Susan M. Frayne, MD, MPH

Administrative Appointments

• Director, VA Women's Health Practice-Based Research Network Coordinating Center, VA Palo Alto (2010 - present)
• Director, Women's Health Evaluation Initiative, VA Palo Alto (2009 - present)
• Acting Director, Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto (2009 - 2010)
• Medical Director, MOVE TIME obesity clinic, VA Palo Alto (2008 - 2010)
• Co-Director, Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship (Med 313), Stanford Univ School of Medicine (2005 - 2008)

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa, Pomona College (1981)
• Summa Cum Laude, Pomona College (1982)
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1989)
• Career Development Award, Health Services Research, VA HSR&D (1999)
• Advanced Research Career Development Award, VA HSR&D (2001)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Medicine

Current Research Interests

My work, recently sponsored by a VA HSR&D Advanced Research Career Development Award, examines the quality of primary care provided to patients with mental illness, particularly women with post-traumatic stress disorder secondary to sexual trauma. In a series of studies, my research program is first examining whether patients with mental illness receive lower quality medical care, then examining barriers that explain such disparities, and will then examine interventions and systems of care designed to optimize clinicians’ ability to deliver high-quality, integrated medical care to patients with comorbid medical and mental health conditions. Other areas of interest include health sequelae of trauma in women; health care delivery to women veterans.

Publications

• Posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, and medical comorbidity among returning U.S. veterans. Nazarian D, Kimerling R, Frayne SM. J Trauma Stress. 2012; 25 (2): 220-5
• Trends in Rates and Attributable Costs of Conditions among Female VA Patients, 2000 and 2008. Yoon J, Scott JY, Phibbs CS, Frayne SM. Womens Health Issues. 2012; 22 (3): e337-44
• Health and health care of women veterans and women in the military: research informing evidence-based practice and policy. Yano EM, Frayne SM. Womens Health Issues. 2011 Jul-Aug; 21 (4 Suppl): S64-6
• New women veterans in the VHA: a longitudinal profile. Friedman SA, Phibbs CS, Schmitt SK, Hayes PM, Herrera L, Frayne SM. Womens Health Issues. 2011 Jul-Aug; 21 (4 Suppl): S103-11
• Using research to transform care for women veterans: advancing the research agenda and enhancing research-clinical partnerships. Yano EM, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Eisen S, Frayne S, Hayes P, Klap R, Lipson L, Mattocks K, McGlynn G, Sadler A, Schnurr P, Washington DL. Womens Health Issues. 2011 Jul-Aug; 21 (4 Suppl): S73-83