Dr. Rodney B. Young MD

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Regional Public Speaking -
• Director of Family Medicine -

Awards

• Distinguished Alumnus, Texas Tech School of Medicine   
• Texas Medical Association Gold Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine   
• Texas Tech HSC Dean's Distinguished Faculty Service Award   
• Outstanding faculty of the year awards from the medical school class and FM residency class   
• Physician of the Year, Panhadle Chapter of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, 2005 and 2009   
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Member   
• Society of Teacher's of Family Medicine Resident Teacher of the Year   
• Rufus Lyman Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 2014   

Treatments

• Learning Disabilities
• Hay Fever (allergic Rhinitis)
• Gastroenteritis
• Pain
• Vascular Disease
• Strep Throat

Treatments

• I treat all ages, but primarily adult primary care, hypertension, diabetes, and chronic disease management

Professional Society Memberships

• American Academy of Family Physicians

Articles and Publications

• Zorek JA, Subash M, Fike DS, MacLaughlin AA, Young RB, Samiuddin M, MacLaughlin EJ. Impact of an interprofessional teaching clinic on preventive services. Family Medicine, 2015 July; 47(7):558-61.Gums TH, Carter BL, Milavetz G, Buys L, Rosenkrans K, Uribe L, Coffey C, MacLaughlin EJ, Young RB, Ables AZ, Patel N, Wisniewski A. Physician-pharmacist collaborative management of asthma in primary care. Pharmacotherapy. 2014 Oct;34(10):1033-42. doi: 10.1002/phar.1468. Epub 2014 Aug 20.Zorek JA, Maclaughlin EJ, Fike DS, Maclaughlin AA, Samiuddin M, Young RB. Measuring changes in perception using the student perceptions of physician-pharmacist interprofessional collaborative education (SPICE) instrument. BMC Medical Education, 2014, 14:101. Doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-01. Available at www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/14/101.Fike DS, Zorek JA, MacLaughlin AA, Samiuddin M, Young RB, MacLaughlin EJ. Development and validation of the student perceptions of physician-pharmacist interprofessional clinical education (SPICE) instrument. Am J Pharm Educ 2013 Nov 12;77(9):190. (Winner of the Rufus A. Lyman Award for best original research paper of 2013 in the journal.)MacLaughlin EJ, Ardery G, Jackson EA, Ives TJ, Young RB, Fike DS, Carter BL. Institutional review board barriers and solutions encountered in the collaboration among pharmacists and physicians to improve outcomes now (CAPTION) study: a national, multicenter, practice-based implementation trial. Pharmacotherapy. 2013 Sep;33(9):902-11*Jones BG, Young RB, Berk SL, Cook RL, Peck K. The Family Medicine Accelerated Track: an innovative model to meet the demand for more primary care physicians for West Texas. Panhandle Health, Spring 2013*Young RB, Slaton J. The Patient Centered Medical Home. Panhandle Health, Spring 2013*Nour T, Tuason-Tan M, Young RB. An adult presentation of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) syndrome. Panhandle Health, Spring 2013Zhang Y, Jones BG, Spalding M, Young RB, Ragain RM. Use of the internet for health information among primary care patients in rural and border areas of West Texas. South Med J 2009 Jun 102(6): 595-601Zhang Y, Jones B, Ragain M, Spalding M, Mannschrek D, Young R. Complementary and alternative medicine use among primary care patients in West Texas. South Med J 2008 Dec 101(12): 1232-1237.Young RB, Gamboa-Sejas D. Erysipelas, in: Ebell MH, ed. e-Essential Evidence Plus. 1st ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2008, reviewed/updated 2013Young RB, Gamboa-Sejas, D. Encopresis, in: Ebell M ed. e-Essential Evidence Plus. 1st ed. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons, 2008 Rohrer JE, Young R, Sicola V, Houston, M. Overall self-rated health: a new quality indicator for primary care. J Eval Clin Pract 2007 Feb 13(1): 150-3.*Benton TB, Young RB, Leeper SL. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the nursing home. Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging 2006; 14[7]:17-22)Rohrer JE, Arif A, Denison A, Young R, Adamson S. Overall self-rated health as an outcome indicator in primary care. J Eval Clin Pract 2007 (13): 882-8Young RB, Boltri JM. How do family physicians provide anticipatory guidance during well-child visits? J Am Board Fam Prac 2005 18(5): 440-444Rohrer J, Young RB. Self-esteem, stress, & self-rated health in family planning clinic patients. BMC Family Practice, 5:11Rosenberg RB, Waagner DC, Romano MJ, Kanase HN, Young RB. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome treated with inhaled nitric oxide. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 1998;17:749-52

What do you attribute your success to?

• Great family support throughout my life, great opportunities, and the outstanding students, residents, faculty, staff, and leadership of the TTUHSC School of Medicine.

Areas of research

• Interprofessional education, healthcare workforce assessment and planning

Hobbies / Sports

• Golf

Favorite professional publications

• American Family Physician

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