Chester H. Fox 

Professional Memberships:

• 2010 KDOQI Education Committee. (2010)
• Member of the Technical Expert Panel for the AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Review on Chronic Kidney Disease (2010)
• AHRQ PBRN Technical Assistance Center Member (2010)
• CMS Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative Technical Expert Panel (2009)
• AHRQ-EHC Technical Expert Panel on Mild Renal Impairment (2009)
• New York State Quality Improvement Office; Expert Consultant for the Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease (2008–2111)
• IPRO End Stage Reneal Disease Network of New York; Vascular Access Steering Committee (2008)
• American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network Advisory Board (2008)
• AAFP National Research Network Advisor Committee (2008)
• New York State Department of Health Task Force; Chronic Kidney Disease (2007)
• Family Justice Center; Medical Director Buffalo is one of only 15 cities in the nation to receive a 1.1 million dollar grant from the Department of Justice under the Violence Against Women's Act to form a "one-stop shop" to coordinate the community response to Domestic Violence. (2004)
• University Practice Plan Governing Board (2003–2006)
• Pursuing Perfection (P2) Collaborative; Board Member A collaborative of two HMO's, a large Family Medicine group, a large multi-specialty group, University at Buffalo Family Medicine Department, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute to improve quality of care for the entire Western New York region. (2003–2004)
• Niagara Healthcare Quality Coalitions Taskforce; Disease Management of Chronic Kidney Diseases (2002)
• Excellus Medical Policy Committee (2001)
• UNYNET; Director Upstate New York Practice Based Research Network (PBRN) (www.fammed.buffalo.edu/UNYNET) (2001)
• National Federation of Practice Based Research Networks (FPBRN); Steering Committee www.aafp.org/x19544.xml (2001)
• AHEC; Medical Director New York State Area Health Education Center (AHEC) System (2000–2001)
• Urban Practice Sites,; Director Kaleida Health System, Buffalo New York (1998–2000)
• Lake Plains Community Care Network; Project Director A three county locally developed rural managed care organization (1997–2000)
• University Group Practice; Served as a member of the Board of Directors State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, New York (1995–1999)
• UB Family Medicine Working Group; Chairman Responsible for directing the clinical practice plan. (1994–2000)
• Buffalo General Hospital; Clinical Chief/Chairman Department of Family Medicine, Buffalo, New York (1993–1998)
• Family Medicine Residency Program; Deputy Chairman In charge of clinical services,Center for Family Medicine, Greenville, South Carolina (1991–1993)
• Started, Owned, and managed a Private Practice; Specializing in Family Medicine in a rural Upstate New York township with a population of 5,000. Provided full-range medical care, including Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, ICU, CCU, health promotion, disease prevention and crisis counseling. (1979–1991)

Presentations:

• "Practice Activities and Challenges to Improving Implementation of Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines in Primary Care" NAPCRG, PBRN (2012)
• "Using Computer based Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) to Improve Smoking Cessation Rates in Urban and Rural populations" NAPCRG, PBRN (2012)
• "Working with Coordinating Centers for Multi-PBRN Research" NAPCRG, PBRN (2012)
• "Motivational Interviewing Strategies in Practice Team Care to Help Patients with Behavior Change." STFM Practice Improvement Conference (2011)
• "Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes" FAFP, Florida Academy of Family Physicians & Florida Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (2010)
• "Motivational Interviewing Strategies in Practice Team Care to Help Patients with Diabetes with Behavior Change" AAFP (2010)
• "Utilizing Practice Enhancement Assistants (PEAs) to Improve Quality of Care and Research" AAFP (2010)
• "HD24 The Impact of a Fitness Intervention on Primary Care Patients" NAPCRG (2010)
• "P219 Growing Our Own: Certified Diabetes Educators in Medical Homes" NAPCRG (2010)
• "P240 Implementing Evidence-based Diabetes Guidelines in Rural Practices Using Practice Enhancement Associates (PEAS)" NAPCRG (2010)
• "P269 Characterizing Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care" NAPCRG (2010)
• "PP22 Were The Improvement Made in a Chronic Kidney Disease Quality Improvement Project Maintained After 2 Years" NAPCRG (2010)
• "Home Study Audio on Chronic Kidney Disease" AAFP, AAFP (2010)
• "FP Audio on Motivational Interviewing" , American Academy of Family Physicians (2010)
• "PBRNS Working Community Collaboratives: Creating Infrastructure for Broad Based Regional Quality Improvement" 2010 AHRQ Annual PBRN Research Conference, PBRN (2010)
• "A Systematic Approach to Improving Diabetes Care in Patients with Mental Illness and Substace Abuse" NAPCRG (2009)
• "How to Incorporate Motivational Interviewing Into Your Practice" STFM Practice Improvement Conference (2009)
• "Implementing Pharmacist Support to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk and Chronic Kidney Disease Monitoring Through Information Technology" STFM Practice Improvement Conference (2009)
• "Improving Mammographic Screening Rates in Women with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues by Partnering with Counseling Agencies" NAPCRG (2009)
• "Telephonic Nurse Case Management for Patients with Diabetes and Mental Illness: A Qualitative Perspective" NAPCRG (2009)
• "A Systems Approach to Improving Adherence to Asthma & Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines in Primary Care" Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians (2009)
• "Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines" Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians (2009)
• "Wellness Portal/Health Risk Appraisal: Update" Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians (2009)
• "Effects of a Team Resource Management Intervention on Rates of Adverse Drug Events in Primary Care." North American Primary Care Research Group (2008)
• "High Prevalence of Hypomagnesemia in Hypertensive and Diabetic Patients in an Urban Minority Population" North American Primary Care Research Group (2008)
• "High Prevalence of Undetected Vitamin D Deficiency in an Urban Minority Clinic" North American Primary Care Research Group (2008)
• "Improving Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care Offices for Patients with Co-morbid Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues" North American Primary Care Research Group (2008)
• "North American Primary Cre Research Group (NAPCRG" (2008)
• "The Correlation of Body Mass Index to Fitness, Insulin Resistance and Low Density Lipoprotein Particle Numbers in Obese Individuals" North American Primary Care Research Group (2008)
• "Use of Routine Urine Toxicology for Chronic Pain Managment in a Family Medicine Setting" (2008)
• Penn States Annual PBRN Convention (2008)
• "Implementing Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines in Primary Care Offices" The 2008 AHRQ National PBRN Research Conference (2008)
• "Sustainable Interventions" AAFP Convocation Practices and Networks (2008)
• "Translating Evidence Into Practice in Chronic Kidney Disease. What are the next steps?" AAFP Convocation Practices and Networks (2008)
• "How PBRNs can Work with Community Collaboratives to Improve Patient Care" (2007)
• "Making CKD Guidelines Work in Underserved Practices" AHRQ Annual PBRN Meeting (2007)
• "The Electronic Primary Care Research Network (EPCRN) Progress and Utilities for PBRNs" AHRQ Annual PBRN Meeting (2007)
• "Non-Traditional Funding Sources to Support PBRNs: Going Beyond AHRQ and NIH (F20)" (2007)
• "Shared Decision Making" AAFP Convocation Practices and Networks (2007)
• "Assessing How Well Primary Care Residents Are Learning Dermatology." North American Primary Care Research Group (2006)
• "Fundamentals of Building a Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network: Lessons Learned From the Federation of Practice-Based Research Networks." North American Primary Care Research Group (2006)
• "Primary Care Pathway to Improve Breast Diagnostic Care." North American Primary Care Research Group (2006)
• "The Health Status of Free Medical Clinic Patients in Inner-City Buffalo, NY" North American Primary Care Research Group (2006)
• "A Board-Based Community Collaborative to Rapidly Improve the Evidence-Based Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease in an Eight-County Region of Upstate New York." NIH Inventory and Evaluation of Clinical Research Networks (IECRN) National Leadership Forum. (2006)
• "Physicians Knowledge and Attitudes about Chronic Kidney Disease: Lessons Learned from a Qualitative PBRN Study" AHRQ Meeting (2005)
• "Practice Facilitation in PBRNs" AHRQ PBRN Meeting (2005)
• "TRANSLATE Model for Translating Research Into Practice" AHRQ PBRN Meeting (2005)
• "Insuring the Unisured: A Medical Student Run Project in a Medical Student Run Free Clinic for Improving Access to Care" North American Primary Care Research Group (2004)
• "Qualitative Study in Physicians‘ Knowledge and Practice Patterns in the Detection and Treatment of Chronic Renal Disease" North American Primary Care Research Group (2004)
• "Chronic Kidney Disease Symposium: Primary Care Focus" National Kidney Foundation of Western New York (2004)
• "Building a Toolkit for Beginning Networks" AAFP Convocation Practices (2004)
• "Controlling Diabetes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease" Orleans Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation (2004)
• "Effective Collaboration in a PBRN" AAFP Convocation Practices (2004)
• "Confessions of a Primary Care Physician on Understanding the Importance of Early Kidney Disease" Syracuse Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation (2003)
• "Confessions of a Primary Care Physician on Understanding the Importance of Early Kidney Disease" Independent Health Foundation and University at Buffalo (2002)
• "Translating Research into Practice (TRIP): What you need to know." NAPCRG Pre-Conference Workshop (2002)
• "What You Need to Know About Kidney Disease: A City Wide Presentation" Independent Health Foundation and the Anemia Awareness Group (2002)
• "Magnesium Deficiency in African Americans: Could it be Contributing to Accelerated Atherosclerosis and Early Death?" AAFP Scientific Assembly Research Forum (2002)
• "Data Collection in Practice Based Research Networks (PBRN): What Works and What Doesn't" National Convocation of Practices, Jointly sponsored by the Academy of Family Physicians and the National Federation of PBRN's (2002)
• "Redesigning the Federation of Practice-Based Research Networks Website Convocation of Practices" Convocation of Practices, Jointly sponsored by the AAFP and the Federation of Practice Based Research Networks (2002)
• "Strategies for Success in Sustaining a Practice-Based Research Network." Convocation of Practices, Jointly Sponsored by the AAFP and the Federation of Practice Based Research Networks (2002)
• "Treating the Family as the Patient in Drug Court Cases" Annual Conference of the New York State Association of Drug Court Professionals (2002)
• "Overview: Capitation, Quality and Value" Managed Care Conference (1997)
• "Managing Managed Care: Success Models for Physicians" Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc (1997)
• "Manged Care" WBFO - Radio Talk Show (1996)
• Gastroenterology in Primary Care Program (1996)
• "Workshop on Capitation Arrangements for Primary Care Physicians" American Family Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly (1996)
• "High Prevalence of Hypomagnesemia in Hypertensive and Diabetic Patients in an Urban Minority Population" Seventh Annual Mead Johnson Family Medicine Research Forum (1995)
• Western Reserve Practice Facilitation

Service Activities:

• ; AHRQ PBRN Technical Assistance Center Member; Other (2010)
• Center of Excellence Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics Research Core Group; Other (2010)
• FFBI Coalition Community Education Taskforce (2009)
• Active Staff, Department of Family Medicine, Kaleida Health System, Buffalo, NY (1998)
• Staff, Department of Family Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York; Consultant (1993–2003)
• Attending Staff, Department of Family Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York (1993–1998)
• Clinical Chief/Chairman, Department of Family Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York (1993–1998)
• Courtesy Staff, Department of Family Medicine, DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, New York (1993–1998)
• Department of Family Medicine, Children‘s Hospital, Buffalo, New York (1993–1998)
• Department of Family Medicine, Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina; Other (1991–1993)
• Attending, F.F. Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canadaigua, New York (1989–1991)
• Medical Director, Blue Choice/F.F. Thompson Joint Venture, HMO, Canandaigua, New York (1989–1991)
• Lab Liaison Committee, F.F. Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua, New York (1986–1991)
• Medical Records Committee, F.F. Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua, New York; Chairman (1986–1991)
• Served as a member of the Joint Venture, HMO, Canandaigua, New York; Board of Directors (1986–1991)
• Professional Evaluation Committee, F.F. Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandigua, New York; Chairman (1982–1985)
• Professional Evaluation Committee, F.F. Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua, New York; Professional Committee (1980–1985)
• Chief of Pediatrics, F.F. Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua, New York; Other (1980–1983)