Andrew is a Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Illinois - Chicago and a clinical physician at UIC’s Mile Square Heath Center. Originating from southwest Missouri, Andrew came to Chicago after receiving his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and he completed his residency at the UIC Department of Family Medicine Residency Program. As a Capstone project for his Masters in Public Health degree through UIC, Peace Care was conceived.
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Andrew is a Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Illinois - Chicago and a clinical physician at UIC’s Mile Square Heath Center. Originating from southwest Missouri, Andrew came to Chicago after receiving his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and he completed his residency at the UIC Department of Family Medicine Residency Program. As a Capstone project for his Masters in Public Health degree through UIC, Peace Care was conceived.
Andrew has a strong interest in chronic diseases, community medicine, and health disparities. In addition, he holds a passion for global health. With the combined enthusiasm of several DFM faculty members, he is directing the Global Community Health Track through the UIC Department of Family Medicine Residency Program. This developing program strives to expose interested resident physicians to a global community health perspective.
His interest in global health first developed through his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1997 to 1999 in Mauritania, West Africa. He served as a Health Education/Water Sanitation volunteer in Selibaby, the capitol of the Guidimakha region, with a population of around ten thousand people. Andrew lived with a Soninke host family, with whom he has stayed in good contact. He concentrated primarily on HIV/ AIDS education and worked with a local youth group to incorporate health themes into their traditional songs and skits. They performed in small villages all over the Guidimakha region, a region bordering both Mali and Senegal, and at high risk for HIV transmission due to the degree of transnational commerce. During medical school, Andrew returned to West Africa to shadow the regional World Health Organization director and study the health system of Senegal, the country bordering Mauritania to the south. He is active in the Global Health Education Consortium and contributed to their modules project by co-authoring a module entitled “Planning Your Global Health Elective’, which is intended to guide medical students and residents through the process of planning an international experience.
Andrew is married to Lauren and they live together in Chicago, IL with their daughter, Sevilla Dabel, and dog, Bella Mango. He enjoys spending time with friends and family, riding his bike, and playing the guitar «View Less
I would like to connect with a publisher and promoter for my book, Love is the Season, as well as for the encompassing idea that Grandmother Claus can help children connect with others and send thoughts. This concept allows for a multicultural understanding and is the basis of a new family tradition, writing letters to Grandmother Claus. There is significant potential in this concept to appeal to minimalists, those who are socially and environmentally responsible, green, and who have a multicultural, global view.
Andrew is a Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Illinois - Chicago and a clinical physician at UIC’s Mile Square Heath Center. Originating from southwest Missouri, Andrew came to Chicago after receiving his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and he completed his residency at the UIC Department of Family Medicine Residency Program. As a Capstone project for his Masters in Public Health degree through UIC, Peace Care was conceived.
Andrew has a strong interest in chronic diseases, community medicine, and health disparities. In addition, he holds a passion for global health. With the combined enthusiasm of several DFM faculty members, he is directing the Global Community Health Track through the UIC Department of Family Medicine Residency Program. This developing program strives to expose interested resident physicians to a global community health perspective.
His interest in global health first developed through his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1997 to 1999 in Mauritania, West Africa. He served as a Health Education/Water Sanitation volunteer in Selibaby, the capitol of the Guidimakha region, with a population of around ten thousand people. Andrew lived with a Soninke host family, with whom he has stayed in good contact. He concentrated primarily on HIV/ AIDS education and worked with a local youth group to incorporate health themes into their traditional songs and skits. They performed in small villages all over the Guidimakha region, a region bordering both Mali and Senegal, and at high risk for HIV transmission due to the degree of transnational commerce. During medical school, Andrew returned to West Africa to shadow the regional World Health Organization director and study the health system of Senegal, the country bordering Mauritania to the south. He is active in the Global Health Education Consortium and contributed to their modules project by co-authoring a module entitled “Planning Your Global Health Elective’, which is intended to guide medical students and residents through the process of planning an international experience.
Andrew is married to Lauren and they live together in Chicago, IL with their daughter, Sevilla Dabel, and dog, Bella Mango. He enjoys spending time with friends and family, riding his bike, and playing the guitar «View Less
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