Jira Coumarbatch, MD
Jcoumarb@med.wayne.edu


Departmental Role


My role in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Wayne State University is the Clinical Director for the Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Clerkship. In this role I assist the clinical director in the development and implementation of the clerkship as well as deliver didactic lessons. In addition, I serve as a small group instructor for the School of Medicine Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. I am also engaged in research with a focus on evidence-based clinical medicine in adolescent school health. I also provide primary health care to patients in our Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences outpatient clinic and inpatient Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences service.

Education

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, BA, Biology, 1990

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, BS, Nursing, 1992

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, MD, 2001

Training and Experience

Wayne State University Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Resident, Detroit, Michigan, 2002-2004

Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, Medical Director, Adolescent School Health Centers, Detroit, Michigan, 2004-present

Wayne State University, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Assistant Professor, Associate Clerkship Director, Detroit, Michigan, 2005-present

Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, 2004-2011

Research and Publications

Coumarbatch JG, Markova T, Israel N. A woman with chest pain, dyspnea and left ventricle outflow tract obstruction. Family Practice Recertification, 27(4): 18-26, 2005.

Jira Coumarbatch MD, Co-Investigator:   Michigan Department of Community Health Depression Grant. Funded 3/30/06

Jira Coumarbatch MD, Co-Investigator: Michigan Department of Community Health Grant "Brief Intervention for Healthy Food Choices in Primary Care". Funded 9/06

Presentations

Coumarbatch JG, Israel N, Markova T. Treatment options in a symptomatic patient with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Presented at the Eleventh Annual Research Day, WSU Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, April 2004, and published.

Coumarbatch JG. EBPC-Screening for sexually transmitted diseases. Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University faculty Development Seminar, January 2006. Detroit Michigan