@deafmd1

Prof UMich Dept Family Medicine, deaf doc, studies intersection of disability and health, #disabilityhealth, #MDisability also @MikeMcKee@med-mastodon.com

 Ann Arbor, MI
medicine.umich.edu/dept/family-medicine/michael-m-mckee-md-mph
Joined February 2013
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Primary care can't be a one size fits all. Patients with disabilities need tailored screenings and care guidelines. We need to think smarter not harder to avoid these devastating falls. #disabilityhealth. youtu.be/34Ycwnf6DeM?si=Pb69… via @YouTube

Annals of Family Medicine Podcast Episode #13 | Dr. Teal Benevides and Dr. Michael McKee

Dr. Teal Benevides and Dr. Michael McKee join host Dr. Sherri Eldin...

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Please share among your networks. This is a fabulous opportunity for students and trainees to obtain more training in disability health. There is a wealth of skill building and opportunities to get involved with clinical and research related projects. #disabilityhealth
MDisability@disability_UMJan 26
⏰ TIME SENSITIVE! Passionate about disability health equity? Apply for the 2026 MDisability & Center for Disability Health & Wellness Summer Internship 2026! Build research skills, shadow clinicians and drive change. Deadline: 12 a.m. EDT, Feb 2. michmed.org/WXGPG
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ALT Group of students of various sexes and races, including a person in a wheelchair, sitting around a conference table.

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Join us this Thursday for Dr. Chad Ruffin's presentation. It will be an insightful one since clinicians need to learn how to work better with hearing health providers to manage deaf and hard of hearing individuals' mental and physical health. @ChadRuffinMD
MDisability@disability_UM6 Jan 2025
📢 This Thursday! @ChadRuffinMD is the featured speaker of our Provider Webinar Series from 12-1 p.m. EDT. Dr. Ruffin will speak about the importance of providing holistic care for people w/ hearing loss & discuss new treatment strategies. Register now! bit.ly/3ZAZYTf
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Spread the word! We will be hosting quarterly webinars and discussions for clinicians who are caring for patients with disabilities. This will be on bone health and fractures which is a major morbidity and mortality for PWD. Look forward to seeing many there!
MDisability@disability_UM14 Nov 2024
Our Program Director @deafmd1 will participate in the @UMDisabilityCtr event, "Bone Health: Osteoporosis and Living with Disability". This free event is open to clinical providers. When: Thursday, Nov. 21 Time: Noon-1 p.m. EDT Where: On Zoom Register: umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form…
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My absentee ballot receipt has been confirmed. Please VOTE if you have not done so. Many of us depend on rights that many fought hard for. Many of these rights and protections are in jeopardy. Do not take them for granted. This is our opportunity to state what we want.
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🎉Big news from @NIH for the disability community! Tara Schwetz, Deputy Director in the Office of the @NIHDirector, announced exciting actions to advance disability inclusion across the NIH.
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We are looking for faculty members to join our growing disability health team. See link for faculty position opportunities! #disabilityhealth medicine.umich.edu/dept/fami…
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Interpreters- looking for a great training event around mental health interpreting (COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH: DEAF COMMUNITY AND INTERPRETERS WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE)? cwoodpd.com/event-details/co…

Collective Community Health: Deaf Community and Interpreters Working Side-by-Side | CWooDPD

This two day event is focused on bringing Michigan Deaf and Interpreter community members together as a collective to review what it means to work side by side as a team that supports a collective...

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Check out this cool project that will help with the accessibility design of self-driving cars. We need your input to make sure that these cars are accessible to Deaf and hard of hearing individuals! See info how you can participate. They pay for your input!
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See below for a great training opportunity with NIH/NIDCD! @NIDCD For more information, contact Dr. Monzack (info below).
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Our research division has an open job posting for a Research Administration Senior Manager to help manage our various research activities and multiple grants, including applications. If interested in joining our team, check out this job posting at careers.umich.edu/job_detail…
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I am speaking at AMPHL 2024 Chicago Conference. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app
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⏰There's still time to register for our Provider Webinar Series Thursday, 6/13 at noon EDT with Dr. Christian Vogler of @GallaudetU & MDisability Director Dr. Mike. McKee @deafmd1. Register here: bit.ly/4c5J8QN
MDisability@disability_UM4 Jun 2024
⏰SAVE THE DATE! Christian Vogler of @GallaudetU will provide an overview of meeting/webinar accessibility for Deaf, Hard of Hearing & low-vision individuals at noon June 13. MDis Director @deafmd also will present. Register for this important webinar now: bit.ly/4c5J8QN
MDisability Provider Webinar Series. Photo of Christian Vogler, a white male with light brown hair and a light grey button-down shirt, smiling. Medical education accessibility overview for students and trainees with a disability. A webinar for primary care providers presented by Christian Vogler, Ph.D., and MDisability Director Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH. Thursday, June 13, 2024, at noon EDT. ASL interpreters will be present. Real-time closed captioning provided by Michigan Medicine Center for Disability Health and Wellness (CDHW). Michigan Medicine University of Michigan logo.

ALT MDisability Provider Webinar Series. Photo of Christian Vogler, a white male with light brown hair and a light grey button-down shirt, smiling. Medical education accessibility overview for students and trainees with a disability. A webinar for primary care providers presented by Christian Vogler, Ph.D., and MDisability Director Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH. Thursday, June 13, 2024, at noon EDT. ASL interpreters will be present. Real-time closed captioning provided by Michigan Medicine Center for Disability Health and Wellness (CDHW). Michigan Medicine University of Michigan logo.

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Join us tomorrow at 12 pm ET for our upcoming webinar- Addressing Perinatal Health Inequities Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals through Clinical, Research and Community Insights brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/reg…
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Mike McKee@deafmd114 Mar 2024
Join our next webinar (Tuesday, 3/19 at 3:30 pm EST) for mentees and trainees with disabilities in health care and research. I am thrilled to have 3 excellent panelists, including a NIH program officer. ASL and CART provided. See flyer for details. @DM3P_Social @UMDisabilityCtr
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So excited to be hosting this conference with my cochair @4_kidney ! Awesome speakers including my colleagues and friends @meekslisa and keynote @BonnieSwenorPhD #DocsWithDisabilities
Stanford SMADIE@StanfordSMADIE22 Feb 2024
Registration is NOW OPEN for the Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine, where insightful sessions are going to pave the way for inclusive healthcare practices. Don’t miss out on this empowering event! #DocsWithDisabilities #SMADIE2024
Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine sessions: “The Power and Impact of Storytelling: A Live Recording of the DocsWithDisabilities Podcast”, “Disability and Transgender Health”, “Fostering Inclusion by Embedding a Culture of Disability”, “Through their lens: Using storytelling to demonstrate the critical role of program access across the medical education continuum”, “The Disability in Medicine Mutual Mentorship Program (DM 3P)”, and “AI in Disability Healthcare”. For a full agenda visit: https://med.stanford.edu/smadie/events/5th-annual-disability-conference.html

ALT Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine sessions: “The Power and Impact of Storytelling: A Live Recording of the DocsWithDisabilities Podcast”, “Disability and Transgender Health”, “Fostering Inclusion by Embedding a Culture of Disability”, “Through their lens: Using storytelling to demonstrate the critical role of program access across the medical education continuum”, “The Disability in Medicine Mutual Mentorship Program (DM 3P)”, and “AI in Disability Healthcare”. For a full agenda visit: https://med.stanford.edu/smadie/events/5th-annual-disability-conference.html

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Important research from one of our MDisabiilty members, Assistant Professor @tylergjames_ and team.
U-M Family Medicine@umfamilymed26 Feb 2024
Study: Only 54% of autistic adults w/ intellectual disabilities & HIV received antiretroviral therapy, well below nat'l goal of 95%. This supports past research showing autistic people w/ intellectual disabilities experience worse health/social outcomes. bit.ly/42Mqxpq
For people with intellectual disabilities, we want you to know that your experiences are seen, and it is important to continue to advocate for yourself and your sexual health. We are advocating with you. Quote attributed to Assistant Professor and First Author Tyler G. James, Ph.D., MCHES of Michigan Medicine University of Michigan

ALT For people with intellectual disabilities, we want you to know that your experiences are seen, and it is important to continue to advocate for yourself and your sexual health. We are advocating with you. Quote attributed to Assistant Professor and First Author Tyler G. James, Ph.D., MCHES of Michigan Medicine University of Michigan

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Join us in Women's History Month to meet women creating history in medicine! "The transition from UME to GME for women with disabilities" 📅 Save the date: March 28th 🕒 Time: 3:30-5 pm EST 🌐 bit.ly/UME_To_GME #MedTwitter #MedEd #WomenInMedicine #WomenWithDisabilitiesInMedicine #WWDIM
A blue and white infographic that outlines a new webinar. At the top mentoring for the transition from UME to GME. Webinar Panel. March 28th 3:30-5 pm Pictures of 7 women of varied ethnicities and ages. CART AND ASL PROVIDED Logos from the following groups below. The Docs with Disabilities Initiative Programs WWDIM DIGME Sponsor The University of Michigan Center for Disability Health and Wellness Partner Organizations (ACGME) (APHA) (AAMC) (AMPHL) Johns Hopkins University Disability Health Research Center (MSDCI) (SMADIE) University of California Davis, Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce MDisability Program Registration: https://bit.ly/UME_To_GME

ALT A blue and white infographic that outlines a new webinar. At the top mentoring for the transition from UME to GME. Webinar Panel. March 28th 3:30-5 pm Pictures of 7 women of varied ethnicities and ages. CART AND ASL PROVIDED Logos from the following groups below. The Docs with Disabilities Initiative Programs WWDIM DIGME Sponsor The University of Michigan Center for Disability Health and Wellness Partner Organizations (ACGME) (APHA) (AAMC) (AMPHL) Johns Hopkins University Disability Health Research Center (MSDCI) (SMADIE) University of California Davis, Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce MDisability Program Registration: https://bit.ly/UME_To_GME

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Join our next webinar (Tuesday, 3/19 at 3:30 pm EST) for mentees and trainees with disabilities in health care and research. I am thrilled to have 3 excellent panelists, including a NIH program officer. ASL and CART provided. See flyer for details. @DM3P_Social @UMDisabilityCtr
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Thank you @umichmedicine for highlighting our research. This collaborative effort with @AUG_University is one of the largest epidemiological studies on #HIV among publicly insured adults with #IDD. The accessible visual abstract is available here: disabilityhealth.medicine.um…
Michigan Medicine@umichmedicine17 Feb 2024
People with intellectual disabilities are at a higher risk of HIV exposure due to a lack of information and testing. U-M's Tyler G. James, PhD, looks at the extent of this inequity as well as ways to educate providers and lead to better care. michmed.org/qqVQx
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