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Poursani, Ramin Shokati

School of Medicine
Family & Community Medicine
(210) 358-3985
poursani@uthscsa.edu

Ramin S. Poursani, MD, is a family physician and assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine where he serves as Director of the departments Inpatient Service. He cares for patients and teaches Family Medicine residents and medical students in the Family Health Center at the University Health Center-Downtown and at in the Family Medicine Inpatient Service at University Hospital.

Dr. Poursani, with specialized training in musculoskeletal disease, directs the Bone and Joint Clinic in the Family Health Center. In this clinic he cares for people who have bone and joint disorders like arthritis and carpel tunnel syndrome. Teaching Family Medicine residents the principles required to manage patients with these disorders is one of his passions.

Dr. Poursani actively serves on committees in the medical school, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and University Health System. He interviews applicants for admission to the medical school and serves on the Financial, Senior Faculty, Residency Leadership, Residency Selection Committees in the department. He serves on the Physician/Health System Forum and the Quality/Risk Management Committee in the University Health System.

Appointments Education Expertise Teaching Publications Grants

7/2006 - Present	Inpatient Service Medical Director	UTHSCSA, Family & Community Medicine
8/2004 - Present	Assistant Professor and Module Leader	UTHSCSA, Family & Community Medicine, San Antonio, TX

Date	Description	Institution	# Students
5/2009 - Present	Back Pain	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

3/2009 - Present	Prescriber''s Journal Club	UTHSCSA- Family & Comm Medicine	15 students

2/2009 - Present	Adult Medicine for residents	UTHSCSA- Family & Community Medicine	20 students
Clinical Inquiry Sessions; Adult Medicine Presentations with collaboration between me and the Pharm-D faculty. The objective of these presentations was to update the residents knowledge about new guidelines and help them to reach to the relevant information efficiently. We used the Computer Lab to reach to our goals. So far we were able to have 3 presentations.
2/2009 - Present	Monday Morning Conferences	Family & Community Medicine	10 students
I meet with residents every Monday morning for 30 minutes to review one of the published articles in the American Family Medicine Journal. The goals are; update their medical knowledge and preparing them for entraining exam/board exam.
6/2008 - Present	Blood Sugar Protocol	Family Health Clinic	30 students

4/2008 - Present	Faculty Development Lecture	Family & Community Department	15 students

3/2008 - Present	Journal Club	UTHSCSA- Family & Community Depertment	10 students

2/2008 - Present	Chest Pain management Protocol	Family Health Clinic	30 students

11/2007 - Present	Family Practice Clerkship	The University of Texas Health Science Center
The Family Medicine Clerkship for MS3 is a 2-week rotation with a goal of familiarizing students with the unique aspects of family medicine with its emphasis on care of patients that takes into consideration all their health care needs, their social and economic circumstances, their families and communities, and their cultural and religious backgrounds in inpatient setting. As medical director of inpatient service; Im responsible of their schedule and curriculum.
10/2007 - Present	Blood Sugar Update	UHS Staff	20 students
Collaboration with the Pharmacy students to update the knowledge of UHS staff
8/2007 - Present	Guideline Update	Family & Community Depertment	10 students
Monthly meeting with the South Module residents and faculty to discusse the most updated guidelines
8/2007 - Present	Blood Pressure Update	UHS Staff	20 students
Collaboration with the Pharmacy students to update the knowledge of UHS staff
7/2007 - Present	Post-Doctoral Student Supervision	Family& Community Depertment Residents

4/2007 - Present	Post-Doctoral Student Supervision	Family & Community Residents Lecture

10/2006 - Present	Management of Chest pain	Family & Community Residency	20 students

7/2006 - Present	Pre-Doctoral Student Supervision	UTHSCSA

12/2005 - Present	Diabetic Foot / Cellulitis	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

11/2005 - Present	Chest pain/ Artrial Fibrilation	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

11/2005 - Present	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

10/2005 - Present	Drug/ETOH use and withdrawal Management	Family & Community Residency	20 students

10/2005 - Present	Electrolyte Abnormalities	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

9/2005 - Present	Acute Heart Failure	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

9/2005 - Present	Cirrhosis/ Hepatitis	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

9/2005 - Present	Acute / Chronic Renal Failure	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

8/2005 - Present	Pneumonia	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

8/2005 - Present	Pulmonary Embolism/ Deep venous Thrombosis	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

7/2005 - Present	Family Practice In-patient Serv	The University of Texas Health Science Center
Sub-internship in Family Medicine in-patient Service, working with students to expose them to primary care. A sub-internship is a clinical rotation of a fourth-year medical student. Our sub-internship has an aim to prepare fourth-year students for the demanding experience of internship. In general the following responsibilities are given to a sub-I student: accept and give sign-out of all patients on the team, assess assigned patients before morning rounds, write problem oriented notes daily on all patients, admit patients on call days, act as information liaison between the medical team and hospital staff, communicating plan of care to patient. Duration of rotation is 4 weeks and we do accept 1 sub-intern at a time.
11/2004 - Present	Spine and Neck	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

11/2004 - Present	Joint and Soft Tissue Injections	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

10/2004 - Present	Chest Pain	Family & Community Residency Lecture	20 students

9/2004 - Present	Family Practice Clerkship	The University of Texas Health Science Center
Lecture; Shoulder, Back, Knee, and Ankle Exam Demonstrations & Joint Injection Workshop for Medical Student 3 It is a musculoskeletal education lecture/workshop for MS3 consisting of lectures, anatomic models, and a joint injection workshop.
8/2004 - Present	Post Graduate Rotation Supervision	UTHSCSA-UH

8/2004 - Present	Rotation Student Supervision	UTHSCSA-FHC

8/2004 - Present	Rotation Student Supervision	UTHSCSA-UH

8/2004 - Present	Rotation Student Supervision

8/2004 - Present	Post-Doctoral Student Supervision	UTHSCSA-FHC

7/2004 - Present	Individual Instruction	UTHSCSA

Year	Degree	Discipline	Institution
2004	Residency	Family Medicine (Cheaf Resident)	UTHSCSA- Family& Community Medicine San Antonio , TX
2002	Internship	Family Medicine	UTHSCSA- Family& Community Medicine San Antonio , TX
2000	Clinical Fellowship	Orthopedic Surgery	The VA Palo Alto Health Care System -Orthopedic Surgery Palo Alto , CA
1996	Residency	Orthopedic Surgery	Istanbul University- Orthopedic Surgery Istanbul , Turkey
1991	MD	Medicine	University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical School Istanbul , Turkey

Federal
Funding Agency	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Title	Residency Training In Primary Care
Status	Active
Period	8/2009 - 8/2112
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	Congruent with HRSAs mission to improve and expand access to quality health care for all, the purpose of this grant is to train faculty and residents in methods to improve the quality of clinic-based preventive health services to address premature mortality in a medically underserved Latino community
Private
Funding Agency	TAFP
Title	Use of Antibiotics Without a Prescription in a Flea Market Population
Status	Active
Period	9/2008 - 3/2010
Role	Principal Investigator
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