Sandro Oliveira Pinheiro

Sandro Oliveira Pinheiro
Professor in Medicine

Dr. Pinheiro directs faculty development activities for clinical and basic science faculty, designs medical and interprofessional education curricula, coaches/mentors medical faculty and fellows, and conducts evaluation and research in medical and interprofessional education. His educational competencies are in the areas of adult learning, instructional strategies, active learning, curriculum design and evaluation, and qualitative inquiry. His research activities focus on medical and interprofessional education and the assessment of change in the teaching practice of clinical instructors.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2021
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program, Family Medicine and Community Health 2020
Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021
Senior Fellow in the Center for Study of Aging, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Institutes and Centers 2013

Contact Information

3502 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
sandro.pinheiro@duke.edu (919) 660-7563

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Michigan State University 1999
- M.A., Michigan State University 1989
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2021
- Associate Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2015 - 2020
- Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program, Family Medicine and Community Health 2016 - 2020
- Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2006 - 2015
- Assistant Research Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2005 - 2006
- Instructor, Temporary of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2005
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Teaching
Research
Selected Grants
- Transforming Healthcare through Enhanced Clinical Training Teams awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2016 - 2022
- Duke Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP): Communities Caring for Seniors awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2015 - 2020
- Geriatric Training Regarding Physicians and Dentists awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2007 - 2016
- Geriatric Education Center (GEC) awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2007 - 2016
- IPA- Sandro Pinheiro awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2011 - 2012
- IPA Sandro Pinheiro awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2009 - 2011
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Corsino, Leonor, Kenyon Railey, Katherine Brooks, Daniel Ostrovsky, Sandro O. Pinheiro, Alyson McGhan-Johnson, and Blanca Iris Padilla. “The Impact of Racial Bias in Patient Care and Medical Education: Let's Focus on the Educator.” Mededportal : The Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources 17 (January 2021): 11183. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11183.
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  - Manning, Kenneth M., Darien L. McNeill, Sandro O. Pinheiro, Mitchell T. Heflin, Willy M. Valencia, Cathy C. Lee, Steven C. Castle, Leslie Katzel, Jamie Giffuni, and Miriam C. Morey. “An innovative educational clinical experience promoting geriatric exercise.” Gerontol Geriatr Educ 41, no. 1 (January 2020): 20–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2017.1391802.
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  - Hudak, Nicholas M., Sandro O. Pinheiro, and Mamata Yanamadala. “Increasing Physician Assistant Students' Team Communication Skills and Confidence Throughout Clinical Training.” J Physician Assist Educ 30, no. 4 (December 2019): 219–22. https://doi.org/10.1097/JPA.0000000000000278.
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  - Johnson, Kimberly S., Kevin L. Thomas, Sandro O. Pinheiro, and Laura P. Svetkey. “Design and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research Curriculum.” J Natl Med Assoc 110, no. 4 (August 2018): 305–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2017.06.005.
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  - Pavon, Juliessa M., Sandro O. Pinheiro, and Gwendolen T. Buhr. “Resident learning across the full range of core competencies through a transitions of care curriculum.” Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 39, no. 2 (April 2018): 144–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2016.1247066.
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  - Syed, Quratulain, Sandro O. Pinheiro, and Ronan Factora. “Reflective Writing to Teach Interdisciplinary Management of Delirium to Internal Medicine Residents.” J Grad Med Educ 8, no. 5 (December 2016): 785–86. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-16-00472.1.
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  - Pinheiro, Sandro O., Heidi K. White, Gwendolen T. Buhr, Katja Elbert-Avila, Harvey Jay Cohen, and Mitchell T. Heflin. “Advancing Geriatrics Education Through a Faculty Development Program for Geriatrics-Oriented Clinician Educators.” J Am Geriatr Soc 63, no. 12 (December 2015): 2580–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13824.
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  - Freistadt, Fernanda, Erin Branigan, Chris Pupp, Marzio Stefanutto, Carlos Bambo, Maria Alexandre, Sandro O. Pinheiro, et al. “A framework for revising preservice curriculum for nonphysician clinicians: The mozambique experience.” Educ Health (Abingdon) 27, no. 3 (September 2014): 283–88. https://doi.org/10.4103/1357-6283.152190.
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  - Buhr, Gwendolen T., Mitchell T. Heflin, Heidi K. White, and Sandro O. Pinheiro. “Using the jigsaw cooperative learning method to teach medical students about long-term and postacute care.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 15, no. 6 (June 2014): 429–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.01.015.
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  - Colón-Emeric, Cathleen S., Sandro O. Pinheiro, Ruth A. Anderson, Kristie Porter, Eleanor McConnell, Kirsten Corazzini, Kathryn Hancock, Jeffery Lipscomb, Julie Beales, and Kelly M. Simpson. “Connecting the learners: improving uptake of a nursing home educational program by focusing on staff interactions.” Gerontologist 54, no. 3 (June 2014): 446–59. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt043.
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  - Colon-Emeric, Cathleen S., Eleanor McConnell, Sandro O. Pinheiro, Kirsten Corazzini, Kristie Porter, Kelly M. Earp, Lawrence Landerman, et al. “CONNECT for better fall prevention in nursing homes: results from a pilot intervention study.” J Am Geriatr Soc 61, no. 12 (December 2013): 2150–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12550.
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  - White, Heidi K., Gwendolen Buhr, Eleanor McConnell, Robert J. Sullivan, Jack Twersky, Cathleen Colon-Emeric, Mitchell Heflin, et al. “An advanced course in long term care for geriatric medicine fellows.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 14, no. 7 (July 2013): 499–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.012.
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  - McCrystle, Sindy W., Louise M. Murray, and Sandro O. Pinheiro. “Designing a learner-centered geriatrics curriculum for multilevel medical learners.” J Am Geriatr Soc 58, no. 1 (January 2010): 142–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02663.x.
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  - Konrad, T. R., M. Heflin, E. O. Egerton, S. O. Pinheiro, D. K. Thornlow, and E. S. McConnell. “IMPROVING QUALITY IN TRANSITIONS OF CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS: OVERVIEW OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL COURSE FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS.” Gerontologist 49 (October 1, 2009): 522–522.
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  - Scott, V., M. Heflin, C. C. Hendrix, S. O. Pinheiro, and S. N. Hastings. “PROBLEMS IN TRANSITIONS OF CARE: A COURSE SESSION EXEMPLAR.” Gerontologist 49 (October 1, 2009): 522–23.
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  - White, Heidi K., Gwendolen T. Buhr, and Sandro O. Pinheiro. “Mentoring: a key strategy to prepare the next generation of physicians to care for an aging America.” J Am Geriatr Soc 57, no. 7 (July 2009): 1270–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02300.x.
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  - Heflin, Mitchell T., Sandro Pinheiro, Catherine P. Kaminetzky, and Diana McNeill. “'So you want to be a clinician-educator...': designing a clinician-educator curriculum for internal medicine residents.” Med Teach 31, no. 6 (June 2009): e233–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590802516772.
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  - Rao, Arati V., Arti Hurria, Gretchen Kimmick, Sandro Pinheiro, and Pearl H. Seo. “Geriatric oncology: past, present, future.” J Oncol Pract 4, no. 4 (July 2008): 190–92. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.0846001.
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  - Pinheiro, Sandro O., and Mitchell T. Heflin. “The geriatrics excellence in teaching series: an integrated educational skills curriculum for faculty and fellows development.” J Am Geriatr Soc 56, no. 4 (April 2008): 750–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01640.x.
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  - Pinheiro, Sandro O., Daniel Koop Liechty, Karen V. Busch, Eileen S. Johnson, David L. Dora, and Richard M. Butler. “Institutional impact of a part-time faculty development fellowship program for osteopathic community-based physicians.” J Am Osteopath Assoc 102, no. 11 (November 2002): 637–42.
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- Conference Papers
  - Buhr, G. T., T. Konrad, S. Pinheiro, J. Counts, C. Poer, L. Shock, H. White, et al. “Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competency-Focused Workshops to Enhance Team Performance.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63:S192–S192. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.
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  - Heflin, Mitchell T., Sandro O. Pinheiro, Thomas R. Konrad, Emily O. Egerton, Deirdre K. Thornlow, Heidi K. White, and Eleanor J. McConnell. “Design and evaluation of a prelicensure interprofessional course on improving care transitions.” In Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 35:41–63, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2013.831349.
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  - Colon-Emeric, C. S., E. McConnell, S. Pinheiro, K. Corazzini, K. Porter, and R. Anderson. “CONNECT for Fall Prevention: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61:S1–S1. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013.
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  - Colon-Emeric, C., S. Pinheiro, K. M. Simpson, K. Porter, K. Corazzini, and R. A. Anderson. “Improving Uptake of a Falls Educational Program by Focusing on Staff Interactions.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60:S157–S157. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012.
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  - Ghazi, A., S. Pinheiro, G. Buhr, and M. T. Heflin. “A Multimodal Evaluation of an Internal Medicine Geriatrics Rotation.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59:S41–S41. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011.
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  - Pinheiro, S., M. Yanamadala, and M. Heflin. “Teaching Practice Based Learning and Improvement Competency: a Teaching Skills Mentoring Program for Geriatric Fellows.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59:S82–S82. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011.
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  - Elbert-Avila, K., S. O. Pinheiro, M. T. Heflin, and T. Cutson. “A geriatric fellow palliative care curriculum.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56:S88–89. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2008.
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  - Pinheiro, S. O., M. Heflin, H. White, G. Buhr, K. Elbert-Avila, and E. Herbert. “Assessing the impact of a faculty development program to advance geriatrics education: Toward a mixed-method evaluation approach.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56:S10–11. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2008.
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  - Buhr, G. T., M. T. Heflin, S. Pinheiro, and H. K. White. “Solving the long-term care puzzle: A unique learning experience for medical students.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55:S37–38. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007.
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  - Heflin, M. T., H. Emily, and S. Pinheiro. “Self-efficacy gains after a faculty development program in curriculum development.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55:S184–S184. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007.
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  - Pinheiro, S., and M. T. Heflin. “The Geriatrics Excellence in Teaching Series (GETS): An integrated educational skills curriculum for faculty and fellows.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55:S186–S186. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007.
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  - White, H. K., G. Buhr, S. Pinheiro, and M. Heflin. “Long-term care education: Facilitated through faculty development and project mentoring.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55:S140–S140. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007.
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  - Pinheiro, S. O. “Delirium Education for internal medicine residents.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 63, n.d.

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Teaching

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers