Family medicine.. 2023 April 55 (4):253-258. Epub 02/13/2023.

Examining opioid dose reductions by sex and race in a cohort of patients in a Family Medicine training practice.

Fogarty CT; Hunter, J; Fiscella, K; Mohamed, Y; Sanders, M.

Annals of Family Medicine. 2023; 21(3).

Notes 2.0: Reducing Documentation Burden.

Kaizuka S, Maguire J, Sridhar S, Devine M, Nicandri G, Fogarty CT

Family practice management.. 2022 July 29 (4):19-24. Epub 1900 01 01.

Training Family Medicine Residents to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of Program Directors.

Sanders M, Fogarty CT, Morley CP, Schultz S, Devine M, Sridhar SB, Fiscella K

Family medicine.. 2022 May 54 (5):343-349. Epub 1900 01 01.

Teaching family-oriented care to family medicine residents: Evaluation of a family skills curriculum.

Peck EC, Lebensohn-Chialvo F, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2022 March 40 (1):87-92. Epub 12/16/2021.

Sexual Harassment and Gender Bias in Family Medicine: Divergent Experiences of Men and Women.

Sanders M, Fogarty CT, Russell HA, Fiscella K, Nofziger A, Naumburg EH, Rosenberg T, McDaniel SH

Family medicine.. 2022 March 54 (3):176-183. Epub 1900 01 01.

Leveraging Integrated Primary Care to Address Patients' and Families' Unmet Social Needs: Aligning Practice with National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Recommendations.

Poleshuck E, Possemato K, Johnson EM, Cohen AJ, Fogarty CT, Funderburk JS

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.. 2022 35 (1):185-189. Epub 1900 01 01.

Evaluating the Uptake of Antiracism Training, Policies, and Practices in Departments of Family Medicine.

Sanders M, Cronholm PF, Edgoose J, Fiscella K, Piggott C, McDaniel SH, Parker-Featherstone E, Fogarty CT

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.. 2022 35 (4):803-808. Epub 1900 01 01.

"Am I Making More of It Than I Should?": Reporting and Responding to Sexual Harassment.

Russell HA, Fogarty CT, McDaniel SH, Naumburg EH, Nofziger A, Rosenberg T, Sanders M, Fiscella K

Family medicine.. 2021 June 53 (6):408-415. Epub 1900 01 01.

Compassion, gratitude and awe: The role of pro-social emotions in training physicians for relational competence.

Fogarty CT

International journal of psychiatry in medicine.. 2020 September 55 (5):314-320. Epub 1900 01 01.

Oral health and Candida carriage in socioeconomically disadvantaged US pregnant women

Xiao J; Fogarty CT; Wu TT; Alkhers N; Zeng Y; Thomas M; Youssef M; Wang L; Cowens L; Abdelsalam H; Nikitkova A.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2019; 19(480).

Journal editing: Reflections on 6 years of collaborative practice.

Fogarty CT, Mauksch L

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2018 September 36 (3):263-266. Epub 1900 01 01.

"Imagine a clinical world without family systems thinking": Response.

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2018 June 36 (2):259-260. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stories.

Fogarty CT

Family medicine.. 2018 March 50 (3):232. Epub 1900 01 01.

Behavioral health integration and the risks of reductionism.

Mauksch L, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2018 March 36 (1):1-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Carry on.

Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2018 March 36 (1):124-125. Epub 1900 01 01.

Imagine a clinical world without family systems thinking

Fogarty CT; Mauksch LB.

Families, systems & health: the journal of collaborative family healthcare. 2018; 36(2): 259-260.

"Imagine a clinical world without family systems thinking.".

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2017 December 35 (4):395-398. Epub 1900 01 01.

Seeking a wider lens for scientific rigor in emerging fields: The case of the primary care behavioral health model.

Mauksch L, Peek CJ, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2017 September 35 (3):251-256. Epub 1900 01 01.

Team Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs and Its Impact on Team-Based Practice Post-Graduation.

Carney PA, Waller E, Dexter E, Marino M, Morton K, Green L, Fogarty CT, Jones S, Eiff MP

Family medicine.. 2017 May 49 (5):346-352. Epub 1900 01 01.

Collaborative family health care, civil rights, and social determinants of health.

Mauksch LB, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2017 March 35 (1):1-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Team Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs and Its Impact on Team-based Practice Post Graduation.

Carney PA, Waller E, Dexter E, Marino M, Morton K, Green L, Fogarty CT, Jones S, Eiff MP.

Family Medicine. 2017; 49(5): 346-352.

Imagine a clinical world without family systems thinking

Fogarty CT; Mauksch LB.

Families, systems & health: the journal of collaborative family healthcare,. 2017; 35(4): 395-398.

How to Talk to Reluctant Patients About the Flu Shot.

Fogarty CT, Crues L

Family practice management.. 2017 24 (5):6-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Our continuing exploration of medically unexplained symptoms.

Mauksch LB, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2016 December 34 (4):305-308. Epub 1900 01 01.

Families, Systems, & Health: The past and present help determine the Journal's future.

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2016 September 34 (3):187-90. Epub 1900 01 01.

In search of a perennial philosophy for behavioral health integration in primary care.

Mauksch LB, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2016 June 34 (2):79-82. Epub 1900 01 01.

Improving patient-centered communication while using an electronic health record: Report from a curriculum evaluation.

Fogarty CT, Winters P, Farah S

International journal of psychiatry in medicine.. 2016 May 51 (4):379-89. Epub 1900 01 01.

The Tri-Optic II: Embracing the family voice.

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2016 March 34 (1):1-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Perceptions of Becoming Personal Physicians Within a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PDF)

Carney PA, Jacob-Files D, Rosenkranz SJ, Cohen DJ, Green L, Jones S, Fogarty CT, Waller E, Eiff MP.

Journal of Health Education Research & Development. 2016; 4: 3.

Getting Your Notes Done on Time.

Fogarty CT

Family practice management.. 2016 23 (2):40. Epub 1900 01 01.

What Can Primary Care Learn From Sports Teams?

Fiscella K, Fogarty C, Salas E

The Journal of ambulatory care management.. 2016 39 (3):279-85. Epub 1900 01 01.

Empiric and creative: Are these opposed?

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2015 December 33 (4):327-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Profile of Julie Phillips, MD, MPH: Family physician, medical educator, researcher, poet.

Fogarty CT, Shapiro J

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2015 December 33 (4):413-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

At the Grocery Store Next Door.

Fogarty CT

Family medicine.. 2015 October 47 (9):734-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

The tri-optic: Next step for Collaborative Family Health Care.

Mauksch LB, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2015 June 33 (2):83-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Reflections.

Mauksch LB, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2015 March 33 (1):1-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

"That's why they call it practice".

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2014 December 32 (4):365-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Trends in violence education in family medicine residency curricula.

Cronholm PF, Singh V, Fogarty CT, Ambuel B

Family medicine.. 2014 September 46 (8):620-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

The family in our lives.

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2014 September 32 (3):257-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Long lashes.

Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2014 September 32 (3):350. Epub 1900 01 01.

How do we know when to celebrate?

Mauksch LB, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2014 June 32 (2):135-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Getting granular: learning from the details of collaborative relationships.

Mauksch L, Fogarty CT

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2014 March 32 (1):1-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Why and how should behavioral faculty publish scholarly work?

Fogarty CT, Freedy JR, Mauksch LB

International journal of psychiatry in medicine.. 2014 47 (4):289-97. Epub 1900 01 01.

Reflections on the fifteenth annual meeting of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association: Broomfield, Colorado.

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2013 December 31 (4):323-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

55-word stories: a collection from the 32nd forum for behavioral science in family medicine.

Fogarty CT, Bogar CB, Costello P, Greenfield GW, Neely K

Family medicine.. 2013 October 45 (9):656-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Inheritance and vision.

Fogarty CT, Mauksch LB

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2013 September 31 (3):237-8. Epub 09/09/2013.

'You need a support. When you don't have that . . . chocolate looks real good'. Barriers to and facilitators of behavioural changes among participants of a Healthy Living Program.

Russell HA, Rufus C, Fogarty CT, Fiscella K, Carroll J

Family practice.. 2013 August 30 (4):452-8. Epub 03/20/2013.

Diabetes: taking control of my health.

Fogarty CT

American family physician.. 2013 June 187 (11):758. Epub 1900 01 01.

Why I write.

Fogarty CT

Family medicine.. 2013 January 45 (1):52-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Measuring family physician identity: the development of a new instrument.

Carney PA, Waller E, Eiff MP, Saultz JW, Jones S, Fogarty CT, Corboy JE, Green L

Family medicine.. 2013 45 (10):708-18. Epub 1900 01 01.

Helpless.

Fogarty CT

Family medicine.. 2013 45 (10):737. Epub 1900 01 01.

Faculty development needs in residency redesign for practice in patient-centered medical homes: a P4 report.

Eiff MP, Waller E, Fogarty CT, Krasovich S, Lindbloom E, Douglass AB, Pugno P, Green LA, Carney PA

Family medicine.. 2012 June 44 (6):387-95. Epub 1900 01 01.

Efficiency and patient care: the author replies.

Fogarty CT

Health affairs.. 2012 January 31 (1):251. Epub 1900 01 01.

The rabbit.

Fogarty CT

Medical humanities.. 2012 138 (2):127. Epub 07/31/2012.

You Know a Tree by its Fruit: Growing a fellowship program for community partnered mental health disparities research in an academic medical Center.

White AM;Castle K.;Sorense S;Briody S;King D.;FogartyCT;Duberstein, P.

International Public Health Journal. 2012; 5(4).

Faculty Development Needs in Residency Redesign for Practice in Patient-centered Medical Homes: A P4 Report.

Eiff MP; Waller E; Fogarty CT; Krasovich S; Lindbloom E; Douglass AB; Pugno P; Green LA; Carney PA.

Family Medicine. 2012; 44(6): 387-95.

They told me to leave: how health care providers address intimate partner violence.

Morse DS; Lafleur R; Fogarty CT; Mittal M; Cerulli C.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2012; 25(3): 332-42.

The Hallway

Fogarty CT,.

Pulse Magazine. 2012; .

"They told me to leave": how health care providers address intimate partner violence.

Morse DS, Lafleur R, Fogarty CT, Mittal M, Cerulli C

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.. 2012 25 (3):333-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

What my cancer taught me: quit smoking before it's too late.

Fogarty CT

American family physician.. 2011 December 184 (11):1221. Epub 1900 01 01.

Call it 'jiffy boob': what's lacking when care has assembly-line efficiency.

Fogarty CT

Health affairs.. 2011 November 30 (11):2204-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Intimate partner violence.

Cronholm PF, Fogarty CT, Ambuel B, Harrison SL

American family physician.. 2011 May 1583 (10):1165-72. Epub 1900 01 01.

Intimate Partner Violence

Cronholm PF; Fogarty CT; Ambuel B; Harrison, SL.

American Family Physician. 2011; 83(10): 1165-1172.

Hot Flash

Fogarty CT,.

Medical Humanities. 2011; 37(1): 26-26.

Team huddles: the role of the primary care educator.

Fogarty CT, Schultz S

The clinical teacher.. 2010 September 7 (3):157-60. Epub 1900 01 01.

Fifty-five word stories: "small jewels" for personal reflection and teaching.

Fogarty CT

Family medicine.. 2010 June 42 (6):400-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

they get a c-section...they gonna die": Somali women's fears of obstetrical interventions in the United States.

Brown EJ; Carroll JK; Fogarty CT; Holt C.

Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 2010; 21(3): 220-227.

Family-centered maternity care for deaf refugees: the patient-centered medical home in action.

Balachandra SK, Carroll JK, Fogarty CT, Finigan EG

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare.. 2009 December 27 (4):362-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

A model for a standardized national family medicine graduate survey.

Eiff P, Garvin R, Fogarty CT, Lopresti L, Young RA, Duane MR, Creach ED, Saultz JW, Pugno P, Carney PA

Family medicine.. 2009 May 41 (5):337-41. Epub 1900 01 01.

What Primary Care Psychology Has to Offer the Patient-Centered Medical Home

McDaniel SH; Fogarty CT.

Professional Psychology. 2009; 40(5): 483-492.

Synergistic effects of child abuse and intimate partner violence on depressive symptoms in women.

Fogarty CT, Fredman L, Heeren TC, Liebschutz J

Preventive medicine.. 2008 May 46 (5):463-9. Epub 01/22/2008.

Blue Velvet

Fogarty CT.

Family Medicine. 2008; 40(4): 241.

Self-Management Goal (55-word story feature)

Fogarty CT.

Families, Systems & Health. 2008; 26(4): 486.

I Want the Best for my Child.

Fogarty CT.

Families, Systems & Health. 2008; 26(4): 474-479.

Mental health conditions are associated with increased health care utilization among urban family medicine patients.

Fogarty CT, Sharma S, Chetty VK, Culpepper L

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.. 2008 21 (5):398-407. Epub 1900 01 01.

Could you Know?

Fogarty CT.

Family Systems & Health. 2003; 21(4): 457.

Communicating with patients about intimate partner violence: screening and interviewing approaches.

Fogarty CT, Burge S, McCord EC

Family medicine.. 2002 May 34 (5):369-75. Epub 1900 01 01.

Screening for abuse in Spanish-speaking women.

Fogarty CT, Brown JB

The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board

Examining the influence of physicians in the lives of patients over time: Taking a history of the doctor-patient relationship

Fogarty C. Medical Family Therapy Casebook.

Families, Systems, and Health. 2001; 19, No. 2.

Art in medicine: reverberations.

Fogarty C.

Journal of Family Practice. 2001; 50(3).

Medical Family Therapy Casebook. Jumping the hurdles and reaping the rewards: one collaborative experience.

Fogarty C.

Families, Systems and Health. 1996; 14(1): 125-132.