CURRICULUM VITAE
Cecilia Scholcoff MD
Cecilia Scholcoff MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
VA Medical Center |
5000 W National Ave |
Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
Phone: 000-000-0000 |
Fax: 414-382-5351 |
Email: cscholcoff@mcw.edu |
EDUCATION: |
06/2007 B.S., Zoology and Biological Aspects of Conservation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI |
06/2012 M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL |
06/2012 M.P.H., Northwestern University Graduate School, Chicago, IL |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
2012 - 2013 Internship, Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL |
2013 - 2015 Residency, Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL |
01/2016 - 06/2016 Primary Care Faculty Development Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2016 - 07/2019 Mini-Residency in Women’s Health, Veterans Health Administration Employee Education System, Orlando, FL |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2016 - 07/2018 Director, Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
10/2021 - Present Women’s Health Subject Matter Content Expert, VA Women’s Health Education, US Department of Veteran Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20420 |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
2015 - 2017 Attending, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
2015 - Present Attending, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Internal Medicine | 08/2015 | 08/2025 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support | AHA | 01/2020 | 01/2022 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
State of Wisconsin License | 63746-20 | 03/2015 | 10/2023 |
Drug Enforcement Agency | FS5201037 | 02/2021 | 02/2024 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
2012 - 2014 Resident Teaching Award, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
2021 Best Poster in “Early Career Faculty - Clinical, Population or Education, Department of Medicine Research Retreat, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2021 Early Career Internist of the Year, American College of Physicians, Wisconsin Chapter |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2014 - Present Society of General Internal Medicine |
2014 - Present American College of Physicians |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Ad-Hoc Reviewer |
2018 - Present Journal of General Internal Medicine |
2021 - Present Women’s Health Issues |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Scholcoff C, Lecture, "Approaching overweight and obesity in primary care", Senior Talk, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Division, Evanston, Illinois, 05/2014 |
Scholcoff C, “Fat to Fit: Nonsurgical Management of Obesity.”, GIM Noon Conference, Zablocki VA Medical
Center, 10/2017 |
Scholcoff C, Jackson JL, Presentation, "Contextual Care QI Project"., Primary Care Monthly Clinic Meeting, Milwaukee, Wi, 05/2018 - 09/2019 |
Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Workshop, "#MeToo MCW"., Medical College of Wisconsin,
Professionalism Week, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2019 |
Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Workshop, "#MeToo MCW"., Workshop. Medical College of Wisconsin,
Internal Medicine Residency Academic Half Day, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2020 |
Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Workshop, “#MeToo MCW", Medical College of Wisconsin,
Professionalism Week, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2020 |
Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Workshop, “#MeToo MCW.”, Medical College of Wisconsin,
Family Medicine Residency Academic Half Day, Milwaukee, WI, 12/2020 |
Scholcoff C, Farkas AH, “#Me Too: MCW WeWill.”, Workshop, Medical College of
Wisconsin, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 10/2021 |
Regional |
Scholcoff C, "Fat to Fit: Nonsurgical Management of Obesity"., 29th Annual Update in Primary Care, Egg Harbor, WI, 10/2017 |
Scholcoff, C, “The Big C: Update in Cervical Cancer Screening.”, Medical College of
Wisconsin 34th Annual Update in Primary Care, Virtual Conference, 10/2021 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Scholcoff C, Amick A, Dekker A, Doobay-Persaud A, “A Community Health Needs
Assessment of Diabetes and Hypertension in Toledo, Belize.” Poster Presentation., Poster Presentation.Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 11th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day, Evanstan, IL, 03/2015 |
Scholcoff C, Farkas AH, Jackson JL, Presentation, “Does Provider Gender Affect the
Quality Primary Care?”, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Medicine
Research Retreat, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2020 |
Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Shah H, Lamberg M, Yecies E, Fletcher K., “Training residents to respond to incidents of gender discrimination and sexual
harassment: an interactive workshop.”, Poster Presentation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department
of Medicine Research Retreat, 03/2021 |
Scholcoff C, Farkas AH, Kuester J, Sherman K, “Interprofessional
Education: Helping Residents Excel in Team Based Care.”, Poster Presentation, Medical College of
Wisconsin, Department of Medicine Research Retreat, 03/2021 |
Regional |
Gupta M, Muradian M, Scholcoff C., A Rare Case of Ketosis-Prone Flatbush Diabetes in
an Elderly Male., Poster Presentation. American College of Physicians Wisconsin
Chapter Scientific Meeting., Wisconsin Dells, WI, 09/2019 |
National |
Doobay-Persaud A, Dekker A, Scholcoff C, Amick A, Quality Assessment of Diabetes and Hypertension Understanding and Care in a Primary Care Clinic in Toledo, Belize, Unite for Sight, New Haven, CT, 03/2015 |
Scholcoff C, Nickoloff S, Kay C, Jackson J, “Control and Management of Hypertension
in US Primary Care. 2007-2016.”, Poster Presentation. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 05/08/2019 |
Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Kay C, Lucas J, Nickoloff S, Fletcher K, Jackson JL, “’Laugh
and back out of the room’ Female Providers Experience and Strategies for Dealing with Sexual Harassment by Patients.”, Poster Presentation. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting,, Washington DC, 05/10/2019 |
Kay, C, Bernstein J, Scholcoff C, Raj R, “Microaggressions and overt insults by patients:
How to respond and what to say.”, Accepted workshop. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Birmingham AL, 05/2020 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2016 - 12/2020 Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2019 - Present Course Co-Director, , Annual Update in Primary Care Course Planning Committee, Primary Care, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2019 - Present Member, Center for Advancing Population Science, VA Unit, Medical College of Wisconsin |
10/2019 - Present Member, Intern Selection Committee, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2020 - Present Member, GIM Diversity in Recruitment Committee, Department of Medicine,, Medical College of Wisconsin |
10/2020 - Present Member, Friendly Task Force, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2021 - Present Chari, Clinical Competency, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
2017 Faculty facilitator, Medicine Break Out Session, Medical Student Capstone Course |
2018 Clinical champion, #ProudtobeGIM event |
09/2019 - Present Lecturer, M2 Cardiovascular Unit, “Clinical Cases in PVD,” |
Resident and Fellow Education |
08/2015 - Present Preceptor, Women’s Health Elective |
2016 - Present Course Director, Women’s Health Rotation, Department of Medicine |
07/2017 Presenter, Contraception and Intimate Partner Violence, Internal Medicine residency core curriculum |
09/2020 - Present Lecturer, “#MeToo: On the Wards,” Internal Medicine Academic Half Day, 2 sessions |
12/2020 Lecturer, “#Me Too,” Family Medicine Academic Healf Day, 1 session |
07/2021 - 08/2021 Lecturer, “Cardiovascular Disease in Women,” |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Medical Student Education |
08/2015 - Present Milwaukee VA Medical Center, Ward attending inpatient medicine at the VA |
07/2018 - Present Medical College if Wisconsin, Preceptor, Women’s Health Selective. |
07/2018 - 07/2020 Milwaukee VA Medical Center, Preceptor, Clinical Apprenticeship. Precept 1 MS1/MS2 student |
07/2019 - Present Medical College if Wisconsin, Preceptor, M4 Ambulatory Medicine |
Resident and Fellow Education |
08/2015 - Present Milwaukee VA Medical Center, Ward attending inpatient medicine |
08/2015 - Present Milwaukee VA Medical Center, Preceptor, resident continuity clinic |
Continuing Medical Education |
06/2021 Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, Small group facilitator, VA Women’s Health Mini-Residency. Facilitated small group discussion on several women’s health topics in national virtual meeting |
09/2021 Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, Small group facilitator, VA Women’s Health Mini-Residency. Facilitated small group discussion on several women’s health topics in national virtual meeting |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Educational Programs |
Resident |
06/2019 - Present Series of mentoring dinners for female residents with a goal of decreasing burnout, improving community, providing mentorship. |
12/2019 - 06/2020 Interdisciplinary clinic conference for residents, goal of improving resident knowledge of clinic team members and improved interprofessional collaboration to improving patient care |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
2008 - 2011 Trip Coordinator, Northwestern University Alliance for International Development, Chicago, Illinois |
2008 - 2012 Volunteer, Northwestern University Community Health Clinic, Chicago, Illinois |
2008 - 2009 Member, Northwestern University Health Disparities Task Force, Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois |
2016 - 2017 Speaker, West Allis Central High School Career Fair, West Allis, Wisconsin |
2019 - Present Speaker, Brookfield Central High School Career Fair, Brookfield, Wisconsin |
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES: |
2008 Medical Relief Trip, Managua, Nicaragua |
2010 Medical Relief Trip, Managua, Nicaragua |
2012 International Rotation in Bolivia, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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2015 International Rotation in Belize, McGaw Medical Center of
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN: |
Spanish and English |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Dekker AM, Amick AE, Scholcoff C, Doobay-Persaud A. A mixed-methods needs assessment of
adult diabetes mellitus (type II) and hypertension care in Toledo, Belize. BMC Heath
Serv Res. 2017 Feb; 17(1): 171-182.
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2. Wagner EJ, Brown CS, Mather JR, Scholcoff C, Krugner-Higby L, Heath TD. Evaluation of
phospholipid and liposomal S-adenosyl methionine for the treatment of liver injury in a murine model. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2010 Apr; 99(4): 1800-1809.
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3. Scholcoff C, Sanghani P, Jackson W, Egloff HM, Sawatsky AP, Jackson JL. Peer review
of abstracts submitted to an internal medicine national meeting: is it a predictor of future publication? J Gen Intern Med. 2018. Accepted for publication.
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4. Wagner EJ, Brown CS, Mather JR, Scholcoff C, Krugner-Higby L, Heath TD. Evaluation of phospholipid and liposomal S-adenosyl methionine for the treatment of liver injury in a murine model. J Pharm Sci. 2010 Apr;99(4):1800-9. |
5. Dekker AM, Amick AE, Scholcoff C, Doobay-Persaud A. A mixed-methods needs assessment of adult diabetes mellitus (type II) and hypertension care in Toledo, Belize. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Feb 28;17(1):171. PMCID: PMC5331721 |
6. Scholcoff C, Sanghani P, Jackson W, Egloff HM, Sawatsky AP, Jackson JL. Peer Review of Abstracts Submitted to An Internal Medicine National Meeting: Is It a Predictor of Future Publication? J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Jul;33(7):1002-1003. PMCID: PMC6025688 |
7. Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher K. Migraine prophylactic management in neurology and primary care (2006-2015). J Neurol. 2018 Dec;265(12):3019-3021. |
8. Jackson JL, Kuriyama A, Anton A, Choi A, Fournier JP, Geier AK, Jacquerioz F, Kogan D, Scholcoff C, Sun R. The Accuracy of Google Translate for Abstracting Data From Non-English-Language Trials for Systematic Reviews. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Nov 05;171(9):677-679. |
9. Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Machen JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher KE, Jackson JL. The Experience of Male Physicians with Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment: a Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Aug;35(8):2383-2388. PMCID: PMC7403262 |
10. Jackson JL, Farkas A, Scholcoff C. Does Provider Gender Affect the Quality of Primary Care? J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul;35(7):2094-2098. PMCID: PMC7352031 |
11. Scholcoff C, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Jackson JL. Trends in Systolic Blood Pressure Control and Management in the USA, 2007 to 2016. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Aug;35(8):2510-2512. PMCID: PMC7403361 |
12. Scholcoff C, Farkas A, Machen JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher KE, Jackson JL. Sexual Harassment of Female Providers by Patients: a Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Oct;35(10):2963-2968. PMCID: PMC7572907 |
13. Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Becher D, O'Malley PG. Capturing the Complexities of "Difficult" Patient Encounters Using a Structural Equation Model. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Feb;36(2):549-551. PMCID: PMC7878594 |
14. Weiner S, Schwartz A, Altman L, Ball S, Bartle B, Binns-Calvey A, Chan C, Falck-Ytter C, Frenchman M, Gee B, Jackson JL, Jordan N, Kass B, Kelly B, Safdar N, Scholcoff C, Sharma G, Weaver F, Wopat M. Evaluation of a Patient-Collected Audio Audit and Feedback Quality Improvement Program on Clinician Attention to Patient Life Context and Health Care Costs in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 01;3(7):e209644. PMCID: PMC7395234 |
15. Jackson JL, Farkas A, Fletcher K, Kay C, Machen JL, Nickoloff S, Scholcoff C. Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Experience of Sexual Harassment of Internal Medicine Providers by Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov;36(11):3598-3600. PMCID: PMC8606492 |
16. Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Nickoloff S, Kuriyama A, Slykhouse L, O'Malley PG. Associations Between Gender and Racial Patient-Physician Concordance and Visit Outcomes Among Hypertensive Patients in Primary Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May;37(6):1569-1571. PMCID: PMC9085985 |
17. Ball SL, Weiner SJ, Schwartz A, Altman L, Binns-Calvey A, Chan C, Falck-Ytter C, Frenchman M, Gee B, Jackson JL, Jordan N, Kass B, Kelly B, Safdar N, Scholcoff C, Sharma G, Subramaniam S, Weaver F, Wopat M. Implementation of a patient-collected audio recording audit & feedback quality improvement program to prevent contextual error: stakeholder perspective. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Aug 30;21(1):891. PMCID: PMC8403819 |
18. Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Becher D, O’Mally PG. “Capturing the Complexities of “Difficult” Patient Encounters Using a Structural Equation Model.” J Gen Intern Med 2020 Jul 29 PMID: 32728955 07/31/2020 |
19. Kay C, Bernstein J, Yass N, Woodard J, Tesfatsion S, Scholcoff C. Faculty Physician and Trainee Experiences with Micro- and Macroaggressions: a Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Oct;37(13):3419-3425. PMCID: PMC9551013 |
20. Lambert D, Nothem ME, Kobylarz Z, Scholcoff C. A Medication Hiccup: Chlorpromazine-Induced Agranulocytosis in a 72-Year-Old Male. WMJ. 2022 Oct;121(3):E60-E62. |
21. Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Lamberg M, Shah H, Fletcher K, Yecies E. Preparing Residents to Respond to Incidences of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment: An Interactive Workshop. South Med J. 2022 Oct;115(10):740-744. |
22. Scholcoff C, Sherman K, Kuester J, Farkas A. Helping Residents Excel in Team-Based Care: An Interactive Case-Based Interprofessional Education Curriculum. WMJ. 2022 Dec;121(4):313-315. |
Abstracts |
1. Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Machel JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher K, Jackson J. “The experience of male physicians with sexual and gender-based harassment: a qualitative study.” J Gen Intern Medicine 2020 35; s291. |
2. Scholcoff C, Jackson JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S. “Trends in Systolic Blood Pressure Control and Management in the United States, 2006 to 2015.” J Gen Intern Med 2019 May;34(Suppl 2):S389-390. Poster presented at Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2019. |
3. Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Kay C, Lucas J, Nickoloff S, Fletcher KE, Jackson JL. "Laugh and Back Out of the Room: Female Physician Strategies for Dealing with Sexual Harassment by Patients." J Gen Intern Med 2019 May;34(Suppl 2):S101. Poster presented at Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2019. |
4. Scholcoff C, Farkas AH, Kuester J, Sherman K. “Interprofessional Education: Helping Residents Excel in Team Based Care.” J Gen Intern Med 2021 July |
5. Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Shah H, Lamberg M, Yecies E, Fletcher K. “Training residents to respond to incidents of gender discrimination and sexual harassment: an interactive workshop.” J Gen Intern Med 2021 July. |