Curriculum Vitae

Margaret Anne Noel, M.D.

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
1975 - 1979 Davidson College, B.S. in Biology, Cum Laude

COLLEGE HONORS
Phi Beta Kappa, North Carolina Fellow, Alpha Epsilon Delta, President of Omicron Delta Kappa, Daniel B. Woods Pre-medical Award, McConnell Academic Scholarship

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1979 - 1983     University of North Carolina School of Medicine
1983 - 1986     Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University
Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
1986 - 1987     Worked overseas with United Nations Border Relief Organization
providing healthcare to Khmer refugees in Thailand
1987 - 1989     Post-doctoral Fellowship in Geriatrics and Gerontology at Wake Forest
University Medical Center
        
POSTGRADUATE HONORS
Recipient of Joseph S. Collins Medical School Scholarship, Holderness Fellow, House Officer Teaching Award (1989), Outstanding Faculty Award from Family Practice Residency Program (1996), Terrence Lee Outstanding Community Faculty Award from MAHEC Family Practice Residency Program (2001), Journal of the American Medical Directors Association’s  2001 Annual Best Contributor Award for the Best of Local Initiative Research (3/2001); Recipient of the Nancy Susan Reynolds Award for Personal Service from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (11/02); Ewald Busse Award from the North Carolina Division on Aging for Improving Health Care for Older Adults (10/03), John W. Kuykendall Award for Community Service from Davidson College (4/04).
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 
College: NIH Volunteer, laboratory aid at the National Cancer Institute
Medical School: Epidemiologic and demographic analysis of the patient population of a student-run free clinic in Carrboro, NC              
Fellowship: Lipoprotein profiles and sterol synthesis of hypocholesterolemic elderly
Post-graduate: The effect of staffing ratios and educational interventions on the certified nursing assistant workforce; development of interactive CD-ROM educational program for certified nursing assistants; Current Co-investigator, TraCS Pilot Collaborative Grant titled Development and Feasibility of a North Carolina Dementia Research Network

CURRENT POSITION

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Director, Center for Older Adults, Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital, 1989 to 2000
Attending physician, GreenTree Ridge Nursing Care Facility (completed ten years of service as Medical Director of this facility in 1999). Consulting Internist/Geriatrician for Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital, 1989 to 2000, Director of the Geriatric Curriculum for the Mountain Area Education Center Family Practice Residency Program, 1993 to 2003.

CERTIFICATION       
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986
ABIM, Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine, 1990;  recertified  2000
Certified Medical Director; completed requirements for certification by the American 
    Medical Directors Association in 1992 with recertification in 1998, 2003, and 2009

LICENSURE             
North Carolina #28430, issued in 1984   

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Fellow, American College of Physicians
American Geriatrics Society
American Medical Directors Association
North Carolina Medical Directors Association
Buncombe County Medical Society        

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Consulting Staff, Mission Hospital        

PUBLICATIONS
Noel MA, Smith T, Ettinger W.  Acute Hypocholesterolemia in Hospitalized Elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol 39, No 6, 1991.
Noel MA, Loomis DP.  Advance Directives: A Guide for Making Important Life Decisions. Booklet published by Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital, 1991.
Blackmon D, Noel MA.  Utilization of an Ethics Committee in the Long Term Care Setting.   Nursing Home Medicine, Vol 5, No 1, 1997.
Noel MA, Metcalf R, Sauls C. Certified Nursing Assistant Educational Program.  An educational  manual and video for certified nursing assistants published in 1999 by the Center for Older Adults, Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital. 
Noel MA, Wofford J, Sauls C.   Pressure Ulcers: An interactive instructional CD-ROM for Nursing Assistants, 1999.
Noel MA, Why Geriatrics?, Generations, Winter, p 83-86, 1999. 
Noel MA, Pearce G, Metcalf  R.  The Effect of Educational and Staffing Interventions on the CNA Workforce.   The Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 1, 2000:241-247. 
Noel MA, “Position Statement on Nurse Staffing In Long Term Care”.  American Medical Directors Association, September, 2001.
Noel MA, Mulligan T. MemoryCare Caregiver Training Program. Multi-media educational modules for family caregivers published by MemoryCare, 2009.

PRESENTATIONS
Over 50 presentations to professional and community based audiences in the past three years; available upon request.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/OTHER
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Medical Direction, 1992
Member, Board of Directors of the American Medical Directors Association, 1993-1995; 
      re-elected to serve from 1999 – 2002
Secretary, American Medical Directors Association; elected to serve term 2002-2004
Member, National Board of the Direct Care Alliance, 2000-2003
President, North Carolina Medical Directors Association, 1993-1996
Member, Board of NC Medical Directors Association, 1996 to 1999
Chair, Ethics Committee, American Medical Directors Association, 1996-1998
Chair, Publications Committee, American Medical Directors Association, 2000-2002
AMA Physician’s Recognition Award (Special Commendation for Self Directed
   Learning)
Established the Geriatric Journal Club, a multidisciplinary group of Buncombe and
   Henderson County professionals who have met regularly since 1990 to discuss the
   geriatric literature
Member, Mission Hospital Ethics Committee, 1995 – 1997; 2001 - 2003
Member, Intra-facility Long Term Care Ethics Committee (GreenTree Ridge, The Summit, Givens Estates), 1997 – 2001
Member, Editorial Board, Caring for the Ages, 2002-2003
Chair, AMDA National Workgroup to Improve Education for Long Term Care
  Physicians on Palliative Care, 2002-2003
Member, Nominating Committee, American Medical Directors Association, 2005

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Advisory Board of Visiting Health Professionals (Home Health), 1992 - 1999
Advisory Board of Interim Health Care (Home Health), 1990 - 1995
Board of MountainCare (Adult Day Care), 1993 - 1997
Board of Alzheimer’s Association, WNC Chapter, 1989 – 1995; 2000 – 2001; 2009 to present
Member of Physician’s Health and Effectiveness Committee, Buncombe County
   Medical Society, 1991 - 1997
Member of the Dementia Path Committee of the WNC Provider Council, 1998-1999
Member of the Senior Services Steering Committee for MSJ Hospital, 1997-1999    
Volunteer Physician at the ABCCM Free Medical Clinic, 1996 to present
Odyssey of the Mind Coach, First Place Regional Competition and Winner of Renatra
  Fusca Award, 3/2000
Board of Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 1998 – 2000
Advisory Board Carolinas Health Systems MemoryHealth, 2005
Volunteer Western Carolina Rescue Mission, 2005 – 2007
Vann Ethics Committee, Davidson College, 2008-2010
Davidson College Board of Visitors, 2008-2011

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