Internal medicine, specializing in correctional health care

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POPULATION REDUCTION ORDER
DONALD SPECTER – 083925
STEVEN FAMA – 099641
ALISON HARDY – 135966
SARA NORMAN – 189536
RITA LOMIO – 254501
MARGOT MENDELSON – 268583
PRISON LAW OFFICE
1917 Fifth Street
Berkeley, California 94710-1916
Telephone: (510) 280-2621
MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891
ERNEST GALVAN – 196065
LISA ELLS – 243657
JESSICA WINTER – 294237
MARC J. SHINN-KRANTZ – 312968
CARA E. TRAPANI – 313411
ROSEN BIEN
GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP
101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor
San Francisco, California 94105-1738
Telephone: (415) 433-6830
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
AND NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED OF THREE JUDGES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2284, TITLE 28 UNITED STATES CODE
RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
GAVIN NEWSOM, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 2:90-CV-00520-KJM-DB
THREE JUDGE COURT
Case No. C01-1351 JST
THREE JUDGE COURT
DECLARATION OF MARC STERN,
M.D. IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’
EMERGENCY MOTION TO MODIFY
POPULATION REDUCTION ORDER
MARCIANO PLATA, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
GAVIN NEWSOM,
Defendants.
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DECLARATION OF MARC STERN, M.D.
I, Marc Stern, declare as follows:
1. I am a physician, board-certified in internal medicine, specializing in correctional
health care. I most recently served as the Assistant Secretary for Health Care at the Washington
State Department of Corrections. I served for four years as a medical subject matter expert for the
Officer of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and as a
medical subject matter expert for one year for the California Attorney General’s division
responsible for monitoring the conditions of confinement in Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. I am a court-appointed medical expert in the class action
Parsons v. Ryan, CV-12-00601-PHX-ROS. Currently, I am the Medical Advisor for the National
Sheriffs’ Association on matters related to preventive measures responding to COVID-19.
Additionally, in 2009, at the request of the California Receiver Clark Kelso, I toured 10 California
State Prisons to assess whether or not the Receiver’s assignment – to restore the delivery of health
services within the California State Prisons – to constitutionally adequate levels – had been
completed. I have been Attached as Exhibit A is a copy of my curriculum vitae.
2. COVID-19 is a serious disease that has reached pandemic status, and is straining
the health care systems around the world. At least 330,000 people around the world have received
confirmed diagnoses of COVID 19, including 33,400 people in the United States. At least 14,000
people have died globally as a result of COVID-19, including more than 400 in the United States.
These numbers will increase, perhaps exponentially. Moreover, the numbers for the United States
currently must be considered in light of nationwide shortages of COVID-19 tests, thus the actual
numbers are likely significantly higher than those reported.
3. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) reports that
so far five employees and one incarcerated person have tested positive for COVID-19.
https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/. The actual number of infections is likely to be higher due to
the testing shortage.
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4. COVID-19 is a novel respiratory virus. It is spread primarily through droplets
generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or through droplets of saliva or discharge
from the nose. There is no vaccine for COVID-19, and there is no cure for COVID-19. No one
has prior immunity. The only way to control the virus is to use preventive strategies, including
social distancing.
5. The time course of the disease can be very rapid. Individuals can show the first
symptoms of infection in as little as two days after exposure and their condition can seriously
deteriorate in as little as five days (perhaps sooner) after that. It is believed that people can
transmit the virus without being symptomatic and, indeed, that a significant amount of
transmission may be from people who are infected but asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic.
6. The effects of COVID-19 are very serious, especially for people who are most
vulnerable. Vulnerable people include people over the age of 50, and those of any age with
underlying health problems such as – but not limited to – weakened immune systems,
hypertension, diabetes, blood, lung, kidney, heart, and liver disease, and possibly pregnancy.
7. Vulnerable people who are infected by the COVID-19 virus can experience severe
respiratory illness, as well as damage to other major organs. Treatment for serious cases of
COVID-19 requires significant advanced support, including ventilator assistance for respiration
and intensive care support. An outbreak of COVID-19 could put significant pressure on or exceed
the capacity of local health infrastructure. In the absence of a vaccine and a cure, a significant
number of people who are infected with the virus will die. To the extent that the health care
infrastructure is overloaded, people will die unnecessarily because necessary respirators and
hospital facilities are unavailable.
8. Controlling the spread of the virus by limiting person to person contact is critical to
saving lives. This is very challenging in prisons, because they are congregate environments, i.e.
places where people live and sleep in close proximity. Social distancing in ways that are
recommended by public health officials can be difficult, if not impossible in this environment. To
the extent that incarcerated people are housed in close quarters, unable to maintain a six-foot
distance from others, and sharing or touching objects used by others, infectious diseases that are
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transmitted via the air or touch (like COVID-19) are more likely to spread, placing people at risk.
This is especially true when, as in California, the number of incarcerated people is high and when
large numbers of people are housed in open dormitories rather than one or two-person cells. For
these reasons, if – but more likely when – COVID-19 is introduced into a prison, the risks of
spread is greatly, if not exponentially, increased as already evidenced by spread of COVID-19 in
two other congregate environments: nursing homes and cruise ships.
9. In addition to the increased risk from COVID-19 to any individual in the prisons,
there is an especially increased risk of harm to the elderly and people with underlying health
conditions. They are not only more likely to become seriously ill, but also, therefore, more likely
to require transport to a community hospital.
10. California state prisons remain overcrowded, even after the Population Reduction
Order upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493 (2001). I have
reviewed the Weekly Population Report posted on the website of the CDCR at
https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/174/2020/03/Tpop1d200318.pdf. This
report shows that the California state prisons remain at 130% of capacity. Among the 35 state
prisons, all but four are over 100% capacity, and 19 are at or over 130% of design capacity, with
eight over 150% capacity. Among the four which are below capacity, their occupancies are still
high, from a public health standpoint: 90.9%, 96.2%, 97.3%, and 99.7%.
11. I visited 10 of the California state prisons in 2009, and have observed many of the
large open dormitories, housing groups ranging from a half dozen to scores of incarcerated people.
Additionally, I have reviewed photographs taken in 2019 and provided to me by plaintiffs’ counsel
of living areas and day rooms in four prisons: Central California Women’s Facility, California
Institution for Men, California Medical Facility, and the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility at
Corcoran. I also reviewed a CDCR Institutional Bed Audit dated March 23, 2020 that shows that
many of the CDCR dormitories are very crowded. For example, at Avenal State Prison, all people
are housed in dormitories designed to house 50-100 people. Most of those dormitories are
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currently at 150% capacity. At the Central California Women’s Facility, some of the dormitories
are as much as 194% overcrowded.
12. The level of crowding in the California state prisons, as evidenced by the
population reports, the Institutional Bed Audit and the photographs I reviewed, is very significant
and worrisome from a public health standpoint. These crowded conditions, particularly in the
dormitories, make it virtually impossible to maintain social distance.
13. CDCR already has reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the prisons. The
conditions in CDCR’s prisons will undoubtedly result in the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus
throughout the prisons, absent significant and immediate interventions. In addition, prisons house
a higher percentage than the community of people with underlying health conditions that put them
at increased risk of serious complications (including death) from COVID-19. Therefore, based on
the crowded conditions, coupled with the increased concentration of people with high risk of
complications, including death, from COVID-19, incarcerated people in California state
prisons are at an extraordinary risk of dying from the COVID-19 virus.
14. I have reviewed the CDCR’s COVID-19 Preparedness webpage listing the
precautions they report to have implemented in the prisons. See https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/.
Even if fully implemented as described, these steps reduce, but to not eliminate significant risk
compared to risk in the community. Further, according to CDCR’s own plan, it will likely not be
able to fully implement its measures. Indeed, according to the website, “staff and inmates are
practicing social distancing strategies where possible….” and they will “[adjust] dining schedules
where possible” (emphasis added.)
15. For these reasons, I recommend immediately downsizing the population of these
prisons, with priority given to those at high risk of harm due to their age and health status, and
with the goal of allowing social distancing and recommended public health practices in all
ongoing activities. To be effective in reducing the spread of the virus, these downsizing
measures must occur now. Currently, the prevalence of the virus in the prisons appears low,
limited to a few prisons. This gives the California a critical window of opportunity to contain the
virus before it permeates the prison system and becomes completely unmanageable.
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16. There are two values to immediate downsizing. First, downsizing will reduce the
density of congregation. This will allow people in prison to maintain better social distancing. The
reduction in population will also make it easier for prison authorities to implement infection
prevention measures such as: provision of cleaning supplies to residents; frequent laundering of
towels and clothes; provision of soap for handwashing; frequent cleaning of transactional surfaces;
frequent showers; etc. The reduction in population while implementing these enhanced measures
helps prevent overloading the work of prison staff such that they can continue to ensure the safety
of incarcerated people. For those people housed in dormitories, reducing the density will enable
people to live in group settings with sufficient space to maintain six feet of distance from others.
All these steps can slow or stop the spread of infection, to the benefit of residents and staff and,
ultimately, the community at large.
17. Second, immediate downsizing that prioritizes residents who are elderly and those
with underlying health conditions reduces the likelihood they will contract the disease. Individuals
in these groups are at the highest risk of severe complications from COVID-19 and when they
develop severe complications they will be transported to community hospitals. Prisons are integral
parts of the community’s public health infrastructure. Reducing the spread and severity of
infection in a state prison slows, if not reduces, the number of people who will become ill enough
to require hospitalization where they will be using scarce community resources (ER beds, general
hospital beds, ICU beds) which also in turn reduces the health and economic burden to the local
community at large.
18. In addition to recommending immediate downsizing, I also recommend that the
prisons begin planning now to downsize further as conditions change. The change in conditions
we need to anticipate is reduction in workforce (custody and health care staff) as workers respond
to their personal needs (self-quarantine or isolation, caring for ill relatives, staying home with
school-age children). Insufficient custody staffing poses an obvious risk to the safety of the
institution. Insufficient health care staffing poses an obvious risk to the health of residents.
19. The risks to which incarcerated people at the 35 California state prisons are
exposed stem from the congregate nature of their crowded environment and, for the elderly and
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chronically ill, from their medical histories. Thus, even if the health care delivery system were
constitutionally adequate, the incarcerated people living in these prisons would still be at
substantial risk of illness and death.
20. Thus, in summary, reducing the number of individuals imprisoned in the 35
California State Prisons immediately, with plans made for further reductions as staffing levels
change, is necessary for the health and safety of the prisons and our communities. This population
reduction should begin with the most medically compromised, and continue until the population
reaches the point that allows for social distancing and recommended public health practices in all
activities.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true
and correct.
Executed this 24th day in March, 2020 in Tumwater, Washington.
_____________________
Dr. Marc Stern
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Exhibit A
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MARC F. STERN, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.
March, 2020
1100 Surrey Trace Drive, SE [email protected]
Tumwater, Washington 98501, USA +1 (360) 701–6520
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE CONSULTANT 2009 – PRESENT
Consultant in the design, management, and operation of health services in a correctional setting to assist in evaluating,
monitoring, or providing evidence-based, cost-effective care consistent with constitutional mandates of quality.
Current activities include:
ï‚· COVID-19 Medical Advisor, National Sheriffs Association (2020 – )
ï‚· Advisor to various jails in Washington State on patient safety, health systems, and related health care and custody
staff activities and operations, and RFP and contract generation (2014 – )
ï‚· Consultant to the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section. Providing investigative
support and expert medical services pursuant to complaints regarding care delivered in any US jail, prison, or
detention facility. (2010 – ) (no current open cases)
ï‚· Physician prescriber/trainer for administration of naloxone by law enforcement officers for the Olympia, Tumwater,
Lacey, Yelm, and Evergreen College Police Departments (2017 – )
ï‚· Consultant to the Civil Rights Enforcement Section, Office of the Attorney General of California, under SB 29, to
review the healthcare-related conditions of confinement of detainees confined by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement in California facilities (2017 – )
ï‚· Rule 706 Expert to the Court, US District Court for the District of Arizona, in the matter of Parsons v. Ryan (2018 – )
Previous activities include:
ï‚· Consultant to Human Rights Watch to evaluate medical care of immigrants in Homeland Security detention (2016 –
2018)
ï‚· Consultant to Broward County Sheriff to help develop and evaluate responses to a request for proposals (2017 –
2018)
ï‚· Member of monitoring team (medical expert) pursuant to Consent Agreement between US Department of Justice and
Miami-Dade County (Unites States of America v Miami-Dade County, et al.) regarding, entre outre, unconstitutional
medical care. (2013 – 2016)
ï‚· Jointly appointed Consultant to the parties in Flynn v Walker (formerly Flynn v Doyle), a class action lawsuit before
the US Federal District Court (Eastern District of Wisconsin) regarding Eighth Amendment violations of the health
care provided to women at the Taycheedah Correctional Institute. Responsible for monitoring compliance with the
medical component of the settlement. (2010 – 2015)
 Consultant on “Drug-related Death after Prison Release,” a research grant continuing work with Dr. Ingrid
Binswanger, University of Colorado, Denver, examining the causes of, and methods of reducing deaths after release
from prison to the community. National Institutes of Health Grant R21 DA031041-01. (2011 – 2016)
ï‚· Consultant to the US Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Providing
investigative support and expert medical services pursuant to complaints regarding care received by immigration
detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (2009 – 2014)
ï‚· Special Master for the US Federal District Court (District of Idaho) in Balla v Idaho State Board of Correction, et al.,
a class action lawsuit alleging Eighth Amendment violations in provision of health care at the Idaho State
Correctional Institution. (2011 – 2012)
ï‚· Facilitator/Consultant to the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
providing assistance and input for the development of the first National Survey of Prisoner Health. (2010-2011 )
 Project lead and primary author of National Institute of Corrections’ project entitled “Correctional Health Care
Executive Curriculum Development,” in collaboration with National Commission on Correctional Health Care. NIC
commissioned this curriculum for its use to train executive leaders from jails and prisons across the nation to better
manage the health care missions of their facilities. Cooperative Agreement 11AD11GK18, US Department of Justice,
National Institute of Corrections. (2011 – 2015 )
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 Co-teacher, with Jaye Anno, Ph.D., for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, of the Commission’s
standing course, An In-Depth Look at NCCHC’s 2008 Standards for Health Services in Prisons and Jails taught at its
national meetings. (2010 – 2013)
ï‚· Contributor to 2014 Editions of Standards for Health Services in Jails and Standards for Health Services in Prisons,
National Commission on Correctional Health Care. (2013)
ï‚· Consultant to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation court-appointed Receiver for medical
operations. Projects included:
o Assessing the Receiver’s progress in completing its goal of bringing medical care delivered in the
Department to a constitutionally mandated level. (2009)
o Providing physician leadership to the Telemedicine Program Manager tasked with improving and expanding
the statewide use of telemedicine. (2009)
ï‚· Conceived, co-designed, led, and instructed in American College of Correctional Physicians and National
Commission on Correctional Health Care’s Medical Directors Boot Camp (now called Leadership Institute), a
national training program for new (Track “101”) and more experienced (Track “201”) prison and jail medical
directors. (2009 – 2012)
ï‚· Participated as a member of a nine-person Delphi expert consensus panel convened by Rand Corporation to create a
set of correctional health care quality standards. (2009)
ï‚· Convened a coalition of jails, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and community mental health centers in ten
counties in Washington State to apply for a federal grant to create an electronic network among the participants that
will share prescription information for the correctional population as they move among these three venues. (2009 –
2010)
ï‚· Participated as a clinical expert in comprehensive assessment of Michigan Department of Corrections as part of a
team from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. (2007)
ï‚· Provided consultation to Correctional Medical Services, Inc., St. Louis (now Corizon), on issues related to
development of an electronic health record. (2001)
ï‚· Reviewed cases of possible professional misconduct for the Office of Professional Medical Conduct of the New York
State Department of Health. (1999 – 2001)
ï‚· Advised Deputy Commissioner, Indiana State Board of Health, on developing plan to reduce morbidity from chronic
diseases using available databases. (1992)
ï‚· Provided consultation to Division of General Medicine, University of Nevada at Reno, to help develop a new clinical
practice site combining a faculty practice and a supervised resident clinic. (1991)
OLYMPIA BUPRENORPHINE CLINIC, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 2019 – PRESENT
Volunteer practitioner at a low-barrier clinic to providing Medication Assisted Treatment (buprenorphine) to opioid
dependent individuals wishing to begin treatment, until they can transition to a long-term treatment provider
OLYMPIA FREE CLINIC, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 2017 – PRESENT
Volunteer practitioner providing episodic care at a neighborhood clinic which provides free care to individuals without
health insurance until they can find a permanent medical home
OLYMPIA UNION GOSPEL MISSION CLINIC, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 2009 – 2014
Volunteer practitioner providing primary care at a neighborhood clinic which provides free care to individuals without
health insurance until they can find a permanent medical home; my own patient panel within the practice focuses on
individuals recently released jail and prison.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 2002 – 2008
Assistant Secretary for Health Services/Health Services Director, 2005 – 2008
Associate Deputy Secretary for Health Care, 2002 – 2005
Responsible for the medical, mental health, chemical dependency (transiently), and dental care of 15,000 offenders in
total confinement. Oversaw an annual operating budget of $110 million and 700 health care staff.
ï‚· As the first incumbent ever in this position, ushered the health services division from an operation of 12 staff in
headquarters, providing only consultative services to the Department, to an operation with direct authority and
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responsibility for all departmental health care staff and budget. As part of new organizational structure, created and
filled statewide positions of Directors of Nursing, Medicine, Dental, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Psychiatry,
Pharmacy, Operations, and Utilization Management.
ï‚· Significantly changed the culture of the practice of correctional health care and the morale of staff by a variety of
structural and functional changes, including: ensuring that high ethical standards and excellence in clinical practice
were of primordial importance during hiring of professional and supervisory staff; supporting disciplining or career
counseling of existing staff where appropriate; implementing an organizational structure such that patient care
decisions were under the final direct authority of a clinician and were designed to ensure that patient needs were met,
while respecting and operating within the confines of a custodial system.
ï‚· Improved quality of care by centralizing and standardizing health care operations, including: authoring a new
Offender Health Plan defining patient benefits based on the Eighth Amendment, case law, and evidence-based
medicine; implementing a novel system of utilization management in medical, dental, and mental health, using the
medical staffs as real-time peer reviewers; developing a pharmacy procedures manual and creating a Pharmacy and
Therapeutics Committee; achieving initial American Correctional Association accreditation for 13 facilities (all with
almost perfect scores on first audit); migrating the eight individual pharmacy databases to a single central database.
ï‚· Blunted the growth in health care spending without compromising quality of care by a number of interventions,
including: better coordination and centralization of contracting with external vendors, including new statewide
contracts for hospitalization, laboratory, drug purchasing, radiology, physician recruitment, and agency nursing;
implementing a statewide formulary; issuing quarterly operational reports at the state and facility levels.
ï‚· Piloted the following projects: direct issuance of over-the-counter medications on demand through inmates stores
(commissary), obviating the need for a practitioner visit and prescription; computerized practitioner order entry
(CPOE); pill splitting; ER telemedicine.
ï‚· Oversaw the health services team that participated variously in pre-design, design, or build phases of five capital
projects to build complete new health units.
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 2001 – 2002
Regional Medical Director, Northeast Region, 2001 – 2002
Responsible for clinical oversight of medical services for 14,000 offenders in 14 prisons, including one (already) under
court monitoring.
ï‚· Oversaw contract with vendor to manage 60-bed regional infirmary and hospice.
ï‚· Coordinated activities among the Regional Medical Unit outpatient clinic, the Albany Medical College, and the 13
feeder prisons to provide most of the specialty care for the region.
ï‚· Worked with contracting specialists and Emergency Departments to improve access and decrease medical out-trips
by increasing the proportion of scheduled and emergency services provided by telemedicine.
ï‚· Provided training, advice, and counseling to practitioners and facility health administrators in the region to improve
the quality of care delivered.
CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. (now CORIZON) 2000 – 2001
Regional Medical Director, New York Region, 2000 – 2001
Responsible for clinical management of managed care contract with New York State Department of Correctional Services
to provide utilization management services for the northeast and northern regions of New York State and supervision of
the 60-bed regional infirmary and hospice.
 Migrated the utilization approval function from one of an anonymous rule-based “black box” to a collaborative
evidence-based decision making process between the vendor and front-line clinicians.
MERCY INTERNAL MEDICINE, ALBANY, NEW YORK 1999 – 2000
Neighborhood three-physician internal medicine group practice.
Primary Care Physician, 1999 – 2000 (6 months)
Provided direct primary care to a panel of community patients during a period of staff shortage.
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ALBANY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, ALBANY, NEW YORK 1998 – 1999
Acting Facility Medical Director, 1998 – 1999
Directed the medical staff of an 800 bed jail and provided direct patient care following the sudden loss of the Medical
Director, pending hiring of a permanent replacement. Coordinated care of jail patients in local hospitals. Provided
consultation to the Superintendent on improvements to operation and staffing of medical unit and need for privatization.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, ALBANY, NY 1992 – 1998
Assistant Chief, Medical Service, 1995 – 1998
Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine and Emergency Services, 1992 – 1998
Responsible for operation of the general internal medicine clinics and the Emergency Department.
ï‚· Designed and implemented an organizational and physical plant makeover of the general medicine ambulatory care
clinic from an episodic-care driven model with practitioners functioning independently supported by minimal nursing
involvement, to a continuity-of-care model with integrated physician/mid-level practitioner/registered nurse/licensed
practice nurse/practice manager teams.
ï‚· Led the design and opening of a new Emergency Department.
 As the VA Section Chief of Albany Medical College’s Division of General Internal Medicine, coordinated academic
activities of the Division at the VA, including oversight of, and direct teaching in, ambulatory care and inpatient
internal medicine rotations for medical students, residents, and fellows. Incorporated medical residents as part of the
general internal medicine clinics. Awarded $786,000 Veterans Administration grant (“PRIME I”) over four years for
development and operation of educational programs for medicine residents and students in allied health professions
(management, pharmacy, social work, physician extenders) wishing to study primary care delivery.
ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUFFALO, NY 1988 – 1990
Director of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Services, 1989 – 1990
Staff Physician, STD Clinic, 1988 – 1989
Staff Physician, Lackawanna Community Health Center, 1988 – 1990
Provided leadership and patient care services in the evaluation and treatment of STDs. Successfully reorganized the
county’s STD services which were suffering from mismanagement and were under public scrutiny. Provided direct
patient care services in primary care clinic for underserved neighborhood.
UNION OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTER, BUFFALO, NY 1988 – 1990
Staff Physician, 1988 – 1990
Provided direct patient care for the evaluation of occupationally-related health disorders.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, BUFFALO, NY 1985 – 1990
Chief Outpatient Medical Section and Primary Care Clinic, 1986 – 1988
VA Section Head, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Buffalo, 1986 – 1988
ï‚· Developed and implemented a major restructuring of the general medicine ambulatory care clinic to reduce
fragmentation of care by introduction of a continuity-of-care model with a physician/nurse team approach.
Medical Director, Anticoagulation Clinic 1986 – 1990
Staff Physician, Emergency Department, 1985 – 1986
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
2007 – present Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of
Washington
1999 – present Clinical Professor, Fellowship in Applied Public Health (previously Volunteer Faculty, Preventive
Medicine Residency), University at Albany School of Public Health
1996 – 2002 Volunteer Faculty, Office of the Dean of Students, University at Albany
1992 – 2002 Associate Clinical/Associate/Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albany Medical College
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1993 – 1997 Clinical Associate Faculty, Graduate Program in Nursing, Sage Graduate School
1990 – 1992 Instructor of Medicine, Indiana University
1985 – 1990 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Buffalo
1982 – 1985 Clinical Assistant Instructor of Medicine, University of Buffalo
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016 – present Chair, Education Committee, Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health
2016 – present Washington State Institutional Review Board (“Prisoner Advocate” member)
2016 – 2017 Mortality Reduction Workgroup, American Jail Association
2013 – present Conference Planning Committee – Medical/Mental Health Track, American Jail Association
2013 – 2016 “Health in Prisons” course, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University/International
Committee of the Red Cross
2013 – present Institutional Review Board, University of Washington (“Prisoner Advocate” member),
2011 – 2012 Education Committee, National Commission on Correctional Health Care
2007 – present National Advisory Committee, COCHS (Community–Oriented Correctional Health Services)
2004 – 2006 Fellow’s Advisory Committee, University of Washington Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
Program
2004 External Expert Panel to the Surgeon General on the “Call to Action on Correctional Health Care”
2003 – present Faculty Instructor, Critical Appraisal of the Literature Course, Family Practice Residency Program,
Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington
2001 – present Chair/Co-Chair, Education Committee, American College of Correctional Physicians
1999 – present Critical Appraisal of the Literature Course, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, New York State
Department of Health/University at Albany School of Public Health
1999 Co–Chairperson, Education Subcommittee, Workshop Submission Review Committee, Annual
Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine
1997 – 1998 Northeast US Representative, National Association of VA Ambulatory Managers
1996 – 2002 Faculty Mentor, Journal Club, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Albany Medical College
1996 – 2002 Faculty Advisor and Medical Control, 5 Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service, University at Albany
1995 – 1998 Preceptor, MBA Internship, Union College
1995 Quality Assurance/Patient Satisfaction Subcommittee, VA National Curriculum Development
Committee for Implementation of Primary Care Practices, Veterans Administration
1994 – 1998 Residency Advisory Committee, Preventive Medicine Residency, New York State Department of
Health/School of Public Health, University at Albany
1993 Chairperson, Dean’s Task Force on Primary Care, Albany Medical College
1993 Task Group to develop curriculum for Comprehensive Care Case Study Course for Years 1 through 4,
Albany Medical College
1988 – 1989 Teaching Effectiveness Program for New Housestaff, Graduate Medical Dental Education Consortium
of Buffalo
1987 – 1990 Human Studies Review Committee, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Buffalo
1987 – 1989 Chairman, Subcommittee on Hospital Management Issues and Member, Subcommittee on
Teaching of Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Incoming Residents Training Week, Graduate
Medical Dental Education Consortium of Buffalo
1987 – 1988 Dean’s Ad Hoc Committee to Reorganize “Introduction to Clinical Medicine” Course
1987 Preceptor, Nurse Practitioner Training Program, School of Nursing, University of Buffalo
1986 – 1988 Course Coordinator, Simulation Models Section of Physical Diagnosis Course, University of Buffalo
1986 – 1988 Chairman, Service Chiefs’ Continuity of Care Task Force, Veterans Administration Medical Center,
Buffalo, New York
1979 – 1980 Laboratory Teaching Assistant in Gross Anatomy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
1973 – 1975 Instructor and Instructor Trainer of First Aid, American National Red Cross
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1972 – 1975 Chief of Service or Assistant Chief of Operations, 5 Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service, University at
Albany.
1972 – 1975 Emergency Medical Technician Instructor and Course Coordinator, New York State Department of
Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
REVIEWER/EDITOR
2019 – present Criminal Justice Review (reviewer)
2015 – present PLOS ONE (reviewer)
2015 – present Founding Editorial Board Member and Reviewer, Journal for Evidence-based Practice in Correctional
Health, Center for Correctional Health Networks, University of Connecticut
2011 – present American Journal of Public Health (reviewer)
2010 – present International Advisory Board Member and Reviewer, International Journal of Prison Health
2010 – present Langeloth Foundation (grant reviewer)
2001 – present Reviewer and Editorial Board Member (2009 – present), Journal of Correctional Health Care
2001 – 2004 Journal of General Internal Medicine (reviewer)
1996 Abstract Committee, Health Services Research Subcommittee, Annual Meeting, Society of General
Internal Medicine (reviewer)
1990 – 1992 Medical Care (reviewer)
EDUCATION
University at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Albany; B.S., 1975 (Biology)
University at Albany, School of Education, Albany; AMST (Albany Math and Science Teachers) Teacher Education
Program, 1975
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Medecine, Brussels, Belgium; Candidature en Sciences Medicales, 1980
University at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Buffalo; M.D., 1982
University at Buffalo Affiliated Hospitals, Buffalo; Residency in Internal Medicine, 1985
Regenstrief Institute of Indiana University, and Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center; VA/NIH
Fellowship in Primary Care Medicine and Health Services Research, 1992
Indiana University, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Bloomington; M.P.H., 1992
New York Academy of Medicine, New York; Mini-fellowship Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine, 1999
CERTIFICATION
Provisional Teaching Certification for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Grades 7–12, New York State Department of
Education (expired), 1975
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1983
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1985
Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1991
License: Washington (#MD00041843, active); New York (#158327, inactive); Indiana (#01038490, inactive)
“X” Waiver (buprenorphine), Department of Health & Human Services, 2018
MEMBERSHIPS
2019 – present Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
2005 – 2016 American Correctional Association/Washington Correctional Association
2004 – 2006 American College of Correctional Physicians (Member, Board of Directors, Chair Education
Committee)
2000 – present American College of Correctional Physicians
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RECOGNITION
B. Jaye Anno Award for Excellence in Communication, National Commission on Correctional Health Care. 2019
Award of Appreciation, Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. 2018
Armond Start Award of Excellence, American College of Correctional Physicians. 2010
(First) Annual Preventive Medicine Faculty Excellence Award, New York State Preventive Medicine Residency
Program, University at Albany School of Public Health/New York State Department of Health. 2010
Excellence in Education Award for excellence in clinical teaching, Family Practice Residency Program, Providence St.
Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington. 2004
Special Recognition for High Quality Workshop Presentation at Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine.
1996
Letter of Commendation, House Staff Teaching, University of Buffalo. 1986
WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONS, INVITED LECTURES
It’s the 21st Century – Time to Bid Farewell to “Sick Call” and “Chronic Care Clinic”. Annual Conference, National
Commission on Correctional Health Care. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2019
HIV and Ethics – Navigating Medical Ethical Dilemmas in Corrections. Keynote Speech, 14th Annual HIV Care in the
Correctional Setting. AIDS Education and Training Program (AETC) Mountain West, Olympia, Washington. 2019
Honing Nursing Skills to Keep Patients Safe in Jail. Orange County Jail Special Training Session (including San
Bernardino and San Diego Jail Staffs), Theo Lacy Jail, Orange, California. 2019
What Would You Do? Navigating Medical Ethical Dilemmas. Leadership Training Academy, National Commission on
Correctional Health Care. San Diego, California. 2019
Preventing Jail Deaths. Jail Death Review and Investigations: Best Practices Training Program, American Jail
Association, Arlington, Virginia. 2018
How to Investigate Jail Deaths. Jail Death Review and Investigations: Best Practices Training Program, American Jail
Association, Arlington, Virginia. 2018
Executive Manager Program in Correctional Health. 4-day training for custody/health care teams from jails and prisons
on designing safe and efficient health care systems. National Institute for Corrections Training Facility, Aurora, Colorado,
and other venues in Washington State. Periodically. 2014 – present
Medical Ethics in Corrections. Criminal Justice 441 – Professionalism and Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice. University
of Washington, Tacoma. Recurring seminar. 2012 – present
Medical Aspects of Deaths in ICE Custody. Briefing for U.S. Senate staffers, Human Rights Watch. Washington, D.C.
2018
Jails’ Role in Managing the Opioid Epidemic. Panelist. Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Annual
Conference. Spokane, Washington. 2018
Contract Prisons and Contract Health Care: What Do We Know? Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons
Conference. Center for Bioethics – Harvard Medical School/Human Rights Program – Harvard Law School. Boston,
Massachusetts. 2017
Health Care Workers in Prisons. (With Dr. J. Wesley Boyd) Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons
Conference. Center for Bioethics – Harvard Medical School/Human Rights Program – Harvard Law School. Boston,
Massachusetts. 2017
Prisons, Jails and Medical Ethics: Rubber, Meet Road. Grand Rounds. Touro Medical College. New York, New York.
2017
Jail Medical Doesn’t Have to Keep You Up at Night – National Standards, Risks, and Remedies. Washington Association
of Counties. SeaTac, Washington. 2017
Prison and Jail Health Care: What do you need to know? Grand Rounds. Providence/St. Peters Medical Center. Olympia,
Washington. 2017
Prison Health Leadership Conference. 2-Day workshop. International Corrections and Prisons Association/African
Correctional Services Association/Namibian Corrections Service. Omaruru, Namibia. 2016; 2018
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What Would YOU Do? Navigating Medical Ethical Dilemmas. Spring Conference. National Commission on Correctional
Health Care. Nashville, Tennessee. 2016
Improving Patient Safety. Spring Provider Meeting. Oregon Department of Corrections. Salem, Oregon 2016
A View from the Inside: The Challenges and Opportunities Conducting Cardiovascular Research in Jails and Prisons.
Workshop on Cardiovascular Diseases in the Inmate and Released Prison Population. The National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute. Bethesda, Maryland. 2016
Why it Matters: Advocacy and Policies to Support Health Communities after Incarceration. At the Nexus of Correctional
Health and Public Health: Policies and Practice session. Panelist. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
Chicago, Illinois. 2015
Hot Topics in Correctional Health Care. Presented with Dr. Donald Kern. American Jail Association Annual Meeting.
Charlotte, North Carolina. 2015
Turning Sick Call Upside Down. Annual Conference. National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Dallas, Texas,
2015.
Diagnostic Maneuvers You May Have Missed in Nursing School. Annual Conference. National Commission on
Correctional Health Care. Dallas, Texas. 2015
The Challenges of Hunger Strikes: What Should We Do? What Shouldn’t We Do? Annual Conference. National
Commission on Correctional Health Care. Dallas, Texas. 2015
Practical and Ethical Approaches to Managing Hunger Strikes. Annual Practitioners’ Conference. Washington
Department of Corrections. Tacoma, Washington. 2015
Contracting for Health Services: Should I, and if so, how? American Jail Association Annual Meeting. Dallas, Texas.
2014
Hunger Strikes: What should the Society of Correctional Physician’s position be? With Allen S, May J, Ritter S.
American College of Correctional Physicians (Formerly Society of Correctional Physicians) Annual Meeting. Nashville,
Tennessee. 2013
Addressing Conflict between Medical and Security: an Ethics Perspective. International Corrections and Prison
Association Annual Meeting. Colorado Springs, Colorado. 2013
Patient Safety and ‘Right Using’ Nurses. Keynote address. Annual Conference. American Correctional Health Services
Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2013
Patient Safety: Overuse, underuse, and misuse…of nurses. Keynote address. Essentials of Correctional Health Care
conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2012
The ethics of providing healthcare to prisoners-An International Perspective. Global Health Seminar Series. Department
of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 2012
Recovery, Not Recidivism: Strategies for Helping People Who are Incarcerated. Panelist. NAMI Annual Meeting, Seattle,
Washington, 2012
Ethics and HIV Workshop. HIV/AIDS Care in the Correctional Setting Conference, Northwest AIDS Education and
Training Center. Salem, Oregon. 2011
Ethics and HIV Workshop. HIV/AIDS Care in the Correctional Setting Conference, Northwest AIDS Education and
Training Center. Spokane, Washington. 2011
Patient Safety: Raising the Bar in Correctional Health Care. With Dr. Sharen Barboza. National Commission on
Correctional Health Care Mid-Year Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. 2010
Patient Safety: Raising the Bar in Correctional Health Care. American Correctional Health Services Association, Annual
Meeting, Portland, Oregon. 2010
Achieving Quality Care in a Tough Economy. National Commission on Correctional Health Care Mid-Year Meeting,
Nashville, Tennessee, 2010 (Co-presented with Rick Morse and Helena Kim, PharmD.)
Involuntary Psychotropic Administration: The Harper Solution. With Dr. Bruce Gage. American Correctional Health
Services Association, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. 2010
Evidence Based Decision Making for Non-Clinical Correctional Administrators. American Correctional Association 139th
Congress, Nashville, Tennessee. 2009
Death Penalty Debate. Panelist. Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington. 2009
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The Patient Handoff – From Custody to the Community. Washington Free Clinic Association, Annual Meeting, Olympia,
Washington. Lacey, Washington. 2009
Balancing Patient Advocacy with Fiscal Restraint and Patient Litigation. National Commission on Correctional Health
Care and American College of Correctional Physicians “Medical Directors Boot Camp,” Seattle, Washington. 2009
Staff Management. National Commission on Correctional Health Care and American College of Correctional Physicians
“Medical Directors Boot Camp,” Seattle, Washington. 2009
Management Dilemmas in Corrections: Boots and Bottom Bunks. Annual Meeting, American College of Correctional
Physicians, Chicago, Illinois. 2008
Public Health and Correctional Health Care. Masters Program in community–based population focused management –
Populations at risk, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington. 2008
Managing the Geriatric Population. Panelist. State Medical Directors’ Meeting, American Corrections Association,
Alexandria, Virginia. 2007
I Want to do my own Skin Biopsies. Annual Meeting, American College of Correctional Physicians, New Orleans,
Louisiana. 2005
Corrections Quick Topics. Annual Meeting, American College of Correctional Physicians. Austin, Texas. 2003
Evidence Based Medicine in Correctional Health Care. Annual Meeting, National Commission on Correctional Health
Care. Austin, Texas. 2003
Evidence Based Medicine. Excellence at Work Conference, Empire State Advantage. Albany, New York. 2002
Evidence Based Medicine, Outcomes Research, and Health Care Organizations. National Clinical Advisory Group,
Integrail, Inc., Albany, New York. 2002
Evidence Based Medicine. With Dr. LK Hohmann. The Empire State Advantage, Annual Excellence at Work Conference:
Leading and Managing for Organizational Excellence, Albany, New York. 2002
Taking the Mystery out of Evidence Based Medicine: Providing Useful Answers for Clinicians and Patients. Breakfast
Series, Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management, School of Business, University at Albany, Albany,
New York. 2001
Diagnosis and Management of Male Erectile Dysfunction – A Goal–Oriented Approach. Society of General Internal
Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, California. 1999
Study Design and Critical Appraisal of the Literature. Graduate Medical Education Lecture Series for all housestaff,
Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. 1999
Male Impotence: Its Diagnosis and Treatment in the Era of Sildenafil. 4
th Annual CME Day, Alumni Association of the
Albany–Hudson Valley Physician Assistant Program, Albany, New York. 1998
Models For Measuring Physician Productivity. Panelist. National Association of VA Ambulatory Managers National
Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee. 1997
Introduction to Male Erectile Dysfunction and the Role of Sildenafil in Treatment. Northeast Regional Meeting Pfizer
Sales Representatives, Manchester Center, Vermont. 1997
Male Erectile Dysfunction. Topics in Urology, A Seminar for Primary Healthcare Providers, Bassett Healthcare,
Cooperstown, New York. 1997
Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Impotence: A Practical Primer for General Internists. Society of General
Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington D.C. 1996
Impotence: An Update. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. 1996
Diabetes for the EMT First–Responder. Five Quad Volunteer Ambulance, University at Albany. Albany, New York.
1996
Impotence: An Approach for Internists. Medicine Grand Rounds, St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, New York. 1994
Male Impotence. Common Problems in Primary Care Precourse. American College of Physicians National Meeting,
Miami, Florida. 1994
Patient Motivation: A Key to Success. Tuberculosis and HIV: A Time for Teamwork. AIDS Program, Bureau of
Tuberculosis Control – New York State Department of Health and Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. 1994
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Recognizing and Treating Impotence. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Albany Medical College, Albany, New
York. 1992
Medical Decision Making: A Primer on Decision Analysis. Faculty Research Seminar, Department of Family Practice,
Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1992
Effective Presentation of Public Health Data. Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Indiana State Board of Health,
Indianapolis, Indiana. 1991
Impotence: An Approach for Internists. Housestaff Conference, Department of Medicine, Indiana University,
Indianapolis, Indiana. 1991
Using Electronic Databases to Search the Medical Literature. NIH/VA Fellows Program, Indiana University,
Indianapolis, Indiana. 1991
Study Designs Used in Epidemiology. Ambulatory Care Block Rotation. Department of Medicine, Indiana University,
Indianapolis, Indiana. 1991
Effective Use of Slides in a Short Scientific Presentation. Housestaff Conference, Department of Medicine, Indiana
University, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1991
Impotence: A Rational and Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment for the General Internist. Society of General
Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington D.C. 1991
Nirvana and Audio–Visual Aids. With Dr. RM Lubitz. Society of General Internal Medicine, Midwest Regional Meeting,
Chicago. 1991
New Perspectives in the Management of Hypercholesterolemia. Medical Staff, West Seneca Developmental Center, West
Seneca, New York. 1989
Effective Use of Audio–Visual Aids. Nurse Educators, American Diabetes Association, Western New York Chapter,
Buffalo, New York. 1989
Management of Diabetics in the Custodial Care Setting. Medical Staff, West Seneca Developmental Center, West
Seneca, New York, 1989
Effective Use of Audio–Visuals in Diabetes Peer and Patient Education. American Association of Diabetic Educators,
Western New York Chapter, Buffalo, New York. 1989
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Care of Diabetes. Nurse Practitioner Training Program, School of Nursing, University of
Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. 1989
Techniques of Large Group Presentations to Medical Audiences – Use of Audio–Visuals. New Housestaff Training
Program, Graduate Medical Dental Education Consortium of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. 1988
PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS
Borschmann, R, Tibble, H, Spittal, MJ, … Stern, MF, Viner, KM, Wang, N, Willoughby, M, Zhao, B, and Kinner, SA.
The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocolfor a multi-national, individual
participant data meta-analysis. Int. J of Population Data Science 2019 5(1):6
Binswanger IA, Maruschak LM, Mueller SR, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Principles to Guide National Data Collection on the
Health of Persons in the Criminal Justice System. Public Health Reports 2019 134(1):34S-45S
Stern M. Hunger Strike: The Inside Medicine Scoop. American Jails 2018 32(4):17-21
Grande L, Stern M. Providing Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Washington State Jails. Study conducted for
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services under Contract 1731-18409. 2018.
Stern MF, Newlin N. Epicenter of the Epidemic: Opioids and Jails. American Jails 2018 32(2):16-18
Stern MF. A nurse is a nurse is a nurse…NOT! Guest Editorial, American Jails 2018 32(2):4,68
Wang EA, Redmond N, Dennison Himmelfarb CR, Pettit B, Stern M, Chen J, Shero S, Iturriaga E, Sorlie P, Diez Roux
AV. Cardiovascular Disease in Incarcerated Populations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017
69(24):2967-76
Mitchell A, Reichberg T, Randall J, Aziz-Bose R, Ferguson W, Stern M. Criminal Justice Health Digital Curriculum.
Poster, Annual Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 2017
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Stern MF. Patient Safety (White Paper). Guidelines, Management Tools, White Papers, National Commission on
Correctional Health Care. http://www.ncchc.org/filebin/Resources/Patient-Safety-2016.pdf. June, 2016
Binswanger IA, Stern MF, Yamashita TE, Mueller SR, Baggett TP, Blatchford PJ. Clinical risk factors for death after
release from prison in Washington State: a nested case control study. Addiction 2015 Oct 17
Stern MF. Op-Ed on Lethal Injections. The Guardian 2014 Aug 6
Stern MF. American College of Correctional Physicians Calls for Caution Placing Mentally Ill in Segregation: An
Important Band-Aid. Guest Editorial. Journal of Correctional Health Care 2014 Apr; 20(2):92-94
Binswanger I, Blatchford PJ, Mueller SR, Stern MF. Mortality After Prison Release: Opioid Overdose and Other Causes
of Death, Risk Factors, and Time Trends From 1999 to 2009. Annals of Internal Medicine 2013 Nov; 159(9):592-600
Williams B, Stern MF, Mellow J, Safer M, Greifinger RB. Aging in Correctional Custody: Setting a policy agenda for
older prisoner health care. American Journal of Public Health 2012 Aug; 102(8):1475-1481
Binswanger I, Blatchford PJ, Yamashita TE, Stern MF. Drug-Related Risk Factors for Death after Release from Prison:
A Nested Case Control Study. Oral Presentation, University of Massachusetts 4th Annual Academic and Health Policy
Conference on Correctional Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, March, 2011
Binswanger I, Blatchford PJ, Forsyth S, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Death Related to Infectious Disease in Ex-Prisoners: An
International Comparative Study. Oral Presentation, University of Massachusetts 4th Annual Academic and Health Policy
Conference on Correctional Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, March, 2011
Binswanger I, Lindsay R, Stern MF, Blatchford P. Risk Factors for All-Cause, Overdose and Early Deaths after Release
from Prison in Washington State Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Aug 1 2011;117(1):1-6
Stern MF, Greifinger RB, Mellow J. Patient Safety: Moving the Bar in Prison Health Care Standards. American Journal
of Public Health November 2010;100(11):2103-2110
Strick LB, Saucerman G, Schlatter C, Newsom L, Stern MF. Implementation of Opt-Out HIV testing in the Washington
State Department of Corrections. Poster Presentation, National Commission on Correctional Health Care Annual
Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October, 2009
Binswanger IA, Blatchford P, Stern MF. Risk Factors for Death After Release from Prison. Society for General Internal
Medicine 32nd Annual Meeting; Miami: Journal of General Internal Medicine; April 2009. p. S164-S95
Stern MF. Force Feeding for Hunger Strikes – One More Step. CorrDocs Winter 2009;12(1):2
Binswanger I, Stern MF, Deyo RA, Heagerty PJ, Cheadle A, Elmore JG, Koepsell TD. Release from Prison – A High
Risk of Death for Former Inmates. New England Journal of Medicine 2007 Jan 11;356(2):157–165
Stern MF, Hilliard T, Kelm C, Anderson E. Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Infection in the Washington State Department
of Corrections. Poster Presentation, CDC/NIH ad hoc Conference on Management of Hepatitis C in Prisons, San
Antonio, Texas, January, 2003
Phelps KR, Stern M, Slingerland A, Heravi M, Strogatz DS, Haqqie SS. Metabolic and skeletal effects of low and high
doses of calcium acetate in patients with preterminal chronic renal failure. Am J Nephrol 2002 Sep–Dec;22(5–6):445–54
Goldberg L, Stern MF, Posner DS. Comparative Epidemiology of Erectile Dysfunction in Gay Men. Oral Presentation,
International Society for Impotence Research Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 1998. Int J Impot Res.
1998;10(S3):S41 [also presented as oral abstract Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Impotence, Boston,
Massachusetts, October, 1999. Int J Impot Res. 1999;10(S1):S65]
Stern MF. Erectile Dysfunction in Older Men. Topics in Geriatric Rehab 12(4):40–52, 1997. [republished in Geriatric
Patient Education Resource Manual, Supplement. Aspen Reference Group, Eds. Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1998]
Stern MF, Wulfert E, Barada J, Mulchahy JJ, Korenman SG. An Outcomes–Oriented Approach to the Primary Care
Evaluation and Management of Erectile Dysfunction. J Clin Outcomes Management 5(2):36–56, 1998
Fihn SD, Callahan CM, Martin D, et al.; for the National Consortium of Anticoagulation Clinics.* The Risk for and
Severity of Bleeding Complications in Elderly Patients Treated with Warfarin. Ann Int Med. 1996;124:970–979
Fihn SD, McDonell M, Martin D, et al.; for the Warfarin Optimized Outpatient Follow–up Study Group.* Risk
Factors for Complications of Chronic Anticoagulation. Ann Int Med. 1993;118:511–520. (*While involved in the
original proposal development and project execution, I was no longer part of the group at the time of this publication)
Stern MF, Dittus RS, Birkhead G, Huber R, Schwartz J, Morse D. Cost–Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Immunization
Strategies for High Risk People. Oral Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington,
D.C., May 1992. Clin Res 1992
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Fihn SD, McDonell MB, Vermes D, Martin D, Kent DL, Henikoff JG, and the Warfarin Outpatient Follow–up Study
Group. Optimal Scheduling of Patients Taking Warfarin. A Multicenter Randomized Trial. Oral Presentation, Society of
General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 1992. Clin Res 1992
Fihn SD, McDonnell MB, Vermes D, Kent DL, Henikoff JG, and the Warfarin Anticoagulation Study Group. Risk
Factors for Complications During Chronic Anticoagulation. Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine
National Meeting, Seattle, May 1991
Pristach CA, Donoghue GD, Sarkin R, Wargula C, Doerr R, Opila D, Stern M, Single G. A Multidisciplinary Program to
Improve the Teaching Skills of Incoming Housestaff. Acad Med. 1991;66(3):172–174
Stern MF. Diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea Infections. (letter) J Gen Intern Med.
1991;6:183
Stern MF, Fitzgerald JF, Dittus RS, Tierney WM, Overhage JM. Office Visits and Outcomes of Care: Does Frequency
Matter? Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Seattle, May 1991. Clin Res
1991;39:610A
Stern MF. Cobalamin Deficiency and Red Blood Cell Volume Distribution Width. (letter) Arch Intern Med.
1990;150:910
Stern M, Steinbach B. Hypodermic Needle Embolization to the Heart. NY State J Med. 1990;90(7):368–371
Stern MF, Birkhead G, Huber R, Schwartz J, Morse D. Feasibility of Hepatitis B Immunization in an STD Clinic. Oral
Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 1990
EXPERT TESTIMONY
Pajas v. County of Monterey, et al. US District Court for the Northern District of California, 2019 (trial)
Dockery, et al. v. Hall et al. US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Northern Division, 2018 (trial)
Benton v. Correct Care Solutions, et al. US District Court for the District of Maryland, 2018 (deposition)
Pajas v. County of Monterey, et al. US District Court Northern District of California, 2018 (deposition)
Walter v. Correctional Healthcare Companies, et al. US District Court, District of Colorado, 2017 (deposition)
Winkler v. Madison County, Kentucky, et al. US District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division at
Lexington, 2016 (deposition)
US v. Miami-Dade County, et al. US District Court, Southern District of Florida, periodically 2014 – 2016
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What discipline/subjects do you deal in?

We have highlighted some of the most popular subjects we handle above. Those are just a tip of the iceberg. We deal in all academic disciplines since our writers are as diverse. They have been drawn from across all disciplines, and orders are assigned to those writers believed to be the best in the field. In a nutshell, there is no task we cannot handle; all you need to do is place your order with us. As long as your instructions are clear, just trust we shall deliver irrespective of the discipline.

Are your writers competent enough to handle my paper?

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What if I don’t like the paper?

There is a very low likelihood that you won’t like the paper.

Reasons being:

• When assigning your order, we match the paper’s discipline with the writer’s field/specialization. Since all our writers are graduates, we match the paper’s subject with the field the writer studied. For instance, if it’s a nursing paper, only a nursing graduate and writer will handle it. Furthermore, all our writers have academic writing experience and top-notch research skills.
• We have a quality assurance that reviews the paper before it gets to you. As such, we ensure that you get a paper that meets the required standard and will most definitely make the grade.

In the event that you don’t like your paper:

• The writer will revise the paper up to your pleasing. You have unlimited revisions. You simply need to highlight what specifically you don’t like about the paper, and the writer will make the amendments. The paper will be revised until you are satisfied. Revisions are free of charge
• We will have a different writer write the paper from scratch.
• Last resort, if the above does not work, we will refund your money.

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Not at all. All papers are written from scratch. There is no way your tutor or instructor will realize that you did not write the paper yourself. In fact, we recommend using our assignment help services for consistent results.

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When will I get my paper?

You determine when you get the paper by setting the deadline when placing the order. All papers are delivered within the deadline. We are well aware that we operate in a time-sensitive industry. As such, we have laid out strategies to ensure that the client receives the paper on time and they never miss the deadline. We understand that papers that are submitted late have some points deducted. We do not want you to miss any points due to late submission. We work on beating deadlines by huge margins in order to ensure that you have ample time to review the paper before you submit it.

Will anyone find out that I used your services?

We have a privacy and confidentiality policy that guides our work. We NEVER share any customer information with third parties. Noone will ever know that you used our assignment help services. It’s only between you and us. We are bound by our policies to protect the customer’s identity and information. All your information, such as your names, phone number, email, order information, and so on, are protected. We have robust security systems that ensure that your data is protected. Hacking our systems is close to impossible, and it has never happened.

How our Assignment Help Service Works

1. Place an order

You fill all the paper instructions in the order form. Make sure you include all the helpful materials so that our academic writers can deliver the perfect paper. It will also help to eliminate unnecessary revisions.

2. Pay for the order

Proceed to pay for the paper so that it can be assigned to one of our expert academic writers. The paper subject is matched with the writer’s area of specialization.

3. Track the progress

You communicate with the writer and know about the progress of the paper. The client can ask the writer for drafts of the paper. The client can upload extra material and include additional instructions from the lecturer. Receive a paper.

4. Download the paper

The paper is sent to your email and uploaded to your personal account. You also get a plagiarism report attached to your paper.

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