EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.D., Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1982

Internship in Internal Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1982-85

Residency in Internal Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1982-85

Chief Medical Resident, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1986

Fellowship in Primary Care, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1993-95

M.P.H. in Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1995

OFFICE ADDRESS

University of Washington Medical Center - Roosevelt, WHCC
4245 Roosevelt Way N.E.
Campus Box 354765
Seattle, WA 98105

Email: mlaya@u.washington.edu
Academic Office: (206) 598-4958
Fax: (206) 598-8957
Clinic appointments: (206) 598-5500


HONORS

Best Doctors in America, 2002
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1993
Dedicated Teacher Award, 1992
Golden Apple Award (Class of 1990), 1988
Phi Beta Kappa, 1978


CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Hormone replacement therapy and mammography
Benign breast disease
Women’s health care issues
Osteoporosis education


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

OsteoEd: An Osteoporosis Education Web Site for Students, Residents, and Primary Care Physicians. Editors: Laya MB, Migeon M. Launch Date 5/1/2000. Second Edition 5/1/2002.  www.osteoed.org.

Laya MB. Changes in the breast with ovarian aging. Menopause Management 6: 10-14, 1997.

Laya MB, Larson EB, Taplin SH, White E. The effect of estrogen replacement therapy on the specificity and sensitivity of screening mammography. J Natl Cancer Inst 88:643-649, 1996.

Burke W, Laya M, Wong EY, O’Brien MK. Restructuring Women’s Health Care Services: Choices and Constraints. In Women’s Health Research: Applying the National Agenda, Lieberman L, Doty L eds. University of Florida, 1996.

Laya MB, Gallagher JC, Schreiman JS, Larson EB, Watson B, Weinstein L. Effect of post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy on mammographic density and parenchymal pattern. Radiology, 196: 433-437, 1995.