Susan M. Frayne, MD, MPH
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - General Internal Medicine
Professional Snapshot
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Women's Health Evaluation Initiative, VA Palo Alto (2009 - present)
- Acting Director, Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto (2009 - present)
- Medical Director, MOVE TIME obesity clinic, VA Palo Alto (2008 - present)
- Co-Director, Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship (Med 313), Stanford Univ School of Medicine (2005 - 2008)
- Associate Director for Development, Women’s Hlth Center, VA Palo Alto (2004 - present) View All 8administrative appointments of Susan Frayne
Honors and Awards
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1989)
- Career Development Award, Health Services Research, VA HSR&D (1999)
- Advanced Research Career Development Award, VA HSR&D (2001)
- Elected Fellow, American College of Physicians (2003)
Professional Education
| MPH: | Boston University, Public Health (1992) |
| Fellowship: | Boston University, General Internal Medicine (1992) |
| Residency: | University of California, Irvine, Internal Medicine (1989) |
| MD: | UC San Diego, Medicine (1986) |
| BA: | Pomona College, (1982) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
My work, recently sponsored by a VA HSR&D Advanced Research Career Development Award, examines the quality of primary care provided to patients with mental illness, particularly women with post-traumatic stress disorder secondary to sexual trauma. In a series of studies, my research program is first examining whether patients with mental illness receive lower quality medical care, then examining barriers that explain such disparities, and will then examine interventions and systems of care designed to optimize clinicians’ ability to deliver high-quality, integrated medical care to patients with comorbid medical and mental health conditions. Other areas of interest include the management of depression in the primary care setting; health sequelae of trauma in women; health care delivery to women veterans; and cross-cultural issues in health care.
Publications
- Measuring quality of oral anticoagulation care: extending quality measurement to a new field. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009; (3): 146-55
- Does opioid therapy affect quality of care for diabetes mellitus? Am J Manag Care. 2009; (4): 217-24
- Using Administrative Data to Identify Mental Illness: What Approach Is Best? Am J Med Qual. 2009
- Violence perpetration and childhood abuse among men and women in substance abuse treatment. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2008; (2): 217-22
- Prevalence and health correlates of prostitution among patients entering treatment for substance use disorders. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008; (3): 337-44
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