Specialty	Internal Medicine
Gender	Male
E-mail	thomas.mcginn@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, S.U.N.Y., Health Science Center
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center
Awards	1989 Leo M. Davidoff Society Teaching Award
	1987 SUNY Downstate Public Health Award

Dr. McGinn's interests are in primary care, medical education, and evidence based medicine. He has worked closely with colleagues across the nation and international in developing and disseminating concepts of evidence based medicine. He is currently Vice Chair of the department of medicine and oversees all aspects of outpatient care for the department. His current research projects are involved with clinical prediction rules, prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C in east Harlem, and evaluating various educational interventions with housestaff and residents. Below is a summary of some his experience:

• Member of the McMaster University Working group of EBM
• Member of the National Society for General
• Internal Medicine National Task Force On EBM
• Contributing Author to recent textbook by JAMA : " Users Guide to the Medical Literature"
• Regular Faculty at the McMaster Univerity Yearly Course on "How to Teach EBM"
• Co-Director of the Course on EBM sponsored by the New York Academy of Medicine and the American College of Physicians
• Frequent contributor to Best Evidence and ACP Journal Club of the Annals of Internal Medicine and The British Medical Journal
• Speaks frequently and offers workshops in the area of how to teach and apply the concepts EBM
• Author of Users Guide in the JAMA series which focuses on his area of expertise, Clinical Decision Rules.

Education and Training	MD, S.U.N.Y., Health Science Center
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center
Board Certification	Internal Medicine

Specialty	Internal Medicine
Board Certification	Internal Medicine

Forbes L, Bajaj M, McGinn T, Berlin A. Perihepatic Abscess Formation in Diabetes: A Complication of Silent Gallstones. Am J Gastroenterol 1996 April;: 786-788.

McGinn T, Deluca J, Mobo J. Validation and Modification of Clinical Prediction Rule for Streptococcal Pharyngitis. J Gen Intern Med 1998 April (Suppl); 13(5).

Metalios E, McGinn T, Modo J. The Utility of Phone Call Reminders in a Urban Primary Care Center. J Gen Intern Med 1998 April (Suppl); 13(5).

Modo J, Deluca J, McGinn T. Impact Analysis of Clinical Prediction Rule for Streptoccal Pharyngitis. J Gen Intern Med 1998 April (Suppl); 13(5).

McGinn T, Randolph A, Richardson S, Sackett D. Clinical prediction guides. ACP J Club 1998 Jan-Feb; 128(1): A14-A15.

McGinn T, Smith L. Barriers to Implementing Evidence Based Medicine Curriculum. Sem Med Practice 1999 Oct; 2(3).

Federman A, Wisnivesky J, Trost D, Henscke C, Paccione G, McGinn T. Prediction Blood Pressure Response in Patients Undergoing Renal Artery Angioplasty. JGIM 1999; 14(Suppl).

McGinn T. Evidence Based Medicine Real Time: A Method for Attending Rounds. JGIM 1999; 14(Suppl).

Wisnivesky J, Kaplan J, McGinn T, Henschke C, Crystal R, Kaplan J. Crystal R. Evaluation of clinical parameters to predict positive culture for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in inpatients. Arch Int Med 2000 September; 160.

Mcginn T, Guyatt G, Wyer P, Stiel I, Richardson S. Users Guide to the Medical Literature: How to Use Clinical Decision Rules. JAMA. JAMA 2000 July; 284(1).

Mcginn T, Korenstein D, Seltz M. Evidence Based Medicine Real Time. Acad Med 2002;.

Mcginn T, Wisnivesky J, Foldes C. Management of asthma in the elderly. Annals of Long Term Care 2002; 10: 61-70.

Mcginn T, Dunn A, Korenstein T. Mixing it up: Women's Health Curriculum and Evidence Based Medicine. Acad Med 2002;.

Mcginn T, Barrat A, Guyatt G, Hatala R, Dans Antonia K, Wyer P, Moyer V. Tips for teaching Evidence Based Medicine: Risk, risk reduction, and number needed to treat. J Gen Intern Med;.

Mcginn T, Dunn A. An Evidence Based Approach to the Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis: Beyond the Ultrasound Report. J Am Geriatr Soc;.