Bio: Sandrine Motamed, M.D., a 2009-10 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is chief resident in the division of primary care medicine, University Hospitals Geneva, working both in the field and to train family practitioners. She is also chief scientific resident at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, where her research and teaching revolves around community-centered health; her research focuses on combining internal medicine with public health. Motamed is currently leading a project that received $35 million in funding to implement a village model of primary care in a small town outside Geneva that combines health and social care and which integrates concepts of urban planning, mobility, and social links between generations. She is also developing new professional profiles for doctors and pharmacists to address the evolving need of the population. Motamed holds a medical doctorate, a specialist F.M.H. (Swiss Medical Association training) in internal medicine, a master's in advanced studies in public health, and a F.M.H. professional examination in prevention and public health.
Placement: The George Washington University
Mentors: Bruce Siegel, M.D., M.P.H.; Carol Beasley, M.P.P.M., Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Anne Markus, Ph.D., M.H.S., J.D.
Project: National Policy and Communities: What do Health Leaders Think of Community Participation & the Impact of Health Reform on Communities?
Description: Motamed's first project explored health leaders' perception of the potential impact of the new policies on communities. She organized a one-day international Symposium with an international panel of policymakers, experts, community leaders and providers of safety-net services to discuss the process of community participation. Motamed's second project, "Organizing a Primary Health Care System to Bring Health for All: What we Can Learn from the Case of the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County?", a case study, explored whether and how the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County meets various measures of high performance and community participation.