Health and Hospitals PublicBenefit Corporation Board of Directors Andrew Schamess Confirmation Resolution of 2000PR 13-769

Chairman
Linda W. Cropp at the request of the Mayor

PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To confirm the appointment of Dr. Andrew
Schamess to the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation Board of Directors.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Health and Hospitals Public
Benefit Corporation Board of Directors Andrew Schamess Confirmation Resolution of
2000".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of
Columbia confirms the appointment of

Dr. Andrew Schamess

1469 Harvard Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20009

(Ward 1)

as a member of the Health and Hospitals Public
Benefit Corporation Board of Directors, established by section 203 of the Health and
Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law
11-212; D.C. Code § 32-262.3), for a term to end December 11, 2002.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of
Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee
and to the Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect
immediately.

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Andrew Schamess, MD. Updated 11-98

ANDREW SCHAMESS, MD.

CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRENT POSITION:

Assistant Clinical Professor

Health Care Sciences and Internal Medicine

Department of Health Care Sciences

The George Washington University

Washington, DC 20037

Medical Director La Clinica del Pueblo

1470 Irving Street, NW

Washington, DC 20010

EDUCATION:

Kellogg Foundation Health Partners Fellowship,
International Center for Health Leadership Development, University of Illinois, September
1998 – September 2000

Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, Degree anticipated upon
completion of thesis

Doctor of Medicine, University of
Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, June, 1991

Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College,
Bronxville. New York, June, 1986

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Internship, Internal Medicine, The George
Washington University Medical Center, August 1991 through July 1992

Residency, Internal Medicine and Primary Care:

A. Internal Medicine (inpatient service), The
George Washington University Medical Center, August through December, 1992 January through
July, 1994

B. Primary Care (ambulatory care, outpatient
subspecialties), The George Washington University Health Plan, January through December,
1993

Fellowship, Primary Care Medicine, The George
Washington University Department of Health Care Sciences, July, 1994 through June, 1996

BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

Diplomate, National Board of Medical
Examiners, 1992

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1994

Medical License, District of Columbia: MD 30033

CURRENT HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

The George Washington University Medical
Center

Providence Hospital

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

Washington Regional Academic-Community
Consortium initiative to develop ambulatory graduate medical and nursing education sites
in under-served areas. On-site preceptor at La Clinics del Pueblo: forty percent support
through grant from the Kellogg Foundation.

EDUCATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES:

Chair, Non-Profit Clinic Consortium,
Washington, DC, October, 1997 through present

Vice Chair, Grassroots and Community Activities Committee, Medical Society of the District
of Columbia, January 1998 through present

Faculty Preceptor, and member of Governing Board and Policy Council, Washington Regional
Academic-Community Consortium, La Clinica del Pueblo / George Washington University, July
1996 through present

Faculty, Health and Society and Advanced Community Health Courses, School of Public
Health, George Washington University June, 1996 through present

Conference Planning Committee, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Health
Professions Schools in Service to the Nation, July 1996 through July 1997

Preceptor and Clinician, Fellowship of Primary Care Health Professionals, La Clinica del
Pueblo, September 1995 through June 1996

Site Coordinator and Preceptor, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Project, La
Clinics del Pueblo, June through December, 1995

Faculty and Project Coordinator, Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation
Project, George Washington and George Mason Universities, May 1995 through present

Participant, Community Oriented Primary Care Track Planning Committee, George Washington
University, July 1995 through present

Participating Faculty, Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative, George
Washington University, October 1994 to May 1995

COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH:

Public Health Committee, Medical Society of
DC, July 1997 to December 1997

Initiative to Improve Diabetes Care Among
Latinos, La Clinics del Pueblo, October 1994 to present

Created a mufti–disciplinary diabetes clinic
based at a Latino community clinic, with the goat of improving metabolic control and
reducing cardiovascular risk among diabetic patients attending the clinic. Early data
analysis shows significant progress toward stated goals.

Clinical Care for the Uninsured and Indigent,
La Clinics del Pueblo Zacchaeus Free Clinic, 1992 through present

Prior to becoming Medical Director, served as
a volunteer physician and coordinator of volunteers at La Clinics del Pueblo, and also
volunteered time at Zacchaeus Free Clinic.

Health Fair Coordinator, Worcester,
Massachusetts, 1987 to 1991.

As member of the medical student group,
Serving the Underserved, helped to coordinate health screenings at several community
clinics.

Documentation of Homelessness in Berkshire,
County North Adams, Massachusetts, June through August, 1989

Funded by Berkshire Area Health and Education
Council to participate in study of the extent and causes of homelessness in rural
Massachusetts, resulting in municipal report and initiation of homeless services.

Oral Histories of Homeless Women, Times
Square, New York City, September 1984 through June 1985

As an undergraduate, served as an
"intern" and volunteer in a shelter for homeless women in New York City.
Interviewed eight women and transcribed oral histories.

PUBLICATIONS:

Schamess, A, David, R, Eiche, K, Wallis, R
“Academic Medical Centers and the Health of the Poor. A Community Perspective,”
American Behavioral Scientist accepted for publication, spring, 1999 issue

Gardner, D, Schamess, A, Harper, D,
Cora-Bramble, D “Creating Communities of Commitment: Integrating COPC and Systemic
COI into Service-Learning Curricula,” accepted for publication, Service Learning
Monograph

Schamess, A, Goris, J, et al: “Improving
diabetes care at a free clinic: a model for service-learning and community health
intervention.” (poster) Community Partnerships in Health Professions Education
Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1996.

Hoar, S, Schamess, A: “Teaching students
while providing for an inner city Latino community: first report of a new program”
(abs). National Association of Physician Assistants Conference Proceedings, May 1995.

Schamess A, Bernik T, Tenner S:
“Refractory hypertension due to Conn’s syndrome.” Postgraduate Medicine, vol.
95, no 4, 1994.

Tenner S, Schamess A: “Pandemic, medicine
and public health: yersinia pestis and fourteenth century European culture.” The
Pharos of Alpha Omega, vol. 56 no. 4, 1993.

PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS:

Course Director: “Health. Poverty, and
the Social History of Washington. DC.” Ten hour seminar for Primary Care Residents at
George Washington University, April, 1997

Moderator, panel discussion: “A Model for
Interdisciplinary Service-Learning and Community Health Promotion: The George
Washington/George Mason Experience.” Accepted for presentation at Community
Partnerships in Health Professions Education Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1996

Co-leader, workshop: “Preparing
Generalist Physicians of the Future to improve the Quality and Value of Health Care.”
Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; Washington, DC, February 1996

Participant, panel discussion:
“Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative Pilot Project Report.”
Institute for Health Care Improvement Milestone Conference, Washington, DC, June 1995

“Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: New
Developments in Pathophysiology and Management.” Presented at Internal Medicine Grand
Rounds, George Washington University, June 1994; and as invited presentation at Holy Cross
Hospital Teaching Rounds, November 1995.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

District of Columbia Medical Society

American Medical Association

American Public Health Association