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CURRICULUM VITAE

M Eugene Pruitt MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine General Internal

OFFICE ADDRESS:
8850 William Coffey Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/1970 - 07/1973 B.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
08/1973 - 06/1977 M.D., Howard University Medical School, Washington, D.C.

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/1977 - 06/1980 Residency, Primary Care Internal Medicine, University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/1992 - 07/2001 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, WI
07/1993 - 06/1994 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2001 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
01/1982 - 01/1983 Medical Director, Inner City Council on Alcoholism, Milwaukee, WI
01/1982 - 01/1999 Medical Director, Wisconsin Counseling, Intervention, Prevention, and Education, Milwaukee, WI
1986 - 1988 Medical Director, First Hospital of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
06/1992 - 05/1997 Medical Director, Kettle Moraine Detox Center, Milwaukee, WI
01/1994 - 12/1999 Medical Director, Plymouth Manor Nursing Home, Milwaukee, WI
07/1999 - 12/2008 Medical Director, General Assistance Medical Program GAMP), Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, WI
01/2004 - 12/2006 Medical Director, Plymouth Manor Nursing Home, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
07/1980 - 07/2003 Sinai Samaritan Medical Center/Mount Sinai Medical Center/Good Samaritan Hospital/Deaconess Hospital, 611 North Twelfth Street, Milwaukee, WI
1982 - 1988 Family Hospital, 2701 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI
1986 - 1990 First Hospital of Milwaukee, 3460 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI
07/2001 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Internal Medicine
10/1980
None
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin license
07/01/1980
10/31/2010
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
06/30/11 - Present Top 5 Finalist voted for Best Teaching Faculty Award, selected by Dept of Medicine housestaff. Medical College of Wisconsin, 2011
1992 - Present Excellence in Medicine, Black Excellence Awards, Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper
1992 - Present Outstanding Role Model Award, Internal Medicine housestaff, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus
1994 - Present Doctor of the Year, Career Youth Development Image Award
01/1997 - Present Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, Office of Minority Students Affairs, Medical College of Wisconsin
1998 - Present Attending of the Year, Internal Medicine housestaff, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, University Of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus
01/2007 - Present Certificado de Participacion, Jornadas Cientificas, Dr. Juan Ignacio Gutierrez en Memoriam, Facultad de Medicina, Cuerpo Medico Militar, Managua, Nicaragua
05/2007 - Present Outstanding Teacher designation by medical students on Ambulatory Internal Medicine Clerkship, Medical College of Wisconsin
06/2009 - Present Finalist, Best Ambulatory Teacher, Internal Medicine housestaff, Medical College of Wisconsin
06/2009 - Present "Best Required Rotation, " awarded to the Division of General Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine housestaff, Medical College of Wisconsin
11/2009 - Present MCW's Outstanding Medical Student Teachers for 2008-09, Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2009 - 2010 Top Ten Teaching Faculty Award, selected by the Department of Medicine housestaff, MCW
2009 - Present Listed in Best Doctors in America 2009 Database.
01/2010 - Present Awarded POET pin (Performing Outstanding Excellence Together) Reward and Recognition Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
03/2010 - Present MCW Student National Medical Association. Black History Month Celebration "Lifting as We Climb". Award presentation for Recognition of outstanding community service and leadership.
11/2011 - Present Awarded POET pin, (Performing Outstanding Excellence Together) from Reward and Recognition Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1980 - 2001 Cream City Medical Society
1989 - 2000 Wisconsin State Medical Society
1995 - 2006 International Society of Hypertension in Blacks
2008 - 2010 National Medical Association
2010 - Present International Society of Hypertension in Blacks
2010 - Present Cream City Medical Society

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
1982 - 1984 Co-founder and original Board Member, PrimeCare Health Plan of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1988 - 1989 President of Cream City Medical Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Lecturer on Depression, Anxiety and Dependency, Mead Johnson Speakers Bureau, 1989 - 1994
 
Regional
Lecturer, A Model of Private Health Care Provision in Inner City Milwaukee, sponsored by Medical Students for Minority Concerns, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, 05/2007 - Present
 
Local
Keynote Speaker, 15th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 01/2002 - Present
Presenter, Medical College of Wisconsin Community Partners, Association of American Medical Colleges Outstanding Community Service Award Site Visit, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 08/2005 - Present
Panelist, Race and Health Care: Attitudes, Access and Outcomes, Fourth Street Forum, Milwaukee Turner Hall, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 01/2007 - Present
Moderator on Survivors Panel, Fourth Annual Wisconsin Cancer Council Summit, Radisson Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 04/2007 - Present
Speaker/Panelist, Women's Leadership Institute, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/2007 - Present
Keynote Speaker, 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 02/2009 - Present
Update: Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Alcoholism, MCW/Division of General Internal Medicine, CME, 22nd Annual Update in Primary Care, Egg Harbor, WI, 10/08/2009 - 10/10/2009
Update: Cocaine Addiction and Abuse: Is your patient using and how can you help? MCW, Division of General Internal Medicine, 23rd Annual Update in Primary Care, Egg Harbor, WI, 10/07/2010 - 10/09/2010
41st Annual Winter Refresher Course for Dept of Family & Community Medicine, MCW. Presented lecture "Cocaine Addiction and Abuse: Is Your Patient Using and How Can You Help"? Hyatt Regency-Milwaukee, WI, 02/02/2011 - Present
21st Biennial Boule', Beta Alpha Boule' of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. Invited Speaker. "Cultivating & Celebrating Excellennce". Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, WI, 06/24/2011 - Present
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
01/2002 - 06/2003 LCME Task Force
07/2004 - 06/2006 Committee on Urban Planning
2006 Planning Committee, Division of General Internal Medicine, Faculty Retreat, University Club of Wisconsin
2007 - Present Department of Medicine Intern Selection Committee
2008 Planning Committee, Division of General Internal Medicine Spring, Gathering (Spring Fling) Hart Park Recreation Center
2009 Planning Committee, Division of General Internal Medicine Spring Gathering (Spring Fling), Sabor Restaurant
05/2010 Coordinator of the First Annual Louis F. Jermain MD Memorial Lectureship Award. Presented to Dr. Judy Ann Bigby, Secretary of Health of the State of Massachusetts. MCW, Cancer Center
 
Hospital
2006 Medical Assistants Committee, Westside Healthcare Association
2006 Medical Records Committee, Westside Healthcare Association
2009 - Present General Internal Medicine East Clinic Workflow Committee
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
2001 - Present Ambulatory Clerkship-Attending Supervised one M3 or M4 student per month in primary and urgent care clinics (6-7 months per year)
2001 - Present Inpatient Clerkship-Attending Supervised two-three M3 or M4 students per rotation in the comprehensive care of patients in the hospital setting (6-8 weeks per year)
2004 - 2005 Introduction to Clinical Examination-Attending Sup/teach two-four M2 students taking a patient history and performing a physical examination and reviewed and critiqued their written documentation
 
Resident and Fellow Education
2001 - Present Internal Medicine FMLH Rotation: Inpatient Teaching-Ward Attending, Supervise and teach interns&resident in comp.management of patients admitted to general medicine service at tertiary care hospital.
2001 - Present Internal Medicine Ambulatory Continuity Clinic-Preceptor, supervise and teach outpatient preventative care, chronic illness management, acute care, urgent care and procedures to interns and residents
2001 - Present Resident Continuity Clinical Conference, Facilitator: Prepare and facilitate required ambulatory care conference attended by 5-6 residents weekly prior to their continuity clinic session
2007 - Present Supervise 8-10 half hour continuity care lectures per year
01/2010 - 06/2010 MCW Peds Resident Continuity Clinic- Preceptor
03/2010 Academic Half-Day Lecturer and Facilitator: "ETOH Use"
 
Community/Lay Public
2003 - 2005 Apprenticeship in Medicine Program (AIM), Medical College of Wisconsin. Each summer, mentored two minority high school students interested in careers in medicine twice a week for six weeks
06/2007 Second Annual NEW Leadership Program (a Healthier Wisconsin Partner), Women's Leadership Institute, Mount Mary College, Lectured and provided a Lisbon Avenue Health Center tour
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
01/15/2007 - 01/20/2007 Brigada Medica, Army of Nicaragua Medical School and Hospital, Gave lecture to nurses, medical students, interns and residents, toured the outpatient clinics, accompanied residents: part of a multinational medical mission
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
1984 - 1988 Black Achievers Mentoring Program, North Central YMCA
1989 Black Professional Award in Medicine, Plymouth Manor Nursing Home
03/1998 Distinguished Men Service Award, Top Ladies of Distinction, Milwaukee Chapter
1998 Father of the Year Award, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Midwest Region
08/1999 Award of Appreciation, 2nd Biennial National Teen Summit, Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Orlando, Florida
2000 Health Fair, Metropolitan Milwaukee Alliance of Black School Educators
2001 Certificate of Recognition for Participation in the General Assistance Medical Program (GAMP), Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and Milwaukee County Executive
05/2002 Lifetime Achievement Award, Milwaukee Fathers' Auxiliary, Inc., Milwaukee Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
2002 Guest Speaker, "Natural Born Killers", panel discussion on hypertension, diabetes, and prostatic cancer, The Leaders Forum
2002 Guest Speaker, Black History Month "Embracing Literacy-A Salute to Black Authors", Rufus King International Baccalaureate High School
04/2003 Panelist, Minority Health Night, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc
12/2003 Speaker, Healthy Choices Retreat, Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc, Milwaukee Chapter
2003 Kick Off- 20th Annual Family Day, Medical College of Wisconsin,Dept of Family and Community Medicine Church-based Program, Holy Cathedral Church of God in Christ
04/2004 Outstanding Achievement in Health, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, 70th Central Regional Conference
2005 Panelist, Tenth Annual Conference Fundraiser, Men of Tomorrow, Transitions, Inc.
2005 Volunteer, Experience Art, RiverWalk 2005
2006 Panelist, First Annual Sankofa Project Cancer Education Forum, Northside YMCA and American Cancer Association
12/2008 Participant, Obama Transition Team Community Discussion on Healthcare Reform
03/2010 2nd Annual Community Service Award Recipients. Black History Month presented by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
04/2010 Special Invited Speaker. The Sharon Seventh Day Adventist Church-Health Team
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abstracts
1. Non-Esterified Cholesterol and Prostatic Cancer in Black Americans,Pruitt M, Wong H, Jones GW, Sampson C: Relationship of Urinary Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Xavier- MBS Biomedical Symposium,p.111, 1977.