Faculty

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Roger A. Rosenblatt
Adjunct Professor
MD  
Harvard University, 1971
MPH  
Harvard University, 1971
MFR  
University of Washington, 2003
BA  
Harvard University, 1967
Professor, Family Medicine (primary appt.)

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Health Care and Population Health Research Track, (MPH program)

Professor Rosenblatt has been at the University of Washington since his internship in 1971. He was first appointed to the faculty in 1977, and since then has been an active member of the School of Public Health and the School of Medicine. Before joining the faculty he was medical officer and Director of the federal National Health Service Corps for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He has been the Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine since 1985, serving as Acting Chair several times. Rosenblatt's main interests are in improving access to health services for all, and in improving environmental conditions to safeguard biodiversity and the health of all species that inhabit the earth.

Contact Information
University of Washington
Department of Family Medicine
Box:  354696
Seattle, WA 98195
(voice)  206-685-1361     (fax)  206-685-0610
rosenb@u.washington.edu
Teaching Interests
  • UCONJ 540, Environmental Change and Human Health: The Role of the Health Professional
Research Interests
Rural Health, Ecosystem Health, Health Workforce, Access to Care, Conservation and Human health
Projects
Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (R/UOP)
The Rural/Underserved opportunities Program (R/UOP) is a four-week, elective immersion experience for students between their first and second years of medical school. Students participating in R/UOP work side-by-side with physicians in rural or urban underserved communities throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho ( WWAMI ). Students are also encouraged to explore the communities during their four-week experience.
http://www.fammed.washington.edu/predoctoral/ruop/
Conservation of Living Systems
CBC is a committee convened by the UW Graduate School, the Program on the Environment, and the UW Earth Initiative to bring together ideas about a graduate program in Conservation Biology - broadly defined - at the University of Washington.
http://depts.washington.edu/cbcomm/
Selected Publications

Rosenblatt R, Cherkin D, Schneeweiss R, Hart G: The content of ambulatory medical care in the United States: An interspecialty comparison. N Engl J Med 1983; 309:892-897.

Rosenblatt RA, Whitcomb ME, Cullen TJ, Lishner DM, Hart LG: Which medical schools produce rural physicians? JAMA 1992; 268:1559-1565.

Rosenblatt RA, Dobie SA, Hart LG, Schneeweiss R, Gould D, Raine TR, Benedetti TJ, Pirani MJ, Perrin EB: Interspecialty differences in obstetric care of low-risk women. Am J Public Health 1997; 87:344-351.

Rosenblatt RA, Hart LG, Baldwin L-M, Chan L, Schneeweiss R: The generalist role of specialty physicians: is there a hidden system of specialty care? JAMA 1998; 279(17):1364-1370.

Rosenblatt RA, Hart LG, Baldwin L-M, Chan L, Schneeweiss R: The generalist role of specialty physicians: is there a hidden system of specialty care? JAMA 1998; 279(17):1364-1370.

Rosenblatt RA: A View from the periphery- Health care in rural America. NEJM 2004; 351:1049-1051.

Rosenblatt RA: Ecological Change and the Future of the Human Species: Can Physicians Make a Difference? Ann Fam Med 2005; 3: 173-176

Dissertation, Thesis and Capstone Committees (recent graduates)
2007
Member, dissertation committee for Beverly Court
Critical access hospital legislation: Impact on rural hospitals and rural residents

2004
Member, thesis committee for Joshua Fenton
Performance of the screening clinical breast examination in community practice


Links
Pew Primary Care Achievement Award Biography
http://www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=2834