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Curriculum Vitae
Virginia Hood Templeton, M.D.
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
| 1982 - 1986 | Brown University, B.A. in Medical Anthropology, Providence, RI |
| 1985 | School for International Training, Kenya, East Africa |
| 1992 - 1993 | Columbia University, post baccalaureate Pre-Medical Education, New York, NY |
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
| 1994 - 1998 | State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY |
| 1999 - 2002 | Internship and Residency in Family Medicine at the Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC |
CURRENT POSITION
| 2002 - present | Associate Director, MemoryCare™. |
| 2003 - present | Adjunct Instructor, UNC-CH School of Medicine |
| 2006 - present | Staff Physician, Four Seasons Hospice, Flat Rock, NC. |
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
| 1991 - 1994 | Data manager for NIH-funded program, "Family Case Management for Maternal Drug Users." Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Division of Community Health, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. |
| 1989 - 1991 | Project Coordinator for two NIMH-funded projects, "Social Support Study" and "TEEN Project." Department of Pediatrics, Preventive Intervention Research Center for Childhood Health, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY. |
1988 - 1989 |
Research Assistant for NIH-funded program to study "The Effect of Cocaine Use During Pregnancy on Infant Behavior." Department of Ambulatory Pediatrics, North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, NY. |
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2002 - 2005 |
Coordinator of Geriatric curriculum for the Mountain Area Health Education Center Family Practice Residency Program |
| 1986-1987 | 1986-1987 House Manager for group home of head injured adults. Center for Neuro-Educational Therapies, Eugene, OR. |
| 1986 | Nursing Assistant at Friends Home Nursing Home, Greensboro, NC. |
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE
| 1998 | Student of Dermatology at the M. Bufalino Hospital, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Cesena, Italy. |
| 1994 | Volunteer for Doctors of the World, El Salvador Project. |
1994 |
Volunteer with Xela-Aide Health Project; Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. |
| 1985 | Clinical Aide/Health Worker with Catholic Relief Services, Kenya, East Africa. |
CERTIFICATION
American Board of Family Practice, 2002
Advanced and Basic Cardiac Life Support
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Advanced Trauma Life Support
LICENSURE
North Carolina State Medical Board Licensure, issued in 2001
Drug Enforcement Agency Licensure, 1999, renewed 2004
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Family Physicians
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Staff physician, Mission St. Joseph's Hospital System and Park Ridge Hospital
Covering Physician, Pardee Hospital
PUBLICATIONS
Templeton, Virginia H. Dementia Care: An Outpatient, Community-based, Multi-disciplinary
Approach. North Carolina Medical Journal. January/February 2005, Vol. 66,
No. 1, pp. 64-66.
Neuspiel D, Martin T, Templeton VH, Drucker E. Determinants of Discharge Custody of Cocaine-Exposed Newborns. American Journal of Public Health. Dec. 1993; 83:12:1726-1729.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/OTHER
Project Coordinator, MemoryCare’s African American Program
Coordinator of monthly screening clinic
Developed Healthy Aging lecture series
Early Memory Loss: When Should I Be Concerned?; Fall Prevention; Managing Medications; How to Talk to Your Doctor; Nutrition, Vitamins, Supplements, and Aging; Prevention and Screening Over 65; How to Get a Good Night's Sleep.
Member, North Carolina Family Caregiver Support Services steering committee
Member, Geriatric Journal Club
Member, Interfacility Ethics Committee
Participant in Scam Jam with AARP to discuss aging and vulnerability, November
2003
Helped organize and participated in educational conference to limit elder
fraud, April 2004
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
| July 2007 | Fraud, Vulnerability, and Aging with Case Reports. Department of Social Services for Buncombe, Haywood, and Transylvania Counties. Asheville, NC. |
| June 2007 | Dementia, Creativity, and the Arts. Park Ridge Hospital’s Annual Caregiver Conference. Asheville, NC. |
| April 2007 | Mind Matters: Maintaining Mental Fitness with Aging. Reuters Center for Creative Retirement, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC. |
| March 2007 | Dementia in the African American Community. “One Year Later: What is Being Done to Address Dementia in the African American Community?” Asheville, NC. |
| March 2007 | Use of Psychotropic Medications in Patients with Dementia. Four Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care. Lecture for midlevel providers. Flat Rock, NC. |
| Feb 2007 | Caring for Dementia Patients in Hospice: Tips for Volunteers. Four Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care. Flat Rock, NC. |
| Feb 2007 | Managing Difficult Behaviors. Audio conference for local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, Richmond, VA. |
| Sept 2006 | Fraud, Vulnerability, and Aging: Case Reports. David N. Kirkman and Virginia H. Templeton, MD. 14th Alzheimer’s Association Annual Dementia Care Conference. Atlanta, GA. |
| Sept 2006 | More Than Diagnosis: An Outpatient Team Approach to Managing the Top Ten Caregiver Issues. Virginia H. Templeton, MD and Windy McGalliard, RN. Poster presentation at the 14 th Alzheimer’s Association Annual Dementia Care Conference. Atlanta, GA. |
| Aug 2006 | Current Diagnostic and Treatments Options for Alzheimer’s Disease. “Creating a Family Quilt: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease.” Ninth Annual Alzheimer’s Conference sponsored by the Black Mountain Center Foundation. Black Mountain, NC. |
| April 2006 | Creativity, the Arts, and Alzheimer’s Disease. 20th Annual Bryan ADRC Conference. “ Twenty Years: Creative New Directions In Research and Care:1987 – 2006. ” Duke University, Durham, NC |
March 2006 |
Dementia in the African American Community. “What is Being Done to Address Dementia in the African American Community?” Asheville, NC. |
| Feb 2006 | Fraud, Vulnerability, and Aging. David N. Kirkman and Virginia H. Templeton. 16th Annual Festival of Legal Learning. University of North Carolina School of Law. Chapel Hill, NC. |
| Nov 2005 | Top Ten Caregiver Issues: What Can Be Done? Virginia H. Templeton, MD, Windy McGalliard, RN, Kelly Haslam, BSW. 21 st Annual Caregiver Education Conference: Creative Care and Coping. Alzheimer’s Association. |
| Feb 2005 | More Than Diagnosis: A Team Approach to Dementia Care. Virginia Templeton, MD, Windy McGalliard, RN, Kelly Haslam, SW, and Jody Keller. 19th Annual Bryan ADRC Conference, "Alzheimer's 2005: Imagine the Future." Duke University, Durham, NC |
| Feb 2005 | Consumer Law and Credit Symposium: Fraud, Vulnerability, and Aging. Virginia H. Templeton, MD and David Kirkman. 15th Annual Festival for Legal Learning, University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC. |
| Nov 2004 | Protecting Your Memory. 20th annual caregiver education conference, Alzheimer's Association, Asheville, NC |
| Oct 2004 | Preserving Memory and Cognition, Nursing Home/Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee retreat, Asheville, NC |
| June 2004 | Preserving and Protecting Memory. Park Ridge Caregiver's Workshop, Asheville, NC. |
| April 2004 | Aging and Vulnerability. Educational conference about elder fraud, Asheville, NC. |
Nov 2003 |
How Aging and Memory Loss Can Increase Vulnerability. Scam Jam with AARP, Brevard, NC. |
| Nov 2003 | Preserving Memory and Cognition. Aging With Grace Conference with David Snowden. Kanuga, NC. |
| Sept 2003 | Memory Assessment in Primary Care Setting. Mountain Area Health Education Center conference on Geriatrics in Family Practice, Asheville, NC. |
| Sept 2003 | Use of Psychotropic Medications in a Geriatric Population. Mountain Area Health Education Center conference on Geriatric Pharmacology, Asheville, NC. |
| April 2003 | From A to Zzzz: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep. American Medical Director's Conference NC/SC Meeting, Asheville, NC. |
| Nov 2002 | Early Memory Loss: When Should I Be Concerned. Caregiver Education Conference 2002, Alzheimer's Association, Asheville, NC. |
| Aug 2001 | The Sounds of Silence: Cardiovascular Risks Factors in Patients with Type II Diabetes. Cardiology Grand Rounds, Mission St. Joseph's Hospital, Asheville, NC. |
| Feb 2001 | Burns: Assessment and Management in Acute Care Setting. Mountain Area Health Education Center, Family Practice Residency Program, Asheville, NC. |
| Jan 2001 | The Removal of Phenylpropanolamine from the Market: A Review of Post-Marketing Surveillance of Medications. Journal Club, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC. |
| 1991 | Drug Use During Pregnancy: Ethical Issues Facing Hospital Administrations. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA. |
| 1989 | Overview of Cocaine Use During Pregnancy and Its Effect on the Fetus and Newborn. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA. |
Participate in weekly instruction of geriatric fellows.
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