Department of Internal Medicine
General Internal Medicine Faculty
Graduate School:
American University, Washington, D.C.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
Drug Dependency Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Heather Reisinger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Reisinger's research interests include Veterans' healthcare.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- Member, American Anthropological Association, 2001-Present
- Member, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, 2001-Present
- Member, Society for Medical Anthropology, 2001-Present
- Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology, 1996-Present
Publications:
- Alleman, Brandon W, Lugar Tana, Reisinger, Heather Schacht, Martin, Rene, Horowitz, Michael D, Cram, Peter (In press). Medical Tourism Services Available to Residents of the United States. Journal of General Internal Medicine.
- Pilling, Stacey A, Williams, Monica B, Brackett, Rachel Horner, Gourley, Ryan, Vender Weg, Mark W, Christensen, Alan J, Kaboli, Peter J, Reisinger, Heather Schacht (2010). “Activating Patients to Engage Their Providers in the Use of Evidence-Based Medicine: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Patients’ Perspective among Participants of the VA Project to Implement Diuretics (VAPID).” Implementation Science, 5:23.
- Buzza, Colin D, Williams, Monica B, Vander Weg, Mark W, Christensen, Alan J, Kaboli, Peter J, Reisinger, Heather Schacht (2010). “Should Patients be activated to Request Evidence-Based Medicine? A Qualitative Study of the Providers’ Reponses to the VA Project to Implement Diuretics (VAPID).” Implementation Science, 5:24.