Catherine H. Messick, M.D., M.S., Interim Section Head |
Associate Professor | Office Address:
Section on General Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University, School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1052
Clinic Location: Downtown Health Plaza Office: (336) 713-9800 Nights/Weekends: (336) 713-9800
Fax: (336)713-9576 Academic Office: (336) 716-6157 Academic Fax: (336) 716-7359
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Education |
1974 - 1977 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
B.A. (Chemistry/Psychology) |
1977 - 1981 | UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
M.D. |
1990 - 1992 | Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
M.S. (Epidemiology) |
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING |
1981 - 1984 | Intern and Resident
University of Rochester Associated Hospitals Program
Rochester, New York |
1984 - 1985 | Chief Resident
University of Rochester Associated Hospitals Program
Rochester, New York |
1990 - 1993 | Fellow
Section of Internal Medicine and Gerontology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS |
1984 | Internal Medicine |
1990 | Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine |
MEDICAL LICENSURE |
1984 | New York |
1985 | North Carolina |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS |
| American College of Physicians |
| Society for General Internal Medicine |
| American Geriatrics Society |
HONORS AND AWARDS |
| National Merit Scholar |
| Phi Beta Kappa |
| Hartford Foundation Academic Geriatric Faculty Development Award |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE: |
1985 - 1990 | Private Practice
Banner Elk, North Carolina |
1985 - 1990 | Medical Director
Life Care Center of Banner Elk
Banner Elk, North Carolina |
1993 - 1994 | Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1993 | Medical Director
ARIC (Atherosclerosis Research in Communities)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1993 - 1997 | Staff Physician, Reynolds Health Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1993 - 1997 | Medical Director
Physician's HomeCare
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1994 - 2006 | Assistant Professor, Section on General Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1996 - 1999 | Medical Director of the Transitional Care Unit
J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
2005 – present | Interim Section Head, Section on General Internal Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
2006-present | Associate Professor, Section on General Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
TEACHING |
1986 | Director, Mobile Intensive Care Nursing Course for Avery County Emergency Medical Services (6 month course using Emergency Nurse Education Program) |
1988 - 1989 | Instructor, Emergency Medical Technician Courses,
Avery County Emergency Medical Services |
1988 - 1989 | Assistant Director ACLS Courses (Five 2-day workshops) |
1988 | Director, Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Course at Spruce Pine Community Hospital |
1988 - 1989 | Private Practice Preceptor, Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Residents (Four 1-month blocks) |
1989 | Preceptor, Family Nurse Practitioner Student (3-month block) |
1991 - 1992 | Small Group Preceptor, Geriatrics Course for Second Year Medical Students at Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1992 | Small Group Preceptor, Geriatric Board Review Course at Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1992 | Lecture on Rural Health, Physician Assistant Program at Wake Forest University |
1992 - 1997 | Preceptor, Resident's Clinic, Reynolds Health Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1 half day per week) |
1993 | Tutor, Bedside Clinical Examination Course, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1993 - 1997 | Mentor, Primary Care Track Internal Medicine Residency, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1993 - 1998 | Co-Director, Geriatrics Block Rotation for Internal Medicine Residents, North Carolina Baptist Hospital , Winston Salem, North Carolina |
1993 - 1998 | Preceptor, House Calls by Residents, Fellows, Medical Students and Physician Assistant Students, Physicians HomeCare Program, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (1 half day per week) |
1993 - 1999 | Faculty Preceptor, Geriatrics Elective for Fourth Year Medical Students, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1993 - 1999 | Director, Geriatrics Course for Second Year Medical Students, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1994 | Lecture on Normal Aging and Biology of Aging, Geriatrics Course for Second Year Medical Students, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1994 - 1995 | Facilitator, Doctor-Patient Relationship Course, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1994 - 1996 | Attending, General Medicine Ward Service, North Carolina Baptist Hospital (1 month per year) |
1995 | Lecture on Health Care and Gerontology, Department of Sociology, Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1995 | Group Preceptor, Introduction to Primary Care Program, Primary Care Development Program, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1995 - 1996 | Thesis Advisory Committee Member for Gian Valle, M.S. in Epidemiology Candidate, Wake Forest University |
1995 - 1998 | Preceptor, Geriatric Assessment Clinic, Reynolds Health Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1 half day per week) |
1996 | Preceptor, Parallel Curriculum Half-Day Community Experience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1996 | Lecture on Geriatric Assessment Clinics and Mental Capacity Issues of the Elderly, Wake Forest School of Medicine |
1997 | Faculty Mentor for James Lai, Hartford/AFAR Medical Student Geriatrics Scholar Program |
1997 | Attending, General Medicine Consult Service, North Carolina Baptist Hospital (1 month, average 2-3 new consults per day) |
1997 | Attending, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit (16 beds), J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital (supervised 2 Geriatric Fellows for 1 month) |
1997 - 1999 | Attending, Transitional Care Unit (49 bed hospital-based skilled nursing facility), J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital (supervised 2-4 residents plus medical students and Geriatric Fellows in some months for a total of 16 months) |
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBLITIES |
Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, North Carolina |
| Chairman, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (5/86-10/87) |
| Chairman, CCU Committee (6/86-8/90) |
| Vice Chief of Staff (10/87-10/89) |
| Chief of Staff (10/89-8/90) |
North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
7/93-6/96 | Member, Administrative Advisory Committee for Rehabilitation Services |
6/96-3/98 | Chairman, Subacute Care Task Force |
9/96-3/99 | Member, Aging Services Product Line Committee |
Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
1992 | Long-term Care Committee |
1993 | Epidemiology Curriculum Review Committee |
1994 - 1995 | Department of Medicine Task Force on Graduate Medical Education |
1995 | Clinical Skills Subcommittee of Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education |
1995 | Section on General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics Curriculum Committee |
1997 | Curriculum for 2002 Phase III Committee |
1995 - 1999 | Unit III/IV Committee |
PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS |
"Tibia-Fibula Fractures in Osteoporotic Non-Ambulatory Nursing Home Patients". Messick CH. American Geriatrics Society Annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, May 1991. |
"A Comparison of Two Approaches to Geriatric Case Management". Messick CH, Mittelmark MB, Gottlieb R and Ettinger WH. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, November, 1992. |
"Development of Geriatrics Programs in Community Hospitals: A Rural Hospitals Approach". Messick CH. Invited Speaker, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., November, 1992. |
"Restorative Care Units: A Transitional Level of Care". Messick CH, Mittelmark MB and Suggs P. Invited Presentation at the Third Annual Rural Elderly Conference, Kirksville, Missouri, September, 1994. |
"The Bowman Gray Physician's HomeCare Project: Using Tech Act Projects to Deliver Technology to Community Dwelling Older North Carolinians". Messick CH presentation in the "Models of Assistive Technology Application to Older Americans Symposium" at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1994. |
"The Community Care Coordination Network". Moran WP and Messick CH. Invited Speakers at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Building Health Systems for people with Chronic Illness Initiative Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May, 1996. |
OTHER PRESENTATIONS |
"Geriatric Assessment". Messick CH. Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, January 1991. |
"Case Management of Older Adults: A Physician's Perspective". Messick CH. Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, August, 1991. |
"Case Management of the frail Elderly: The Different Approaches". Messick CH. J. Paul Stick Center on Aging Research Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November, 1991. |
"Clinical Economics: A Pictorial Guide for Physicians". Messick CH, Moran WP and Enarsen C. Medical Grand Rounds, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 12, 1992. |
"Interrupted Time Series Design". Messick CH. Section on General Internal Medicine and Gerontology Research Conference, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 22, 1992. |
"Rural Geriatrics". Messick CH.. Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, August, 1992. |
"Preliminary Date from the Restorative Care Project". Section on General Internal Medicine and Gerontology Research Conference, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 9, 1992. |
"Physicians and Case Management: The Weak Link in the Chain". Messick CH, Mittelmark MB, Gottlieb R and Ettinger WH. Poster Presentation at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November, 1992. |
"Dementia in Case Management Clients". Messick CH, Mittelmark MB, Gottlieb R and Ettinger WH. Poster Presentation at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November, 1992. |
"An Overview of Geriatrics". Messick CH. Grand Rounds, Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation, Charlotte, North Carolina, December, 1993. |
"Restorative Care Units: A Transitional Level of Care for Elderly Patients in Rural Hospitals". Messick CH, Mittelmark MB, Suggs P. Presentation at the Southern Gerontological Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, April, 1994. |
"Managing the Older Adult: Tricks of the Trade". Messick CH. Invited Presentation at the 25th Anniversary Clinical Symposium of the Physician Assistant Program. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October, 1994. |
"Home Care Issues and the Older Adult". Messick CH. Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Consortium, Administration on Aging Gerontology In-Service Training, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October and November, 1994. |
"Case Management". Messick CH. Invited Presentation at the Salisbury VA Hospital's Aging in America Conference, Salisbury, North Carolina, February, 1995. |
"Ethical Issues in Death and Dying: Caring for Patients at the End of their Life". Wymer A Kendrick B and Messick CH. North Carolina Baptist Hospital Ethics Conference, March 24, 1995. |
"Myths and Realities of Aging". Messick CH. Invited Speaker at the Senior Resources Expo, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 30, 1995. |
"Geriatric Assessment and Preventive Care". Messick CH. Presentation for the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Board Review Course, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 3, 1995. |
"Assistive Technology for the Elderly". Messick CH and Guerette PJ. Presentation for the N.C. Department of Human Resources Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services 5th Annual Technology Expo, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1, 1995. |
"Optimal Treatment of Decubitus Stasis Ulcers in the Elderly". Messick CH. Grand Rounds at Rowan Memorial Hospital, Salisbury, North Carolina, September 28, 1995. |
"Using the Medicare SNF Benefit to Provide Geriatric Subacute Care". Messick CH.. Presentation for the Northwest Area Health Education Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 19, 1995. |
"The Art of Medicine-A Rebuttal". Messick CH. Wake Forest University School of Medicine Alumni Weekend Mini-Symposia, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 3, 1995. |
"Longitudinal Geriatric Decision-Making". Messick CH.. Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Consortium, Geriatric Topics Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 14, 1996. |
"Geriatric Assessment for Community Health Providers". Messick CH. Invited Speaker for Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Consortium Workshop, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 9, 1996. |
"Community Care Coordination Network". Messick CH. Presentation at First Annual N.C. Summer Symposium on Aging, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 17, 1996. |
"Home Care". Messick CH. OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 2, 1996. |
"Community-Based Care Management". Messick CH. Moderator, Population-Based Models of Community Care for Frail Elderly Program, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 25, 1996. |
"Geriatric Assessment-The Team Approach". Messick CH. Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Consortium, Geriatric Topics Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 13, 1996. |
"Sticht Center, Subacute Care". Messick CH. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 5, 1996. |
"Home Care: Entering a New Frontier". Messick CH. Invited Speaker, Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Consortium, Geriatric Topics Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 12, 1997. |
"The Community Care Coordination Network: An Information System for Geriatric Primary Care". Messick CH. Poster Presentation at the AGS/AFAR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, May 9, 1997. |
"The Community Care Coordination Network: A Model for Geriatric Primary Care Case Management". Messick CH. Poster Presentation at the AGS/AFAR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, May 9, 1997. |
"Primary Care Geriatrics". Messick CH. Salisbury VA Hospital, Salisbury, North Carolina, June 4,1997. |
"Geriatrics". Messick CH and McGann P. Wake Forest University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Board Review, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 7, 1997. |
"Cognitive Assessment". Messick CH. Invited Speaker, Emery Miller Medical Symposium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, August 8, 1997. |
"Office-Based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment". Messick CH. Invited speaker Emery Miller Medical Symposium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, August 8, 1997. |
"Mini-Med School V: Age of Enlightenment. Growing Older, Growing Wiser". Messick CH. Co-Moderator. Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Fall, 1997. |
"Initiatives in Geriatric Care and the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation". Messick Ch. Invited Speaker, North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Reunion, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 12, 1997. |
"Apathetic Hyperthyroidism". Messick CH. Geriatric Grand Rounds J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 18, 1998. |
"Pressure Sores". Messick CH. Salisbury VA Hospital, Salisbury, North Carolina, April 15, 1998. |
"Calciphylaxis". Messick CH. Geriatric Grand Rounds. J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 22, 1998. |
"The Care of Complex Wounds". Messick CH. Invited Speaker, Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Consortium 2nd Annual Geriatrics Symposium, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 12, 1998. |
"Reimbursement for Terminal Care in SNFs under RUGs", Messick CH. Invited Presentation to the N.C. Council on Nursing Home Care of the Dying, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 8, 1998. |
"Community Care Coordination Network", Messick CH, Moran WP, Currin D and Velez R. Poster Presentation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Building Health Care Systems for People with Chronic Illness Summation Conference, Washington, D.C., June, 2000. |
GRANT-SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES |
1991 - 1994 | Co-Investigator
Evaluation of a Rural Hospital Restorative Care Program
Fullerton Foundation |
1993 - 1994 | Co-Director
Medicolegal Issues in Aging
J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging |
1993 - 1995 | Co-Director
Physician's HomeCare Pilot Project
Project IMPACT (Innovative Methods for Providing Access to Technology) |
1994 - 1997 | Director
Physician's HomeCare Program
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust |
1994 - 1997 | Co-Investigator
A Computerized Community Care Coordination Network
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES |
1985 - 1990 | Co-Director
Hospice of Avery County
Banner Elk, North Carolina |
1990 - 1999 | Medical Director
Senior Services, Inc.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1996 - 1999 | Steering Committee
Nurse Managed Center for the Elderly
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1996 - 1999 | Advisory Board
Home Health Professionals
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
1997 - 1999 | Advisory Board
Home Health Specialists
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
Publications |
Journals: |
Messick CH. Rural Medical Practice: Don't Hesitate to Try It. Careers in Internal Medicine. 4(3) 6, 1988. |
Messick CH, Mittlemark MB, Gottlieb R. Ettinger WH. A Comparison of Two Approaches to Geriatric Case Management. Carolina Health Services Review 2(1) : 81-96, 1994. |
Guerette PJ, Moran WP, Messick CH, Wofford JL, Velez R. Use of Technology to Improve Service to Older Adults: a Computerized Community Care Coordination Network. Proceedings of the RESNA '94 Annual Conference 16: 18-27, 1994. |
Moran WP, Messick CH, Guerette PJ, Anderson R, Bradham D, Wofford JL, Velez R. A Primary Care-Based Information System for Multi-Disciplinary Care of Chronically Ill Patients: What Information Do We Need to Collect and Share? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (Symposium Supplement). 1: 585-589, 1994. |
Guerette PJ, Moran WP, Messick CH, Kendrick B, Kearney B. The Development of a Primary Care-Based Assistive Technology Recycling Center. Proceeding of the RESNA' 95 Annual Conference, 1995. |
Guerette PJ, Robinson B, Moran WP, Messick CH, Wright M, Wofford JL, Velez R. Community Care Coordination Datebase Group. Teleform Scannable Data Entry: an Efficient Method to Update a Community-Based Medical Record? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (Symposium Supplement) 2: 86-90,1995. |
Wofford JL, Schwartz E, Timerding BL, Folmar S, Ellis SD, Messick CH. Emergency Department Utilization by the Elderly: Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Academic Emergency Medicine 3: 694-699, 1996. |
Colenda C, Jensen M, Foster J, Kendrick B, Mewhinney K, Messick CH. Variables Predicting Completion of an Advance Directive by Older Adults. Annals of Long-Term Care 6 (3) 83-91, 1998. |
Book Chapters: |
Messick CH. "Health Care Services" in Manheimer R ed., Older American Almanac. Detroit: Gale Research, Inc., 1994. |
Messick CH. "Subacute Care" in Hazzard WH ed., Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1998. |