Medical/Graduate School:
New York University School of Medicine

Residency:
Brown University-Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

Fellowship:

• Faculty Development Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Grant Generating Project Fellowship, University of Missouri-Columbia

Clinical Interests:
Womens' health, lactation, mental health

Research Interests:
Postpartum depression and the effect of antidepressant exposure on nursing infants, improving clinical breast examination skills

Personal Interests:
History, philosophy, gardening

Selected Publications:

1. Weissman AM. Preventive health care and screening of Latin American immigrants in the United States. J Am Board Fam Pract. 7(4):310-323, 1994.
2. Barloon TJ, Weissman AM, Kahn D. Diagnostic Imaging of Patients With Acute Scrotal Pain. Am Fam Phys. 53(5):1734-1740, April 1996.
3. Weissman A., Barloon T. Transvaginal Ultrasound in Clinical Practice: The Nonpregnant and Postmenopausal Woman. Am Fam Phys. 53(6):2065-2072, 1996.
4. Barloon TJ, Weissman AM. Diagnostic Imaging in the Evaluation of Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Am Fam Phys. 54(1):205-209, 1996.
5. Barloon TJ, Bergus GR, Weissman AM. Diagnostic Imaging to Identify the Cause of Jaundice. Am Fam Phys. 54(2);556-562, 1996.
6. Weissman AM. Preventive health care and screening of Latin American immigrants in the United States. The Year Book of Family Practice. 191-194, 1996.
7. Weissman AM. Bottled water use in an immigrant community: A public health issue? (letter). Am J Public Health. 87:1379-80, 1997.
8. Weissman AM. To Screen or Not to Screen? Bacterial vaginosis in Pregnancy (commentary). J Fam Pract 48:897-8, 1999.
9. Weissman AM, Dawson JD, Fox D. Variability in the Learning Experiences of Family Practice Resident During an Obstetrics Rotation. Fam Med. 31(1):28-33, 1993.
10. Weissman AM, Donohue M. Antidepressants and Breastfeeding - They CAN Go Together. Iowa Perinatal Letter. 22(1):1-4, 2001.
11. Weissman AM. Chapter 13: "Gynecology". In: Graber MA, ed. The Family Practice Handbook, 4th edition. St. Louis. Mosby, 2001.

Grants:

1. Weissman AM (Principal Investigator), Dove E, Thomas G. Interactive Breast Model for Teaching the Clinical Breast Examination. Funded by the Educational Development Fund, Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education (OCRME). January-December, 2000. $10,000.
2. Weissman AM (Principal Investigator), Dove E, Gerling, G. Programmable Breast Examination Training Model. University of Iowa Central Investment Fund for Research Enhancement (CIFRE) grant. January-December, 2001. $10,000.
3. Weissman AM (Principal Investigator), Wisner KL, Ellingrod V, Donohue M. Antidepressant levels in lactating mothers and nursing infants. General Clinical Research Center Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health. Grant #RR00059, GCRC Protocol # 0012. June-December, 2000. $1,300.

E-mail: alicia-weissman@uiowa.edu

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