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Training > Psychology Training Faculty > Freedy_bio.htm 

John R. Freedy, MD, Ph.D.
[Family Medicine Rotation]

Office address: Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
9298 Medical Plaza Dr., Charleston, SC 29412

Telephone/Fax: (843) 818-2952 / (843) 818-2990 (Fax)

Email address: freedyjr@musc.edu

Departmental and administrative position(s):

Director, Behavioral Science Curriculum
Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency

Medical Director, Skilled Nursing Facility
Trident Regional Medical Center



Education / Training:

College: BA with honors in Psychology, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1984
MA in Clinical Psychology, Kent State University, 1988
PhD in Clinical Psychology, Kent State University, 1990
MD: Medical University of South Carolina, 2002
Residency: Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
Fellowship: NIMH Traumatic Stress Research Fellowship, 1990-91
MUSC Faculty Development Fellowship, 2005-06

Positions in academic / professional groups:

American Balint Society (member)
American Medical Association (member)
North American Primary Care Research group (member; review committee member)
SC Academy of Family Physicians (member; membership subcommittee)
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (member)

Selected honors / awards:

Family Medicine Resident Scholarship Day 1st Place Research Award, 2004
Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency
Project title: Lifetime trauma exposure and mental health status among veteran administration primary care patients

First Place Essay for the Balint Society, 2004
Essay title: Reflections on vulnerability within the doctor-patient relationship

Research / academic / clinical interests:

Violence & traumatic stress
PTSD
Relationship between mental health & chronic illnesses
Behavioral science curriculum development
Balint group work.

Selected or recent publications:

Freedy, J. R., & Hobfoll, S.E. (1995). Traumatic stress: From theory to practice. New York: Plenum Press.

Freedy, J.R., Monnier, J. & Shaw, D.L. (2001). Putting a comprehensive violence curriculum on the fast track. Academic Medicine, 76, 348-50.

Freedy, J. R., Monnier, J., & Shaw, D.L. (2002). Trauma screening in students attending a medical university. Journal of American College Health, 50, 160-7.

Freedy, J.R. (2004). Reflections on vulnerability within the doctor-patient relationship. Journal of the Balint Society, 32, 41-44.

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