University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

John Peter Smith  Tarrant County Hospital District

University of Colorado Boulder

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Living Well Whole Health

Founder

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Lifestyle Medicine Institute

Certified CHIP Facilitator

12/2013 - Present       Part-time Urgent Care Northern Colorado

2/2010 – 7/2011        Urgent Care Provider “Your Doc’s In”  Easton, MD
•	Urgent Care 
•	Effectively brought preventive care, wellness education to urgent care environment
•	Developed  some continuity relationships with elders and others served by our clinic

4/2009 – 3/2011       Part-time private practice and internet medicine
•	“Integrated Wellness” –small private practice with focus on patient education that complemented my urgent care work. Located Silver Spring then Easton, MD
•	Independent contractor  – experience with rapidly growing area of internet medicine

1/2007 – 12/2009         Independent Contractor Maryland
•	Provided outpatient community health care 
•	Independent contractor providing physical exams, disability assessments for Social Security 
•	Chart reviews 

2/2000 - 12/2006 University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, Baltimore MD
•	Active outpatient practice that blended primary care and integrative medicine
•	Inpatient consultations 
•	Clinical collaboration with variety of integrative providers 

3/1995 – 12/1999 Faculty Family Medicine Residencies University of Colorado 
•	Integrated medical acupuncture into primary care practice, included mastery of both scheduling and billing logistics
•	Inpatient coverage included both OB and ICU care
•	Collaborated with other faculty members to support integration of their extra knowledge skills into clinical care (i.e. hypnosis, osteopathy, biofeedback)
•	Provided patient care simultaneously with teaching students

7/1990 - 1/1995 Faculty John Peter Smith Family Medicine Residency Ft Worth TX
•	Provided outpatient care at both Faculty clinic and Local Community Health Center
•	Inpatient coverage included both OB and ICU care

7/1988 - 12/1994 Emergency Department – Moon lighting, Texas
•	On part-time basis, worked over 2,000 hours as the emergency physician in 5-25 bed emergency departments in rural and urban settings.

Various Medical and Health Institutions

Physician

Teaching 
April 14, 2014 – May 25, 2014 Started teaching first ever Comprehensive Health Improvement Program (CHIP+) in Northern Colorado

Course Director:

“Intensive Seminar in Botanical Medicine”
4-day course sponsored by University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine and the Botanical Medicine Academy in collaboration with Jim Duke at The Green Pharmacy Garden – participants included physicians, nurses, allied health providers and other community members, offered annually 
	
“Finding Balance in Times of Change” 
1-day wellness workshop for women, Bon Securs, Marriettsville 

“Complementary Approaches to Pain Management” 
1-day CME course for community physicians, Baltimore 

“Medical Acupuncture for FP Residents”   
1-month elective Month-long elective for family medicine residents from three affiliated residencies

“Survey of Alternative Healing Technologies”
Quarter-long Elective offered to annually to 1st and 2nd year medical students Denver CO  1996-1999 

“Medical Acupuncture: Science and Practice”
1-day CME course for faculty and community physicians Denver, CO

“Western Medicine for Ayruvedic Practitioners”
Annually taught 32 hour Class – Rocky Mountain Institute Yoga and Ayruveda Boulder, CO

 “Adult Medicine Course”
UCHSC CHAP/PA program Co-Director Denver CO 

Additional teaching experience:

•	Director of Education, represented the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine with Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) and Bravewell Collaborative; Supervised the Bravewell Integrative Medicine Fellows
•	Speaking Spanish “Integrative medicine – What is it?” Universidad de Los Andes – Medical School, Santiago, Chile 
•	Preceptor Course Helms Course - Medical Acupuncture for Physicians 
•	Creation and implementation of residency curriculums for surgery, preventive medicine, geriatrics and integrative medicine
•	Supervision of student nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Various Medical and Health Care Institutions

Teaching

Medical Director; University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, Baltimore MD
•	Supervised expansion of the center from a 4-room clinic to 14 room clinic
•	Organization of all clinic operations; scheduling, provider credentialing, billing, personnel, access to ancillary services, created integrated medical record, patient education, and marketing
•	Creation of Policies and Procedures Manual
•	Implemented credentialing process that allowed integrative providers to practice in academic/hospital based center
•	Managed clinic through three different fiscal models 
•	Represented University of Maryland on Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine

1/1997 – 6/1998
Medical Director Rose Family Medicine University of Colorado, Denver CO 
•	Supervised opening of new residency clinic - supervised hiring of clinical director and staff, building renovation, staff training
•	Worked closely with residency director coordinating faculty/resident schedules creating and implementing clinic policies and procedures 
•	Worked with others to ensure compliance with JCAHO regulations/site visits

3/1995-12/1996 
Medical Director AF Williams Family Medicine Center University of Colorado Denver CO
•	Responsible for clinic renovation; managed change - clinic division and formation of additional university residency  (i.e. managed AFW while Rose was being created)             
•	Worked with others to ensure compliance with JCAHO regulations/site visits

1992-1994 
Medical Director Arlington  Community Health Center – Tarrant County Hospital District, Arlington TX
•	Member Tarrant County Cancer Consortium-a group of private and public health care providers sharing resources to provide breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment for women at Arlington Community Health Center
•	Met regularly with hospital administrators to coordinate patient care and budgets

Various Healthcare, Medical and Higher Education Institutions

Medical Director

LaLa Gardens

Strategic Advisor

Lifestyle, Integrative and Functional Medicine

Tri-Life Health - Center for Integrative Medicine

Colorado Women of Influence, LLC

Member

Project for Intelligent Medical Objects "bridging the information gap between clinicians and coders" Mapped clinical/procedural  terms from US hospitals, to facilitate communication in EHRs among clinicians in network of healthcare facilities. Worked independently and as part of 26 member team that included people living across US and Israel.

Motive Medical Intelligence

Medical Informaticist

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Board Member

Poudre Valley Health System

Secretary; Volunteer - taught Zumba to youth in club

Board of Directors

Private practice focused on integrative medicine solutions  - clients included women experience hormone imbalance, elders wanting increased energy and people living with chronic pain. Community Health and Urgent Care

Various

Physician - Private integrative practice; Community Health and Urgent Care

Lead creation of academic- based integrative medicine clinic, served as  both medical and education director with Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine; created integrative medical record; helped in creation of credentialing process for integrative providers

University of Maryland Center Integrative Medicine

Assistant Professor and Medical Director

Served as academic faculty and medical director AF Williams and for Rose Family Medicine Center. (Medical Director for 3 of 4 years) At RFMC integrated acupuncture into my primary care practice.

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Inner Key

Medical director Arlington Community Health Center; Taught medical students; residents (inpatient and outpatient); maintained active clinical practice

Sharon Montes, MD