Biography

Fadya El Rayess, MD, MPH is the new Director of Global Health for the Department of Family Medicine at Brown University and a newly appointed Assistant Residency Director for the Family Medicine Residency. As the former Medical Director of the Chad Brown Community Health Center she has provided medical care in resource poor settings both through her work at several CHCs and through international work in Guatemala, Honduras and, more recently, a year spent in Lesotho, Africa. As the Assistant Residency Director for a new Family Medicine Training Program in Lesotho, she was responsible for developing the four year curriculum while providing daily FM Resident and visiting US medical student supervision and direct patient care. She is representing the Department of Family Medicine in Rwanda and launching the new Family Medicine Global Health and Faculty Development Fellowship to start in August of 2012.

Awards

•RI AHEC & Brown Medical School Dept of Family Medicine Certificate of Appreciation Nov 11th 2010
•Governor's Award for Distinguished Achievement in Wellness. November 2nd 2009
•Quality Partners Award for Innovations in Medicine – Office Practice October 10th 2007
•RI Dept of Health Grant for Minority Health Promotion Site 2007-2010
•Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI Blue Angel Grant to fund the Mark, Set, Go! Program 2006-07
•Coastway Credit Union Grant to fund the Mark, Set, Go! Program 2006-07
•Dexter Grant to set up Diabetes screenings in Providence 2004-05
•Most Improved Team, Rhode Island Chronic Collaborative, March 2004
•National Health Service Corps Scholarship, 1999-2001
•William H. Wiese Award for Excellence in Community Medicine, 1999
•Robert K. Cole Memorial Award for Community Service, 1996

Affiliations

•American Academy of Family Physicians
•American Public Health Association
•Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians
•Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
•Lesotho Medical Association

Teaching Experience

Global Health in Family Medicine
Health Disparities
Scholarly Work in Family Medicine Residency
Scholarly Concentration for Undergraduate Medical Education in Care for Underserved Communities

Selected Publications

• Elkin, P and El Rayess, F." Lesotho opens family medicine specialty training program." WONCA News. 2008, Dec; 34(6): 13-14(2008)
• East, J and El Rayess, F. "Pediatricians' approach to the health care of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth." Journal of Adolescent Health. 1998 Oct;23(4):191-3.(1998)