Gregory Eshleman Sawin | Scholars@Duke

Gregory Eshleman Sawin
Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health

My work is a reflection of a core value in social justice and a passion to increase health equity. Most of my academic career has been as an educator, serving as a family medicine residency director for 10 years prior to joining Duke. Having started my career in Massachusetts, where universal coverage started in 2007, I have had a focus in primary care transformation and value based care, with special attention to doing so in residency clinics. I’m eager to use my position as Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to coordinate efforts across its five divisions and growing research group to build “learning systems” that adopt continuous improvement culture in all that we do.

Research interests: health equity, team based care, primary care transformation, leadership and improvement science and group based opioid treatment.

Current Research Interests

Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Transgender Health
Restorative Justice in Academic Medicine and Healthcare

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021

Contact Information

Box 2914, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Box 2914, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
gregory.sawin@duke.edu
Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Faculty Development Fellowship, Department Of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine 2005 - 2007
- M.P.H., University of Virginia 2007
- Family Medicine Residency, Department Of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine 2002 - 2005
- MD.M.P.H., Morehouse College, School of Medicine 2002
Medical Licensure
- 2019-02755. North Carolina. 2019
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2020
- Instructor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2020
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
  Fellowship Director: Duke/HRSA Primary Care Transformation Fellowship
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 22, 2021 School of Medicine Magnify
  
  The Making of a Country Doctor
Awards & Honors
- Excellence in Teaching. Tufts University School of Medicine. June 2016
- Program Director Recognition Award - Silver. Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors. April 2, 2016
- Emerging Leader. Family Medicine Education Consortium . October 2009
- Outstanding Resident Teacher. Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance. June 2008
- Diplomate. American Board of Family Medicine. July 2005
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Morehouse School of Medicine. May 2002
- Student Presidential Leadership Award. Morehouse School of Medicine. May 2002
- Alpha Omega Alpha inductee. Morehouse School of Medicine AOA Chapter. May 2001
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Duke Family Medicine Rural Residency Track - Planning and Development awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2020 - 2023
- Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2018 - 2023
External Relationships
- CMAStandards doing business as Synopteon
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Simpson, Courtney, Mina Silberberg, Susan T. Hibbard, Michelle J. Lyn, and Gregory Sawin. “Perceived Benefits of Training Clinicians in Community Engagement for a Leadership Development Program.” Fam Med 54, no. 2 (February 2022): 134–38. https://doi.org/10.22454/FamMed.2022.648246.
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  - Viera, Anthony J., Jacqueline Barnett, Matthew Case, Carol Epling, Brian Halstater, Michelle Lyn, Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, et al. “Partnerships to Care for Our Patients and Communities During COVID-19.” J Am Board Fam Med 34, no. 5 (2021): 1003–9. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210091.
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  - Sokol, Randi, Mark Albanese, Aaronson Chew, Jessica Early, Ellie Grossman, David Roll, Greg Sawin, Dominic J. Wu, and Zev Schuman-Olivier. “Building a Group-Based Opioid Treatment (GBOT) blueprint: a qualitative study delineating GBOT implementation.” Addict Sci Clin Pract 14, no. 1 (December 27, 2019): 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-019-0176-y.
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  - Sawin, Gregory, and Nicole O’Connor. “Primary Care Transformation.” Prim Care 46, no. 4 (December 2019): 549–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pop.2019.07.006.
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  - Shaughnessy, Allen F., Jennifer Sparks, Molly Cohen-Osher, Kristen H. Goodell, Gregory L. Sawin, and Joseph Gravel. “Entrustable professional activities in family medicine.” J Grad Med Educ 5, no. 1 (March 2013): 112–18. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-12-00034.1.
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  - Sawin, Gregory, and Allen F. Shaughnessy. “Glucose control in hospitalized patients.” Am Fam Physician 81, no. 9 (May 1, 2010): 1121–24.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Advising & Mentoring
- 2022 - 2024: Thomas (Austin) Witt, MD. Assigned mentor for Duke Family Medicine Resident, meet approximately every other month.
  
  2022 - 2025: Alexandra Rice, MD. Assigned mentor for Duke Family Medicine Resident, meet approximately every other month.
  
  2021 - Present: Mentee: Tiffany Covas MD, Duke Family Medicine and Community Health. In support of her professional growth with focus on increasing equity and service lines for patients of sexual and gender minorities
  
  2020 - 2022: Mentee: Sara Mazzarelli, PA-C, Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellow. Mentorship in her fellowship project launching Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and creation of 'toolkit' designed to help spread to other clinics.
  
  2020 - 2022: Mentee: Patrick Hemming, MD, Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellow. Mentorship in his fellowship project aimed to increase relationship based care with focus on internal medicine primary care patient panel transitions.
  
  2007 - 2019: I served as core faculty for two years, and then as program director for 10 years at Tufts University Family Medicine Residency, Cambridge Health Alliance. During this tenure I served as mentor for over 107 family medicine residents.
Teaching Activities
- Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship Director: July 2020-September 2024. HRSA funded ($ 1,825,422 over 5 years). Recruit and train 5-7 fellows/year in five cohorts in primary care transformation. Fellows have 25% FTE to dedicate to fellowship and complete four classes from our Masters in Clinical Leadership, a Seminar series and mentored/coached practice transformation project.
  In addition to leading the program and co-moderating seminar series, I personally teach seminar sessions:
  - Change Management
  - Justice in Improvement Work: Methods to incorporate racial, gender, socioeconomic and other equity principles into improvement projects.
  
  Precept weekly at Duke Family Medicine Residency Pickens clinic (10% FTE)
  
  Panelist: Duke School of Medicine ADVANCE-UP 2022 Cohort: APT Info Session and Panel Discussion. 2 hours, co-panelists: Jimmy Tcheng, Gabriela Maradiaga Panayotti, Gerald Bloomfield
  
  Open Medical Institute Teaching team: gave four lectures (Hypertension in elderly, Information Mastery, Health Beyond Healthcare and Change Management) and co-lead Motivational Interviewing Workshop (with Nancy Weigle), Salzburg Austria, April 4-8, 2022
  
  Open Medical Institute Teaching team: gave four lectures (Hypertension in elderly, Information Mastery, Health Beyond Healthcare and Change Management) and co-lead Motivational Interviewing Workshop (with Nancy Weigle), Salzburg Austria, September 19-24, 2021
  
  Plenary Session on Managing and Sustaining Change for the address HRSA 3rd Annual Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Training Primary Care Champions Meeting. August 19, 2021, Virtual Conferenc
  
  Invited guest speaker Change Management for Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences for their working group re-designing their clinical education model. October 11, 2021. Seattle Washington, Zoom attended/delivered. Invitation from Dr. Elizabeth McMurtry, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education and Faculty Development
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Service to Duke
Academic & Administrative Activities
- Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development, Family Medicine and Community Health
Clinical Activities
- Family Medicine Primary Care Provider for Duke Family Medicine February 2020 - present
  
  Launched Medication Addiction Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) service line for Family Medicine with Sara Mazzarelli PA-C, January 2021.
  
  Started providing gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender patients July, 2021.
  
  Joined Employee Health and Occupational Wellness (EOHW) to provide clinical services 1 session/week at peak incidence for their COVID response January - June 2021.

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Medical Licensure

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

In the News

Awards & Honors

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Advising & Mentoring

Teaching Activities

Service to Duke

Academic & Administrative Activities

Clinical Activities