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John Hickner, MD, MSc
Professor of Family Medicine

5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 7110, M-156
Chicago, Illinois 60637-1470
Phone: 773-834-6855
Fax: 773-834-9864
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Biographical Sketch - Education & Training - Selected Publications

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Hickner came to The University of Chicago in 2003 after 25 years at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSU-CHM) where he was Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Family Practice. He spent the first twenty-two years of his academic career at MSU-CHM developing a rural teaching and research program, the Upper Peninsula Campus. The Upper Peninsula Campus is considered one of the leading rural medical education programs in the United States and continues to enjoy an international reputation.

His primary contribution to academic Family Medicine is the development of several practice-based research networks in the United States that have studied the breadth of family medicine. In recognition of his expertise he was selected to be the founding director of the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network in 2000, a position he held until 2004. Since his arrival at UC, Dr. Hickner has worked to develop the research capacity of Access Community Health Network, a large community health center organization with 46 practice sites in the Chicago area. His current research foci are quality, patient safety, and the effects of performance based compensation on the quality of care.

In addition to being a nationally know family medicine researcher, Dr. Hickner is an outstanding clinician and teacher. During his tenure with MSU-CHM he had a very active rural clinical practice including inpatient care and obstetrics. He received Outstanding Faculty Awards at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1980, 1997 and 2003, and the Arthur Victor Distinguished Faculty Award in Health Care Delivery in 1997.

 

Education & Training

 

Selected Publications

Original Research

Hickner J. A new look at an old problem: inappropriate antibiotics for acute respiratory infections. Ann Fam Med. 2006 Nov-Dec;4(6):484-5. [Abstract]

Phillips RL, Dovey SM, Graham D, Elder NC, Hickner JM. Learning from different lenses: reports of medical errors in primary care by clinicians, staff, and patients: a project of the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network. Journal of Patient Safety. 2006;2(3):140-6. [Abstract]

Elder NC, Graham D, Brandt E, Dovey S, Phillips R, Ledwith J, Hickner J. The Testing Process in Family Medicine: Problems, Solutions and Barriers as Seen by Physicians and Their Staff: A study of the American Academy of Family Physicians' National Research Network. Journal of Patient Safety. 2006; 2(1):25-32. [Abstract]

Park SY, Gerber MA, Tanz RR, Hickner JM, Galliher JM, Chuang I, Besser RE. Clinicians' management of children and adolescents with acute pharyngitis. Pediatrics. 2006 Jun;117(6):1871-8. [Abstract]

Hueston WJ, Mainous AG 3rd, Weiss BD, Macaulay AC, Hickner J, Sherwood RA. Protecting Participants in Family Medicine Research: A Consensus Statement on Improving Research Integrity and Participants' Safety in Educational Research, Community-based Participatory Research, and Practice Network Research. Fam Med. 2006 Feb;38(2):116-20. [Abstract]

Green LA, Hickner J. A short history of primary care practice-based research networks: from concept to essential research laboratories. J Am Board Fam Med. 2006 Jan-Feb;19(1):1-10. [Abstract]

Phillips TG, Hickner J. Calling acute bronchitis a chest cold may improve patient satisfaction with appropriate antibiotic use. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2005 Nov-Dec;18(6):459-63. [Abstract]

Hickner JM, Fernald DH, Harris DM, Poon EG, Elder NC, Mold JW. Issues and initiatives in the testing process in primary care physician offices. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005 Feb;31(2):81-9. [Abstract]

Elder NC, Hickner J. Missing clinical information: the system is down.JAMA. 2005 Feb 2;293(5):617-9. [Abstract]

Gokula RR, Hickner JA, Smith MA. Practice-based research networks: the laboratories of primary care research. Med Care. 2004 Apr;42(4 Suppl):III45-9. [Abstract]

Chen FM, Hickner J, Fink KS, Galliher JM, Burstin H. On the front lines: Family physicians' preparedness for bioterrorism. Journal of Family Practice, 2002; 51(9):745-750. [Abstract]

Barry HC, Hickner J, Ebell MH. A randomized controlled trial of telephone management of suspected urinary tract infections in women. Journal of Family Practice, 2001; 50(7):589-594. [Abstract]

Hickner JM, Bartlett JG, Besser RE, Gonzales R, Hoffman JR, Sande MA. Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute rhinosinusitis in adults: Background. Ann Intern Med, 2001; 134(6):498-505. [Abstract]

Gauthier B, Hickner J, Ornstein S. High prevalence of overweight children and adolescents in the Practice Partner Research Network. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 154(6):625-628, 2000. [Abstract]

Dosh S, Hickner JM, Mainous A, Ebell M. Predictors of antibiotic prescribing for nonspecific upper respiratory infection, acute bronchitis and acute sinusitis. An UPRNet study. Upper Peninsula Research Network. Journal of Family Practice, 2000; 49(5):407-414. [Abstract]

Noel MM, Hickner JM. The high prevalence of obesity in Michigan primary care practices. An UPRNet study. Upper Peninsula Research Network. Journal of Family Practice, 1998; 47(7):39-43. [Abstract]

Barry HC, Ebell MH, Hickner JM. Evaluation of suspected urinary tract infection in ambulatory women: a cost-utility analysis of office-based strategies. Journal of Family Practice, 1997; 44(1):49-60. [Abstract]

Root DT, Hickner JM, Nelson, TC. Prevalence and prediction of Chlamydial cervical infection in a rural area: an UPRNet Project. Journal of Family Practice, 1997; 33(4):369-374. [Abstract]

Hickner JM. Training for Rural Practice in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 1991; 154(2):111-118. [Abstract]

Brazeau NK, Potts MJ, Hickner JM: The Upper Peninsula Program: A Successful Model for Increasing Primary Care Physicians in Rural Areas. Family Medicine, 1990: 22(5):350-355. [Abstract]

Hickner J, Cousineau T, Messimer S: Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: Strategies Used by Michigan Family Physicians. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, 1990; 3:39-42(Jan-Mar). [Abstract]

Messimer S, Hickner J, Henry R: A Comparison of Two Antismoking Interventions Among Pregnant Women in Eleven Private Primary Care Practices. Journal of Family Practice, 1989; 28(3):283-288. [Abstract]

Hickner J, Westenberg C, Dittenbir M: Effect of Pregnancy on Smoking Behavior: A Baseline Study. Journal of Family Practice, 1984; 18(2):241-244. [Abstract]

Messimer S, Hickner J: Oral Fluoride Supplementation: Improving Practitioner Compliance by Using a Protocol. Journal of Family Practice, 1983; 17(5):821-825.[Abstract]