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Curriculum Vitae
Margaret Anne Noel, M.D.
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
1975-1979 Davidson College, B.S. in Biology, Cum Laude
COLLEGE HONORS
Phi Beta Kappa, North Carolina Fellow, Alpha Epsilon Delta, President of Omicron
Delta Kappa, Daniel B. Woods Pre-medical Award, McConnell Academic Scholarship
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
| 1979 - 1983 | University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
| 1983 - 1986 | Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC |
| 1986 - 1987 | Worked overseas with United Nations Border Relief Organization providing healthcare to Khmer refugees in Thailand |
| 1987 - 1989 | Post-doctoral Fellowship in Geriatrics and Gerontology at Wake Forest University Medical Center |
POSTGRADUATE HONORS
Recipient of Joseph S. Collins Medical School Scholarship, Holderness Fellow,
House Officer Teaching Award (1989), Outstanding Faculty Award from Family Practice
Residency Program (1996), Terrence Lee Outstanding Community Faculty Award from
MAHEC Family Practice Residency Program (2001), Journal of the American Medical
Directors Association's 2001 Annual Best Contributor Award for the Best
of Local Initiative Research (3/01); Recipient of the Nancy Susan Reynolds Award
for Personal Service from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (11/02); Ewald Busse
Award from the North Carolina Division on Aging for improving health care for
older adults (10/03); John W. Kuykendall Award for Community Service from Davidson
College (4/04).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
College: NIH Volunteer, laboratory aid at the National Cancer Institute
Medical School: Epidemiologic and demographic analysis of the patient population
of a student-run free clinic in Carrboro, NC
Fellowship: Lipoprotein profiles and sterol synthesis of hypocholesterolemic
elderly
Post-graduate: The effect of staffing ratios and educational interventions
on the certified nursing assistant workforce; development of interactive CD-ROM
educational program for Certified nursing assistants.
CURRENT POSITION
- Director, MemoryCare, Inc.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, UNC-CH, 1989 to present
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Director, Center for Older Adults, Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital, 1989
to 2000.
Attending physician, GreenTree Ridge Nursing Care Facility (completed ten years
of service as Medical Director of this facility in 1999). Consulting Internist/Geriatrician
for Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital, 1989 to 2000, Director of the Geriatric Curriculum
for the Mountain Area Education Center Family Practice Residency Program, 1993
to 2003.
CERTIFICATION
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986
ABIM, Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine, 1990; recertified 2000
Certified Medical Director; completed requirements for certification by the
American Medical Directors Association in 1992 with recertification in 1998
and 2003
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Fellow, American College of Physicians
American Medical Directors Association
American Geriatrics Society
North Carolina Medical Directors Association
Buncombe County Medical Society
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Consulting Staff, Mission St. Josephs Hospital
PUBLICATIONS
Noel MA, Smith T, Ettinger W. Acute Hypocholesterolemia in Hospitalized
Elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol 39, No 6, 1991.
Noel MA, Loomis DP. Advance Directives: A Guide for Making Important Life
Decisions. Booklet published by Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital, 1991.
Blackmon D, Noel MA. Utilization of an Ethics Committee in the Long Term Care
Setting. Nursing Home Medicine, Vol 5, No 1, 1997.
Noel MA, Metcalf R, Sauls C. Certified Nursing Assistant Educational Program.
An educational manual and video for certified nursing assistants published
in 1999 by the Center for Older Adults, Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital.
Noel MA, Wofford J, Sauls C. Pressure Ulcers: An interactive instructional
CD-ROM for Nursing Assistants, 1999.
Noel MA, Why Geriatrics?, Generations, Winter, p 83-86, 1999.
Noel MA, Pearce G, Metcalf R. The Effect of Educational and Staffing Interventions
on the CNA Workforce. The Journal of the American Medical Directors Association,
Vol. 1, 2000:241-247.
Noel MA, "Position Statement on Nurse Staffing In Long Term Care".
American Medical Directors Association, September, 2001.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/OTHER
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Medical Direction,
1992
Member, Board of Directors of the American Medical Directors Association,
1993-1995;
re-elected to serve from 1999 - 2002
Secretary, American Medical Directors Association; elected to serve term 2002-2004
Member, National Board of the Direct Care Alliance, 2000-2003
President, North Carolina Medical Directors Association, 1993-1996
Member, Board of NC Medical Directors Association, 1996 to 1999
Chair, Ethics Committee, American Medical Directors Association, 1996-1998
Chair, Publications Committee, American Medical Directors Association, 2000-2002
AMA Physician's Recognition Award (Special Commendation for Self Directed
Learning)
Established the Geriatric Journal Club, a multidisciplinary group of Buncombe
and
Henderson County professionals who have met regularly since 1990 to discuss
the
geriatric literature
Member, Mission Hospital Ethics Committee, 1995 - 1997; 2001 - 2003
Member, Intra-facility Long Term Care Ethics Committee (GreenTree Ridge, The
Summit, Givens Estates), 1997 - 2001
Member, Editorial Board, Caring for the Ages, 2002-2003
Chair, AMDA National Workgroup to Improve Education for Long Term Care
Physicians on Palliative Care, 2002-2003
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Advisory Board of Visiting Health Professionals (Home Health), 1992 -
1999
Advisory Board of Interim Health Care (Home Health), 1990 - 1995
Board of MountainCare (Adult Day Care), 1993 - 1997
Board of Alzheimer's Association, WNC Chapter, 1989 - 1995; 2000 - 2001
Member of Physician's Health and Effectiveness Committee, Buncombe County
Medical Society, 1991 - 1997
Member of the Dementia Path Committee of the WNC Provider Council, 1998-1999
Member of the Senior Services Steering Committee for MSJ Hospital, 1997-1999
Volunteer Physician at the ABCCM Free Medical Clinic, 1996 to present
Odyssey of the Mind Coach, First Place Regional Competition and Winner of
Renatra Fusca Award, 3/2000
Board of Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 1998 - 2000
Board of Alzheimer's Association, WNC Chapter, 2000 - 2002
Volunteer, Western Carolina Rescue Mission 2006 to present
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