April Yasunaga, M.D. |
Assistant Professor,
Palliative Care
| Office Address:
Section of General Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University, School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1052
Office: (336) 713-4156 Nights/Weekends: (336) 716-7654
Fax Number: (336) 713-9576
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Education |
1992 | Bachelor of Arts, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Wesleyan University- Middletown, CT |
1998 | Doctor of Medicine Medical College of Virginia/VCU- Richmond, VA |
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING |
1998-2001 | Internal Medicine Residency, Norwalk Hospital affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine, Norwalk, CT |
2001-2002 | Chief Resident, Norwalk Hospital, affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine, Norwalk, CT |
2003-2005 | Fellow, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY |
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION |
2002 | Internal Medicine Board Certified |
2005 | North Carolina Medical License |
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS |
2003-2005 | Associate, Mount Sinai Medical Center - New York, NY |
2005-Present | Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE: |
2002 | Clinic Attending Physician, Norwalk Comm. Health Center, Norwalk, CT |
2002 | Hospitalist, Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu, HI |
2003 | Hospitalist/Clinical Educator, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT |
2003 | Hospitalist, St. Francis Medical System, Greenville, SC |
2003-2005 | Attending Physician, The Jewish Home and Hospital, New York, NY |
AWARDS AND HONORS |
1992 | Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society |
1991 | Howard Hughes Research Scholarship recipient |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS |
| American Medical Association |
| American Geriatrics Society |
| American College of Physicians - ASIM |
| Society for General Internal Medicine |
Specialty Courses/Certificates |
2003 | Education on Palliative and End of Life Care(EPEC) certificate |
2004 | Effective Clinical Teaching program |
Publications and Academic Presentations |
Manuscripts: Nierodzik, M.L., Bain R.M., Liu, L., Shivji, M., Takeshita, K., Karpatkin, S. “Presence of the Seven Trans-membrane Thrombin Receptor on Human Tumour Cells: Effect of Activation on Tumour Adhesion to Platelets and Tumour Tyrosine Phosphorylation.” British Journal of Haematology. 1996, 92, 452-57.
Book Chapters: Bain R.M. Principles in Pain Management. In: Soriano RP, Fernandez HM, Cassel CK and Leipzig RM editors. Fundamentals of geriatric medicine: a case-based approach. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, Inc. 2006. Bain R.M. Pressure Ulcers. In: Soriano RP, Fernandez HM, Cassel CK and Leipzig RM editors. Fundamentals of geriatric medicine: a case-based approach. New York, NY : Springer-Verlag, Inc. 2006. |