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Mary Ann Gilligan, MD, MPH

Mary Ann Gilligan, MD, MPH

Member, Faculty and Clinical Learning Environment Pillars, Kern Institute

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Kern Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Suite M1990
Milwaukee, WI 53226

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Academic Appointments/Other Titles

Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

Dr. Gilligan's area of expertise and the focus of her work is communication skills training. She is working on a curriculum development plan that will be integrated across all years of the curriculum. Also, because so much of the communication skills training students receive occurs informally in the workplace, faculty development for all faculty will be required in order to reinforce and validate content and skills emphasized in the formal curriculum and address more advanced skills and issues.

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Research Experience

Breast Cancer
Communication Skills
Women's Health

Views of institutional leaders on maintaining humanism in today's practice.

(Gilligan MC, Osterberg LG, Rider EA, Derse AR, Weil AB, Litzelman DK, Dunne DW, Hafler JP, Plews-Ogan M, Frankel RM, Branch WT Jr.) Patient Educ Couns. 2019 Oct;102(10):1911-1916 PMID: 31097330 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065518387 05/18/2019
Healthcare at the Crossroads: The Need to Shape an Organizational Culture of Humanistic Teaching and Practice.

(Rider EA, Gilligan MC, Osterberg LG, Litzelman DK, Plews-Ogan M, Weil AB, Dunne DW, Hafler JP, May NB, Derse AR, Frankel RM, Branch WT Jr.) J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Jul;33(7):1092-1099 PMID: 29740787 PMCID: PMC6025655 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85046621591 05/10/2018
A Multi-Institutional Longitudinal Faculty Development Program in Humanism Supports the Professional Development of Faculty Teachers.

(Branch WT Jr, Frankel RM, Hafler JP, Weil AB, Gilligan MC, Litzelman DK, Plews-Ogan M, Rider EA, Osterberg LG, Dunne D, May NB, Derse AR.) Acad Med. 2017 Dec;92(12):1680-1686 PMID: 28991846 PMCID: PMC5704738 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85037062091 10/11/2017
How physicians draw satisfaction and overcome barriers in their practices: It sustains me.

(Branch WT Jr, Weil AB, Gilligan MC, Litzelman DK, Hafler JP, Plews-Ogan M, Rider EA, Osterberg LG, Dunne D, Derse AR, Pittman JR, Frankel RM.) Patient Educ Couns. 2017 Dec;100(12):2320-2330 PMID: 28623052 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85020685321 06/18/2017