Biography

Dr. Empkie joined the Department of Family Medicine in 1984 where he was Director of Predoctoral Education and coordinated medical student exchanges between Brown and German universities in Rostock and Tuebingen.

1993-2002: leave-of-absence, Project HOPE (international health education foundation), Regional Director, Central and Eastern Europe, Prague, Czech Republic.
2002-present: Assistant Dean of Medicine (PLME Advising)
2005-present: Course instructor, PHP0030-Health of Hispaniola
2010-present: Associate Faculty, Department of Slavic Studies

Other current contributions: co-director, Global Health Scholarly Concentration; coordinator, Brown-Rostock student exchange; executive committee member: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; and Family Medicine Global Health group.

Project partnerships: Ormylia Foundation/Monastery Center "Panagia Philanthropini", Greece; "A Mother's Wish Foundation", Dominican Republic.

Education, training, government service:
National Health Service Corps, Linton, North Dakota
Family Medicine Residency, University of Iowa
M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health;
M.D., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
A.B., Princeton University

Institutions

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